The sun always shines on T.V. on FRIDAY

[Anguille]

Been playing this week:

Alea Jacta Est with BOR & Hannibal expansions. 

Currently in the middle of a swiftly moving 3rd Samnite War scenario, to reacquaint myself with the supply system/rates in AJE.  Plan on moving into larger scenarios, such as the Punic Wars soon.  Possibly even playing the Carthage side.


TW: Rome 2 (only a few graphical mods)

As Carthage.  Not easy starting as Carthage in this.  Been lucky in beating down Rome's inevitable DOW and actually invading Italy.  My AI allies, especially the Etruscans, have done a surprisingly decent job of helping but it's still been a very long and expensive slog. 

Wary of other sneaky African states trying to DOW and take my capital city, while most of my armies are away, I've managed to dissuade them at the right times with a small garrison army.  Forcing them into Non-Aggression treaties at the peace table after they lose an assault.

Been a tough but fun campaign.


Alexandrian Wars/Greek Persian Wars/Punic Wars from HPS

The occasional turn or two in a battle from these.  Although the order menu for Greek & Persian Wars has some graphical glitching on my notebook PC.  >:(

I'll probably go back to the Great Battles series since the system is more enjoyable and, oddly enough, that old interface is still more friendly than the one in the HPS Ancient Warfare series. 

I also think they could've scaled the HPS series to be more manageable.  The amount of units on the screen, for many of the notable battles, is huge.  If you want to fine tune your lines, you'll be issuing multi-part orders to each one.  Group orders are great for just moving blobs straight towards the enemy, but there is an assload of micro-managing to do otherwise.   So I tend to only get two or three turns in per session. 

Currently on one of Philip II's battles.  Crocus Fields iirc.


Spartan + Gates Of Troy

Been awhile but installed it, added the missing dll file, and began an Achaean campaign.

I really wish we had a more modern sequel to this old Slitherine series.  Even if it was still all 2D, which is just fine with me for turn-based games. I may have to install Chariots too.  :)



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This sounds like a perfect weekend to me! Amazing

[Nefaro]

This sounds like a perfect weekend to me! Amazing

I regularly gorge on ancient/classical warfare.   Increasingly so in recent years.   

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Working all weekend.  Packing Sunday night. Flying off for some Songkran water fightin' on Monday.

[Ian C]

Playing some Polaris Sector and working on my music at home.
If anyone here is wealthy and wants to do a Random Act of Kindness, I'm 50 this year and could do with a Gibson Hummingbird. Thanks.

[MengJiao]

CMANO, Starting Northern Fury 8: Hold the Line. A US carrier group finally joins the fray.

Maybe some CMANO.  So far not much simulated EMP from the simulated Dragons.  At the moment they just drop 1 megaton bombs (Yellow Sun, via a Vulcan bomber -- it's 1963 in Dragon fantasy land)

That and some CMFB.

[CptHowdy]

armored warfare

[undercovergeek]

There will be some WitP AE with KyzBP

That sounds great and all, but, are you ever going to write and tell us about it?  The Allies have detailed their every move for months now.  We haven't heard a peep from the Axis in I couldn't tell you how long!

Indeed I have been most remiss

I'll update this weekend

Good news - restaurant is getting it's ass kicked now holiday season has started

Bad news - can't write aar

I honestly got laptop out this morning and it's where I left it now at 23:00 listening to very rich customers babble on whilst they drink my brandy

[MetalDog]

It's been almost 3 weeks

Just in case you were wondering.   >:D

[Gusington]

Nef - I actually won a Rome: TW campaign as Carthage. It was a great campaign. Hannibal at the Gates campaign IIRC.

PoE players - is PoE the kind of game you jump into for an hour, then leave it for a week, then jump back in for an hour again?

[Nefaro]

Nef - I actually won a Rome: TW campaign as Carthage. It was a great campaign. Hannibal at the Gates campaign IIRC.

I'm doing the Grand Campaign w/ Carthage.   

Been in a vicious war with Rome almost since the start.  Think the Turn # is now close to 70, but I now own bits of Italy.  >:D

[Gusington]

^Show off :)

[Nefaro]

^Show off :)

I'm usually pummeled by tons of invading enemies, early in most Carthage grand campaigns.  Anyone nearby, and not allied, tends to DOW you quick.   My first couple starts, last year, just ended up with most of the Mediterranean states dog-piling on me.  >:(

Somehow managed this one better than usual - enough to stay alive and on the offensive so I'm not complaining.  Even when the Romans pump out new full stack armies with little effort.

I think the secret has been to Peace out with the Iberian and African enemies, letting my African allies remain at war with them and hold their attention for awhile.  Pulled my armies out of Iberia on Turn 1 & sent them to Sicily for the inevitable fight.

[Boggit]

Continuing our Panzer Campaigns: Sicily game with Cyrano and Panzerde.
Squad battles: First World War - Gallipoli campaign (aka bloodbath) with Cyrano.
Field of Glory with various MP opponents
Distant Worlds Universe - just started a new campaign and trying out the Das blue theme.
Victory and Glory: Napoleon - for fun and an article.

[Nefaro]

armored warfare

Did they ever add new maps in the past few months?

I've seen a new vehicle announced on occasion, but I thought it really needed more (& varied) maps.  Some of the maps it originally released with kinda sucked.

[paplan]

Been playing this week:



Spartan + Gates Of Troy

Been awhile but installed it, added the missing dll file, and began an Achaean campaign.

I really wish we had a more modern sequel to this old Slitherine series.  Even if it was still all 2D, which is just fine with me for turn-based games. I may have to install Chariots too.  :)



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I tried running Troy on my new system, but the screen is all stretched out.
I tried running it in a window, but its about 6 x 8 inches in the upper right hand corner.

What resolution are you using, and how did you get there?

Thanks!