Matrix holiday 2016 sale is here!

[Rayfer]

Took the Holiday Plunge...Polaris....downloading it now.

Can't go wrong with that one!

Just went through the tutorials....awesome fleet combat battles, the best in any 4X space game I've played.

[Hofstadter]

Huaaaaaagh bought CMANO.

Been a whole since I prostrated myself before Matrix's altar.

[Martok]

Martok - you've got some crackers there, I'd recommend:

Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided - amazingly a GG game you could conceivably complete in one (longish) sitting - a bit of an overlooked gem in my opinion.

Hannibal: Rome and Carthage - really challenging AI

Thanks Wolfe. 


Yeah, I knew about Hannibal's AI; it was one of the main reasons it attracted me in the first place.  That, and the setting (I do love my Classical history!).  :) 

Good to know GG's World at War: AWD is a little more straightforward and doesn't take as long to play.  If memory serves, I believe that was one of the reasons I got the game in the first place; I was looking for a WW2 title that covered the entire world, but one that didn't include the fascinating/frightening level of detail of his WITP game(s), as I knew something like that would take me forever to learn/play. 

Gary Grigsby's War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition is on sale for 39.99 USD--half price.

Lalalala not listening... 

[Greybriar]

Gary Grigsby's War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition is on sale for 39.99 USD--half price.

Lalalala not listening...

Smart man!

[JudgeDredd]

Martok - you've got some crackers there, I'd recommend:

Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided - amazingly a GG game you could conceivably complete in one (longish) sitting - a bit of an overlooked gem in my opinion.

Hannibal: Rome and Carthage - really challenging AI

Thanks Wolfe. 


Yeah, I knew about Hannibal's AI; it was one of the main reasons it attracted me in the first place.  That, and the setting (I do love my Classical history!).  :) 

Good to know GG's World at War: AWD is a little more straightforward and doesn't take as long to play.  If memory serves, I believe that was one of the reasons I got the game in the first place; I was looking for a WW2 title that covered the entire world, but one that didn't include the fascinating/frightening level of detail of his WITP game(s), as I knew something like that would take me forever to learn/play. 

Gary Grigsby's War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition is on sale for 39.99 USD--half price.

Lalalala not listening...

Regarding GGWaW:AWD, it was a neat, lite game, but I got fed up with a "DING" and a message that said "You can't move there"....ok...thanks for that, why?

Shelved it in the end. Yeah...I know there's a manual, but I am gobsmacked at the games out there that don't provide tooltips to help the users progression...especially when the game knows you can't move there. It's already done some checking, so why not tell me instead of expecting me to go find the section in the manual that may be in play or remember it after reading said manual?? 

For me, that's one of the most frustrating things in games at the moment...especially this genre that requires you to read and absorb a lot of stuff  :pullhair:

[Grim.Reaper]

Martok - you've got some crackers there, I'd recommend:

Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided - amazingly a GG game you could conceivably complete in one (longish) sitting - a bit of an overlooked gem in my opinion.

Hannibal: Rome and Carthage - really challenging AI

Thanks Wolfe. 


Yeah, I knew about Hannibal's AI; it was one of the main reasons it attracted me in the first place.  That, and the setting (I do love my Classical history!).  :) 

Good to know GG's World at War: AWD is a little more straightforward and doesn't take as long to play.  If memory serves, I believe that was one of the reasons I got the game in the first place; I was looking for a WW2 title that covered the entire world, but one that didn't include the fascinating/frightening level of detail of his WITP game(s), as I knew something like that would take me forever to learn/play. 

Gary Grigsby's War in the Pacific - Admiral's Edition is on sale for 39.99 USD--half price.

Lalalala not listening...

Regarding GGWaW:AWD, it was a neat, lite game, but I got fed up with a "DING" and a message that said "You can't move there"....ok...thanks for that, why?

Shelved it in the end. Yeah...I know there's a manual, but I am gobsmacked at the games out there that don't provide tooltips to help the users progression...especially when the game knows you can't move there. It's already done some checking, so why not tell me instead of expecting me to go find the section in the manual that may be in play or remember it after reading said manual?? 

For me, that's one of the most frustrating things in games at the moment...especially this genre that requires you to read and absorb a lot of stuff  :pullhair:

Agree 100%...in a recent hockey game I picked up (FHM3), when you have incorrect line setup, it just says something like "Fix your line" without any details...there could be a million reasons the line is wrong so very crazy they simply can't tell you why the line check failed so you could easily fix it...no idea what developers are thinking some time and how doesn't come up in testing.

[bbmike]

I see that Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue has a scenario editor. Does Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa have one?

[JudgeDredd]

I don't think so...I'll check

Back in a mo...

[JudgeDredd]

...back and nope.

[bbmike]

Thanks, JD. Now I'm leaning more towards DC:CB.

[-budd-]

DCB doesn't have an editor but there's a whole seperate download and install, the DCB community project.
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3982558

Also there a good mod for a world divided here
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1627473

[Geezer]

Just picked up SoW Gettysburg Anniversary Edition.  Any "must have" mods people can recommend?

Edit - Added Bugles and Flags after finding a thread here.  Also added Pea Ridge.

[Sir Slash]

I love Case Blue but it's not for everybody. If you like really BIG campaigns with hundreds of units to push around, then it's a great fit. Down side is  only an attempt at a naval part to the campaigns and an Air Element that was, in my opinion, less well developed than DC: WtP. The AI can be a really tough opponent.

[JasonPratt]

Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided - amazingly a GG game you could conceivably complete in one (longish) sitting - a bit of an overlooked gem in my opinion.

Because it's GG's Axis vs Allies! Down to the map and counter design. (Though with plenty of extra computer-aided house rules.)

[ComradeP]

I bought:

Ravenmark - Scourge of Estellion.

I've looked at the title several times in the past, but didn't actually buy it. It's enjoyable so far.

Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front and the Kursk DLC/expansion for that title.

With the by now rather serious dry spell of pre-modern operational level land-focussed wargames going strong, there isn't much more that interests me in what Matrix/Slitherine has released in the last couple of years.

There was a period where there were interesting new releases every few months, but with the focus going to mobile gaming, easy to play/difficult to master games, space stuff, and periods or types of warfare (like modern air/naval operations) I'm not interested in, I'm struggling to find something to buy each year.

On the plus side, discounts from membership milestone coupon codes work during the sale as well. Whereas the discount from a coupon code might not be good enough to purchase something normally, it currently adds a nice additional discount to the sales.