TGIF - F R I D A Y Gaming Thread - what's going down?

[JudgeDredd]

Well - I have started this but will be unlikely to play any games.

I have a long, hard weekend of drinking - it's my annual 1 Squadron reunion. Meet Friday night for a few beers with some people who travel down early. Meet Saturday lunchtime and chew the fat with some other people that travel down early (but later than the Friday mob). Then Saturday night - about 40-60 of the old 1 Squadron boys - all telling the same anecdotes they were telling the year before and the year before.

Bloody good fun.

If, however, I do get some gaming time, it'll be Sunday. I recently bought a new Saitek X-45 pro - and sold my used one on SimHQ that I bought on eBay...but I haven't played with it yet, so if I do get some gaming done on Sunday, I think I'll take DCS A-10C or Black Shark out for a ride. Of course it's been so long, I'll likely have to go through the basic tutorials again (will I ever get to weapons??).

Anyway - what's your intended gaming this weekend?

[undercovergeek]

After a **** week at work and Undercover Junior going on holiday with her mum, its 'tension release weekend' with a gaming buddy, which roughly translated means, 20-30 bottles of Crabbies, 2 bottles of Irish to drop into the crabbies, a joint of beef fillet, cooked slowly and converted into beef sandwiches whilst playing MW3 and GRFS on PS3 til stupidly early, a few hours sleep, a full english breakfast and it starts all over again til Monday morning when we drag our asses back to work. Im 40 and hope i never grow out of this!

For the moments of sobriety today, theres still a bit of work to do on CMFI (only just occurred to me i have it for free!)

im intrigued by the new PON patch - need a weekend of solitude for that

2 new CMBN/CW PBEMS having joined a gaming club website

and a quick go on NWAC which i find very relaxing and enjoyable

Have a good weekend all

[MikeGER]

on Sa i start in a weekend getaway R&R with the OKW (aka 'the Missus') to our favorite wellness-location on short notice. ...so i bet i will play the 'tabletop' "Horny Leader:SBO (spa based operations)"  ;)
...to don't lose contact with the hobby, i have the manuals of DVGs: TAL , CM: Fortress Italy and DC:WtP  (my three latest purchases) as pdf on the smartphone  ...and a physical book from Andy McNab in the duffelbag  ;D


...should look like this a few weeks ago

and when i am home on Mo. eve... i hope that big fat TAL-box got delivered 8)   

[tgb]

Not much for me.  I have to go to a trade show Sunday for work, which means that the wife and I will be getting all out chores done Saturday.  I hope to get some more time in with Warlock and the new DLC, and I just reinstalled Amalur, so hope to be starting that.

[Anguille]

I am having a blast with the campaign in Gemini Wars...my kind of stories.

I also continue my Armada 2526 Supernova pbems (many are coming to an end)

Finally, i'll do some more turns (i try to 10 every 2 days) of Master of Orion 3 for my AAR.

So its now a science fiction weekend.

[TheCommandTent]

I am trying to play through the ARMA II campaigns right now.  I'll probably try and get in some Minecraft and Panzer Corps now that patches have been released for each of them.

[W8taminute]

Not much new going on for me but I'll be diligently attacking my usual lineup.  This was a hard long week and I'm beat so I need some down time with my games:


Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM with the Grog boyz
In my 3 player game the galaxy is aflame in war between the "Tree People, Teyes Flock of Seagulls, and the alliance consisting of Shelldrake, Martok, and myself

In my 4 player game my empire has yet to make "first contact" after many many turns of playing.  You should see my economy though!


Mass Effect Xbox360
I'm about 30% done with the game and finding out a lot of the background story after finishing Mass Effect 3 (my first game in the series) a few weeks ago.


Pocket Planes iPad
My airline continues to grow and I've got lots o cash coming in as well a decent sized fleet.


Laundry: Modern House Wars 3 Samsung Front Loader
I'll be sending 3 baskets (divisions) into battle against the hated dirt and sweat enemies.  The attack will be lead by yours truly and the OOB =
1^st Basket Division (The Big Red One)
2^nd Sturm Basket consisting of soiled outerwear
Kampfgruppe W8taminute consisting of bed sheets and towels

[MengJiao]

Anyway - what's your intended gaming this weekend?

I intend to start Case Blue as STAVKA's representative in the South with the May 12 date and a few set up.  The German objectives are known and the AI is on Easy and it should be possible to annihilate the German forces in Southern Russia in a few months.

Other than that some boardgame practice on Battles from the Age of Reason (Leuthen actually) in anticipation of Fontenoy's arriving
in the mail soon.

[Nefaro]

Dungeons of Dredmor: Wizardlands expansion (it never ennnddddsss!  :P )

Smattering of Other RPGs depending on mood:

Fallout New Vegas

X3 Albion Prelude

Gothic 3 Gold

Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga


Once my strategy itch starts taking over again, I'm excited to eventually get into a new lifelong game of PON with the new 1.03 update.   And the same for the recent Port Royale 3 update.

Still have all the Theater Of War games to try out from my 1C collection purchase earlier this year..  all the Men Of War games.. the list goes on.   :o

[Greybriar]

I will probably be playing mostly Civ5 and Warlock: Master of the Arcane this weekend.

[Sir Slash]

I'm hip deep into CMBN- the user-made campaign, "Devil's Descent". An excellent campaign centered around the opening days of Overlord. The campaign really develops differently depending on your choices of whether to engage the Germans or wait for reinforcements. A nice mix of attack/defend, easy to tough company sized fights.

[LongBlade]

Got an invite to do some Flames of War this afternoon.

Then tonight I'll install Combat Mission: Fortress Italy! Then maybe a bit more Fallout: New Vegas.

[MarkShot]

CMBB/CMAK (time permitting)

Spent the last couple of days working on VPN service/configuration for Windows and iOS.  (necessary to use services like Netflix from outside the USA)

[Martok]

Gonna mostly be more Civ IV Complete, with maybe a dash of Crusader Kings 2 thrown in for good measure.  Oh, and of course my Armada PBEM campaigns with the fellas.   

Armada 2526 Supernova PBEM with the Grog boyz
In my 3 player game the galaxy is aflame in war between the "Tree People, Teyes Flock of Seagulls, and the alliance consisting of Shelldrake, Martok, and myself

Actually, I *just* managed to sign peace treaties with both the Teyes and Walden.  My economy is in the toilet right now (as in, my treasury is red and getting redder!), and I simply cannot afford even 1 war at the moment, much less 2. 

I don't expect the peace to last -- especially not with the Walden -- but I badly need a breather right now! 

In my 4 player game my empire has yet to make "first contact" after many many turns of playing.  You should see my economy though!

Heh, same here:  No aliens yet, but I've already got over 20,000 in the bank, and am pulling down over 1000 credits a turn even building just about everything I can.  Never had this happen before, especially this relatively early in the game! 

[Huw the Poo]

This weekend I shall mainly be playing Warlock: Master of the Arcane and...dunno what else.  I may pick up some cheap game in the weekend sales.  I seem to be hitting a bit of a slump again, but hopefully Warlock will keep me amused for the whole weekend.