Confessions of a Groghead

[TheCommandTent]

I didn't understand how to play TOAWIII....

Also grand strategy games like the recently reviewed DC Case Blue scare the crap out of me.

[LongBlade]

I wonder if you can get Tiger II's - y'know, for special occasions?

I can think of a lot of snarky comments but I think they're better off not expressed.

[Steelgrave]

I wonder if you can get Tiger II's - y'know, for special occasions?

I can think of a lot of snarky comments but I think they're better off not expressed.

Like....he wants to put a tiger in her tank? Or is that too old a reference for this crowd?   ;D

[Staggerwing]

Like....he wants to put a tiger in her tank? Or is that too old a reference for this crowd?   ;D

Sadly not... **rocking chair creaking**

[Sir Slash]

I confess to allowing myself occasional mulligans/do-overs especially when the AI gets one of those one-shot-hits(CMBN/CMFI). Or playing a turn or 2 ahead sometimes just to see what the AI is going to do(Third Age Total War). I also confess to prefer AI to play against humans and feeling oddly guilty when the victory conditions require me to invade an otherwise peaceful nation to win(ETW). I also confess to spending way too much time getting sucked into these damned irresistible subjects instead of actually playing the games. I feel like I'm sitting at a neighborhood bar.

[Tuna]

LOL. I have the same guilty feeling with ETW, when at the end you have to invade one of your loyal allies in order to achieve the objectives to win... they should have an option, where you say, "hey this country's my buddy, choose another!"

[Gusington]

Confession: I could never get myself to enjoy ETW, even though I love the era.

[Rekim]

i wear silly socks that suit a strange hobby

Panzerkampf slippers

Hard core. Love them.

:D

[MetalDog]

I don't finish games.

Until recently, if I was losing, I quit and didn't finish.

I play Civ IV exclusively (or near enough that it doen't matter(although, with my game filled purchase of the Labor Day weekend(Thank you for that Greybriar and GrimReaper)CKII is up now and I have Warlock when I finally tire of it)).

[jomni]

I have never played a Panzer General or Panzer Corps game.

That's ok. Grogs don't play kiddie games.

[Arctic Blast]

Also, I admit it, I do like eye candy in a wargame!  With todays power PCs and graphic cards, there is no excuse for HPS-type graphics anymore.

Hell to the yes. It's 2012. Enough with strategic games that look like they time traveled forward from 1990.

[MarkShot]

The few times I have been faced by my own mortal nature (open heart surgery, heart attack, ...), I find that the only things I feel I would miss at the end are my wife and my games. I feel having that list including "games" in the #2 position and nothing else must be indicative of a very shallow and meaningless life.

Oh well ...

[Gusington]

^You really feel that way? Games fill a hole in my soul dude. A certain something I can't quite put my finger on. Say it aint so Mark!!

[MarkShot]

Gus,

Maybe for people like us, we get reincarnated to see if we can live a more meaningful life. Maybe this is why I survived the surgery and MI. I was being given a chance to have something more said about me at the end than "He sank 60,000 tons of shipping and is survived by his virtual crew that could care less".

[Kushan]

I don't like Master of Magic.

I like SES Jutland

I'm not really that good at strategy games.