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I think there's something wrong with me...
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12 Apr 2008 19:33 #4937
by Gary Sax
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So I hadn't bought a new game for about 2-3 months. And what do I buy? Triumph of Chaos, the insanely overchromed Russian Revolution game.
I think there's something really wrong with me.
I think there's something really wrong with me.
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13 Apr 2008 10:18 #4942
by Michael Barnes
Replied by Michael Barnes on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
How long before that one hits the table with a live person?
It looks awesome, but I haven't been able to justify buying another wargame that will invariably be doomed to solo play...yet...
It looks awesome, but I haven't been able to justify buying another wargame that will invariably be doomed to solo play...yet...
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13 Apr 2008 12:42 #4946
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
It's a CDG so it should be reasonably well suited to PBEM. Or so I hear. And hope...
But I play way too much PBEM already... thankfully I do have a regular wargaming partner I play with, but it'd probably be too much to ask to play TOC. We usually play POG, TS, FAB: Bulge...
Or I may have to *really* nerd it up and get a mic and play it live VASSAL. But that's a bridge I'm not dying to cross, sitting on the interwebs with some dude across the country hunched over your computer, talking into a fucking mic...
But I play way too much PBEM already... thankfully I do have a regular wargaming partner I play with, but it'd probably be too much to ask to play TOC. We usually play POG, TS, FAB: Bulge...
Or I may have to *really* nerd it up and get a mic and play it live VASSAL. But that's a bridge I'm not dying to cross, sitting on the interwebs with some dude across the country hunched over your computer, talking into a fucking mic...
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13 Apr 2008 22:24 #4953
by vialiy
I hear you. I really like VASL by email, but I don't care much about talking to a mic during play.
Replied by vialiy on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
But that's a bridge I'm not dying to cross, sitting on the interwebs with some dude across the country hunched over your computer, talking into a fucking mic...
I hear you. I really like VASL by email, but I don't care much about talking to a mic during play.
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14 Apr 2008 03:24 #4959
by Schweig!
Replied by Schweig! on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Did you get it with the "Comrade's Guide" for $99 (90th anniversary special)?
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14 Apr 2008 11:23 #4968
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Yeah, from Clash of Arms.
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14 Apr 2008 12:45 #4972
by JoelCFC25
Replied by JoelCFC25 on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Gary Sax wrote:
Well if you are going to play something live on VASSAL, having voice chat is infinitely preferable to typing messages, I assure you. Granted I've only played this way with my brothers and good friends out of state--so I can understand how doing this with a stranger might make you feel like a loser.
I got a cheapo $10 Plantronics headset with microphone and it's been terrific value.
Or I may have to *really* nerd it up and get a mic and play it live VASSAL. But that's a bridge I'm not dying to cross, sitting on the interwebs with some dude across the country hunched over your computer, talking into a fucking mic...
Well if you are going to play something live on VASSAL, having voice chat is infinitely preferable to typing messages, I assure you. Granted I've only played this way with my brothers and good friends out of state--so I can understand how doing this with a stranger might make you feel like a loser.
I got a cheapo $10 Plantronics headset with microphone and it's been terrific value.
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14 Apr 2008 14:29 #4979
by moss_icon
Replied by moss_icon on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
last time i played on Vassal we did voice chat over the telephone. old skool or wot! at least it was free.
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17 Apr 2008 14:11 #5112
by pcjohnstone
Replied by pcjohnstone on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Gary,
There is nothing wrong with you - I bought this game a year ago (at the vastly inflated UK price), read the rules, put it on the shelf unpunched, waited for and bought the Comrade's Guide when it came out, read it, put it in the box and put the box back on the shelf....
I think there's something wrong with me!
The game does look awesome - maybe someday.
There is nothing wrong with you - I bought this game a year ago (at the vastly inflated UK price), read the rules, put it on the shelf unpunched, waited for and bought the Comrade's Guide when it came out, read it, put it in the box and put the box back on the shelf....
I think there's something wrong with me!
The game does look awesome - maybe someday.
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18 Apr 2008 00:28 #5122
by Gary Sax
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I just punched it out. Maybe I'll *try* to solo it but I think I'll get online with it soon. I am totally in love with the idea though--it's basically a 3 player wargame where the 3rd player is the system. I value narrative and flavor way more than I do any "I LOST BECAUSE OF A DICE ROLL!" considerations so this is like super attractive to me.
Gotta love any game with a counter for control of a huge train full of gold.
Gotta love any game with a counter for control of a huge train full of gold.
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18 Apr 2008 04:57 #5132
by Schweig!
Replied by Schweig! on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Keep talking like this and I'll end up buying it too!
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18 Apr 2008 14:00 #5156
by pcjohnstone
Replied by pcjohnstone on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
You also get red and white beads instead of chits to show control of spaces - maybe that'll clinch it!
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20 Apr 2008 21:08 #5185
by mikelawson
Replied by mikelawson on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Nothing is wrong with either of you.
When AH announced they were sold to Hasbro, there was a run on AH games at my FLGS (at the time there was only one I went to). Among the titles I snatched up:
Machiavelli
Diplomacy (played it e-mail for ages, but never owned it)
D-Day
Empires in Arms
Do you know how many of them I've actually played? Zero. (Okay, Dip, but that's still e-mail.) And I still regret not picking up Guadalcanal, too.
--Mike L.
When AH announced they were sold to Hasbro, there was a run on AH games at my FLGS (at the time there was only one I went to). Among the titles I snatched up:
Machiavelli
Diplomacy (played it e-mail for ages, but never owned it)
D-Day
Empires in Arms
Do you know how many of them I've actually played? Zero. (Okay, Dip, but that's still e-mail.) And I still regret not picking up Guadalcanal, too.
--Mike L.
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20 Apr 2008 21:15 - 20 Apr 2008 21:16 #5186
by Gary Sax
Replied by Gary Sax on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
Just from soloing and getting the rules internalized, the best way I can describe this game is that it's like sitting at a table playing a serious, incredibly complex and overchromed wargame while a drunk guy stands next to the table picking different colored units from a bag and throwing them on the table while yelling out which player gets to use them.
And I think I mean that in a good way...
And I think I mean that in a good way...
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21 Apr 2008 10:39 #5199
by mikoyan
Replied by mikoyan on topic Re:I think there's something wrong with me...
I can certainly understand not buying games in the past couple months. I buy alot of games (not nearly as many as some) and I get tired of buying games that I'll never play. So I do quite a bit of research before I buy a new game. 'sides, I just plunked down a nice bit of change on a new TV....
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