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Tekopo please use this when posting the French orders we want them to achieve full immersion after all.
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 is that thing?! It'd probably be faster to just send a cavalry courier than try to translate...that!
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Nov 21, 2014 00:39
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It wouldn't!  That's a Chappe semaphore, essentially an early telegraph. Using them, a message could get from Paris to Strasbourg in six minutes.
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Nov 21, 2014 10:05
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All I want to know is Why the alphabet is right-to-left on the translation
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Nov 21, 2014 10:46
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If Napoleon had won, we would all be writing backwards.
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Nov 21, 2014 11:10
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Just a quick historical fact that I feel is relevant here, for the benefit of the Allied forces. You lose this battle. You lose this battle very badly.
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Nov 25, 2014 15:50
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Fat Turkey posted:Just a quick historical fact that I feel is relevant here, for the benefit of the Allied forces. 
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Nov 26, 2014 13:53
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Hold up, I'm no historian but I'm PRETTY sure Napoleon was the leader of the combined prussian and austrian forces?
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Nov 26, 2014 15:22
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Again:frankenfreak posted:Also, Prussians? At Austerlitz? Is that the kind of dirty tricks silvergoose was talking about?
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Nov 26, 2014 15:27
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I think I'm in the wrong war
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Nov 26, 2014 15:30
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Maybe, maybe not. Keep waiting for those airstrikes to soften up the French before you attack!
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Nov 26, 2014 15:37
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##threat ON THE ENTIRE BATTLEFIELD
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Nov 26, 2014 17:07
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Been frantically searching the manual for rules on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles with no luck, any help?!
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Nov 26, 2014 17:32
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I really like how cavalry work in this game.
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Dec 2, 2014 09:01
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Morholt posted:I really like how cavalry work in this game.
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Dec 2, 2014 11:50
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Not having seen the full game play out, I like the way that feint attacks seem to add an interesting game of maneuver and fog-of-war, with little additional rules.
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Dec 2, 2014 18:49
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Morholt posted:Not having seen the full game play out, I like the way that feint attacks seem to add an interesting game of maneuver and fog-of-war, with little additional rules. Feints are, in my opinion, the meat of the game. The actual combat sequence is more or less "who has more strength, defender gets to counter attack". Feints, though. Feints involve figuring out who moves where and how, trying to draw off enemy stuff, trying to bluff where you're attacking, and oh poo poo that was actually a real attack gently caress I'M SCREWED. Yeah, feints are cool. 
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Dec 2, 2014 19:35
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silvergoose posted:Yeah, feints are cool. 
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Dec 2, 2014 19:40
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Gonna do the maps today, sorry for the delay.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:24
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Tekopo posted:Gonna do the maps today, sorry for the delay. We and/or you are all doomed! NT is the tensest game I know, mostly because of the whole "will my line collapse right now if they attack? will their line collapse if I attack? I don't know the answer to either question!" It's even moreso because in team games, you're also thinking "OH GOD DON'T GO THERE" and "Wait, does he want me to do this or that?"
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Dec 8, 2014 16:48
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I think team games are a pretty brilliant way to play the game because you have to really rely on everyone to pull their weight in order to win.
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Dec 8, 2014 16:50
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Tekopo posted:I think team games are a pretty brilliant way to play the game because you have to really rely on everyone to pull their weight in order to win. Or else hope their team members make horrible mistakes to counter yours. Wait, that's how the 1v1 game works too.
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It's weird because as a new player you don't really have any idea if what you are doing is right but your experienced teammate can't do anything to help. It reminds me slightly of watching over a friends shoulder at an mtg tourney as they make a horrible misplay and are powerless to stop them I like it .
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Aston posted:It's weird because as a new player you don't really have any idea if what you are doing is right but your experienced teammate can't do anything to help. It reminds me slightly of watching over a friends shoulder at an mtg tourney as they make a horrible misplay and are powerless to stop them Yeah, exactly. As commanding general, I sure don't feel like I'm in full control of the battlefield, and messages are way too slow to get there in time, and good luck! 
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Also the rules for Independents means that some attacks are just not possible because that independent you need to feint in the flank is under the control of someone else and it would screw up the timing of your Corps attack if they can't attack first and etc etc
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Dec 8, 2014 18:13
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You can all analyze how the stupidity of General-Poruchik Davin Valkri cost the Allies at Austerlitz later
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Dec 8, 2014 20:09
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Gentlemen, we have first blood!
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Dec 9, 2014 18:17
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Tekopo posted:Gentlemen, we have first blood! Finally. All this pansy rear end maneuvering and feinting was getting on my nerves. I'm more of a "Charge!" kind of person. Seriously now, I'm enjoying the way cavalry plays. I think I've never seen a game where you can disorganize an army just by moving yours around.
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Fat Samurai posted:Finally. All this pansy rear end maneuvering and feinting was getting on my nerves. I'm more of a "Charge!" kind of person. Good. That makes two of us. EDIT: In fact, this is totally me right now: http://youtu.be/gF8jXjlQr5c?t=1m45s The video also shows quite nicely and accurately how the Allied army is a band of unwashed Spanish peasants who cheat by having cannons Tevery Best fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Dec 9, 2014 |
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Dec 9, 2014 19:14
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I'm sure you're happy with the results of your charge, you crazy French jerk.
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Dec 10, 2014 20:38
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Of course I am. Now you sit nicely in the timeout corner while adults do the fighting.
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Dec 11, 2014 10:26
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How dare you resist our glorious charge it's just not sporting
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Dec 15, 2014 16:12
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You clearly didn't anticipate any form of resistance. If you want to cut your suffering short, we will accept your graceful surrender.
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Dec 15, 2014 23:03
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Welcome to the club, Morholt. Here's your complimentary badge.
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What's the real world availability and opinion on this game? Edit: On NT, not the crowd's opinion on this forum game.
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Fat Turkey posted:What's the real world availability and opinion on this game? EDIT: I've got a copy btw, so let me know if you are interested in trying it IRL.
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If so popular and well-received, why hasn't there been a re-release? Or do Simmons no longer really exist and none bought the rights? Well, if you don't mind sharing your rare edition with a beginner, I think I could well take you up on that offer in the new year. I'll wait for this game to finish and to read some general discussion on scenarios here though, but it does seem interesting!
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From my understanding, Simmons Games is (or was) literally just Rachel Simmons. Keeping a game in print and circulation is a much taller order when you have to assemble boxes in your living room. Made much more difficult when you're dealing with both chronic shoulder problems and the unending parade of medical complications that come with gender reassignment. She stopped selling the game on her private store in early 2013. Guns of Gettysburg is her only game currently in print because she partnered with Mercury Games to publish it. I really hope she finds other favorable publication deals, so that she can get these games back in circulation.
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Fat Turkey posted:If so popular and well-received, why hasn't there been a re-release? Or do Simmons no longer really exist and none bought the rights? Mostly personal reasons, sadly. First off, Bowen had an arm injury that made it so problems doing publishing. Secondly, she uh transitioned to Rachel Simmons and that took a whole lot of her time and energy, I'd imagine. NT is still self published, but she could probably let Mercury or some other publisher do a re-release, it just isn't a quick process, and it sure hasn't happened yet. Summary, Simmons Games was wholly self published and the designer went through a few years of really difficult times. mostly e;fb
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So, is everyone enjoying the game so far? We got to the 'meat' of the game after doing the dancing in the first few hours: everyone still on board and excited?
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