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gradenko_2000 posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/963870/Valor__Victory/
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COOL CORN posted:I wish Tigers On The Hunt were good
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/963870/Valor__Victory/ I dunno about the rules, but art-wise this looks dangerously close to ripping off Lock and Load Tactical  Which has its own digital version coming out Soon™!
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Drone posted:Couldn't one just lift the setting from Shattered Union and make a series of scenarios for it in an engine like ATG, TOAW4, or CMO? I mean I could, I have the experience. There’s a ACW2 packed with the game but that scenario has some utterly baffling design choices. Maybe I’ll make that my objective for the year is to make one. A localized scenario could be interesting. Edit: Missouri front with modern units, CSA player has to use the Arkansas national guard and Texas national guard to try and push to the Iowa border? Top Hats Monthly fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Mar 9, 2020 |
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I forgot I was working on a Toledo War scenario from like eight months ago, and I either accidentally deleted it or it is on a different computer, but I did find this saved screenshot
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Mar 12, 2020 23:04
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That's an interesting notion.
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Top Hats Monthly posted:I wish there was a grognard-y version of a game like shattered union At least don't repeat my mistake of trying to wring some joy from Supreme Ruler. You'd think a game that's half a modern-day Victoria and half a real-time Panzer/People's General would make for some memorable gaming experiences (there's a Trump vs. Sanders civil war scenario!), but you'd be wrong. Every time you try. 
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PoontifexMacksimus posted:At least don't repeat my mistake of trying to wring some joy from Supreme Ruler. You'd think a game that's half a modern-day Victoria and half a real-time Panzer/People's General would make for some memorable gaming experiences (there's a Trump vs. Sanders civil war scenario!), but you'd be wrong. Every time you try. It’s too late. I already do that. The modern government sim market is dire.
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I cracked and bought Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail. From the guys that made Darthmod and Ultimate General: Civil War If anyone was looking at picking it up I’d say hold off for a few months, ship to ship is a bit rough with some features being missing but the ground game is atrocious, you’d think after two entirely infantry based games they’d nail it but it plays terribly. Not gonna refund as it’s pretty much all I want in a game, age of sail and musket coastal raiding etc. I hope they make good progress on it.
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Mar 14, 2020 06:28
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Has anyone tried WarPlan from Matrix? I saw a random reference to it and didn't realize it existed until today. Doesn't look like anything special, especially since I don't remember it being discussed in the thread but just curious if I missed something and it's actually worth looking at.
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nessin posted:Has anyone tried WarPlan from Matrix? I saw a random reference to it and didn't realize it existed until today. Doesn't look like anything special, especially since I don't remember it being discussed in the thread but just curious if I missed something and it's actually worth looking at. Warplan's similar to strategic command 3 but it was made by somebody willing to make more radical changes- so now theire's air/naval stacking, land units make more sense and there's a more complex economic model behind it.
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I know it had some strategic AI problems, but it looks like its been fairly aggressively patched since then so I don't know how it stands today. I've had it on my wishlist for a while.
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does anyone have any tips for mapping real world locations to the operational art of war iv besides overlapping the game with google maps e: for anyone curious 
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Mar 14, 2020 22:26
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Abongination posted:Not gonna refund as it’s pretty much all I want in a game, age of sail and musket coastal raiding etc. I hope they make good progress on it. They've done a lot on Dreadnoughts, so keep an eye on update notifications.
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Stairmaster posted:does anyone have any tips for mapping real world locations to the operational art of war iv besides overlapping the game with google maps Look up Hexthingy, it places hexes over google maps of your chosen size and density. I used it to make a map of Estonia
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that is incredibly helpful thank you.
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Stairmaster posted:that is incredibly helpful thank you. What's the basis of this scenario? It looks interesting from map alone.
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I was thinkg about that ACW scenario that came with the base game and decided to try and take a whack at with something zoomed in on illinois. I have run into a slight difficulty that I'm not sure how to represent the sprawling masses of mc-mansion hell that covers the northwest corner of the state though.
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Stairmaster posted:I was thinkg about that ACW scenario that came with the base game and decided to try and take a whack at with something zoomed in on illinois. I have run into a slight difficulty that I'm not sure how to represent the sprawling masses of mc-mansion hell that covers the northwest corner of the state though. Easy fix. Fluff up that in the confused early hours of the war, a strategic exchange targeted that area and just make it a blasted, irradiated wasteland.
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Stairmaster posted:I was thinkg about that ACW scenario that came with the base game and decided to try and take a whack at with something zoomed in on illinois. I have run into a slight difficulty that I'm not sure how to represent the sprawling masses of mc-mansion hell that covers the northwest corner of the state though. For suburbs and areas that have big houses that aren't populated city centers I typically put the "urban" tiles in areas of greater density while leaving the others be cropland or grass.
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nessin posted:Has anyone tried WarPlan from Matrix? I saw a random reference to it and didn't realize it existed until today. Doesn't look like anything special, especially since I don't remember it being discussed in the thread but just curious if I missed something and it's actually worth looking at. Grey Hunter did a video series on it.
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nessin posted:Has anyone tried WarPlan from Matrix? I saw a random reference to it and didn't realize it existed until today. Doesn't look like anything special, especially since I don't remember it being discussed in the thread but just curious if I missed something and it's actually worth looking at. WarPlan - Axis Campaign: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6WX0yyxWfVTXq6JcVnf7vlh4Be91i9SD Its not the most complex game, fun but well below my skill level. I'd say its a good intro to the genre.
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Speaking of resources, I'm trying to track down a Soviet OOB circa 1980's. I can find totals of aircraft but I'm looking to get more granular, ideally down to the air base level. I've got some used 1980's era source books coming, but a good online source would be great. Anyone got a place?
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Yooper posted:Speaking of resources, I'm trying to track down a Soviet OOB circa 1980's. I can find totals of aircraft but I'm looking to get more granular, ideally down to the air base level. I've got some used 1980's era source books coming, but a good online source would be great. Anyone got a place? https://wiki.baloogancampaign.com/index.php/Soviet_Union_OOB_1988
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It's alive? The past few times I've tried to use it I get a big fat error. Awesome, thanks!
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Yooper posted:Speaking of resources, I'm trying to track down a Soviet OOB circa 1980's. I can find totals of aircraft but I'm looking to get more granular, ideally down to the air base level. I've got some used 1980's era source books coming, but a good online source would be great. Anyone got a place? http://www.ww2.dk/new/newindex.htm
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Top Hats Monthly posted:It’s too late. I already do that. The modern government sim market is dire. I was actually very impressed when the original had fresh water as a crucial strategic resource to fight over, seemed actually prescient. So of course the later games removed it Stairmaster posted:does anyone have any tips for mapping real world locations to the operational art of war iv besides overlapping the game with google maps I keep wondering, aren't at least the city hexes just zoomed-out screencaps of Steel Panthers buildings? The trees look a bit familiar too.
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We're halfway through March, release Aurora already!
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uPen posted:We're halfway through March, release Aurora already! The guy said it would be the end of March, and also, that might be delayed: http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php?topic=10606.0 posted:Why isn't the code open source? Can I crack the code?
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Those people should just make their own Space Ship game (from scratch) if they're so eager to muck about in Aurora 4X's guts
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Well I'm in isolation for the next two weeks, might just run my LP in old Aurora.
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Those people should just make their own Space Ship game (from scratch) if they're so eager to muck about in Aurora 4X's guts It isn't quite as bad as it was a few years ago, but there's still a solid core of open-source cultists who get incensed at the very notion of a closed-source project and break out the pitchforks. Dwarf Fortress was plagued by those over on Bay12 for years.
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Alright I'm done with my map and I'm gonna get to work on the order of battle now. Think I'll just roll a die to see what military units defect and which go loyalist.
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Holy poo poo you cranked out a good looking map fast. Christ. Comedy option: Wisconsin invading Illinois from the north. 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team facing off against the Illinois 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with pro-Wisconsin guerrillas operating in the backlines to give civilian police units a purpose? Top Hats Monthly fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Mar 17, 2020 |
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A band of Springfield Secessionist should spawn at the bottom of the map.
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Virtual Russian posted:Well I'm in isolation for the next two weeks, might just run my LP in old Aurora. High five, buddy. I've been playing grognard board games for 7 days. Squiggle fucked around with this message at 06:50 on Mar 17, 2020 |
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Ran into a problem: none of the NG units in this theatre have tanks. Does the US store mothballed tanks anywhere east of the missisipi?Top Hats Monthly posted:Holy poo poo you cranked out a good looking map fast. Christ. hexthingy really spreads things up.
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Stairmaster posted:Ran into a problem: none of the NG units in this theatre have tanks. Does the US store mothballed tanks anywhere east of the missisipi? 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota National Guard?
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Stairmaster posted:Ran into a problem: none of the NG units in this theatre have tanks. Does the US store mothballed tanks anywhere east of the missisipi? I can probably help you with this if you need some specific information. Pretty much the only place in CONUS you'll find stocks like that is the Sierra depot out in CA. Those tanks aren't anywhere near ready to roll, either...they require depot level refurbishing before doing anything. I'm not sure what kind of scenario you really have in mind, but building a couple of task forces with only reserve component units is going to be...tricky. You might look at something like an AC joint task force trying to re-take Chicagoland from a rebellious state militia built around a couple of RC BCTs plussed up with a bunch of civilian/paramilitary forces or something like that.
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bewbies posted:I can probably help you with this if you need some specific information. I take it they've tightened things up since the time that guy stole a Patton and took it out for a spin in San Diego?
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