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Intel Dump / Re: Tuesday Newsday! Weekly dump of wargaming news
« Last post by bayonetbrant on June 06, 2023, 03:22:59 PM »CSR Ballots Are Open ~ #TuesdayNewsday 6/6/23
Links to the CSR ballots and discussions, Origins previews, new releases, lots of pre-orders this week, a bit of industry news, and more
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tn-6-6-23/
Links to the CSR ballots and discussions, Origins previews, new releases, lots of pre-orders this week, a bit of industry news, and more
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tn-6-6-23/
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Intel Dump / Re: The Intel Dump!
« Last post by bayonetbrant on June 06, 2023, 11:22:49 AM »New stuff coming from the Flames of War / Team Yankee dudes
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by bob48 on June 06, 2023, 10:36:39 AM »Yeah, there are a few.
I remember playing SPI's monster 'Atlantic Wall' and Avalon Hill's 'The Longest day' both of which are large games. Lots of other games on the subject, as Mike quite rightly says.
My own favourite games are GMT's excellent 'Normandy '44' and 'Liberty Roads' by Hexasim.
I remember playing SPI's monster 'Atlantic Wall' and Avalon Hill's 'The Longest day' both of which are large games. Lots of other games on the subject, as Mike quite rightly says.
My own favourite games are GMT's excellent 'Normandy '44' and 'Liberty Roads' by Hexasim.
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by bbmike on June 06, 2023, 10:26:23 AM »1944. D-Day.
It's a bit surprising that with all the German defences, only one major warship was sunk, the USS Corry.
Besides giving good gunfire support to the landing force, her other claim to fame is rarely mentioned.
During an upkeep in Boston navy yard, she was tied up next to a cruiser. A working party noticed a crate on the pier. It was clearly marked for the cruiser and also labeled "Ice Cream Machine."
In the best naval tradition of cutting out valuable treasures, that night the crew painted over the cruisers name and stencilled on the Corry. Next day, yard workers craned it onto the destroyer.
(a these machines could work with real dairy, but after a few days at sea, used a powder mix to create it de cream. Connoisseurs hated the stuff, but like powdered milk, was better than doing without.)
Too many D-Day games to list!
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by Sir Slash on June 06, 2023, 10:24:09 AM »Happy D-Day to everyone and Happy Bob's Dad Birthday! 
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on June 06, 2023, 10:12:47 AM »1944. D-Day.
It's a bit surprising that with all the German defences, only one major warship was sunk, the USS Corry.
Besides giving good gunfire support to the landing force, her other claim to fame is rarely mentioned.
During an upkeep in Boston navy yard, she was tied up next to a cruiser. A working party noticed a crate on the pier. It was clearly marked for the cruiser and also labeled "Ice Cream Machine."
In the best naval tradition of cutting out valuable treasures, that night the crew painted over the cruisers name and stencilled on the Corry. Next day, yard workers craned it onto the destroyer.
(a these machines could work with real dairy, but after a few days at sea, used a powder mix to create it de cream. Connoisseurs hated the stuff, but like powdered milk, was better than doing without.)
It's a bit surprising that with all the German defences, only one major warship was sunk, the USS Corry.
Besides giving good gunfire support to the landing force, her other claim to fame is rarely mentioned.
During an upkeep in Boston navy yard, she was tied up next to a cruiser. A working party noticed a crate on the pier. It was clearly marked for the cruiser and also labeled "Ice Cream Machine."
In the best naval tradition of cutting out valuable treasures, that night the crew painted over the cruisers name and stencilled on the Corry. Next day, yard workers craned it onto the destroyer.
(a these machines could work with real dairy, but after a few days at sea, used a powder mix to create it de cream. Connoisseurs hated the stuff, but like powdered milk, was better than doing without.)
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Age of Gunpowder / Re: A Look at Crowdfunding & The New Cruel Necessity Deluxe Edition
« Last post by bob48 on June 06, 2023, 07:18:26 AM »Its an excellent article - top notch! 
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by bob48 on June 06, 2023, 07:15:57 AM »He took part in the landings in Sicily and Italy, and was at Anzio.
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Intel Dump / Re: Post your screenshots! Share your game stories!
« Last post by Undercovergeek on June 06, 2023, 06:54:53 AM »It’s generally a real world looking sim city - there is some micro - but essentially build a factory and then build the workers houses and a transport link between the two and they’ll go to work and make XXX - the workers will want free time to take in culture and pub/shopping for food but they’ll tell you what they need - if you hover over a block of flats it will say blah blah % haven’t been able to access culture - build a cinema/theatre, haven’t been able to get to work as there’s no child care - build a nursery, can’t get food - build a store but then these things need manning too - it looks a lot more complicated than it is
As any fan of city builders will tell you the joy is watching it work, tweaking an extra train carriage here and watching production go up or building a services depot in winter and watching all the snow ploughs come out to clear the roads and make everything run faster
Buying vans to take the food you make to the supermarkets and watching the local populace get happier now they have access to food or meat or clothes or electronic goods
Next set of shots will show the tiny impact I’ve had on the map
As any fan of city builders will tell you the joy is watching it work, tweaking an extra train carriage here and watching production go up or building a services depot in winter and watching all the snow ploughs come out to clear the roads and make everything run faster
Buying vans to take the food you make to the supermarkets and watching the local populace get happier now they have access to food or meat or clothes or electronic goods
Next set of shots will show the tiny impact I’ve had on the map
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Intel Dump / Re: Post your screenshots! Share your game stories!
« Last post by Martok on June 06, 2023, 05:23:19 AM »Holy crap. That really does look amazing.
I keep meaning to ask, how much do you need to manage yourself? Do things pretty much run themselves, once you have the initial operation up and going? Are you constantly tweaking things? Somewhere in between?
I keep meaning to ask, how much do you need to manage yourself? Do things pretty much run themselves, once you have the initial operation up and going? Are you constantly tweaking things? Somewhere in between?