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RPGs & Adventure Gaming / Gunfight Royale
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 10:47:44 AM »Armchair Dragoons Takes Aim at Gunfight Royale
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Gunfight Royale is the perfect game for a fun night with friends and family. It’s a light, easy to learn game that is great fun. Gunfight Royale is an Old West shootout game where gunfighters, desperados, and misfits fight it out in the town of Gunpowder Gulch.
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History and Tall Tales / Re: Tales of Military Idiots
« Last post by besilarius on Today at 09:42:31 AM »April of 1811, then-Viscount Wellington moved to capture Almeida, a city in eastern Portugal that had been in French hands for nearly a year. Lacking heavy artillery to conduct a proper siege, Wellington blockaded the place, hoping to starve the garrison out. The French holding Almeida, some 1,400 men under General de Brigade Antoine Brennier, resisted stoutly.
Learning that André Massena was concentrating a relief force, Wellington maintained the blockade with about 13,000 troops, while holding the bulk of his army in readiness to counter the French marshal. In the resulting Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3-5, 1811), Wellington, with about 38,000 troops repeatedly beat off assaults by Massena’s 48,000
Despite his defeat, Massena maintained his army nearby, perhaps in the hope of renewing the fight.
Then, very early one morning, as Wellington was shaving in his tent, Baron Aylmer, of his staff, told him that Massena had pulled out, and that even as he spoke “the last cavalry [was] mounting to be gone," and thus the fall of Almeida was certain.
Wellington reacted by taking the razor from his face for a moment, to say “Aye, I thought they meant to be off; very well," and then continued his shave, not mentioning the enemy again until he had completed dressing, yet again demonstrating his remarkable tranquility.
As for Almeida, realizing that all was lost, a few days later, on the night of May 10-11, Brennier managed to slip most of his men out of the town, right through the British lines, after having rigged the defenses with explosives, which went off in spectacular fashion, demolishing the fortress.
The incident led Wellington to come close to expressing anger, when he wrote of the officers commanding the blockade, "They had about 13,000 to watch 1,400. There they were all sleeping in their spurs even; but the French got off. I begin to be of the opinion that there is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer."
Learning that André Massena was concentrating a relief force, Wellington maintained the blockade with about 13,000 troops, while holding the bulk of his army in readiness to counter the French marshal. In the resulting Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3-5, 1811), Wellington, with about 38,000 troops repeatedly beat off assaults by Massena’s 48,000
Despite his defeat, Massena maintained his army nearby, perhaps in the hope of renewing the fight.
Then, very early one morning, as Wellington was shaving in his tent, Baron Aylmer, of his staff, told him that Massena had pulled out, and that even as he spoke “the last cavalry [was] mounting to be gone," and thus the fall of Almeida was certain.
Wellington reacted by taking the razor from his face for a moment, to say “Aye, I thought they meant to be off; very well," and then continued his shave, not mentioning the enemy again until he had completed dressing, yet again demonstrating his remarkable tranquility.
As for Almeida, realizing that all was lost, a few days later, on the night of May 10-11, Brennier managed to slip most of his men out of the town, right through the British lines, after having rigged the defenses with explosives, which went off in spectacular fashion, demolishing the fortress.
The incident led Wellington to come close to expressing anger, when he wrote of the officers commanding the blockade, "They had about 13,000 to watch 1,400. There they were all sleeping in their spurs even; but the French got off. I begin to be of the opinion that there is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer."
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The Modern World / Re: Rule The Waves 3
« Last post by Undercovergeek on Today at 05:57:02 AM »Tis the time of remasters
Hollywood first, games second
Hollywood first, games second
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Skull Tales: Full Sail! on Gamefound
« Last post by bob48 on Today at 05:39:18 AM »Looks good 👍
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The Modern World / Re: Rule The Waves 3
« Last post by Grim.Reaper on Today at 05:26:04 AM »Seems like a lot of games using "remaster" nowadays:) Growing trend.
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Skull Tales: Full Sail! on Gamefound
« Last post by DracoIdeas on Today at 04:36:09 AM »Last chance! The campaign is ending 
The campaign is about to end. Although you will be able to get the game and addons in the Late Pledge, it will be at a higher price than the campaign.
You take home a game and expansions loaded with very interesting content, with more than 120 miniatures, which will ensure hours and hours of play in group or solo.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/skull-tales-full-sail/previewupdate/19700
The campaign is about to end. Although you will be able to get the game and addons in the Late Pledge, it will be at a higher price than the campaign.
You take home a game and expansions loaded with very interesting content, with more than 120 miniatures, which will ensure hours and hours of play in group or solo.
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/skull-tales-full-sail/previewupdate/19700
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The Modern World / Re: Rule The Waves 3
« Last post by Martok on Today at 02:32:18 AM »Remaster update is coming out Monday (April 28):
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/remaster-update-is-coming-soon
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2008100/announcements/detail/535473741718618828
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/remaster-update-is-coming-soon
https://steamcommunity.com/games/2008100/announcements/detail/535473741718618828
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
« Last post by Martok on Today at 02:28:37 AM »Everyone suddenly started buzzing about this one out of nowhere today; website reviewers and video streamers alike have been raving about it. It's an RPG set in a fantasy world inspired by Belle Époque-era France, which at the very least gives it the advantage of being unique.
https://www.expedition33.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/
https://www.expedition33.com/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1903340/Clair_Obscur_Expedition_33/
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Age of Gunpowder / The Battle of Abensberg
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 03:43:14 PM »Wednesday War Stories ~ Battle of Abensberg April 20, 1809
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Napoleon’s attack at Abensberg had Marshal Lannes commanding a provisional corps in the center, Davout’s III Corps on the French left flank and Lefebvre’s VII Corps on the French right flank.
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