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Author Topic: "Saturday Night Fights" -- A Sprint Over the Blood River -- 1879  (Read 36937 times)

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on: January 16, 2019, 10:59:52 PM
So, after a bit of thought and self-examination (thanks, Doug) and a conversation or two with the game designer (thanks Ed) I've decided to build a TTS set for Two Hour Wargames' "Colonial Adventures".

As always a teaching game, this fight will see the British Army raiding over the Blood River against the Zulu.

As can be done with these rules -- based on Ed Texeira's well-regarded "Reaction" system -- this one will be all the humans against the game's A.I.

If we go again on Saturday at 1900 CST, who's in?


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Reply #1 on: January 17, 2019, 06:24:37 AM
Out of town this weekend.  :(

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Reply #2 on: January 17, 2019, 06:35:31 AM
So are we all playing as Zulus and if so can we be equipped with Wakandan tech for the fight?  :bigthumb:


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Reply #3 on: January 17, 2019, 08:31:14 AM
Is this another 'easy one to learn', like What a Tanker? Not that I would have been able to fire a shot without hand holding on how to do it :p! But it was easy to participate ;-)


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Reply #4 on: January 17, 2019, 11:55:23 AM
@Tuna -- It's a bit more complicated, although not much.

It's intended to be intro level and I've taught the Vietnam version several times at Historicon.

The big thing is that the scenario I have in mind pits the players against the system.




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Reply #5 on: January 17, 2019, 01:46:35 PM
Okay, "If nothing is going on"  ;D


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Reply #6 on: January 17, 2019, 05:02:34 PM
I'm in. We're supposed to be having a blizzard then, anyway.

I actually don't really like games.

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Reply #7 on: January 17, 2019, 05:17:54 PM
Yep blizzard here too.. I was supposed to drive my kid back to UMass Amherst on Sunday in the thick of it. But they just waived the 'early' fee of 60 bucks.. So I'm gonna try and run him out there before the storm Saturday. But hopefully should be back in time! Storm starts Saturday afternoon here.


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Reply #8 on: January 17, 2019, 10:10:15 PM
Blizzard conditions for me also, so Im in.

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Reply #9 on: January 18, 2019, 11:01:50 AM
If I can plan ahead, I should be able to join!


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Reply #10 on: January 18, 2019, 11:16:15 AM
I told Nefaro too, so he might come.


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Reply #11 on: January 18, 2019, 12:18:18 PM
I'll catch the stream

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Reply #12 on: January 18, 2019, 12:53:37 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 18, 2019, 12:18:18 PM
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Reply #13 on: January 18, 2019, 01:45:49 PM

Being able to Google shit better than your clients is a legit career skill.

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Reply #14 on: January 18, 2019, 01:52:29 PM


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