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News:

  • Origins 2025 will be held in Columbus OH from 18-22 June, and the Wargame HQ will be back with over 150 events across all 5 days, and publishers like GMT, Decision, Fort Circle, Catastrophe, Ares, and the Dietz Foundation all supporting us.
  • Connections Online 2025 will be held 7-12 April, 2025. This virtual professional conference will be co-hosted by Armchair Dragoons and is aimed at the overlap between hobby wargamers and the NatSec / Defense / serious games communities.

News

Connections Online 2025 will be held 7-12 April, 2025. This virtual professional conference will be co-hosted by Armchair Dragoons and is aimed at the overlap between hobby wargamers and the NatSec / Defense / serious games communities.

Recent Posts

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4X Gaming / Re: Stellaris
« Last post by Undercovergeek on Today at 04:03:02 AM »
Happened to be watching a YT video this morning and thought I recognised the music

I always appreciated it in game but holy crap taken out of context and just played as music the original soundtrack is awesome
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Elite Dangerous.
« Last post by bob48 on Today at 03:55:48 AM »
That's good news. Hopefully I'll get mine later then. I'm already docked there, so its the first thing I'll do when i log on.

Just hope that the Mandalay is made available soon.
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The Modern World / Re: Task Force Admiral
« Last post by Silent Disapproval Robot on Today at 12:58:46 AM »
Somehow that didn't feel like a victory.



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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Elite Dangerous.
« Last post by thecommandtent on Yesterday at 10:11:49 PM »
People are saying that it takes a couple of days and then you are notified. The main thing here, to my mind, is that there has been insufficient information given about how the CG rewards is given.

So I got my credits reward!  In Trailblazer Echo I had to go into the community goal and then click on 'Complete" on the right side of the screen and then was given my reward credits bring my credit balance to a nice 171 million.

I've read several places as well that it might be a few days before we get the scanner.
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The Modern World / Re: Task Force Admiral
« Last post by Undercovergeek on Yesterday at 06:38:52 PM »
👍

I just need to make the time to get to know it - been waiting for it for so long it deserves some attention!
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The Modern World / Re: Task Force Admiral
« Last post by Silent Disapproval Robot on Yesterday at 06:24:48 PM »
Just used the manual to look up keyboard commands.  There's no option to rebind and no tutorial explanation to let you know the shortcuts.

I found most stuff intuitive except camera controls in the full 3D view (the camera in the stylized 3D view you get from pressing SPACE functions exactly the same as the main nap)
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on Yesterday at 06:17:24 PM »
3102   BC   Krishna, the incarnation of Vishnu [Trad]

National Drink Wine Day in the United States.  One of the ACD High Holy Days.

1478   George Plantagenet, 28, Duke of Clarence, conspirator against his brother Edward IV, executed in the Tower, traditionally by being drowned in a barrel of Malmsey

1846 – “It having been represented to the (Navy) Department, that confusion arises from the use of the words “Larboard” and “Starboard,” in consequence of the similarity of sound, the word “Port” is hereafter to be substituted for “Larboard.” –Navy Department General Order

1941. CINCUS Husband Kimmel wrote, "I feel that an attack . . . on Pearl Harbor is a possibility."

1943  Gestapo arrest "White Rose" resistance cell in Munich

1944 – The Germans commit 26th Panzer and 29th Panzergrenadier Divisions to the attack on Anzio. Strong allied artillery holds off and blunts the attacks. Kesselring and Mackensen realize that the Allied beachhead cannot be wiped out. The Germans launched a more intense assault against the 45th Division at dawn and destroyed one battalion of the 179th Infantry before pushing the remainder of the unit back a half mile farther to Lucas’ final defensive line by midmorning. Fearing that the 179th Infantry was in danger of giving way, Lucas ordered Col. William O. Darby, founder of the WWII era Rangers, to take command of the unit and allow no further retreat. The regiment held, later counting 500 dead Germans in front of its positions. Elsewhere, the 180th and 157th regiments also held their positions in spite of heavy losses during three days of German attacks. By midday, Allied air and artillery superiority had turned the tide. When the Germans launched a final afternoon assault against the 180th and 179th regiments, it was halted by air strikes and massed mortar, machine gun, artillery, and tank fire. Subsequent enemy attacks on 19 and 20 February were noticeably weaker and were broken up by the same combination of Allied arms before ground contact was made The crisis had passed, and while harassing attacks continued until 22 February, VI Corps went over to the offensive locally and succeeded in retaking some lost ground.
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Elite Dangerous.
« Last post by Undercovergeek on Yesterday at 06:08:19 PM »
I love new stuff

I hate new stuff

😂😂
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The Modern World / Re: Task Force Admiral
« Last post by Undercovergeek on Yesterday at 06:03:39 PM »
I've been playing it since this morning.  I'm still coming to grips with the interface and camera controls but I like what I see so far.

First exchange saw US and Japanese strikes pass each other on their way to targets.  My SBDs and TBDs were obliterated without scoring a hit.  The Japanese Vals and Bettys didn't fare much better but the Vals did manage to lightly damage the Lexington with a few near misses.

Are you working blind and going by process of elimination or using manual?

Have only opened it and thought wtf so far! Looks great but I’m used to my hand held with a tutorial

Plus it’s midnight - I can’t see anything 😂
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The Modern World / Re: Task Force Admiral
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Yesterday at 05:37:34 PM »
The Kickstarter is in this week's #TuesdayNewsday