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Title: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 28, 2020, 01:56:50 PM: Just received notification that my P500 order of The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45 (https://www.gmtgames.com/p-590-the-hunted-twilight-of-the-u-boats-1943-45.aspx) is charged and will be shipping soon. I'd forgotten about this and can't wait to catch sh*t at home for it, LOL.

Did anyone else sign up for this one?

Has anyone played the original The Hunters? I heard it was terrific and a copy of the original has always been priced impossibly high. I know GMT did a reprint of The Hunters (or is in the process of doing this), but I thought The Hunted would be much more interesting and challenging.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: JasonPratt on January 28, 2020, 01:58:49 PM: Oh, cool, they made / are making a series from that classic duology??
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 28, 2020, 02:01:42 PM: Quote from: JasonPratt on January 28, 2020, 01:58:49 PM
Oh, cool, they made / are making a series from that classic duology??

Oh yes. The Hunted is on its third printing and this is a new version I think. Silent Victory is a game I played a bit a few years ago and these are based on that system as well.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Barthheart on January 28, 2020, 02:04:08 PM: I have and have played quite a bit of The Hunters. Fun in the same sense that B-17 Queen of the Skies is fun, the narrative. Few real decision points but great story.
Plays much quicker than B-17 QotS. You can do a whole U-boat carrier in about 2 hours... depending on how lucky/unlucky you are.

I didn't get The Hunted though... one game of this style was enough for me.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 28, 2020, 02:05:24 PM: It's been a while since I played Silent Victory. Not even sure if I still have it or if it's one of the games I sold before I moved. It might be in storage at the moment.

Sigh. Like I need more games. I'd forgotten about this P500.

The only other one I have right now is for Mr. President, but that won't come out probably until closer to the end of this year.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Barthheart on January 28, 2020, 02:10:43 PM: LOL... Yeah I think I'm all caught up on my pre-orders/KS but I really can't remember.... :idiot2:
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Barthheart on January 28, 2020, 02:12:21 PM: HA! Nope I was wrong, I'm waiting on some more Warfighter cards to show up.... :whistle:
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 28, 2020, 02:52:17 PM: :ROFL:
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Staggerwing on January 28, 2020, 07:08:59 PM: I got my paid notice as well.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: JasonPratt on January 29, 2020, 04:43:35 PM: I have all three games in my shopping cart.

I fill out small amounts every day or two.

This makes me feel better. I get to feel like I may buy it, and then I get to feel responsible for not buying it. Win win!(?) >:D
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 29, 2020, 05:37:07 PM: That's what I did with P500s last year. I had to cull a half dozen or so of them from my list. :ROFL:
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: JasonPratt on January 30, 2020, 01:02:13 PM: BUT I WANTS THEM!

sigh
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on January 30, 2020, 01:06:22 PM: "Wanting" and "able to afford" are two separate things, heh. :-\
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: JasonPratt on January 30, 2020, 03:55:12 PM: At a little more than US 30 a pop (on P500), I could afford all three of them at once, with some budgeting elsewhere.

I just couldn't play them at any time anywhere feasibly.

I can pick up any of them on Vassal for free at any time, for example, and two of them (Hunters and SVic) have some very nice ports to TTS. Am I playing them? ha! So what does that tell me?

That tells me that any money I spent on them would be purely out of gratitude to the publishers, devs, and designers; I would never really play them. I have nowhere to play them anyway.

I would be much happier just playing the current Uboat PC attempt (still in development alpha), and/or mod-patched SH3, 4, and/or 5. The latter of which by the way I have never tried to play, although I'm pretty sure I bought them...
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Boyerwulf on February 05, 2020, 08:20:50 AM: I just got notice a few days ago that my order for the Hunters is being shipped. Am I to understand correctly that the Hunted has come out and is being shipped as well?
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 05, 2020, 08:25:21 AM: Quote from: Boyerwulf on February 05, 2020, 08:20:50 AM
I just got notice a few days ago that my order for the Hunters is being shipped. Am I to understand correctly that the Hunted has come out and is being shipped as well?

I only have an order in for The Hunted, and have yet to receive a shipping notice.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: Staggerwing on February 12, 2020, 08:20:14 PM: I just got a shipping update from UPS re: GMT Games. As far as I know, it can only be The Hunted.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 13, 2020, 12:13:22 PM: Me, too. Only game I'm waiting on is The Hunted. It should arrive tomorrow according to UPS.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 01:35:20 PM: My copy arrived and man it's loaded. Can't wait to try it.

Though a lot of the enablers on BGG told me, when I mentioned I hadn't played The Hunters, that I really needed to get that one as it would be a lot easier to play. The Hunted is supposed to be incredibly unforgiving and brutal, which makes sense considering the timeframe.

I went and looked at The Hunters page and was surprised to see it was $45. I thought it would have gone up in price once the P500s for its third printing shipped; I guess I was wrong, or maybe I caught it just in time. Regardless, there's a long-ass U-Boat campaign in the near future for me. :)
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 01:47:39 PM: Quote from: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 01:35:20 PM
Regardless, there's a long-ass U-Boat campaign to not finish in the near future for me. :)

ftfy
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 02:25:45 PM: When I saw mirth commented on this post, I knew what I was in for.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 02:27:53 PM: Just more of my bullshit and nonsense. :bigthumb:
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 02:29:36 PM: After I went through The Hunted, I was pretty sure it would be better to have a U-Boat crew start from the beginning, and gain some skills, rather than a newbie one in 1943. That would be a quick road to the bottom of the Atlantic.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: mirth on February 17, 2020, 02:30:29 PM: Would make it more likely for you to finish the campaign >:D
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 17, 2020, 02:33:24 PM: My heart's in the right place!
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: bob48 on February 18, 2020, 10:21:37 AM: Maybe we can hope for an NA type AAR at some point :)
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: bbmike on February 18, 2020, 03:56:00 PM: His heart's in the right place. His mind?
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: BanzaiCat on February 18, 2020, 06:56:28 PM: Quote from: bob48 on February 18, 2020, 10:21:37 AM
Maybe we can hope for an NA type AAR at some point :)

That's priority 1 as far as AARs are concerned. Gotta finish what I start regardless of outcome.
Title: Re: The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, 1943-45
Post by: bob48 on February 19, 2020, 06:33:47 AM: Yes, it would be good to see a conclusion to the NA AAR :-)