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Author Topic: Compass Games is killing me  (Read 22485 times)

BanzaiCat

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on: September 20, 2019, 01:38:32 AM
First it's Amerika Bomber: Evil Queen of the Skies (coming out in November of this year)...and now Devil Boats: PT Boats in the Solomons, coming out in Q2 of 2020.

I already pre-ordered Amerika Bomber, and am sorely tempted by PT Boats. I loved reading PT-109 back in school.

I'm also tempted by Ostkrieg: WW II Eastern Front as it is well suited to solo play.


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Reply #1 on: September 20, 2019, 08:38:54 AM

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Reply #2 on: September 20, 2019, 09:23:14 AM
I have a list of titles to pick up at Compass Con. None of this solo crap though.  :D

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Reply #3 on: September 20, 2019, 10:03:11 AM
None of this solo crap though.  :D

You and your weird "play boardgames with other people" thing.

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Reply #4 on: September 20, 2019, 10:55:58 AM
Yeah, him and his fancy "friends".

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Reply #5 on: September 20, 2019, 11:06:02 AM
fancy is not the word to describe my friends

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Reply #6 on: September 20, 2019, 11:47:26 AM
fancy is not the word to describe my friends

Yeah, I mean to say, just look at us................

Oh wait.......

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Reply #7 on: September 21, 2019, 11:41:45 AM
Welp I pre-ordered Devil Boats. Compass Games actually laughed at my post on FB where I said something like "I *just* got Amerika Bomber, and now this." The dev, whom wasn't on Facebook, signed up to reply to that thread, LOL. (Well he did it to answer questions about the game.)

I take comfort in the fact that I cancelled most of my P500 orders over at GMT, except for three. I think I'm good for the moment. Stalingrad '42 is at the printers so we'll see when that one gets shipped.

In any case, Devil Boats just seemed like a nice unique title and Compass really handles solo games well.

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Reply #8 on: September 21, 2019, 02:46:52 PM
I'm mulling over Devil Boats but will probably wait a bit.

I also see there is a daylight version of Nightfighter Ace due out:

https://www.compassgames.com/preorders/interceptor-ace-daylight-air-defense-over-germany-1943-44.html


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Reply #9 on: September 21, 2019, 05:24:14 PM
Indeed there is ...Interceptor Ace. I helped them proof the manual, and they went and put my name in the credits. I'm going to skip that one for now, though. Between Nightfighter Ace, America Bomber, and Devil Boats, plus whatever else I grab (lol), I'm good for now.

Though I believe Gregory is doing a Gotha Ace, or Gotha Raider, or something like that.

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Reply #10 on: September 21, 2019, 05:38:16 PM

I helped them proof the manual, and they went and put my name in the credits

Cool!

Though I believe Gregory is doing a Gotha Ace, or Gotha Raider, or something like that


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Reply #11 on: September 21, 2019, 06:00:29 PM

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Reply #12 on: September 21, 2019, 10:29:08 PM
Point

 Peloponnesian War lookin' awful purty

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Reply #13 on: September 30, 2019, 06:16:09 PM
Whacking Japs is a totally different proposition.   8)

Let's cool it with the "Japs" bullshit. It isn't 1945 anymore.

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Reply #14 on: September 30, 2019, 06:52:33 PM
Whacking Japs is a totally different proposition.   8)

Let's cool it with the "Japs" bullshit. It isn't 1945 anymore.

No.  Nazis and Japs have not passed the 100 year expiration date.

Nazis are a political group... “ Japs” is a racial slur.  >:(

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