Weekend Gaming!!!

[mirth]

That Battletech table is cool.

[Arctic Blast]

On the other hand, time to finally get Too Many Bones up on the table and give it a go.  I'm looking forward to getting crushed beneath the weight of a monster's health stack and the components themselves.

Heard a lot of good things about this, but it's so expensive it's avoided my grasp (thankfully). I already have too many dungeon crawlers (coughGloomhavencough - lol). But I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this one.

So, yeah. Finally back to this. It's really good. It suffers from the same problem that so many co-ops can where sometimes the game just piledrives you through the damn floor, but it's really good despite that. Each of the 4 characters in the base box is completely unique, with totally unique skill dice for you to unlock and develop as you play. I like it enough that I've ordered 2 more characters as well.

It is still REALLY goddamn expensive, though.

[Martok]

Have my usual Stellaris campaign going.  Have also fired up Field of Glory: Empires; will see if I can make a go of it as Bactria. 

Finally, I've started playing a beta build of Dominus Galaxia, a new space 4x inspired by the original MOO (*not* MOO2, thank the gods).  His Kickstarter campaign launches tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to tossing a few florins his way. 

On the other hand, time to finally get Too Many Bones up on the table and give it a go.  I'm looking forward to getting crushed beneath the weight of a monster's health stack and the components themselves.

Heard a lot of good things about this, but it's so expensive it's avoided my grasp (thankfully). I already have too many dungeon crawlers (coughGloomhavencough - lol). But I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on this one.

So, yeah. Finally back to this. It's really good. It suffers from the same problem that so many co-ops can where sometimes the game just piledrives you through the damn floor, but it's really good despite that. Each of the 4 characters in the base box is completely unique, with totally unique skill dice for you to unlock and develop as you play. I like it enough that I've ordered 2 more characters as well.

It is still REALLY goddamn expensive, though.

Welcome back, AC!  Was starting to wonder where you were at, so great timing.   

[BanzaiCat]

Played some Deus Ex Mankind Divided for a while, then broke out Nightfighter Ace for some more fun. Got a pilot up to 13 kills - him and his crew have shot down every RAF bomber they've come across, which hasn't happened yet. Great narrative-building game.

[trailrunner]

I'm playing ASL on Sunday with two friends.  We're playing a scenario set around Moscow during the winter of 41-42.  Should be fun.

Which side are you?

I had the Germans, and squeaked out a win.

[bayonetbrant]

 

[mirth]

Friday night my group started a Solomons Campaign using General Quarters III. We played the First Battle of Savo Island using the campaign scenario rules (which are largely historical and tough on the Allies for spotting and initial firing).

I had the IJN light cruisers and ran in South of Savo. The other Japanese player had the heavies and came in to the North of the Island. I was able to slip undetected past the USS Blue and remain undetected while I closed on the Allied Southern Cruiser Force and the transports.
In the end it was a draw. We sank and heavily damaged several Allied ships, but I lost 3/4 of my command (one ship to a self-inflicted torpedo hit) and the other IJN division took damage. I did make a run at the transports but didn't do enough damage to swing the outcome our way. The losses carry over in the campaign so both sides will be missing several ships for the next scenario.

This is my run past the Allied Southern Force. I am attempting to close on the transports. Australia is trying to get up steam to react to my force.





My lead ships launching torpedoes at the transports





Kako and Australia colliding. Kako took multiple engineering hits and went dead in the water. Australia had already plotted a course ahead and contacted Kako. Australia's rudder jammed from the collision damage and the ships were basically locked.

[BanzaiCat]

That's pretty cool.

[mirth]

Was a lot of fun. I excited about doing the campaign. We usually just play one-offs. This makes you think more about your own damage and losses.

[Sir Slash]

Looks like fun. What was the range of the torpedo attack?

[mirth]

Looks like fun. What was the range of the torpedo attack?

I was in pretty close. The Long Lances run 24cm each turn for 4 turns. Those launches hit on the first leg.

[Sir Slash]

Is there different considerations for night and daytime sighting and stuff?

[mirth]

Is there different considerations for night and daytime sighting and stuff?

Yes. Different ranges for both spotting and firing. There are also differences based on nationalities to reflect training and equipment differences. For that specific scenario the Allies were handicapped on both visual and radar spotting to mirror the historical issues they had in that battle. Things will improve for them over the course of the campaign as it did historically. The IJN didn't do particularly well for that scenario. We really needed a bigger win than we got. I was too aggressive in trying to get at the transports. I should have launched my torpedoes at the Southern Cruiser Force and got the hell outta Dodge. Probably could have escaped without a loss.

GQ3 is a great set of rules for WW2 naval combat. Nice balance of realism and playability.

[bbmike]

Is GQ3 your 'go to' set of rules for WW2 naval combat or do you have another favorite?

[tuna]

Are those just regular 1/700 models? Or special minis for the game?