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Wargaming => Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare => Topic started by: BanzaiCat on March 08, 2019, 02:34:53 PM
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I must admit, SpaceCorp: 2025-2300 AD is the first game I've seen in a long while that really makes me go "holy crap, that is BEAUTIFUL."
I knew this game has been out a while, but I never took a close look at it. Until today. And man are the components gorgeous. As much of a space nut as I am, I immediately fell in love with this design.
It's highly rated on BGG and lots of praise are being heaped on this one. Furthermore...it's 1-player-friendly, which is huge. The 'bot' that you play against, I've read, is highly challenging yet balanced well.
Sigh. Well, I just got a (small) bonus for last year from work, so hopefully nobody notices the new purchase...LOL. So much for my minis pursuit.
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Approved by Trump. :2thumbs:
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Space Foooorrrce...!
I unboxed it yesterday (didn't have a lot of time but I did look at everything in the box). I was surprised at how small the game boards are. There's three of them, each coinciding with an 'era' of space exploration.
The Mariners era coincides with exploration and colonization of the inner Solar System.
The Planeteers era coincides with the same, but in the outer (outside the Asteroid Belt) Solar System.
The Starfarers era - you guessed it, the same, though involving nearby stars and star systems.
I really like the exploratory part of the game, and how it can grow from 'simple' beginnings to extra-solar colonization. The resources you discover are random which adds another interesting angle to the game, as well as tons of replayability.
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Space Foooorrrce...!
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You know what's sad is, Russia had a Space Force for quite a long time (and still might, I can't recall). Where were all the jokes about their Space Force? Maybe they all burned up in the atmosphere with MIR. ;D
Oh, God, I sound like bbmike now.
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(http://www.aarcentral.com/pics2/stifle.jpg)
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You Pug lovers all sound alike...LOL ;)
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You say that like it's a bad thing.
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I love Pugs too, little fart machines that they are. ;D
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Yes, they love to play, 'Uncurl My Tail'.
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part 1 of the AAR is live on the front page (https://www.armchairdragoons.com/feature/spacecorp-2025-2300-ad-the-aar-part-the-first/)
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On the what?
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What's he on about now?
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There was one?
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If there is a 'front page' then its logical to assume that there is also a corresponding 'back page'.
Where is it?
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Better yet, where's Page 3? *wink wink, nudge nudge*
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Say no more!
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Is your Space Program a goer, eh? Eh?
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.know what I mean, guv?
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.know what I mean, guv?
'Oo doesn't? Likes games, eh? Knew they would. Likes games, eh? They've been around a bit, been around?
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nudge nudge, wink wink.
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For anyone worried about my usual habit of starting AARs and not being able to finish them, I'm already writing Part 7 and will have 7, 8, and 9 to Brant by this weekend. There's five more parts fully written and ready to deploy. I'm having a lot of fun with this game and it doesn't take up as much space as most of my games do, so it's staying until I get this AAR done.
What a concept! :D
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:bigthumb:
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Second episode uploaded (thanks, Brant!)
Currently nine total submitted (meaning, seven more to go). Ten and 11 are complete, and finishing up #12 this week/by this weekend. Not waiting for the little plastic rockets from Print-n-Play to arrive. At this rate they'll be here before I finish the Planeteers era.
Yes, mirth - 'nerd'
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I just finished writing Part 19. Need to deliver Parts 16-18 to Brant as soon as I have a free moment.
It's coming along nicely and I appreciate any reading you all do. :bigthumb:
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Hanseatic Wheat Orgy...IN SPAAAACE
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part 6 today
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and we're back to the AAR today... should be running the rest of these every Monday for the next few weeks
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and we're back to the AAR today... should be running the rest of these every Monday for the next few weeks
Why, did you find someone else to continue it? :whistle:
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Ha! Astoundingly, no. BC actually got the whole thing to me, and he claims he finished it :)
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Thanks for uploading it, Brant. :bigthumb:
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last one went up yesterday!
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Full list of links to all episodes
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/aars/spacecorp-2025-2300-ad-the-aar-index/
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Excellent series. Thanks, BC! :bigthumb:
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Excellent series. Thanks, BC! :bigthumb:
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Thank you, much appreciated
Guess I can occasionally finish one :D