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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: HISPANIA wargame on Gamefound

« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 12, 2024, 07:39:26 AM »

aaaaaaand, we've got an interview with the designer coming soon, too!

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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: HISPANIA wargame on Gamefound

« Last post by DracoIdeas on April 12, 2024, 03:33:38 AM »

Happy Friday!
We already have everything prepared for the campaign of the HISPANIA game, where we hope to unlock all the Stretch Goals that are planned: twice the size of the board, metal coins, variants and game scenarios with wooden characters...
The date is Tuesday, April 16 at 5:00 p.m. (CET)
If you can share it, Rome will be eternally grateful
https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/hispania

Share on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DracoIdeasEN/status/1745101801920090238
And on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DracoIdeasEnglish/posts/pfbid0zgB3ciL12QxZ3YAkLna4chXUkWnxnbtkE6Ldm6iLuDBDBe3RYCyyLg95GPzvZ2kfl

Thank you so much!

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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 OCT '24 • CARY, NC

« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 11, 2024, 11:43:02 PM »

That's the same weekend as ASLOK.

I'm not sure that affects us much one way or the other, but our decision here was driven by State Fair weekends than by ASLOK scheduling

And for me, we have a large event at work around that time, and two of my grandkids have birthdays in October.

Eesh.  Sounds busy!

Since we are thinking of moving to the RDU area, I will likely come done sometime this year, but probably not that weekend.

Definitely let me know!  Happy to get together for a beer or some munchies.

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4X Gaming / Re: Imperial Ambitions

« Last post by Gusington on April 11, 2024, 09:46:39 PM »

Downloaded the demo, but haven't futzed with it much yet. It potentially has everything I need, a desert island game.

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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 OCT '24 • CARY, NC

« Last post by trailrunner on April 11, 2024, 09:22:40 PM »

That's the same weekend as ASLOK.

And for me, we have a large event at work around that time, and two of my grandkids have birthdays in October. 

Since we are thinking of moving to the RDU area, I will likely come done sometime this year, but probably not that weekend.

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Intel Dump / Re: Whats on Your Table?

« Last post by bob48 on April 11, 2024, 05:32:30 PM »

I'm still very much enjoying LHY at the moment.

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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 OCT '24 • CARY, NC

« Last post by BanzaiCat on April 11, 2024, 04:45:29 PM »

I'll try, but really won't know for sure until later this summer.

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Intel Dump / Re: Whats on Your Table?

« Last post by BanzaiCat on April 11, 2024, 04:42:46 PM »

Also - with Mr President, I think it was all the reading that put me off.

There IS a lot to it, but, it's REALLY well organized. It walks you through everything; that's how I was able to set up. There were some issues I had in that it doesn't really show you what a lot of the counters look like, so I spent a good amount of time pouring over all the counter sheets to find what I needed, but eventually it worked. And in a way, that's actually a good thing, to get you familiar with all the counters in the game.

The game has a very precise turn sequence and in each phase, you do certain actions. It's a huge game, but each part that makes it up overall is relatively bite-sized, if that makes sense.

I'm especially impressed that there's no politics per the current interpretation of the word - in other words, there's no Democrats, no Republicans, no Libertarians, no Green Party, none of that. Just "your party" and the "opposition party." A deft avoidance of what might have been a rather sticky point, though a lot of people gave this game it's share of crud over the years, which I won't get into.

It's definitely a learning curve, but the story this will tell seems to me to be phenomenal. It's a solid design and Gene really spent a lot of his effort and sweat to make it work, all the while with an eye of making it approachable enough without sacrificing detailed play. A tough balance to attempt. We'll see how it plays out; I only just got back to town late last night and now I have ISS Vanguard all in and a few other Kickstarters all freakin' arriving tomorrow, lol.

I do love that the manuals hold your hand through the process. But you really need to have a love of this type of thing (political game, Presidential simulator) to get enjoyment out of it.

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The Modern World / The Caucasus Campaign (2009)

« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 11, 2024, 02:05:39 PM »

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33003/the-caucasus-campaign

An early Mark Simonitch design before his '40-series all took off

Also on the table at Gamer's Armory this past weekend

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Age of Gunpowder / MMP's Gettysburg (Scott Muldoon design)

« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 11, 2024, 02:03:29 PM »

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/266724/gettysburg


A couple of guys got this one the table last weekend at Gamer's Armory