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The 2024 Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly will be held 11-13 October 2024 at The Gamer's Armory in Cary, NC (outside of Raleigh)

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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History

« Last post by besilarius on Today at 09:15:23 AM »

1914. The Austro-Hungarian Army – including the “Common” Army, the Austrian Landwehr, and the Hungarian Honved – officially spoke no fewer than ten languages due to the ethnic composition of the Empire’s recruits: German (25%), Hungarian (23%), Czech (13%), Serbo-Croatian (9%), Polish (8%), Ukrainian (8%), Romanian (7%), Slovak (4%), Slovene (2%), and Italian (1%), and had to issue mobilization orders in 14 languages, using four different scripts, Roman, Cyrillic, Turkish, and Hebrew.

All of the officers holding corps, army, or higher commands in the German Army in 1914 were nobles, 77 percent of them with lineages reaching back to the Holy Roman Empire, and rest with titles created since the foundation of the “Second Reich” in 1871.

Among the many restrictions on their private lives which they had to endure, by direct order of their Emperor, German Army officers were prohibited from dancing the Tango, which was widely considered lascivious and immoral.

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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: Field of Glory: Kingdoms

« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 07:58:47 AM »

FWIW, a bunch of those vids were linked thru various editions of #TN in the same section where we included a bunch of Cyrano's weeknight game streams

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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: Field of Glory: Kingdoms

« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 07:57:49 AM »

Is anyone here playing this yet?  I plan on picking it up (along with a few other goodies ) in a few weeks with my anniversary coupon from Matrix/Slitherine. 

Here's our front-page writer Peter playing with FOG:K

Here's Peter playing through a FOG:K campaign with Jan H (Let's Play History)

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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Frostpunk 2

« Last post by bob48 on Today at 06:59:07 AM »

Didn't play 1. Never appealed to me for some reason.

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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Warhammer 3!

« Last post by bob48 on Today at 06:58:28 AM »

NO! GW have taken more than enough money off me in the past.

'Sharn't - so there 

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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: Field of Glory: Kingdoms

« Last post by Undercovergeek on Today at 05:19:46 AM »

Not yet - I’ve bounced off all let’s plays so far and I don’t know why - it just doesn’t press all my buttons

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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Warhammer 3!

« Last post by Undercovergeek on Today at 05:18:36 AM »

It was upgrading to this from 2 that had my wallet tingling for hardware upgrades

I was completely underwhelmed on release but as you say it’s gotten better and better with every update - it’s on the list but not at the top

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Intel Dump / Re: Wargame Design Studio News Thread + Latest Sale Titles

« Last post by rahamy on Today at 04:51:10 AM »

And now something completely new... a preview of the next installment in the Musket & Pike series - War of the Austrian Succession! Head on over to todays blog post to read all about it.

https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/war-of-the-austrian-succession-preview

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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: Field of Glory: Kingdoms

« Last post by Martok on Today at 03:57:11 AM »

Is anyone here playing this yet?  I plan on picking it up (along with a few other goodies ) in a few weeks with my anniversary coupon from Matrix/Slitherine. 

I've been really looking forward to getting my hands on it for a long time now.  It's been at or near the top of my wishlist for over a year.   

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Intel Dump / Re: Consolidated Games-on-Sale Thread

« Last post by Martok on Today at 03:49:56 AM »

Oops!  I forgot to mention that Field of Glory: Kingdoms is currently is on sale as well (through Monday, Sept. 23).  The "Masters Edition" (includes Field of Glory II) has also been discounted. 


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985050/Field_of_Glory_Kingdoms/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/41870/Field_of_Glory_II_Medieval__Masters_Edition/