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Reply #690 on: July 10, 2020, 11:28:09 PM
This was the fifth time I’ve played, I think.  4 of the games ended with Russia ripping through AH and seizing enough VPs to win.  The 5th game saw Germany blitzing through Italy and winning that way.


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Reply #691 on: July 10, 2020, 11:59:22 PM
That reminds me, I think I read a few posts on BGG about it, saying how the game pretty much plays out as it did historically unless you go for some ahistorical offensives.

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Reply #692 on: July 11, 2020, 06:48:23 AM
I'll be setting up Worthington's 'Shiloh' later today.

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Reply #693 on: July 11, 2020, 09:02:36 AM
Will do some more Zeppelin Raider, though I'm tempted to try to learn either A Distant Plain or Peloponnesian War, both of which came to me from the generous folks at GMT giving away freebies to laid off folks.

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Reply #694 on: July 11, 2020, 09:53:27 AM
Quote from: bob48 on July 11, 2020, 06:48:23 AM
I'll be setting up Worthington's 'Shiloh' later today.

You mean Antietam!


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Reply #695 on: July 11, 2020, 10:05:14 AM
Mowing the grass followed by mowing down the Moors as Leon in Medieval 2 TW with the Stainless Steel mod.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #696 on: July 11, 2020, 08:45:38 PM
My copy of Imperial Struggle should be here next week.  A friend who was familiar with the rules walked me through the system over VASSAL this afternoon.  Very enjoyable game but quite a brain-burner!  They're selling it as Twilight Struggle with fancy lads in wigs but I don't think that's quite right.  There's a lot more to it.  Felt more like a mix of Labyrinth and an economic optimization style Euro.  (you can hear Mirth retching from here!)




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Reply #697 on: July 11, 2020, 08:49:33 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 11, 2020, 08:45:38 PM
Felt more like a mix of Labyrinth and an economic optimization style Euro.

wheat orgy!

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Reply #698 on: July 11, 2020, 09:04:27 PM
They're on to you!  No wheat in the game.  You have your choice of much more exotic fare including such delights as: Fish!  Cotton!  Furs!  Sugar!  Tobacco!  Spices!   The mind boggles....


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Reply #699 on: July 11, 2020, 09:10:11 PM
resource gathering is my favorite game mechanic after meeples and solitaire.

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Reply #700 on: July 11, 2020, 09:12:22 PM
Mine's shelling out ridiculous amounts of cash for minis, resenting the fact that I have to paint them and I'm a mediocre painter at best, then having to find a way to store them and lug them around to play (they never survive the lugging intact), followed by overly long set up and take down times and some asshat who always wants to join with his 10 year old snot monster.



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Reply #701 on: July 12, 2020, 11:42:47 AM
Quote from: tuna on July 11, 2020, 09:53:27 AM
Quote from: bob48 on July 11, 2020, 06:48:23 AM
I'll be setting up Worthington's 'Shiloh' later today.

You mean Antietam!

I have both games :-)

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Reply #702 on: July 12, 2020, 12:19:42 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 11, 2020, 09:10:11 PM
resource gathering is my favorite game mechanic after meeples and solitaire.


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Reply #703 on: July 12, 2020, 01:04:03 PM
worth repeating!


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Reply #704 on: July 12, 2020, 02:12:19 PM
Still doesn't look soggy enough.

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