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Wargaming => The Modern World => Topic started by: LetsPlayHistory on May 25, 2021, 04:27:03 PM
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I've now played about ten sessions of Conflict Of Heroes by Academy Games. And huh, am I in love with this system! The CAPs, the spent die and all of that puts you under constant pressure to make decisions at the right point in time.
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Sometimes it's just not your day. My T-26s only managed to destroy one PzII. Very close shot, even with carefull aiming. One round after my initiative halted the advance, my first line/ambush and mobility is gone. The enemy is still in a hurry to push for the objective, though.
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I want this system for every conflict now. Even Napoleonics, especially Napoleonics. Uwe, hear me!
And sure, I know it takes years for even one iteration to come out, but one can still hope...
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I was reading your threads over on Twitter - looks like fun!
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You should try it! If you want to play a scenario, let me know.
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I played the heck out of the first 3 games.
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I have Awakening the Bear 1st edition that I really enjoyed but haven't tried out the changes to the rules in 3rd edition. I'm curious to see what they would add to the experience.
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Jan, do you want to put it on the schedule for the ACDC?
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I have Guadalcanal and Storms of Steel but have (big surprise) yet to get them to the table.
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I have Guadalcanal and have played the first 3 scenarios multiple times. My game group thinks its a good game but nobody was keen to play scenarios 4-10 as they all require hidden placement for Japanese units. I'm not sure why there was such an aversion to it. Maybe the bookkeeping required in writing down the location of each unit?
I haven't tried the 3rd ed rules either.
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I was reading your threads over on Twitter - looks like fun!
I think, I am not that deep into it yet. Plus, I want to use the timeframe I got due to time difference to try some tabletop systems, you know. ;)
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I have Guadalcanal and have played the first 3 scenarios multiple times. My game group thinks its a good game but nobody was keen to play scenarios 4-10 as they all require hidden placement for Japanese units. I'm not sure why there was such an aversion to it. Maybe the bookkeeping required in writing down the location of each unit?
I haven't tried the 3rd ed rules either.
I've played Awakening the Bear with 3rd Edition rules, and the spent die works perfectly fine. Maybe you can lure your buddies to TTS, with the hidden boxes, tracking hidden movement on a copy of the board is very easy.
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There is a 3 player scenario in 'Price of Honour' called 'Race to Lvov that me and my 2 buddies played over a period of some weeks, each taking a turn as one of the 3 forces involved - Russian, German and Polish. It plays quite differently for each army and is a lot of fun.
The series really excels as a multi-player game.
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I have Guadalcanal and it is great fun. For some reason, however, I slightly prefer Heroes of the Pacific.
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When 1e launched, it was all the rage at Historicon. Everybody who wasn't at a minis table was playing it. I bought deeply. Tapped out hard after all the later editions started coming out. If I wanted that, I'd play more 40k.
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When 1e launched, it was all the rage at Historicon.
There's a reason not to buy.
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When 1e launched, it was all the rage at Historicon. Everybody who wasn't at a minis table was playing it. I bought deeply. Tapped out hard after all the later editions started coming out. If I wanted that, I'd play more 40k.
Yeah, I get that. Not a big fan of constant re-iterations either. You could update your box relatively easy, though, couldn't you? The third edition is lit, anyway.
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When 1e launched, it was all the rage at Historicon.
There's a reason not to buy.
What's wrong with Historicon. I thought it was one of the big events with a lot of emphasis on wargames and mini's?
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When 1e launched, it was all the rage at Historicon.
There's a reason not to buy.
What's wrong with Historicon. I thought it was one of the big events with a lot of emphasis on wargames and mini's?
Historicon is awesome; pursuing those things chased in the hunt for the new may not be.
And Mirth hates fun.
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Hence his hate for solo gaming.
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Historicon is awesome; pursuing those things chased in the hunt for the new may not be.
And Mirth hates fun.
I would not describe the Moist in summer as 'fun'. I haven't been to the new venue which I am sure is an improvement, but I am in no hurry to travel back to Lancaster.
It is a large event, but I didn't find it particularly well run. The separation of the sales area into another building from the gaming was a PITA. I did enjoy the lectures offered, mainly because the lecture hall had better AC than the rest of the Moist.
Historicon was better than Origins because I didn't have to drive 13hrs to get there.
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Hence his hate for solo gaming.
And my hate of solo gaming reviews/AARs :sick:
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You'll be a guest on Solosnaurus?
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Historicon is awesome; pursuing those things chased in the hunt for the new may not be.
And Mirth hates fun.
I would not describe the Moist in summer as 'fun'. I haven't been to the new venue which I am sure is an improvement, but I am in no hurry to travel back to Lancaster.
It is a large event, but I didn't find it particularly well run. The separation of the sales area into another building from the gaming was a PITA. I did enjoy the lectures offered, mainly because the lecture hall had better AC than the rest of the Moist.
Historicon was better than Origins because I didn't have to drive 13hrs to get there.
It's funny. I think we've discussed the fact that we were both at the last HCon at the Host? I stipulate to all your points and yet, for my own Shako-loving reasons -- would go back.
Your mention of the horrendous "take it or leave it" level of organization, though, does make me angry standing here and typing...
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You'll be a guest on Solosnaurus?
Come on, mirth. You totally missed the obvious "Solosnoreus" reference. ;D