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Title: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Pete Dero on August 11, 2017, 03:58:43 AM


Gaming will be War in the East.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: HoodedHorseJoe on August 11, 2017, 05:33:20 AM
I'm hoping the No Man's Sky 1.3 update drops today, as I've been meaning to jump on that again. Seems to have actually gotten ok in the interim since launch.

Edit: Seems it already has (http://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/)!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Jarhead0331 on August 11, 2017, 06:25:43 AM
^certainly a beefy update, but I don't think there is anything they can do to resurrect that game from the dead...

Anyway, ARMA III, Warhammer Total War and more VR gaming for me this weekend.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Hofstadter on August 11, 2017, 06:27:56 AM
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/review-gary-grigsbys-war-in-the-west/

I got name dropped in wargamer. in the comments. Ego +10

Gaming is mostly Squad. I've been debating getting Lawbreakers, looks pretty good.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Jarhead0331 on August 11, 2017, 07:07:04 AM
Oh...I almost forgot...sudden strike IV.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Barthheart on August 11, 2017, 09:33:16 AM
Quote from: WargamerJoe on August 11, 2017, 05:33:20 AM
I'm hoping the No Man's Sky 1.3 update drops today, as I've been meaning to jump on that again. Seems to have actually gotten ok in the interim since launch.

Edit: Seems it already has (http://www.nomanssky.com/atlas-rises-update/)!

Must have only dropped for the consoles because I just logged into Steam and there's no update there.

We have guests for the weekend and a pool party tomorrow afternoon so not much gaming.

VASSAL Time of Crisis game... hard to tell who's wining... I guess Jason is because he's been Emperor longest so far.

Try to get the DC:1 Warsaw to Paris to run back to Jason. Poles are starting to feel the pressure, trading land and men for time.

Then off to the cottage on Sunday for 3 or 4 days. Board gaming if it rains, canoeing, tree cutting if it doesn't. And lots of beer drinking.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: MengJiao on August 11, 2017, 10:19:14 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on August 11, 2017, 06:25:43 AM
^certainly a beefy update, but I don't think there is anything they can do to resurrect that game from the dead...

Anyway, ARMA III, Warhammer Total War and more VR gaming for me this weekend.

  ARMA III, CLOD, Seven-years War, Spintires and maybe some other things.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: DoctorQuest on August 11, 2017, 10:30:42 AM
The wife and I are heading way out of town to view the Perseid meteor shower tonight. It is supposed to be a good one this year and the weather here right now is ideal. The last time we did this we also saw the International Space Station cross the horizon a few times. A weird phenomenon. It looks like a very bright star moving quickly from west to east.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Sir Slash on August 11, 2017, 11:06:58 AM
I've seen the Space Station before too-- very odd seeing something so obviously different in the night sky. War in the West has gotten me sorely tempted while it's on sale but I got to get a couple of other games out of the way first. DC: Case Blue is first on my list.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Martok on August 11, 2017, 11:32:45 AM
I work a half-shift today, and then a three-day weekend!  \m/ 

On deck:  Warhammer Total War and more Stellaris
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: sandman2575 on August 11, 2017, 11:40:48 AM
In the past couple of days, I finally discovered the awesomeness that is Men of War: AS2. Game had literally been on my HD for years, with all of about 15 minutes total playtime. Not sure why, but made a determined effort to start learning the game, and now I'm hooked. It really seems to hit a sweet-spot -- somewhere between the arcadey fun of Company of Heroes and the painstaking rigor of Combat Mission. Very cool!

Also trying to make an effort to get into Starpoint Gemini: Warlords. We'll see if it hooks me.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Pete Dero on August 11, 2017, 12:29:28 PM
Quote from: Sir Slash on August 11, 2017, 11:06:58 AM
I've seen the Space Station before too-- very odd seeing something so obviously different in the night sky.

If you like you can subscribe to get a warning when the ISS is visible from your location ( https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/signup.cfm )
And here ( https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/ESRS/HDEV/ ) you can see the current location of the ISS and watch the live feed from the onboard camera directed at earth.

It still amazes me that you see something that is over 400 km high, is moving at 27.600 km an hour and has people in it.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 11, 2017, 12:47:52 PM
Great pick on the music Pete!

If I do grab Steel Division I'll probably plunk some time in that. Also have my backlog to work on. Weather supposed to be nasty tomorrow so maybe I'll try to teach myself some WitP and WitW. Or DC:Barbarossa. Nier automata...Thea the awakening. Any of the numerous total war games I have. And so on and so forth.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: JasonPratt on August 11, 2017, 01:35:42 PM
Moar GROGS OF CRISIS until Barth has to be afk. I'm technically winning for now, but can I keep winning? I'm verrrrry fuzzy. (...and in the game!  :D )

Posting the previous turn vs. Barth on DC1:Blitz. Has Barth delayed me long enough to outright win the game on our first operation!!? ...uh, yeah, probably, but I'm nearing Warsaw along an axis or two. (...pun intended.  :P )

Tomorrow morning I need to get a bit of tech fixed on my new car around noon. Then late afternoon, our quarterly MtG tournament (if all goes well)!

Theoretically my mp game vs. Tuna vs. W8 in Alea Jacta Est should continue, now that I've finally remembered that I was going to send my completed turn back but forgot to actually do it!  :buck2:

Unsure what else I'll be doing, but I think it's amusing that of my three currently running Grog mp games, I'm either the Roman Emperor or (as Napoleon) a claimant!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Kushan on August 11, 2017, 02:19:56 PM
Prepar3D, Elite, and CMANO for me this weekend.


OrbX is having a huge sale on their flight sim addons. Going to be picking up a few things for Prepar3D. Southern Alaska for sure, maybe (probably) their Global Vector and OpenLC North America addons as well.

In Elite, doing the Guardian Ruins mission (again) on my main account. I tried this mission when it was originally was released back in January and only got about halfway done, and at that time not all of the data points/ruin locations had been discovered. Now they have, and even with the recent nerf to the final payment, 110 million credits is still a nice chunk of chains. If I have some spare time I might fire up my second account as well. I haven't played it much and that commander is still in the starting sidewinder. Like to get him into a Cobra or hauler so I can get him out to do the Guardian mission as well.

CMANO is mainly going to be scenario design stuff. Depending on if I need to work or not I might try and get around to continuing/restarting my Chains of War Let's Play
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 11, 2017, 02:40:46 PM
Dishonored 2, although the Norsca and the new BEEFY update to Warhammer TW call to me, siren like. I keep buying DLC for Warhammer TW even though I still haven't played one campaign...
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Wolfe1759 on August 11, 2017, 03:44:07 PM
Empires of Steel which I haven't played in ages, Last Days of Old Earth to see if the new Beta patch fixes the problems I've been having with AI turn lag, a bit of Halcyon 6 Lightspeed Edition as it has just been upgraded and probably a bit of something else as well, maybe even a proper wargame  :)
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: JasonPratt on August 11, 2017, 07:01:25 PM
It doesn't seem like the new Norsica DLC can be played in the campaign? Or not yet, since they're really supposed to be some (paid) promotional material for Warham:TW2?

I noticed, perhaps relatedly, that my main install didn't update to include them as opponents.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Toonces on August 11, 2017, 07:20:11 PM
Man, I thought for sure this was going to be a Flock of Seagulls thread.   :-\
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: bbmike on August 11, 2017, 07:21:06 PM
If it had been I would have run so far away.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 11, 2017, 08:50:52 PM


The Norsca DLC is paid DLC...I paid for it today, to play with it over the winter, when playing that sort of faction will be 'more appropriate' in my OCD-addled brain.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: BanzaiCat on August 11, 2017, 09:17:59 PM
As time permits this weekend...

Colonial Twilight (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180199/colonial-twilight-french-algerian-war-1954-62)
Tech?No! Bowl (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/194923/techno-bowl-arcade-football-unplugged)
St. George's Valour (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12196/st-georges-valour)
Gliders from the Sky (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31973/gliders-sky-fall-eben-emael)

and probably some

Flatline (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/216597/flatline-fuse-aftershock-game)

Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: mirth on August 11, 2017, 09:38:18 PM
That's it?!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 12, 2017, 08:51:13 AM
^That's what she said.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: BanzaiCat on August 12, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Quote from: mirth on August 11, 2017, 09:38:18 PM
That's it?!

Put it this way: I can probably play all of that in the time it takes you to set up one of your fiddly Civil War brigade-level minis games. ;D

Not talkin' smack about it, I bet it's freaking cool as hell.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: airboy on August 12, 2017, 11:45:04 PM
I had 8 over for poker.  Several wives and kids came to eat and swim.  Made a big meal which everyone loved. 
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 13, 2017, 06:20:46 AM
Quote from: airboy on August 12, 2017, 11:45:04 PM
I had 8 over for poker.  Several wives and kids came to eat and swim.  Made a big meal which everyone loved.

Sounds like an awesome day!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Tuna on August 13, 2017, 09:48:46 AM
Quote from: Gusington on August 11, 2017, 08:50:52 PM


The Norsca DLC is paid DLC...I paid for it today, to play with it over the winter, when playing that sort of faction will be 'more appropriate' in my OCD-addled brain.


Flock of @ssholes!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: mirth on August 13, 2017, 09:56:43 AM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on August 12, 2017, 11:19:17 AM
Quote from: mirth on August 11, 2017, 09:38:18 PM
That's it?!

Put it this way: I can probably play all of that in the time it takes you to set up one of your fiddly Civil War brigade-level minis games. ;D

Not talkin' smack about it, I bet it's freaking cool as hell.

The best part of those fiddly Civil War games is that I'm not the one doing the setup. I just show up and play!  :D
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Toonces on August 13, 2017, 10:03:10 AM
Quote from: airboy on August 12, 2017, 11:45:04 PM
Made a big meal which everyone loved.

What did you make?
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Toonces on August 13, 2017, 10:06:03 AM
I was kind of all over the place last night.

I started with a tiny bit of Skyrim, but that just wasn't the right game.
Did a match of MP Mount and Blade.
Fired up Game of Thrones RPG that I've been slowly working on for a few years.  I re-started it about a month ago and I'm determined to see how it finishes.  It's not a very good game; way too many cut scenes ala Witcher 3.
Finished up the night with a few turns of King Arthur followed by Rome 2 Grand Campaign as House Julii.

That's about 2 months worth of gaming for me, all in one night!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Tuna on August 13, 2017, 11:17:02 AM
lol, I had an "Adult" beverage Malfunction last night during World of Warships.. Hadn't even started drinking yet.. Full glass of red wine all over desk, keyboard, mousepad, etc.. etc..

Nef enjoyed my funny typing in Game chat, but from there it went downhill. My push to talk key died in Teamspeak had to move to a mouse button, then tried to take apart my keyboard to clean, but alas it did not survive the operation.  :'(
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: bbmike on August 13, 2017, 12:20:28 PM
^Had that been bourbon or scotch your PC would be working twice as fast right now.  ^-^
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: airboy on August 13, 2017, 12:48:59 PM
Quote from: Toonces on August 13, 2017, 10:03:10 AM
Quote from: airboy on August 12, 2017, 11:45:04 PM
Made a big meal which everyone loved.

What did you make?

Grilled pork chops raised by one of my buddies.
Black Bean & Corn Salsa
Cornbread
A light summer desert of vanilla pudding/Cool Whip with shredded angel food cake & blueberries for one and pineapple for the other.

It all got eaten except the deserts which were brought out later.

Our poker group gives $5 a person to the host for the meal.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Tuna on August 13, 2017, 01:40:46 PM
Quote from: bbmike on August 13, 2017, 12:20:28 PM
^Had that been bourbon or scotch your PC would be working twice as fast right now.  ^-^

Just picked up a cheap Logitech at Staples, it says "Spillproof" we shall see!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: JasonPratt on August 13, 2017, 04:05:02 PM
Quote from: Gusington on August 11, 2017, 08:50:52 PM
The Norsca DLC is paid DLC...I paid for it today, to play with it over the winter, when playing that sort of faction will be 'more appropriate' in my OCD-addled brain.

I know it's paid DLC (unless you get it free for TW1 when pre-ordering TW2). What I was saying was that I've seen evidence that it either isn't a campaign (therefore the team isn't available for the computer in campaigns either), or else the campaign is locked until some time after TW2 releases (since that will have Norsica as a campaign option from the beginning).
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 05:38:05 PM
^Heh?

God help me I am reinstalling Diablo III right now...I am curious about the Nercromancer.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 06:17:01 PM
Nevermind...looks like I have to re-buy Diablo III digitally in order to purchase the Necromancer pack. No thanks.  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 13, 2017, 06:34:50 PM
Quote from: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 06:17:01 PM
Nevermind...looks like I have to re-buy Diablo III digitally in order to purchase the Necromancer pack. No thanks.  :knuppel2:

why would you have to rebuy it?
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 13, 2017, 07:36:43 PM
Just played some more Shadows of Mordor...I really need to give this one more time. I remember the last time i played getting frustrated with it but I just had a 20 min romp that was a ton of fun.

I'm really surprised the captain system hasn't taken off.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: JasonPratt on August 13, 2017, 07:38:21 PM
Or something like the captain system -- maybe they copyrighted it?

ShadowMord was great fun, and I'm thinking of playing the campaign again before ShadowWar releases.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: JasonPratt on August 13, 2017, 07:38:55 PM
Meanwhile, I did get Turn 8 vs Barth on DC:Blitz uploaded tonight. So achievement, achieved!  :bd:
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 07:56:56 PM
I don't see any way to get the Diablo III expansions owning the physical game.

And Shadow of Mordor is awesome - I want to play some more of it too. I preordered Shadow of War...it just looks amazing,
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: mirth on August 13, 2017, 07:57:56 PM
Quote from: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 07:56:56 PM
And Shadow of Mordor is awesome

Don't tell me that.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 08:00:26 PM
^You can get it for under 10 dollah now!
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: mirth on August 13, 2017, 08:01:54 PM
Quote from: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 08:00:26 PM
^You can get it for under 10 dollah now!

I really hate you.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 13, 2017, 09:17:02 PM
Quote from: Gusington on August 13, 2017, 07:56:56 PM
I don't see any way to get the Diablo III expansions owning the physical game.

And Shadow of Mordor is awesome - I want to play some more of it too. I preordered Shadow of War...it just looks amazing,

You should still need to install it through the former Battle.Net.

Once installed you should be able to buy the DLC. Note you have to buy the other expansion (Reaper of Souls) to get the Necro DLC too.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 14, 2017, 07:41:56 AM
Yeah that's the thing - the former Battlenet does not recognize that I have a physical copy of the original game installed. It may be because it is installed on my D drive but hey whateva, you know?
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: jamus34 on August 14, 2017, 09:17:35 AM
Quote from: Gusington on August 14, 2017, 07:41:56 AM
Yeah that's the thing - the former Battlenet does not recognize that I have a physical copy of the original game installed. It may be because it is installed on my D drive but hey whateva, you know?

If you sign into the blizzard website you should be able to add the activation code for D3 and then it should be added to your battle net account. In all honesty I thought D3 took a bnet account to play in the first place.

I was able to add D2 and the original Starcraft doing this.
Title: Re: Wish I had a FRIDAY
Post by: Gusington on August 14, 2017, 09:30:22 AM
Nice! I will try this later. Thank you.