3-day weekend ahead - NHL playoffs to watch, big ACW minis game (Shiloh) on Saturday, my Battletech company to work on, lots of other gaming to be done.
No games brant?
I don't think I'll play much this weekend. I'll be making my Airfix 1/72 Vulcan Bomber and by the looks of it, the filling will take most of the weekend.
If I do play anything, I will endeavour to play Far Cry 5, F1 2017 and Project Cars 2
Enjoy your weekend fellas. :hug:
Quote from: JudgeDredd on April 13, 2018, 05:22:51 AM
No games brant?
The problem with part-time jobs is that you get all the crappy hours that no one else wants.
I got a few hours of Civ5 on Tuesday, but I'm on 10-7 at Home Depot today, 10-4 tomorrow, then 5p-1a at the soccer place, then back at HD on Sunday 8-2 before Bayonet Jr's soccer game at 3, and after the game I'm back at the soccer place for some renovation work we need to do there. Monday is just as bad, but I do get Tuesday off....
We're supposed to be in the 70's the next two days so I'll be bbqing some ribs and burgers tomorrow.
Game wise i have my battletech campaign setup to finish and I'll sneak in some monster hunter when I can.
Yardwork looms - ours, my Aunt's and possibly elderly neighbor's place (it's the right thing to do but the Mrs. ain't too keen on the idea).
Gaming-wise, I'm still on my Red Orchestra 2 kick and Friday nights/weekends are generally good for having plenty of server choices to play in.
Have a good 'un, folks!
Finally getting in to Field of Glory 2 and I really enjoy it - I think I may like it better than Pike and Shot, which I like a lot. Also hoping to start Domina and maybe play a little more Hellblade.
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Replacing dishwasher, finally.
Too much snow coming this weekend for yard work... yeah? :buck2:
Got some Civ VI on the go.
Jena KS... still kicking....
Genesis VASSAL... Egypt still in the grip of incompitent rulers.... and then there's the lousy counters.....
Next War: Poland still calling me from the table...
Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Version 2.2 of the fantastic Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War was just released yesterday. Check it out. I also enjoy the Halo mod, Sins of the Prophets.
As far as my weekend, gaming will be limited. Heading off for a week in Texas so will be busy packing and straitening up, etc.
If I play anything, it will most likely be ARMA 3 Tanks DLC, Star Citizen 3.1.1, House of a Dying Sun, Synthetik and some VR gaming too...
Everybody enjoy!
PS - When I saw the title of the Friday thread, I got so excited thinking you were going to post this...
You Sins of a Solar Empire people make me sad as I cannot run it 😞
I'm going to make a run at finishing my CMBI campaign, "Conrath's Counterattack". On the very last mission so I don't want to screw it up, but probably will anyway. :'( But burgers and ribs at jamus34's sounds might good too. Nothing like a good burger with a side of ribs on top! :smitten:
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Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Version 2.2 of the fantastic Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War was just released yesterday. Check it out. I also enjoy the Halo mod, Sins of the Prophets.
As far as my weekend, gaming will be limited. Heading off for a week in Texas so will be busy packing and straitening up, etc.
If I play anything, it will most likely be ARMA 3 Tanks DLC, Star Citizen 3.1.1, House of a Dying Sun, Synthetik and some VR gaming too...
Everybody enjoy!
PS - When I saw the title of the Friday thread, I got so excited thinking you were going to post this...
Wow. My won will be pleased with a halo mod. I also got the wrong star wars mod I think. Will try thrawns revenge.
^See links
http://www.moddb.com/mods/thrawns-revenge (http://www.moddb.com/mods/thrawns-revenge)
http://www.moddb.com/mods/halo-sins-of-the-prophets (http://www.moddb.com/mods/halo-sins-of-the-prophets)
^hawt
I love the work that's been done on Sins of the Prophet. It keeps the Halo universe alive for me in a way that the current mainline games aren't.
I've got friends staying the weekend, so I'm actually going to be table-top-ing again: Pengragon: The Fall of Roman Britain and Quartermaster General 1914 mainly.
I've also rediscovered my love for Men of War: Assault Squad 2. I might check out some of the mods for it - the Cold War one is supposed to be good.
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Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
PS - When I saw the title of the Friday thread, I got so excited thinking you were going to post this...
These guys are phenomenal live!
I'm coaching my daughter's U14 soccer team this season so I had to fire up FM 17. I'll be playing OOTP 19 as well. Because...baseball!
I'm also lurking the Battletech RPG thread.
Quote from: KyzBP on April 13, 2018, 11:34:05 AM
These guys are phenomenal live!
I've got to tell you...I've seen them 3 times over the last 15 years and their shows, although still good, are not what they were like in the 80s and 90s. Perry without drugs is just too calm and normal. I'm so grateful they are still around, living healthy lifestyles and making great music, but their shows just aren't as exciting.
Planed on playing Endless Space 2 then Gal Civ III Intrigue came out so that is going to be my focus (and it is looking good from my initial very brief impressions) but now someone has gone and mentioned Sins of a Solar Empire so that may get a look in as well.
My mom grew up with Perry Farrell and his family. She said he was 'always a weird kid but very sweet.'
You sure she wasn't talking about you?
Rarely that kind 😢
Well.. I am off as of now.
Paid Time Off for the weekend (had a few days figured why not?)
So I am currently in my game of Neverwinter Nights.(Chapter 2)
Thinking on giving the CK II DLCs a spin, see what cooks up.
I have Talisman on my tablet (Free on Google play this weekend!) so I grabbed it.
But I am glad to be home, it is a mess out there. Wind and rain and cold.
I loved Neverwinter Nights. :smitten:
My new rig arrives early next week. I pulled the hard drive from the dead system.
I'm grading, cleaning house and perhaps finish a tabletop game so we can clean that room.
I played some Civilization III, IV and VI this week (one diplomatic victory in CIV IV and one cultural Victory in CIV VI). I enjoyed them all, even if i find the end-game in Civilization VI less interesting. I think i'll a new game but not sure with which one.
Going to play Dawn of Andromeda and once i finish it, going to launch either GalCiv 2 or GalCiv 3
Also played a few turn of my old Romulan campaign in Birth of the Federation...Sol is going to fall soon and the last Cardassian colonies are soo history....soon, i'll be able to focus on my last real opponent...the Ferengi....
Busy weekend!
Finally will get back home after two depressing weeks in Pensacola. Doubt I'll play anything but I might check out the GalCivIII DLC. The good news is it'll be a lot warmer than it was when I left. 8)
Welcome back, bbmike. Hope things are going alright for you.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 13, 2018, 08:36:54 AM
Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Version 2.2 of the fantastic Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War was just released yesterday. Check it out. I also enjoy the Halo mod, Sins of the Prophets.
As far as my weekend, gaming will be limited. Heading off for a week in Texas so will be busy packing and straitening up, etc.
If I play anything, it will most likely be ARMA 3 Tanks DLC, Star Citizen 3.1.1, House of a Dying Sun, Synthetik and some VR gaming too...
Everybody enjoy!
PS - When I saw the title of the Friday thread, I got so excited thinking you were going to post this...
Is Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War actually Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Ascendancy?
While I am here, has anybody played empire at war multiplayer lately? I read that multiplayer, which was discontinued when it went to steam, has been re-enabled?
P.s. I love the song not an addict by janes addiction, but always though it was a female singer....
Quote from: Wolfe1759 on April 13, 2018, 12:10:14 PM
Planed on playing Endless Space 2 then Gal Civ III Intrigue came out so that is going to be my focus (and it is looking good from my initial very brief impressions) but now someone has gone and mentioned Sins of a Solar Empire so that may get a look in as well.
So of course you post about a new expansion for Gal Civ III makes me think, "Hey maybe Crusade is on sale since something new came out". Of course when I go to look, I already own it. :crazy2:
Such is the life of a groghead.
Quote from: Sir Slash on April 13, 2018, 01:32:36 PM
I loved Neverwinter Nights. :smitten:
I am really liking the game so far, and to think I got it free too. I might try the Ultima IV mod that's for it.
Thread title made me think of this
Jarhead. I must thank you. The star wars mod you led me to, ascendancy. Is very nice. I had a quick look at the Prophets mod as well. Not into HALO but prophets looks good, albeit probably much simpler and shell like in terms of gameplay and variety than the star wars mod?
We tried a 4x mod the other night and it added some things but was not appreciably better imho. New mechanics in sins are much appreciated. I find that in Sins that the research trees become a "just research everything as fast as possible" in mid-late game. Which kind of defeats the purpose of a tech tree. Fleet tactics being similarly simple in terms of brute forcing things. But damn it's satisfying for some reason.
Sins of the Prophets
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Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy
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it could've also been this, but I wanted to Lee Bains and the Glory Fires in front of y'all. Check it out, it's a good groove
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it could've also been this, but I wanted to Lee Bains and the Glory Fires in front of y'all. Check it out, it's a good groove
[yt]https://youtu.be/zz0JXbwNUk8[/yt]
Avetts are awesome, saw them a couple of years ago with my son at the Boston Gaaden.. Wish it was a smaller venue though.
Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 08:45:39 PM
Jarhead. I must thank you. The star wars mod you led me to, ascendancy. Is very nice. I had a quick look at the Prophets mod as well. Not into HALO but prophets looks good, albeit probably much simpler and shell like in terms of gameplay and variety than the star wars mod?
We tried a 4x mod the other night and it added some things but was not appreciably better imho. New mechanics in sins are much appreciated. I find that in Sins that the research trees become a "just research everything as fast as possible" in mid-late game. Which kind of defeats the purpose of a tech tree. Fleet tactics being similarly simple in terms of brute forcing things. But damn it's satisfying for some reason.
Sins of the Prophets
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Star Wars: Thrawn's Revenge II: Ascendancy
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion mod | Released Dec 3, 2017
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Ascendancy is very good, but it is not the version of the mod I linked to. You should try Imperial Civil War version 2.2. It was released on 4/12/18.
Quote from: mirth on April 13, 2018, 11:14:17 AM
^hawt
Just War thunder. Knocking back all the non-USA/UK stuff (that would be Japan, Italy, France, Russia and Germany) with the 76mm HVAP, a 50 cal and my bear hands. i mean bare hands. In the M18 Hellcat.
Loving Field of Glory II. Finished and beat the three tutorials and have moved on to a larger battle (Watling Street) as the British. Can't wait to try an epic battle and a campaign. Nice to have an alternative to TW now too, even though it's probably not fair to compare the two.
Dammit. I folded. I ended up buying Sins: Rebellion.
But then again with 15" of snow drifting along side the window of my apartment. Figured WHY NOT? :uglystupid2:
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 13, 2018, 08:36:54 AMHeading off for a week in Texas so will be busy packing and straitening up, etc.
Yeee-haaw! What part of Texas?
Didn't get much gaming in this weekend. In kind of a gaming funk right now. Spent 5 minutes here and there with WoW, Diablo, and EUIV.
Quote from: Gusington on April 15, 2018, 05:03:00 PM
Loving Field of Glory II. Finished and beat the three tutorials and have moved on to a larger battle (Watling Street) as the British. Can't wait to try an epic battle and a campaign. Nice to have an alternative to TW now too, even though it's probably not fair to compare the two.
Yeah FoG 2 has more historical flavour. Better AI, more armies.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 13, 2018, 08:36:54 AM
Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Version 2.2 of the fantastic Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War was just released yesterday. Check it out. I also enjoy the Halo mod, Sins of the Prophets.
I am confused. Is Version 2.2 of Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War a Sins mod? The link you added in a subsequent post led to a mod of that name for a different game, Star Wars: Empire at War-Forces of Corruption, not a Sins mod.
Jomni I saw some of your scenarios in the Field of Glory 2 download section as well. Do you have content for Pike & Shot and Field of Glory 2? Plus, of course, the entire Sengoku Jidai game. You're a prolific gaming genius or something!
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Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 13, 2018, 08:36:54 AMHeading off for a week in Texas so will be busy packing and straitening up, etc.
Yeee-haaw! What part of Texas?
Austin!
Quote from: solops on April 16, 2018, 02:06:49 AM
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 13, 2018, 08:36:54 AM
Quote from: Destraex on April 13, 2018, 07:51:37 AM
Sins of a Solar empire is being revisited by our group at the moment. Amazing game to play every now and then. Just very relaxing really.
Version 2.2 of the fantastic Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War was just released yesterday. Check it out. I also enjoy the Halo mod, Sins of the Prophets.
I am confused. Is Version 2.2 of Star Wars mod Thrawn's Revenge: Imperial Civil War a Sins mod? The link you added in a subsequent post led to a mod of that name for a different game, Star Wars: Empire at War-Forces of Corruption, not a Sins mod.
You're right. Sorry for the confusion. Thrawn's Revenge is not a Sins mod. Its for Star Wars Empire at War. Apologies.
Ascendancy is the Sins mod and it is fantastic, as well.