03/3/13

A Civilization V AAR – Part X

Brant Guillory, 3 March 2013

We’re ten parts into the story, and the Carthiginians are still just finding their feet in the world. You’d never know we’re playing on “quick” huh?

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Can you believe it’s 120AD and we still haven’t found any other major civilizations? Me either. Where the hell is everyone else? I kinda feel like Azz back in the old R&P last year.

Building a Wonder on a Whim.

It’s not going to take too long to build the Terracotta Army, so we’ll throw it in the queue and see what we get. +6 culture is nice to have.

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03/1/13

GARPA 13 – GrogHeads Advanced Research on Projects Advisory

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by Dan Pinkham and Lloyd Sabin

Is it March already? It seemed like just yesterday that we were stuffing our faces with turkey and unwrapping presents. Thankfully, for most of us, the sun is out a little longer and we can almost make out the warm glow at the end of the long tunnel of winter…it just happens to be clouded by the snow still falling. Well, our solution to the winter blues here at GARPA is to go get lost in a cupboard of junk food or throw some money at some great crowd funding projects. On second thought, why not do both?

Board Games

Loka: The World of Fantasy Chess by Mantic Games

$43,896 of a $25,000 goal funding ending March 24th loka

Chess, having been played for millennia, is one of the oldest and most time-honored wargames. To say that there are numerous variations of chess piece designs would be an understatement. So why another fantasy chess set?

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02/22/13

Alea Jacta Est – Cantabrian Wars Scenario DLC

Reviewed by Boggit, 22 February 2013

Developer and Publisher: AGEOD and Matrix Games

Back in December Boggit reviewed the well-received core Alea Jacta Est game – see here for the original review. Recently, AGEOD have added to this excellent game with the Cantabrian Wars scenario. Boggit takes the Grog’s view of whether it is a “Fiery War” or should “Just burn”.

For those gamers with Alea Jacta Est, it is recommended to upgrade to the v1.02 patch. V1.02 adds a number of nice features including tabs for city and fort size, enabling these important values to be spotted at a glance, but most importantly if you want to be able to play Cantabrian Wars you do need to patch to v1.02 from vanilla or from v1.01.

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02/21/13

Prosciutto – Hamming it up with the di Parmas… Part Ten-and-Four

By Undercovergeek, 21 February 2013

Hey look, it’s UCG’s Crusader Kings II AAR…

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In part 13 a son was lost, Naples was gained, more sons were born, Oberto met the Sicilians – he wasn’t impressed – and Matilda’s line of dead husbands grew longer. Now in Part 14 Oberto wrests his lands from the evil clutches of Matilda and declares his independence.

After the latest update Oberto’s ability to manage his own lands has been reduced. I’m only 1 over the limit – it shouldn’t have too much effect on the demesne – we’ll keep an eye on it. As I’m only a Count I can’t give away subsections of demesne – it’s the whole county or nothing and I don’t want to give hard fought lands away yet.

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02/20/13

Tuesday Screenshot

The Settlers Online

The sleepy village of Bugtussle struggles against the wilderness as they seek to establish a solid foothold in the wilds of realm Ares 2. But with solid mining production, enough arable land to support some population influx, and nearby lakes for fishing and water, their future seems bright. As long as war can be averted…