[board] Pax Brittanica

[grumbler]

And what about grumbler he ran the Twilight Struggle PBEM games he should have this game nailed.

I didn't care much for this game when it came out, but mine was certainly not an opinion that was widely shared (it won the CR award at Origins that year).

And it was Thunder at Twilight. 

But, yeah, I am interested in even a reasonably bad game of the era, so count me in.

[Delirium]

I make it grumbler: IV and me: V.

[Tamas]

oh lol yes thunder at twilight 

[Alatriste]

If you are going to play Pax Britannica remember this, because it is vital: if the game ends in the first turn, or the second, or probably the third too, Queen Vicky wins, and wins big, because she starts with a massive VP advantage; even if Britain is guilty of starting the Great War and has to pay the penalty for it, Vicky will still win... the name of the early game is 'don't give the Brits the slightest excuse, they will use it'.

Personally I like the game, own a copy, and have played it f2f many times, but even so I have to admit some things just don't make any sense...

[Hansmeister]

I've never played it (who has?), but for some reasons I have two copies of the board game.

[Viking]

I've never played it (who has?), but for some reasons I have two copies of the board game.

You wanna share?

[Habbaku]

I am happy you volunteer for the task! 

Those signed up thus far are the sorts I enjoy playing with.  I've never played before, but my hard copy should make it significantly easier to keep up with the paperwork, all the same.

does that maek me : vI ?

[Hansmeister]

I've never played it (who has?), but for some reasons I have two copies of the board game.

You wanna share?

Originally I was thinking about throwing away my extra copy, but then I remembered almost getting stoned to death on languish when I said I had thrown away my copy of Fifth Frontier War.

[Habbaku]

You should never throw away any game, ever, because you may be able to get cash for it.

Except Kriegspiel.

[Habbaku]

The CB is ugly, but looks functional.  And upside-down.

[Barrister]

I've never played it (who has?), but for some reasons I have two copies of the board game.

You wanna share?

Originally I was thinking about throwing away my extra copy, but then I remembered almost getting stoned to death on languish when I said I had thrown away my copy of Fifth Frontier War.

You WHAT!!?!?!?!?!



Okay, so I'm more of a Traveller nerd than a grognard, but still!

[Jaron]

I threw away twilight struggle, paths of glory, War of the Ring, and Arkham Horror last week.

[ulmont]

I threw away twilight struggle, paths of glory, War of the Ring, and Arkham Horror last week.

You could have at least offered to give them away for shipping, you dick.*

*Not that I believe you anyway, but still.

[Tamas]

I am happy you volunteer for the task! 

Those signed up thus far are the sorts I enjoy playing with.  I've never played before, but my hard copy should make it significantly easier to keep up with the paperwork, all the same.

does that maek me : vI ?

BGG has, among other tools, an excel spreadsheet which auto-calculates income and VP, you just need to set the owner and status of an area. So it should be fairly easy. I am reading the rules. It sucks that A-H is controlled by the German player, while USA is a separate player. But oh well. Since people are more motivated when they have their roles known, I say we should have random country assingment.
Players so far are:
me, Viking, Ulmont, Grumbler. Delirium, Habbaku

We need one more. For the interested, the playable countries are UK, France, Germany (plus A-H), Italy, Russia, Japan, USA

[Tamas]

I threw away twilight struggle, paths of glory, War of the Ring, and Arkham Horror last week.

idiot