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Ed Anger

#300
November 17, 2009, 02:22:53 PM
I own SPQR Deluxe, haven't played it. Likely never will.  :lol:
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Habbaku

#301
November 18, 2009, 08:43:07 PM
Mark Simonitch's The Caucasus Campaign came today and I've already punched and set it up.  Looks good and the rules aren't too long, but seem complex enough to make it enjoyable.

The Russian opening position looks fucked...
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#302
November 19, 2009, 05:39:47 PM
Still having trouble deciding on what, if anything, I want to buy from GMT with their 50% off sale.  I qualify for three or four games or something, but don't really, really want anything.

Tamas, do you want to work out something for us both to buy so that we can do PBEM?  I'm looking, specifically, at Carthage or SPQR : Deluxe, since BGG gives them both decent rankings.  I'm open to suggestion, though.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

CountDeMoney

#303
November 19, 2009, 06:59:18 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 19, 2009, 05:39:47 PM
I'm looking, specifically, at Carthage

Very nice game, IMHO.  Not too big considering what it covers.

Tamas

#304
November 20, 2009, 03:54:14 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 19, 2009, 05:39:47 PM
Still having trouble deciding on what, if anything, I want to buy from GMT with their 50% off sale.  I qualify for three or four games or something, but don't really, really want anything.

Tamas, do you want to work out something for us both to buy so that we can do PBEM?  I'm looking, specifically, at Carthage or SPQR : Deluxe, since BGG gives them both decent rankings.  I'm open to suggestion, though.

Sure. I am covered with lightweight games for my slightly-gamer RL friends, so I would indeed prefer some more serious stuff for pbem. Will look into the options.

Tamas

#305
November 20, 2009, 04:08:14 AM
I have been eyeing Carthage for a while now. It looks both extremely tempting and extremely intimidating. With a 50% pricecut, it might just worth it. But, it is on sale I think anyhow :D For $35. If thats a general sale of it, I'll be ordering it beside my 50% pick.

As for SPQR Deluxe, I am not big on tactical simulations. Especially that Slitherine will soon be coming out with a ancient-era miniature rules conversion that previewers seem to like.

So, any other suggestions?

PRC

#306
November 20, 2009, 11:19:19 AM
If Flying Colors was available from GMT i'd be all over it.

Habbaku

#307
November 20, 2009, 12:26:11 PM
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2009, 04:08:14 AM
I have been eyeing Carthage for a while now. It looks both extremely tempting and extremely intimidating. With a 50% pricecut, it might just worth it. But, it is on sale I think anyhow :D For $35. If thats a general sale of it, I'll be ordering it beside my 50% pick.

It is, indeed, on sale at the moment--but the extra discount also applies to it.  Basically, it's $17.50 before shipping or anything else is applied, which is why I considered it.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

CountDeMoney

#308
November 20, 2009, 06:04:38 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on November 20, 2009, 12:26:11 PM
Quote from: Tamas on November 20, 2009, 04:08:14 AM
I have been eyeing Carthage for a while now. It looks both extremely tempting and extremely intimidating. With a 50% pricecut, it might just worth it. But, it is on sale I think anyhow :D For $35. If thats a general sale of it, I'll be ordering it beside my 50% pick.

It is, indeed, on sale at the moment--but the extra discount also applies to it.  Basically, it's $17.50 before shipping or anything else is applied, which is why I considered it.

Well, for that price you're getting a lot of game.

Habbaku

#309
November 20, 2009, 06:30:57 PM
Yep, which is why I will, in the end, make an order of it.  Just trying to decide whether I want to add Blue vs. Gray or another ancients game or not.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

The Brain

#310
November 22, 2009, 03:35:47 AM
I'm not going to buy it but I got hard when I saw the Adolf Hitler counter in BERLIN - Fall of the 3rd Reich (ASL).
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Habbaku

#311
December 02, 2009, 04:07:30 PM
Today in the mail : Carthage and... Maria! :

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40354

The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Habbaku

#312
December 02, 2009, 04:27:34 PM
Meanwhile, my investment scheme into DAK2 ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12234 ) worked out great.  I bought it when it originally came out for the pre-order price and have just traded it off to some OCS-tard for a trio of games that are all in great condition (one even unpunched!).

Hammer of the Scots :

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3685


Liberte! :

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2507


And the unpunched one--another game from Azure Wish :

Rossyia 1917 :

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/288


Now I just need time to play some of them...
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Ed Anger

#313
December 02, 2009, 04:30:49 PM
Hammer is simple enough for a chick to play.
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

Habbaku

#314
December 02, 2009, 04:54:29 PM
Yeah, that's actually the one I'm likely to play first with a friend of mine.  His dad is also due in town for the holidays, too, so we're probably going to swing a game of Maria near Christmas, as well.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien
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