What are you playing? (Redux)

[mongers]

Just driving by...

Been running an OSR tabletop D&D game for the last year and a half. 4-6 players every two weeks. Awesome fun. I haven't DM'ed for two decades, so that's part of the appeal.

I like what I have seen of CK2 but am waiting a bit before I surrender my soul, time and mind to another PC game.

You're right; the former sounds better than the later. 

A friend of mine was trying really hard to join her on playing D&D Online and I asked her if she had played the Real Thing. She had never, so it all started from there. We began a game, and players emerged out of the woodwork. Lots of folks are hungry for this kind of game it seems. Part of it is nostalgia, but there is also the cool tactile experience of rolling dice as well as the social element.

That's rather cool, give people authenticity rather than exclusively digital interactions and profit.

[viper37]

I'm replaying Red Alert 3.

It's silly, it's aimed at teenagers living in the basement of their parent's place.
The graphics are cartoonish, not my favorite kind.
The unit pathfinding is horrible.

Yet, I have fun replaying it.

[Scipio]

The Banner Saga Beta.  Some interesting ideas, with some beautiful art and animation.  Many bespoke game mechanics to figure out.  Still very opaque.  Really more of an alpha than a beta.

[Syt]

Played Political Machine 2012 yesterday. I lost the elections even worse playing as Romney, even though I took Ohio and Pennsylvania.

[garbon]

I'm replaying Red Alert 3.

It's silly, it's aimed at teenagers living in the basement of their parent's place.
The graphics are cartoonish, not my favorite kind.
The unit pathfinding is horrible.

Yet, I have fun replaying it.

I'm not sure who it was aimed at. It was just dreadful.

[Razgovory]

Yeah, that game went past camp to just silly. Though I may not have liked it because of the anime Japanese bullshit.

[FunkMonk]

I got gifted Natural Selection 2 so I think I'll play it this weekend. The original mod was one of my favorite games ever. 

[Razgovory]

I think I may do a Combat Mission AAR soon.  I downloaded the Demo for the Fortress Italy game, and one of the three scenarios that it comes with you play as the Italians.

[Drakken]

Started a new game of Pride of Nations under the latest 1.03c - as Russia. Gonna pogrom the hell out of my hinterlands. Bozhe, Tsarya khrani indeed. 

Oddly, it's the only nation without any AAR whatsover on both Paradox and AGEOD websites. Seems Russia intimidates a lot of players by its sheer size. So I am pondering making one, just for the lulz. Yes, the whole 1700 turns.

[sbr]

I'll set the over/under on the number of turns completed in  that aar at 46.5.

[Drakken]

I'll set the over/under on the number of turns completed in  that aar at 46.5.

I take those odds. I have already a few turns played out. Nothing too big : expand my coal production, set up trading nets through Europe by buying stuff from minors and reselling them, expand my depot network south towards the Ottomans, start diplomatic overtures with Moldovia and Wallachia aiming to vassalize them and add them to my sphere of influence promote slavic friendship and interdependence, explore into Khiva.

Turns are still slow (for me) but I don't care if the turns take 2-3 minutes to roll.

Just imagine, there's currenly a huge 24-players multiplayer game going on. These guys are mad. 

I admit the game is a gargantuan mess. But oddly I find it more alluring and instinctive to play than Victoria 2 given the scope, in spite of the horrid UI. What does it for me, it's the kind of game you can (and must) take your time to develop and do stuff, because overexpansion can hit you harsh in the nads if you rush.

[Razgovory]

I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.

[mongers]

I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.

Was a stable/final/modded version of Victoria 2 eventually playable and enjoyable ?

[Razgovory]

Fuck if I know.  I never bought that one.  I knew that one had train wreck written all over it.  In fact, I think trains played a major part in the game.

[Syt]

I thought of that game as something like 12 0'clock high, a game no sane person could possibly complete.

12 O'Clock High is relatively playable if you
- play as Allies
- just give general directives (attack refineries, attack targets in Hamburg area etc.)
- leave the rest to AI
- do something else while the turn is calculating

Playing as Germans or planning every bombing sortie yourself? Possibly more of a chore than playing WitPAE.