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Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...
Last post by celedhring - Today at 04:16:56 AMQuote from: The Brain on July 08, 2025, 06:27:10 PMQuote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 08, 2025, 04:15:24 PMHow does one ply a Gloomhaven game online?
IIRC we used Tabletop Simulator. It worked very well.
Same. There are a bunch of implementations that automate a lot of fiddliness.
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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...
Last post by Tamas - Today at 02:56:29 AMQuote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 08, 2025, 10:19:37 PM50% tariff on copper imports
Thus making US construction, electrical and electronic goods more expensive. Once again I just don't get it.
He will delay them indefinitely anyways. He just doesn't want to repeat himself so he needs to go through a list of products/raw materials he had an aide print out for him
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Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...
Last post by Solmyr - Today at 02:30:20 AMQuote from: Jacob on July 08, 2025, 09:25:04 AMWho are the Rotenbergs?
Major oligarchs, old pals of Putin from the 1990s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Rotenberg
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Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3
Last post by Solmyr - Today at 02:28:49 AMBy the way, I've started a semi-ambitious project of creating a historical flavor mod for Finland. 
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Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche
Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:41:59 AMIt does fit his character to imagine he has a live feed from grok and sometimes jumps in to take manual control. 
Though with how quick it needs to be I doubt it. Still, that answers would be pre created if some triggers are prompted...
Though with how quick it needs to be I doubt it. Still, that answers would be pre created if some triggers are prompted...
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Josquius - Today at 01:40:18 AMI met a guy from Flensburg recently.
He had no idea about Angeln being where English people come from.
Though he did note northern Germans have a sense of humour whilst southerners don't
He had no idea about Angeln being where English people come from.
Though he did note northern Germans have a sense of humour whilst southerners don't
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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Syt - Today at 01:02:24 AMThe other day I by chance learned about Johann Friedrich Struensee, a doctor from Halle an der Saale with radical enlightenment views who became de facto regent for the incapable Christian VII of Denmark, enacted a huge array of progressive reforms 1770-1772, but then was executed for his affair with Christian's wife (though the king seems to always have liked him, even despite the affair).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Struensee
He was tutor to Christian's heir, Frederick VI who would continue his reforms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Struensee
He was tutor to Christian's heir, Frederick VI who would continue his reforms.
#9
Gaming HQ / Re: The NEW New Boardgames Thr...
Last post by Syt - Today at 12:47:38 AMI've gone through the rules of Legion of Honor (didn't play since I ended up playing Vic3 instead ). I'm sure the crowd here would "love" it, because it's very heavily chance/luck based. 
Essentially, gameplay is divided into 16 "periods" which are further broken down into sub-sections, being in Garrison or on Campaign, depending on historical context. For each such section there's some basic management - finding a wife, getting/asking for a new assignment, trying to manage your finances/glory etc., before going into card drawing (almost every subsection has special cards for historical events or battles; in total you create a stack of 3 cards per player from the main stack plus period cards). You then take turns drawing those cards and following their contents. This could be something mundane, or the "special event" of that specific timeline (which sometimes ends the round), and then trying to make the best of it. In case of battles you can try to play it safe or try to win glory (at a risk to health/life/getting imprisoned). If two players are in the same battle, they can create some synergies. If you manage to climb the ranks there's optional (very simple) rules for commanding battles. At the end (Abdication & Return) players have to decide whether to declare for Napoleon or the Bourbons. If the latter it's essentially game over. If the former you have a chance at greater glories (including a chance at Napoleon winning at Waterloo), or prosecution afterwards, including losing money, ranks, or even being executed.
I think it's great for randomized emerging narratives (which I love), less so if you like strict control over the game's mechanics and the outcome. It would remain to be seen how it holds up when replaying, since the historical events will be the same each time. I might start a game with 3 or 4 characters (instead of solo) to see how that goes. I can see, though, how playing in a group can be fiddly, what with creating the card decks for each subsection of the history. On the other hand, it creates a good way of playing it in sessions instead of one big push.
). I'm sure the crowd here would "love" it, because it's very heavily chance/luck based. Essentially, gameplay is divided into 16 "periods" which are further broken down into sub-sections, being in Garrison or on Campaign, depending on historical context. For each such section there's some basic management - finding a wife, getting/asking for a new assignment, trying to manage your finances/glory etc., before going into card drawing (almost every subsection has special cards for historical events or battles; in total you create a stack of 3 cards per player from the main stack plus period cards). You then take turns drawing those cards and following their contents. This could be something mundane, or the "special event" of that specific timeline (which sometimes ends the round), and then trying to make the best of it. In case of battles you can try to play it safe or try to win glory (at a risk to health/life/getting imprisoned). If two players are in the same battle, they can create some synergies. If you manage to climb the ranks there's optional (very simple) rules for commanding battles. At the end (Abdication & Return) players have to decide whether to declare for Napoleon or the Bourbons. If the latter it's essentially game over. If the former you have a chance at greater glories (including a chance at Napoleon winning at Waterloo), or prosecution afterwards, including losing money, ranks, or even being executed.
I think it's great for randomized emerging narratives (which I love), less so if you like strict control over the game's mechanics and the outcome. It would remain to be seen how it holds up when replaying, since the historical events will be the same each time. I might start a game with 3 or 4 characters (instead of solo) to see how that goes. I can see, though, how playing in a group can be fiddly, what with creating the card decks for each subsection of the history. On the other hand, it creates a good way of playing it in sessions instead of one big push.
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Gaming HQ / Re: Victoria 3
Last post by Syt - Today at 12:36:38 AMAlso currently very partial to this collection of map gfx mods:
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3426721289
"Clean Map" flattens the colors:
And then the Victorian one for the paper map:
They have an "Edwardian" one which comes with blue oceans (which I generally prefer), but I don't like the look quite as much:
I'd love to use their German version, but it has spelling mistakes.
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=3426721289
"Clean Map" flattens the colors:
And then the Victorian one for the paper map:
They have an "Edwardian" one which comes with blue oceans (which I generally prefer), but I don't like the look quite as much:
I'd love to use their German version, but it has spelling mistakes.