Posts made by frimmel

@tytyboogie:

You guys are awesome…what a difference a rule makes.

Game plays a bit differently does it?  :lol:

@BJCard:

Air bases- it is like those fighters are on a carrier in that SZ.

Except it works for bombers and since bombers can’t land on a carrier I’ve found that way also causes some confusion.

BJCard just beat me to rules link and he left out that this is one of the best looking sets.

There isn’t really a more clear way to explain air bases than it doesn’t cost a move point to go from the territory with the air base to the adjacent sea zone or from the sea zone to an adjacent territory with an air base.

@Jermofoot:

@frimmel:

Water is the third most important substance for human survival.

After internet porn and beer?

Wait…you need water for beer.

Beer is mostly water.  :-)

But based on the survival tips Rule of 3. You get thirty seconds if you’re bleeding, making blood number one. 3 minutes without air making it number two. 3 hours without shelter in a harsh environment no one thing counts as shelter and this is highly dependent on the environment. 3 days without water and depending on the environment that could shorten considerably making water the third most important substance.

I thought that “Quantum of Solace” was remarkably prescient in having the villains trying to control the water supply.

Water is the third most important substance for human survival.

@MrMalachiCrunch:

Very interesting article Frimmel.

It is important to read the footnotes however.

In this and the previous article on the Ryerson matter, I conflated Ryerson Student Union (RSU) with Ryerson University, which are two separate entities.  The efforts to censor the discussion of men�s issues emanate solely from RSU and not Ryerson University.

That is a correction. It does not negate the fact that women in charge of a student group with not inconsequential authority passed a rule denying misandry because women don’t have a voice. If that isn’t irony on a base level, I really wasted my time in literature class. Women are the majority of students at Ryerson and in college and university overall.

On the quick question, the active player makes the first decisions during movement and then the other player answers for each phase of movement.

As to tips here’s some first turn US stuff spelled out along with links to AH strat articles (I didn’t check if they’re still good.)

Make sure you are using the correct reinforcement points – 10 per turn and 4 per controlled island.

Skip any of the optional rules for your first game.

Get fighters. Fighters disappear quickly in this game and you don’t want to be the guy with less.

Escort your capital ships sufficiently. Escort heavy fleets can engage technically stronger but escort light fleets. This is a benefit of the random nature of the combat system.

Artillery can shoot to sea.

We’ve covered a lot of rules questions here. Don’t be afraid to go back to the earliest pages. FAQ.

And the most important thing:

@frimmel:

The biggest impediment for new players in this, BOTB and to a lesser extent D-Day, is a tendency to think things work like they do in the global A&A games. You must read the rulebook as an independent document. If you get stuck on something DO NOT fall back on a ‘that’s the way it works in _________’ method to sort it out. You will be wrong.

Do not use the optional national advantages rules for your first game. Note the errata on the reinforcement point system.

This is a fun game but it is really different. You have to set aside all of your thinking from other games with “Axis and Allies” in the title except for the most fundamental strategy considerations. The considerations that you’d apply to any war game fundamental. This radical difference is both the game’s blessing and curse.

Garg, you’re going about the whole getting people to take the red pill thing the wrong way. However…

International Women’s Day is a perfect example of feminist irony. The irony which they are unable to see.

Here is another stunning example.

@Canuck12:

Given the political topics that you bring up on this board Garg, I have a new recomendation for your signature:

“Y’all don’t know what it’s like, being male middle-class and white.”

Can’t say I’m not a little angry too.

@ABWorsham:

I’m enjoying the evolution of Ventress.

I like where that character has gone as well. The other thing I think they do really well with characterization is how often they show how angry Anakin is and how more or less serene by comparison Obi-wan is. Obi-wan is always reigning himself in and Anakin is always about to slip off the chain.

@ABWorsham:

@frimmel:

@ABWorsham:

What did you guys think about the last episode of the season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars?

Somewhere just past half way of the first season this show really found its footing and has been consistently entertaining ever since.

I agree, I like it, my kids love it.

Thought they dodged the issue of killing off a beloved kid favorite in cartoon series.

I’m curius if Maul has any further involment in the series.

potential/actual spoilers

Maul will be back but ultimately will go down. I don’t think they dodged the issue of killing off a main character either. I think Ashoka’s has to go down in the long run. I’d heard they think they have about seven seasons worth. So they’re ‘good’ as far as Episode 3 goes if this was the last season but also have room to go if it isn’t.

So that gives us the sixth season with Anakin sort of going off the rails a bit without Ashoka to temper him. I’d see the ‘villain’ from the finale escaping and teaming up with Ventress with maybe Ashoka hunting her. Or Ventress/Barris crossing sabers with The Chancellor and Maul or Maul/Dooku. But lots of set-up for a seventh and final season that sets the stage for Episode 3 with final duels with Ventress and Maul that push Anakin closer to the dark side and Ashoka meeting her end and further wrecking Anakin leading straight to the visions of Padme’s death.

Lots of possibilities.

I hadn’t heard this but that is a pretty impressive minis set-up.

I took all the chips from my copy of Europe and added them to my copy of Revised but everything else remains ‘whole.’ That is all I can bring myself to do despite also having a desire to get all of it in one container.

One of the practical reasons I don’t is I’d then have to go all the way and combine everything (i.e. have ALL of the US pieces in one divided Plano type box) but then you have way too much stuff.

If your thoughts drift to re-sell value the only thing I’d be really worried about keeping just like it arrived is Anniversary Edition. I don’t think combining the sets that make up Global would be a bad idea.

I’d think it would depend on what you’re willing to spend and how and what you play. What particular problem/inconvenience are you trying to solve? If you just want to combine stuff common to all games you could go the secondary market route and just buy the chips you want, the dice you want, spring for the fancy IPC poker chips, find an appropriate container for all of it and use it across all games and leave that stuff for each set untouched when you use the map and pieces.

@ABWorsham:

What did you guys think about the last episode of the season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars?

I only got to see the last twenty minutes of it because my DVR decided that it didn’t want to record my scheduled recordings that it even told me it was scheduled to record, luckily, I caught it in time to see the end.

Figured out who the bad guy was last week but feel like I can rather get behind them. I liked their speech in court. The very end seemed a little forced (but that may be from missing the start) but it suggests and interesting arc for next season.

Somewhere just past half way of the first season this show really found its footing and has been consistently entertaining ever since.

@wittmann:

Hi bhughes1971. Tanks can still only move 2. The card only increases Art and Inf units movement allowance.
D-Day is a great game.

Yep.  Here’s a link to an FAQ list.

Has anyone here given this a try?

How does it compare to other aircraft/spacecraft dog-fighting games? Are the minis as decent as the marketing makes them seem?

@Imperious:

So how do you have your PC’s graphic card output connected to the flat panel?

Thats easy you buy this metal box that is really a video spliter ( A/B)

You just turn the switch from source to source. They make them for HDMI as well.

No. My TV has various inputs, rca, component, HDMI and one for output from a PC. The problem is not switching between PC signals and TV signals. The problem is getting the signals from another room, the one with the PC, to the room with the TV. Just really long cables?

Yes. You can PC game from your couch on a big screen. However this creates logistical issues for me with no acceptable solution.

@Hepps01:

My PC is in my office as well.

But with the advent of wireless mice (?)  and keyboards I can have my computer in my family room whenever the mood strikes me. :-D

I can sit on the couch and play Triple A (or whatever game) on a large screen whenever the mood strikes me.

:?

So how do you have your PC’s graphic card output connected to the flat panel? Do you just move the PC from the office to the family room?

And we’re not talking playing a slow strategy game, we’re talking FPS. Wireless or not I can’t play with the keyboard and mouse in my lap.

But whatever, I should know better than to feed Garg and IL’s trolling on this subject.

@Hepps01:

Wow you must have a really old pc.

I use my PC on my flat screen.

I use my PC for work and hence need to keep it/use it in a work space not a living space.

No, consoles are for people who just want to sit down and put the game in and play and not have to worry whether a game they bring home is going to work on their system or not. People who don’t want to have to spend the first evening just getting the game to run properly and find out doing so either requires upgrades to hardware or significant reductions in graphics. Consoles are for people who want to game from their comfy couch on their 48inch flat panel HD set and not in the ‘well I can sit in it for a bit desk chair’ (far too similar to the one they were uncomfortable in all day at work.)

You’re welcome.

We did have this question before and it has the info about knocking out airfields.