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Check out this absurd wargame package I'm thinking of preordering
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Date: March 18th, 2018 1:35 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier Multi-Man Publishing is about to put out a DOUBLE PACK of two new games in its Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series. The series is designed by Ed Beach, who you may know as the current lead designer of the Civilization series.
The first game, Atlanta is Ours, is a completely new campaign covering Sherman's campaign against Atlanta.
http://www.multimanpublishing.com/tabid/58/CategoryID/21/ProductID/345/Default.aspx
This game comes with no fewer than 19 scenarios, ranging from a few single-turn battle scenarios to a preposterously epic hundred-turn full campaign (this would take dozens of hours to complete).
Included in the package:
GCACW Series Rules Booklet (28 pgs, black and white) AIO Specific Rules Booklet (100 pgs in color including scenarios, the game as history, map gazetteer, etc) Two 22"x 32" full-color map sheets. Three 280-piece counter sheets One Terrain Effects Chart Two full-color Force Displays One Off-Map Display Two 4-page color Charts and Tables Two 6-sided Dice
Pretty neat, huh? Well that's not all! There's an even BIGGER game in the package: Roads to Gettysburg II: Lee Strikes North.
http://www.multimanpublishing.com/tabid/58/CategoryID/21/ProductID/311/Default.aspx
This game is remake of not one, not two, but THREE prior GCACW titles, covering Antietam, Gettysburg, and Jubal Early's advance against Washington in 1864. This game includes TWENTY-THREE different scenarios, though two of them require ownership of the separately-published (and now out-of-print) title Stonewall Jackson's Way II.
RTG2 comes with all the guts Atlanta Is Ours has, but even MORE. Where Atlanta has a 100-page scenario book, RTG2 had 120 pages. Where Atlanta has 2 maps and 3 240-counter sheets, RTG2 has FOUR of each.
It's all preposterously epic and complicated (5/5 in weight even on MMP's scale!), yet GCACW's core rules are a mere 25 pages:
http://www.multimanpublishing.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=HsMkJGtizSk%3d&tabid=83
It also has numerous fun charts:
http://www.multimanpublishing.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=nZVckWShrwU%3d&tabid=83
All this can be mine for a mere $225!
http://www.multimanpublishing.com/tabid/58/CategoryID/21/ProductID/346/Default.aspx |
Date: March 18th, 2018 2:03 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629794) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:06 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier Man we really need to find a way to meet up. Even if I don't order this I'm already on dat BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS tip. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629801) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:07 AM Author: Godawful Casino I don't think I gave that one
I should be back in DC sometime in April |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:09 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier 180 just let me know. I'm here the whole month except the 19th-22nd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629812) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:06 AM Author: Odious pink prole i wonder if this is the kind of stuff id be doing if i didnt have a family and a busy job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629803) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:08 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier Most wargamers I know are family men, not flame. Certainly to a greater degree than vidya players. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629809) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:10 AM Author: Godawful Casino this sort of historical gaming is an older professional white male thing. lot of lawyers, programmers, medical types ime. most have family. surprising number are also conservative Christians of some stripe or another, usually Catholic or Calvinist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629815) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:14 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier I wouldn't say it's surprising. Old middle class white guys are a Christian demographic. Lotta veterans too. I wouldn't be surprised if simply being an avid history fan correlates in some way.
Also boardgaming seems to appeal strongly to Christians, perhaps because simpler ones are good as a family activity. BoardGameGeek is one of the most religious communities I've ever found on the web. |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 2:14 AM Author: Godawful Casino There was a lawyer where I used to live who would buy a bunch of two-player wargames at the store I hung out and played Magic at. He was always looking for a partner so I ended up trying a lot more stuff than I could have afforded otherwise, a 180 dood. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35629826) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 8:48 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35630381) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 10:46 AM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier Leaning STRONGLY toward making the preorder, bros. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35630695) |
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Date: March 18th, 2018 10:50 AM Author: Hideous 180 wagecucks This kind of thing seems extremely 180 but I never had the time or sufficiently nerdy friends who would do this kind of thing with me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#35630708) |
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Date: May 8th, 2018 3:52 PM Author: Fighting Floppy Heaven Sound Barrier Update: Didn't preorder, but it's now available online. Thinking I'll pull the trigger; I just completed an editing job for $500 and haven't bought a board game in a long time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3921819&forum_id=2#36009049) |