El Jay Play is proud to present the 1.0 module for WARLINE: Tactical Fantasy Battles. Warline is a highly technical game of detailed maneuver warfare. With nuanced systems and mechanisms modeled on fifteenth and sixteenth century martial practice, WARLINE gives you the tools and freedom that you need to craft and execute your very own … Continue reading New Module – WARLINE: Tactical Fantasy Battles →
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• Updated Strategy Cards for Illusions of Glory
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MichaelT wrote:
I agree on ASL. I am the same. I play it solely for a year or so and then don't touch it for yonks. I find to play it well you have to play it exclusively, just to stay on top of the rules and the errata, OMG the errata. It never ends. So many other great games out there to play rather than just play ASL all the time.

I agree that you have to play it exclusively, but not becuase it's difficult, becuase to play it well you really have to understand it. So it becomes all engrossing. You touch upon one of other reasons that i stop playing it periodically which is that there are a lot of other great games out there from other historical periods. I'm first and foremost a Napoleonics guy. The sad thing though is that it's just far more difficult to find VASSAL opponents for most games than it is with ASL. There are so many games i would play live over VASSAL if i could get opponents for them...... I had a great time playing Line of Battle Gettysburg and Antietam with a buddy of mine. I turn around and look at my bookcases and there must be 200 board games, many of which I've been lugging around for 30 years, everything from Wellington's Victory to Twighlight Struggle, to "Firepower" (which i really used to enjoy!), to the area movements games that are the basis of this thread. So many of these i would play if opponents were easier to get.

Though i will say that lately i'm more into "systems" than i am into games. Systems you learn once and can play a lot of games. Line of Battle ACW, ASL, and my latest venture Eagles (hexasim).

As a true ASL type personality, I recently purchased and have older copies of a lot of the masochistic Napoleonic La Bataille system of games. I've never actually played one of these, but i think i'd like to before i die......

Statistics: Posted by Mattp — September 5th, 2018, 4:39 am

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Gryff wrote:
And Mattp, you are right, the order of 'appearance' can change for oneself the perspective of a game, but there are so many other factors, like: With whom you have played that? Was he experienced and showed you the ropes? Or a beginner like yourself ?
Was that game long awaited? Did you buy it solely or did you buy 4-5 games at once and one of the others were just better or more popular amongst your friends ?

I couldn't agree more about this. The "overall experience" you have playing a game, particularly one in this case where I'm remembering back 30+ years, is probably far more important than the specifics of the game. I just remember having a great time doing it even if my memories are better than the reality. Two other games like that for me are "Russian Front" and "Fortress Europa". I used to play those two games (and Breakout Normandy BTW) against one of my dad's lifelong friends when I was kid. He liked gaming and I did, my dad not so much. So I remember sleeping over at his house when I was like 12 and we'd literally stay up until like 6am playing through these games. I still remember one game of Russian Front thinking how well I was doing and then counting the 17 empty beer cans that had been consumed (not by me of course) at 6am after he went to bed and I was reviewing the situation. And then his kids came down, who were probably about 7 and 4 at the time, chased each other around the table, and one of them tossed a teddy bear at the other and you can pretty much envision the cardboard counter Yahtzee that happened to my absolute horror. The point I make is that the overall experience you have playing a game definitely colors your experience of the game.

Gryff wrote:
However, in the end, I think, it only counts when you want to play that game. If ASL were 'the best game ever made' I see no reason why you shoudn't play it. I would guess from what you wrote, it fails, even for you, in the the 3rd category: Fun/work ratio.

You must not play ASL. The story that you recount in the other post about the guys never getting a game going is, in my experience, an anomaly. ASL is difficult to learn because of the depth and that it's a system not a game, but once you learn it, it is eminently playable and that is what makes it so great. Once you know the system, you don't find yourself referring to the rules much at all. The burn in period is long but the reward is so worth it. Sure, if you want to play a scenario doing a beach landing with landing crafts at night attacking caves, you've got a few extra rules to read. But mostly it's not like that. In fact, you could probably spend 10 years just playing scenarios in cities which plays very differently than the countryside. It is to me the most elegant gaming system ever conceived, provides endless hours of totally edge of your seat enjoyment, has an incredibly interactive system that puts each player having to make difficult decisions and weigh risk/reward every turn, it's incomparable to any game I've ever played. And it's very much like poker in that it has a lot of variables and "luck" but 95% of the time the better player wins because the better player is in position to overcome the luck.


Anyone who REALLY plays ASL (i.e. didn't just try it but really was borg-like assimilated) knows that it is NOT work to play. In fact, knowing the rules is part of playing the game because you know what you CAN do and thus I used to find myself curled up at night reading through "cellars" or "rooftops" for the umpteenth time when contemplating my Russian defense of the barrikady. I meant what i said when i told you why i stop - when i'm playing i play WAAAAY too much, it takes over my life to some extent to the exclusion of doing anything else with a free minute or two, and it burns me out playing hundreds of hours over such a short period of time. But no game ever has held my attention like ASL nor do i think will there ever be one. It is by far the greatest boardgame ever created. And i repeat, it's really not hard to play, it just takes time to learn. But once you learn it and it's burned in, it's incredibly fun, tense, and a very worthwhile gaming experience. All of those ASL'ers can't be wrong after all - it has stood the test of time and is still probably the most popular proper board wargame in the world (i.e. not counting "Axis and Allies" type shit - no offense intended!). There's a reason that VASSAL was for years and years just "VASL".


My .02 cents....all this ASL talk is making me want to bust it out.


Actually, truth be told, my latest addiction lately is playing the John Tiller Napoleonic PC games PBEM. Currently have three games going, Lutzen, Dresden, and the 2 hour per turn work like Leipzig......…..Great fun!


Matt

Statistics: Posted by Mattp — September 5th, 2018, 4:29 am

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Hi!

I am new to vassal, i have recently bought a bunch of the old Simulations Canada games, i think they are great - however i am wondering is vassal something i can use to recreate the maps and game pieces for playing it? - i dont need to have any kind of complicated mechanics involved, i just want a recreate of the game maps which are often just plain grids with a number x and y axis, and then either game pieces or the player would just plot things themselves, but i was think if i just have a bunch of red and blue counters i can push around on the map that will be all i need - is this some i can do in vassal? - i suppose i could just have an image of hte map and draw on it in photoshop , but for games like Battle of the Atlantic, there are an array of different counters

Statistics: Posted by agathosdaimon — September 5th, 2018, 2:34 am

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Playing face-to-face with the most recent version of VASSAL, we find with my hosting the game, the other player looses Legacy server connection at least a couple of times an hour, particularly if there is a break in his responses of over 5 mins. It is getting old.

Is this just par for the course, or is the Legacy Server not the right choice, or does everyone go peer-to-peer?

Is this known VASSAL behavior, or is there definitely something wrong with his or my comms?

I beg to learn more about the Mysteries of VASSAL.

Thanks for the sanity check.

Statistics: Posted by VANorm — September 4th, 2018, 11:05 pm

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Ehhh ... yes. It was so simple.

Joel !! Thank you very much !!!

Statistics: Posted by avenger05 — September 4th, 2018, 8:38 pm

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Added a new InsideGMT article: "Manoeuvre Tournament Part 7: France vs. Austrian Empire",  by David Waldorf. Enjoy!
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by dalequill

https://hi2allabouttown.itch.io/battle-board-chess

I made my design into an app, its free for windows, it has a couple of A.I. .

its my rotating chit system, I successfully put the rules into it, its lots of fun, but it shows how the rules work


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by ebigunso

Hello! I've been playing High Frontier on Tabletop Simulator with one another person until now. I wasn't able to find any other players to play with, so we could only play 2 player games. So we're looking for more players who's interested.

We usually play starting at 9:00(UTC) on Saturdays and Sundays when we do.

We can play with all modules included, or any combination you prefer. We've played with the endgame module for about 3 games now so we can probably teach some of the rules too if you need help.

Send a friend request to me "ebigunso" on Steam if you're interested
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Added Countersheets 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (not final art, updated 8/31) to the Red Storm P500 page.
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by ackmondual

It's been said that making software to some minimal operational functionality takes skill, experience, and the right tools. We're talking no show stopping bugs nor crashes. If there are issues, then minor ones at most. It's one thing to get to that level. To get to a level where "polish" and "extra features" are there though... that's another thing entirely. I hear it can be significant enough to add 20% to 100% extra development time into apps. Was wondering those in the industry (software dev or bg) can chime in with their stories, anecdotes, and provide figures on just how polish ends up getting applied.
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23 Jours de Gloire modules have been upgraded to v1.4 with hex grids, snap-to-grid, new dice and charts. Go to the Jours de Gloire Series page for a complete list. Rivoli 1797 was not updated as it has a map that wasn’t scanned properly on the x/y axis.  
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Published a new module for the game Tetrarchia by Miguel Marqués.
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by NormanReed

Hey y’all,

I’ve always wanted to try a cooperative play-by-email/play-by-forum game and am looking for anyone interested in playing one of the following (parentheses show what I currently own):

1. Sub Terra (base game, annihalation expansion, extraction expansion, investigation expansion)

2. Sentinels of the Multiverse (Enhanced Edition base game, Room City & Infernal Relics, Shattered Timelines & Wrath of the Cosmos, Vengeance, Unity stand-alone, Ambuscade stand-alone)

3. Wrath of Ashardalon (base game)

4. Pandemic (base game new edition)

If anyone is interested please let me know ASAP.

Thank you!
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by papathad

Interested in Advanced Squad Leader-Red Barricades Campaign.

Fairly Good on ASL. Just starting out with VASSAL. Retired so time is not a problem. Wanting to go the whole enchalada of RB.

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To men and women, upkeeping and maintaining your body is essential for grooming yourself. One of the things that you need to do concerning grooming is to keep your hair in check. The human body grows hair in various parts of the body. For aesthetics and beauty purposes, some people like to keep some parts groomed and sometimes hair-free. To do that, they usually undergo hair removal.

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Masmorra : Les Donjons d'Arcadia est un jeu dérivé "Arcadia Quest", un jeu d'aventure avec figurines. On se retrouve donc dans l'univers d'Arcadia, mais cette fois, on est plutôt dans le jeu de dés où les héros vont devoir parcourir un donjon.

Le donjon va être créé aléatoirement à l'aide de tuiles, vous allez devoir affronter des monstres représentés par des dés, trouver des trésors et déjouer des pièges.

Je vous propose de découvrir, dans un premier temps, le contenu de la boite du jeu, ainsi que ces deux petites extensions.

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