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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 2d

This weekend was Hex-and-Counter weekend with @nwinches.bsky.social - Crossing the Line: Aachen 1944, Fighting Formations: Grossdeutschland Motorized Infantry Division, and South Pacific (EotS). Two were new, and I had to recall everything to explain SP - my brain hurts

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 2d

Got to play @vucasimulations.bsky.social 's Crossing the Line: Aachen 1944 with @nwinches.bsky.social this weekend and I was really impressed with the game. The systems are really engaging for activation and combat. I'm looking forward to trying it again.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 2d

Good weekend of gaming with @nwinches.bsky.social - played South Pacific, Fighting Formations (original), and now playing Crossing the Line: Aachen 1944

lots of hexes and counter :D

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

I don't think I actually roll that often for Tru'ng (Gandhi a bit, but its been a while). I don't think RDR had a ton of random location stuff (for the storms yes, but that's ALWAYS true).

The charts get pretty specific, so until you are used to them, it'd be slow. But again - do what's fun.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

that being said, the CARD bots are much less predictable overall I think (and again, if you like playing a certain way (such as choosing the "smarter" choice) just do that - just don't complain if the results are weird :D ).

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

I only ever did the CL flowchart bot. Its hard to say because the smaller decision space made it seem a lot easier to predict what the bot would do and where. The CARD bots have a preference chart on where to perform actions that are fairly reasonable, but not really random (thus predictable)

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

Higher ranked solo have a system/bot or were made for solo only. YOU like playing all sides. I prefer the unknown. There is no right answer of course (pineapple is fine on pizza)

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

It's why publishers have a scale. C&C games are a 3 - its ok solo. You can use the CDG solo system, but part of the appeal of the game is NOT KNOWING what cards the other player has. Got all left flank cards over there? YG-IG games are just mid-rank because you can play them solo, but feints are meh

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

I think modern marketing has brandished solo because of demand. A lot of modern wargames are higher on a solo scale if its "you go, I go" style (ZocBond, Next War, etc), chit pull (or other system for adding random selection into the game) and so on. Hidden info games don't quite match up - TS, CC:E

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

D-Day at Omaha Beach - amazing solo opponent
Card system for COIN - structured, but enough diversity to make it not perfectly predictable
Space Corp - bot is "random" but also feels like an opponent (and is dead simple to execute)

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

It depends. What I don't like are solo systems/games where you are solving an efficiency puzzle (get 100 points to be an amateur, 200+ to be a pro). I PREFER a solo game or system where there is a bot/AI which feels like an opponent and I can't predict their moves (thus I don't like playing myself)

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 7d

They are super interesting (and @volko.bsky.social just likes hearing his name mentioned a lot 😜 ).

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 7d

7 PoG games:
1st (short, rules learning)
2nd longer, we had no clue what we were in for.
3-7 RtT - lots of lessons learned, feel stuck. Starting to watch other games and what they are doing.

Learned: RtT's "dice" are just as mean to other players as they are to us. They hate everyone

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 7d

Yep, this series has been good so far. I'm liking: fantasy world where we didn't spend 300 pages world building first. Crime/mystery with a Sherlock-like character, but embedded in said fantasy world. The followup book has also been excellent thus far

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 12d

This is old, but for folks grabbing the new Combat Commander - here are a few Litko upgrades you can grab to pimp up your set (and truly, you will hope for a spreading blaze every game just to see it on the map). boardgamegeek.com/thread/45881...

My Pimped Combat Commander | Combat Commander: Europe

Hey René, I bought those with the text on them. Litko offers several customizable counter options, so I picked out the shape, color, and the custom text, and they put it together for a reasonable pri...

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

This guy got it all in one box, but he also had to split the decks into 9 piles to reduces the height (and has no room for battle packs... So you CAN do it (if you are a heathen) boardgamegeek.com/image/915163...

Combat Commander: Europe/Med. – 20th Anniversary Edition

Everything fits! Combat Commander 20th Anniversary Edition storage solution using Cube4Me trays (see first comment below for all additional pictures). Yes, the cards are sleeved.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

Yup. I KNEW there was no way it'd fit. I'm not unhappy. I had planned ahead and had a box. If they had a bigger box and they all ripped out, there'd be pictures of that everywhere with people crying. Box lift? phhfffffbbbt. That happens to war gamers all the time.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

GOP gets it - they'd just rather give the money to the oligarchs than to health care. MAGA hates it because they were told to hate it, even though they need it and it makes their lives better.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

And again, I'm ok with another box - there are what? Six battle packs? That's a lot of extra stuff too - 2-3 maps each time add up fast.

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

I've heard the bigger box from Pacific War didn't do so well. Regardless, a 3" box was never going to be big enough. There are 1" of manuals, player aids, maps (paper) to start with. Then 6 decks of cards (even unsleeved they take up a lot of space). Its just not reasonable that it'd fit once sorted

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 13d

I think 1/4” or so lift with sleeved cards (in bags) and those trays. I surrendered and decided on a second box. I made a label for an extra 3” GMT box. Paper in one, cards and trays in the other. Plenty of room for the expansions

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 14d

The other half of the trays. Realized I hadn't finished clipping the control counters and the suppressed/veteran counters. lots of rooms still...

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 14d

Combat Commander 20th Anniversary Ed. Clipped and sorted in @cube4me.bsky.social trays

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 15d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Lots of choices, but stinky food - cheese, durian, etc. NOPE

2. Burn After Reading - not funny, none of the characters had an ounce of redeeming qualities.

3. Clapton's Wonderful Tonight

Grant @pushingcardboard.bsky.social · 15d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Eggplant is slimy boogers. Yes, even the way "you" make it.

2. Last of the Mohicans is the only film I've ever walked out of.

3. Stairway to Heaven.

Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 15d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Pineapple is really repulsive.

2. "Salo" was absolutely the worst date night I ever had

3. There were some strong contenders but then Samhain made me listen to Temporary Secretary

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 15d

Step daughter doing her senior work at Chapman to get her degree in Film Production. She's assigned to producing this film for a grad student. Any donations welcome. Thanks for looking! www.gofundme.com/f/taste-shor...

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