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2013/07/23 18:43:23
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Did Fulgrim Just Behead Ferrus?
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 ironicsilence wrote:Anyone know of any other games out there that are massive in size and scale? I'd love to play a game that takes a month to finish
There is one game I know of, that I had been thinking about while reading that article. World in Flames I have the "basic" edition of the game that "only" has about 1400 counters and enough maps to fill a large table. The opening line for the full WWII scenario says "welcome to 50 hours of gaming pleasure." With all of the expansions for it, you're looking at nearly 5000 counters and a couple more maps.
Always loved playing it years ago, probably almost impossible for me to find the time, space, and players to play it now. But, there is a computer game version on the way, slowly buy surely.
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"Through the darkness of future past, the magician longs to see.
One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me." - Twin Peaks
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2013/07/24 22:45:04
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Fixture of Dakka
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ironicsilence wrote:Anyone know of any other games out there that are massive in size and scale? I'd love to play a game that takes a month to finish
Axes and Allies comes to mind, as well as Starfleet Battles.
I've also seen a navel submarine/ ship game out there that the turn took all day ... almost for each one of the ships. The guys started playing it and had to go through a load of super detailed charts and graphs for. Don't remember the name of the game, but the ships were the small metal model ones, and the guys I saw playing it had Midway on a 4 X 6 table. It was pretty neat, but dragged out to the point of torturous, from what I remember.
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2013/07/25 02:30:41
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Fixture of Dakka
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ironicsilence wrote:Anyone know of any other games out there that are massive in size and scale? I'd love to play a game that takes a month to finish
Move to Argentina and invade the Falklands.
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 Avatar 720 wrote:You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
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2013/07/25 02:46:29
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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 AustonT wrote: ironicsilence wrote:Anyone know of any other games out there that are massive in size and scale? I'd love to play a game that takes a month to finish
Move to Argentina and invade the Falklands.
id be lieing if I said my bucket list didnt include an item for becoming a warlord and raising to power in a central american country
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2013/07/25 03:04:05
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Most of my "want to play" games fall under "absurdly complicated rules" rather than "epic scope/long playing time".
I'll just re-iterate Campaign for North Africa. It is pretty much the game in the OP only restricted to the North Africa part of WWII.
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BrianDavion wrote:Between the two of us... I think GW is assuming we the players are not complete idiots.
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2013/07/25 03:21:01
Subject: Re:COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Hungry Little Ripper
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2013/07/25 07:31:39
Subject: Re:COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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[DCM]
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good find ! Thanks !
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2013/07/25 13:23:53
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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 dementedwombat wrote:Most of my "want to play" games fall under "absurdly complicated rules" rather than "epic scope/long playing time".
I'll just re-iterate Campaign for North Africa. It is pretty much the game in the OP only restricted to the North Africa part of WWII.
yeah same for me, I'm actually working with a friend to just create our own game. trying to come up with an epic scope/long play time game with straightforward rules. Wont be anything fancy or anything we want to get produced into a real game as I think we are going to just take rules from other systems and try to mesh a few games together into something workable
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2013/07/25 16:18:54
Subject: COLOSSAL IN SCALE, APPALLING IN COMPLEXITY
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Norn Queen
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Stunning read, thanks very much for the find and post.
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By 1-irt: Still as long as Hissy keeps showing up this is one of the most entertaining threads ever.
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