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On my way home from work at 21.42 in the evening after starting at 08.00. Yesterday i started at the same time and finished at 20.15.
I hate my job...

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Last week was the last session of the year for me and my group and I wanted it to end on a high note. The past two sessions have been very much a build up for next years big campaign of tracking a band of necromancers hidden in a Scandinavian-style archipelago and, although they have been interestin...

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If you are the creator of the world, who is to say that there isn't a good source of pen and paper substitutes? Perhaps they write with ink made from the juices of the abundantly growing Black Weed or using the blue blood of the Frondle beasts who have been successfully tamed long ago. As for paper...

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None of which addresses the point I was making about mass literacy - at least I hope you have a separate written language that doesn't turn every love letter into a personalised Charm spell. It's generally established in these games that either a.) magical scrolls and books are written in such a ma...

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I've found it's good to be flexible with those plot points too. While running a Cyberpunk game after a particularly lucrative run (the party did some short-trading on the company they were hired to hit and made a small fortune after the run went down) the PC's "recreational biochemist" (i...

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I've found it's good to be flexible with those plot points too. While running a Cyberpunk game after a particularly lucrative run (the party did some short-trading on the company they were hired to hit and made a small fortune after the run went down) the PC's "recreational biochemist" (i...

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Most of my time nowadays is spent in Pathfinder (with a stint in NWoD, which I'd love to get back to at some point), but I've been fortunate to deal with GMs who approach things this way... they give flexibility to the players and will compensate on their end to deal with any unexpected decisions o...

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Being from Sweden I found the blog The Swenglish Life really entertaining. It's full of quirky observations on what it's like to move to the "mythical socialist wonderland" of Sweden and the crazy antics people get up to close to the Arctic Circle. If you want a taster then this "Best...

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I got this game recently and have been enjoying it a lot, however, I can't seem to make it work in multiplayer, which is a shame because I originally bought it to play it with my brother. There is some trouble concerning the forwarding of gates that I just can't seem to resolve. It is very addictive...

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Granted, they are all codes to skip to the end.

I wish that I would get some answers to the job applications I've sent out.

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I'm sure a lot of people already know about this, but the good guys and gals at Colossal Order have made a handy little tool for exporting height-maps from the real world. It works very well for getting the general shapes onto your map and a few strokes with the smoother tool will make it look excel...

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Train was late last night. Left platform at 22.11, got about 10 minutes on our way then our train is stopped because of "signal failure". Then we sit through two hours of sporadic, incomplete information all the while listing heavily to the left because the train stopped in a banked curve....

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But then again since Civ5, it is not a serious strategy game anymore. Winning no longer requires thought or skill, game balance is missing, and everything is pretty first and functional second. You'd think they'd learn something from the horror (and, as far as I know, disappointed sales) that was C...

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Concerning the staging problem: I tried the new patch and noticed the same thing. I remade several fairly simple rockets of varying complexity that I've built before and the results weren't great. The system had trouble sorting out the most basic 1 parachute + 1 rocket booster set-up and a simple th...

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Interesting survey! I hope you get some good results.
I completed the survey using the strategy game/Medieval dynasty simulator Crusader Kings 2. I did not read any comments about the survey before completing it.

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I just watched my son recreate the space shuttle, complete with booster rockets... and due to the excessive weight and some manual control, perform a flip and a delta-v slide a mere 88m above sea level. "Let's see NASA do that! " That sounds like a moment of equal parts awesome and terror...

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The logic behind them also bugs me - how can you have your own personal army that you never have to pay except to replenish? Who is supposed to be paying for their food/lodging/equipment/wage? Confider this: The cost of a retinue is 100 gold or so. This is roughly half the cost of building a keep, ...

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Wow, that article about the combat mechanics was something of an eye opener for me, especially after reading the paper it linked to detailing how to get the most out of your armies. That said, I think that the system is far too convoluted and cumbersome. It would take substantial effort to build you...

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It's a nice one! I like the plot and the sync between image and sound.
Watching the parachutes becomes a bit repetitive, but I understand if you want it for dramatic effect.

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After playing a couple of rounds from various starting point I now feel confident enough to make a Let's Play. It's going to be a kind of "rags to riches" type of story where we start out as a lowly count and try to reach for the stars but the focus is not going to be on how far we get, bu...

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The only thing I can figure is that there are items that give negative defense to your entire army (like the shield that gives your entire army a -8) that can cause units to die on spawn when the fighting starts. Maybe this ring prevents that? I should check that... (checked) Nope. Unit dropped dea...

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Oh dear, BattleCry is really addictive to me too... I'd be happy to be added to friends lists. I'm SirCoin on Kongregate. I've put up a little army on the multiplayer list and can attest to those random piles of gold that seemingly just drop in now and then. =) It's good. I'm finding a solid spear w...

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Aha, that sounds very interesting. Do you mean that the vassal has to be a landed, direct vassal to yourself for it to work?
I'm going to have to give it a try some time.

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This isn't exactly yurell's level of success, but I've met my own personal victory conditions for my first game of CKII: http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/578996305578442933/5DE1AC24D5E62852D1A3BA81CF9A2FCE3D5FBD67/ (Hope that works) I started as the Duke of Provence and went from there. ...

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As a now long time lurker of this thread I thank you as well! I've been following the thread since its creation but didn't want to add another voice to the choir of of fear of confusing things further. I believe this gif makes things as clear as they possibly can be. It's a tricky transformation sin...

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Yay, I finally bought Crusader Kings 2 =) (75% flash sale on for another 40 min)
I've been waiting a long time for that because of money and time issues, but now it's finally mine.
I shall enjoy it greatly.

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Steam Summer Sale has just started but the servers are somewhat overwhelmed by the attention it's getting =)
Lots of good deals including Bioshock Inifinite, Anti Chamber, Skyrim Legendary Edition and Don't Starve.
Now where did I put my wallet...

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Did anyone else watch the final game from Dreamhack? Instant classic!

Spoiler:

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EA aren't doing themselves any favours , despite the very existence of this thread! So, one way I propose EA could be less hated is to stop fucking things up like this. "Sir, we're going to take the reins of this beloved game, and delete all user data that has been built up over years." &...

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Crusader Kings II is on sale at 75% on Gamersgate this weekend to celebrate the new expansion.
I'm sorely tempted to pick it up, but alas, even if it's cheap I just don't seem to have a lot of money to spend right now

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Izawwlgood wrote:
SexyTalon wrote:Sly is a ~~cheating bastard~~ mathematician.

So, same difference, in this game.

Motherfucking ~~sorcerers~~ mathemagicians.

FTFY.

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After a bit of thinking I've come to the conclusion that I like it because it makes the enterprise a source of adventure rather than a simulation of what it would be like to run such an enterprise. It cuts micromanagement and affords the group of players more freedom. It doesn't hold you back.

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I'm looking for comments on this Enterprise system for RPGs: RPG Enterprise rules. Sounds like an interesting set-up! In the end the proof of the pudding is in the eating and a good round of play testing will straighten out any kinks in the system. I would just sit down with the dice and just roll ...

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OK, I've got back in Starcraft after a long break, bought the expansion and now decided to go Zerg as my main. Is there a good website that can give you tips on gameplay? I seem to do OK if I cheese or am in a team and can spam one unit and work together. I'm silver 3V3 and bronze 1v1. I know its b...

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Hello everyone. Some of you know me from the xkcd meet-ups when I was studying as an expatriate in London but I guess most have probably never heard of me =) I'm not a random spambot in any case. After graduating in London I repatriated to Sweden and have gone on to do a Master of business managemen...

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*decants the port*
I say, this is becoming jolly entertaining, chaps.
Do go on.

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Woooh, best time of the year coming up! Also: my birthday on Monday!

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This game is on the new weekly Humble Bundle at $1. I got a copy for myself but haven't installed it yet. I'm wondering about the controls: Is it regular Diablo style mouse + keyboard or is it possible to play it using a game pad? What say ye, veterans of Bastion? *buys* Good man =) It's a great ga...

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This game is on the new weekly Humble Bundle at $1.
I got a copy for myself but haven't installed it yet. I'm wondering about the controls: Is it regular Diablo style mouse + keyboard or is it possible to play it using a game pad?
What say ye, veterans of Bastion?

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By the way Iz, while you're having fun with that nuclear tug plus lander thing, I recently built something a bit more impressive . I'm not sure it actually gives me much more delta-v than the old nuclear tug, I just wanted to build something bigger and more elaborate. Now that's what I call a space...

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