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Here I Stand
- Dr. Mabuse
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Ok the vassal file is sent.
If you need the 1.2 HIS module you can get it from the GMT site:
www.gmtgames.com/t-GMTVASSAL.aspx
-Will
I can't download VASSAL at my workplace so I may need a jpg of the map sent out from time to time and ask for someone to update the map on my behalf.
Of course if I'm home that won't be an issue, I just don't want to bog things down.
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I can't download VASSAL at my workplace so I may need a jpg of the map sent out from time to time and ask for someone to update the map on my behalf.
Of course if I'm home that won't be an issue, I just don't want to bog things down.
No worries. Dogmatix has the 95 Thesis to resolve and once that's done I'll deal the cards. At which point England has a limited diplomacy phase with the Haps and/or France. So its going to be a bit before the logfiles will start flying.
-Will
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I can't download VASSAL at my workplace so I may need a jpg of the map sent out from time to time and ask for someone to update the map on my behalf.
One possibility: If you have a USB thumb drive, VASSAL will happily run from that. Just install it normally onto your home PC, then copy the VASSAL directory and any modules you need to your USB drive.
Of course if your workplace doesn't let you attach thumb drives, all of that is moot.
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No shit? I'll give it a go tomorrow.Dr_Mabuse wrote:
I can't download VASSAL at my workplace so I may need a jpg of the map sent out from time to time and ask for someone to update the map on my behalf.
One possibility: If you have a USB thumb drive, VASSAL will happily run from that. Just install it normally onto your home PC, then copy the VASSAL directory and any modules you need to your USB drive.
Of course if your workplace doesn't let you attach thumb drives, all of that is moot.
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I'd be interested to hear experiences with the new 500th anniversary edition. They rebalanced cards added a few rules, changed the French home card, and did some other things to liven up the game. Definitely consider getting this upgrade kit, it does a fair amount of stuff. Could break some pretty common patterns that HIS settles into if you play enough. Seems to make Italy more important, makes the French more active and less sit on their ass. Love to hear if any of you play it---I know some people here have played it 20+ times which I am super jealous of!
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Looks like the "gamey" diplomacy stuff is gone but the new cards and some of the changes create new opportunities to make deals.
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HIS is still one of my favorite games, and I really like the look of the changes. Some of the weird backwaters (foreign war, fake minor power threats), etc seem to be ironed out.
The initial grumbling over on BGG seems like they feel France got too much boost. I haven't played under the new rules obviously, but it seems to me like France got shoved into the limelight instead of lurking in the shadows. There's an incentive for other people to go take French territory to keep those Home Card roll modifiers down, and an incentive for France to fight back and kick them out.
The new HC also can help France out with becoming card-poor, which was often an issue in games I was in. Scrolling back in this thread (nice seven-year gap) shows the genesis of the FAT PBEM group that played four or five games before breaking apart around the time VQ came out.
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Updated VASSAL should be available soon (days, not weeks). Just have to go through the cards and find other text changes beyond those I was already alerted to by Ed. My card manifest gizmo will get the same tweaks as I find them--new cards are already in it. Although predictably, nothing's ever good enough for gamers--I got asked to keep a separate one running for the previous version of the game. Guess some people just really have their noses out of joint that the game got updated.
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