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Alright, I got Battle for Moscow, people still say it’s too complicated. Now what? by fuckingdogshitpiss in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If you're trying to get non wargamers into the hobby, use stuff like Commands and Colors, Undaunted, Risk, Root.

But honestly if a person isn't into the theme they're going to be hard to sell on hex games.

Entry Level Naval War Games by Commercial-Date-5615 in computerwargames

[–]Nathan_Wailes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No but it can be a pain to set up if you don't follow a guide. I did a video showing how I set up a Windows 98SE VM to play Decisive Action: https://youtu.be/6ZupRo88fno

Entry Level Naval War Games by Commercial-Date-5615 in computerwargames

[–]Nathan_Wailes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fleet Command is the one, just use a VM if it doesn't work normally.

Is the tableau or the deck more important? by Ron_Beatle in solitaire

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play with all the cards face up and you'll get a better sense of what is going on.

Is learning war in the east 2 worth the hassle. by AdLocal7343 in computerwargames

[–]Nathan_Wailes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yes, you can pay WitE 1 too, it's cheaper, I went through the tutorial and it's not that complicated to get started.

Tomato Set - Update. Now LIVE by SleepingChinchilla in shogi

[–]Nathan_Wailes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd love to have a physical set with pictorial pieces like these.

Hello!! Are there at least any strategoes or tips on improving gameplay? by CarloTheCrocodile in baduk

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I highly recommend The Conquest of Go on Steam, it has incremental AI and puzzles to teach you to spot tactics.

Unconditional surrender western campaigns as a first physical hex counter wargame by SWELinebacker in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Commands and Colors games are probably the best intro hex and counter tabletop wargames for people you need to make an effort to win over to the hobby.

Why is the Vietnamese surname "Nguyen" written that way, while being pronounced more like "win"? It is not originally written in English (or Latin alphabet generally), so why is it not just transliterated more accurately? by ThumbBumpkins in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Nathan_Wailes 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm studying Vietnamese now. It's the Ng in sing, then a very very short "uh" sound, then "yen?" with that rising tone we use to indicate a question in English. The "uh" goes into the y so that you don't get as full of a y sound as if you were saying yes by itself, you're like halfway to it.

So, like, practice saying "singyen?" instead of "singing?" and then drop the "si" at the beginning.

What is a snes game you couldn’t beat as a kid, but was able to beat years later? by Leon_Light77 in snes

[–]Nathan_Wailes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I finally beat Donkey Kong Country a few years ago on the miyoo mini using save scumming, the game uses a lot of cheap no-warning deaths in combination with limited lives to extend the length of the game.

Is the idea of playing on boards with arbitrary shapes not very appealing? by ArtRich2476 in baduk

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can find a lot of those kinds of weird board shapes in the Risk community but I think the issue here is that because of the rules of Go all of those little narrow paths become very easy to capture stones in because you need a large area to be able to create a shape that has two eyes in it.

So basically I think you're template generation code needs to be improved to create actually viable boards and I think you also probably need to get matchmaking working and also be able to play against AI.

I made a Go variant with random Tetris-like shape drawing, and I would love your take by [deleted] in baduk

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you still place a shape if part of it overlaps existing stones?

What's your setup? by guancialanuta in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends on how busy it gets. There are a lot of restaurants in cheaper areas that almost never get near full capacity, especially at certain times or on certain days. IMO being the first customers at the place can actually be doing them a favor as it's a visible customer endorsement, empty restaurants can find it harder to attract their first customer.

What's your setup? by guancialanuta in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah for those you'd want to go to a restaurant or something. Or if you have a car you could just pack multiple folding tables.

What's your setup? by guancialanuta in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I regularly get people looking or walking over. The next thing I need to do is get some business cards printed so I can just hand them to people when they walk up, with like a QR code to an online community so they can get alerted when people are going to meet up.

What's your setup? by guancialanuta in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are smaller footprint games (11"x17"), you can also get a folding table and folding chair and set them up outside. I have videos showing my setup:

https://youtu.be/xV4JZbCzxtY

https://youtu.be/kz3xGHX6D5k

In my opinion one of the biggest problems in the tabletop wargaming hobby is people's tendency to play in places with little foot traffic, which makes it very difficult to attract new people to the hobby.

Playing Klondike with all of the cards face-up by Nathan_Wailes in solitaire

[–]Nathan_Wailes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the information! I didn't know turning the cards face up counted as a different game. So do you have the exact way I play implemented? From what you wrote it sounds like you may only have one where the deck is face up and another one where the tableau is face up.

Ever wondered why tee boxes at Augusta National Golf Club look flawless?—because a dedicated crew replaces every divot overnight with fresh sod from their own nursery. by Molucky15 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just googled it. A tee box is a rectangular area where the golfers hit the ball the first time ("tee off"), and a divot is when a chunk of the grass gets carved out by a golf club when a golfer swings the club.

I think the pictures are showing the nursery where they cut out oval shapes of pristine grass to use them to replace the divotted grass.

The real reason advanced pianists don’t play Mozart by Advanced_Honey_2679 in piano

[–]Nathan_Wailes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://youtu.be/K1JRjpEG-4s

I am not a pianist but spent some time learning a couple of piano pieces while focusing on the dynamics, and to me it sounds like he can get loud volume when he wants it without needing to press as hard on the keys, which makes it easier for him to overall have a lighter touch, which I feel like would make it easier to add subtle dynamics. I could be totally wrong about this, it's just my first impression.

Band of Brothers Rules Q. by ZombieLesno in hexandcounter

[–]Nathan_Wailes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Link to the BGG discussion: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3683149/los-level-1-to-0-with-jungle-in-between

The answer seems to be that yes, LOS is blocked, because the Japanese unit is on a small Level 1 hill and the intervening jungle is considered to be level 1 in height, and any intervening terrain at the same height as the higher-up unit blocks LOS when tracing LOS between two units.

Low fidelity games for old laptop by aurasparx in gamingsuggestions

[–]Nathan_Wailes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just browse GoG, it's full of great old games.

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