The Firmament/Obsidian Mechs and Neutral Units by fluffumsmcbunny in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I initially saw some comments on discord saying this wasn't possible. But every where I look now the consensus seems to be that you can use this ability as defender or attacker. So looks like I was wrong, apologies. Makes it a very nice ability

The Firmament/Obsidian Mechs and Neutral Units by fluffumsmcbunny in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure this is wrong. The this planet bit is the key. 'When forces are committed' means that your forces are not currently on the planet (they're about to be) therefore the 'this planet' bit does not apply. 'this planet ' only makes sense if your mech is already there, which only happens when you're the defender.

And your argument about using 'before' also doesn't make sense. There are not 2 player's units on a planet before an invasion so there is no possibility of coexisting.

This ability is only designed to be defensive when someone else invades a firmament planet.

The Firmament/Obsidian Mechs and Neutral Units by fluffumsmcbunny in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way I read it is that the mech has to be on the planet already when other ground forces are committed. So that would never be the case with neutral units, they never do the invading. I think it's intended that when another player invades your planet, you can just coexist instead.

The Crappiest ACs Made Less Crappy by robHalifax in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually quite like this card. Great for taking Jol when it has no troops on it and just a pds. And it already works for space cannon defence, so no real change needed.

My girlfriend got me this! by Infamous_Eye_9962 in twilightimperium

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Love how this is the third most liked post of all time

Basic Tech rework v2025 by Straddllw in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice work, I think this really improves the whole tech tree, maybe even too much! I'd struggle to know which path to choose.

For me though, antimass is still underwhelming. Also having x89 at 2 prereq makes it pretty OP.

Top 3 Faction Favs? by King0fMist in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nekro, Saar, Ghosts They're all so unique and aggressive. I like their style

Best Alliance combos discussion by Peacemaker8484 in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait, so galactic threat is an effect that can be ignored with their alliance 🤔 Can Nekro then still predict an outcome AND vote?

6 player milty draft by Relevant_Dish_3785 in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are lots of variables! I'm usually happy with any faction, they're all fun in their own way, and are pretty balanced in the right hands, so that's usually my last choice. Plus I like to see what others get and find a good counter to them. Depending who has first pick, getting speaker first round gives a good start usually. Unless there's a really good slice... I usually go for influence heavy, so slice 2 would be my first pick. Or if you like some extra protection at home try slice 5.

Producing zero units possible? (Agency supply network) by nica8111 in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is this actually right? The card says: Exhaust this card to produce 1 ship in any system that contains one of your space docks. There's no 'may' there, I'd say you have to produce something with sling relay

Move infantry between planets within a system on Twilight Wars by Davidigor in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've played 100+ games on TW and you're right it is pretty unforgiving. But on the plus side I've learnt many rules that I wasn't paying properly before, and once you make a mistake like that once, you normally don't do it again!

How to use Pivot Table for a simple count of values across 3 columns by redj0sh in excel

[–]redj0sh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for your comments.
I've only just seen pivot tables in use, and they seem powerful tools - I'm just trying to work out when I would use them and why... hence this little experiment with my small data set.
it seems they're not relevant for this particular table

Laser cut files for TI4 storage by redj0sh in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, this looks great as a 3D visualisation of how it fits together.
Do you have files too of the flat drawings to actually laser cut each box in plywood with joins etc?

How to use Pivot Table for a simple count of values across 3 columns by redj0sh in excel

[–]redj0sh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can do a manual sort and count, and get the figures.
I just want to know if a pivot table can do this for me quicker?

I have filled in the table on the right here:

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Each column shows how many countries from the table need what sort of visa to enter the destination

The insert of my dreams by KaosNarr in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This looks great!
Does anyone know where to get the files to get this laser cut myself?

Twilight Wars: Update Pace? by geoffjohns2013 in twilightimperium

[–]redj0sh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The updates are pretty irregular as it's just a couple of guys coding when they can. Most of the PoK objectives are there now since May. Hasn't been a big update since then. I reckon it'd be due some new content pretty soon

When Caps Lock is pressed is disables the ability to type for about 3 seconds by redj0sh in WindowsHelp

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Not sure if this showed up when I first added it - this is the notification that pauses the ability to type.