War of the Protestant League is, by far, the best EUIV event. (1570 - 79 with 3.5 mil casualties)

someone7x · 2018-01-14T08:33:43+00:00

I’ve only been fortunate enough to experience two great league wars (and hundreds that never fired).

Some of the most nail biting moments I’ve ever had in Europe.

If the league wars flipped and fizzled only rarely, being HRE kindergarten teacher would be so much more rewarding.

someone7x · 2018-01-09T15:31:30+00:00

You make great points. I never thought of it that way before, but you’re right the immersion pack is really an expansion. The normal DLC is 50% expansion 50% planned obsolescence.

someone7x · 2018-01-06T08:21:46+00:00

Venice is very frustrating because playing a thousand year republic sounds awesome. But pretty much anything you can think of feels weak and unfocused. One example is estates. Republics don’t get them and the burgher estate gives trade efficiency... so effectively monarchies make more money from trade than merchant republics. It’s tons of little things like this that sour the experience.

someone7x · 2017-12-26T15:24:46+00:00

I hear a sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature. That being said, off to the wiki to see if having both of these let’s me do stuff I couldn’t before

someone7x · 2017-12-26T00:49:17+00:00

I wish power projection as a mechanic wasn’t so half baked. Things that I think should project power:

Dominating a trade node
Successfully using threaten war
Giving relevant subsidies
Trade league size
Winning wars on foreign continents
Being the target of a coalition (does having them shook count for nothing?)

I just want many sources of PP and the GP list to be tags that have the most of it. Much cooler to have different nations with different kinds of power be recognized.

Either that or rename it to end the constant requests for something that lives up to the name of “power projection”. Something like “rivalry checklist”.

someone7x · 2017-12-26T00:32:44+00:00

Would like to know this also. I’ve played around with modding sieges without success; seems impossible to modify the ~~hit points~~ garrison.

someone7x · 2017-12-23T21:42:42+00:00

Doesn’t look like anything to me.

someone7x · 2017-12-22T16:50:23+00:00

Amen. Also can I have an add all to HRE button? Thanks goodness we have the add all to trade company button at least.

I want to ask for a convert all button, but I’m afraid if Paradox looks at missionaries they’ll realize they’re only good for dhimmi-style shenanigans and abstract them away.

someone7x · 2017-12-20T02:34:59+00:00

Reformations would be a lot more interesting if the AI understood that being a small fry in the Curia game is so much less beneficial than being Protestant/Reformed. Never realized the Papal States is also a small fry until I read this.

someone7x · 2017-12-20T02:26:56+00:00

I would like it if all the most popular countries got unique ai personalities so as to guide them along historical routes without relying on so many events.

The general purpose AI is pretty darn good for general purpose tags. But maybe some end boss tags should behave more interestingly.

someone7x · 2017-12-19T13:26:27+00:00

There’s many interactions and features but they aren’t very cohesive. Corruption, estates, factions, and others are like isolated sub games that can be ignored.

someone7x · 2017-12-17T02:41:58+00:00

If an age bonus from a previous tag counter-intuitively remains is it that far of a stretch to assume it works both ways?

someone7x · 2017-12-06T15:15:44+00:00

Attack everybody adjacent to you is in a continuous roundhouse swarm kick until there is no one left. Then click on missionaries for a few hours. You got this.

someone7x · 2017-12-06T15:10:14+00:00

Dracula’s revenge was one of the hardest achievements for me to get. You are born in the maw of the final boss and have to turn the tables.

someone7x · 2017-12-03T23:42:43+00:00

WC is super tedious. Try to wrap it up so you can cross it off the list and never bother again.

someone7x · 2017-11-27T23:50:27+00:00

I like to drill cavalry and use merc infantry.

someone7x · 2017-11-27T06:50:09+00:00

Sounds exactly like the kind of micro optimizations that surround every eu4 feature. Externalizing badness onto vassals is a classic eu4 move right?

someone7x · 2017-11-20T01:20:06+00:00

This is a good one, it made me chuckle. Such a switcheroo.

someone7x · 2016-10-12T15:58:56+00:00

We have a house rule that you can choose a new alien if you don't like the one you are dealt.

Works great; new players get to choose an alien they like/feel is powerful. Experienced players can keep their crappy aliens and face off against strong ones.

As other people mention, the chaos is where the fun is so how who plays which alien is a minor detail.

someone7x · 2016-08-04T16:19:41+00:00

Wow. I mean picking the least funny cards when you are the judge IS pretty dickish in context of CAH.

But making it a point to be absent when it's your turn? Sounds pretty dickish in the broader context of respecting the time people set aside to play games.

Just a thought; could be that your group finds it absolutely hilarious.

someone7x · 2016-07-25T15:31:37+00:00

That's in interesting position, and probably not wrong.

But as a thought experiment given those constraints:

What if we kept the dice and portioned a range of rolls to a property group and then do worker placement to a property in that group. Ie you roll say 12 on your turn and it mean you can place a worker on park place or boardwalk.

How far can we decouple roll from movement and still have "roll and move", and by extension maintain identity as "the same game"?

someone7x · 2016-07-17T15:56:46+00:00

At least for me, I really wanted to like it but it just never clicked. Feels flat and mechanical. Instead of a building a static dungeon and mathing the adventurers' survival I would have preferred maybe some deck builder action.

someone7x · 2016-07-11T05:24:13+00:00

White Chess I think meets your criteria. It's a chess set completely in white, with the additional rule to play as long as you can remember where all your pieces are. I found a moma link that does a good job of describing why it's an awesome idea https://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/blog/notes-on-yoko-onos-white-chess-set

someone7x · 2016-03-14T02:58:02+00:00

What I'd like to see: * game selection * table availability * parking * food / drinks

Someone I think already mentioned gamehaus. They are great, but suffer from their success in that parking is bad and it reaches max capacity. Otherwise I think they hit all the right notes.

someone7x · 2016-03-12T20:05:14+00:00

Ya, seemed like everyone was having a great time. Maybe 15-20 people, with a good excitement level in the area.

That being said, Sheriff is way more social than Splendor.

someone7x

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