Son of Achilles
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Beautiful Map

Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:57 pm

I know its been stated before but the map is stunning. In fact, I made a shrunk down version my desktop at work.

But everytime I look at it, I can't help but wonder what a map like this of Europe would look like. Say, in the time of Napoleon, for example. :D

Just a thought...

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:46 am

Hear! Hear!

The map is wonderful ... just goes to show that you can have a wargame look beautiful while being wonderfully functional! Take that hexes!! :dada:

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:13 pm

Is the new map with fords and bridges available again yet? Can't find a link. Thanks.

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:18 pm

today will be the day
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Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law."

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:27 pm

Son of Achilles wrote:I know its been stated before but the map is stunning. In fact, I made a shrunk down version my desktop at work.

But everytime I look at it, I can't help but wonder what a map like this of Europe would look like. Say, in the time of Napoleon, for example. :D

Just a thought...


Maybe one day we could see that :nuts: ... Let's keep faith ! :innocent:

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:31 pm

how about a map of Mars in 1889 with european (and american!) colonies, aether ships and evil martians?

(no its not a disclosure of secret projects, just dreaming awake about one of the possibility of the engine)
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:03 pm

Pocus wrote:today will be the day


Thanks.

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:12 pm

Pocus wrote:how about a map of Mars in 1889 with european (and american!) colonies, aether ships and evil martians?

(no its not a disclosure of secret projects, just dreaming awake about one of the possibility of the engine)


Forget these stupid martian ideas, go to work on Napoleonics ! :niark: :grr:

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:41 pm

PDF wrote:Forget these stupid martian ideas, go to work on Napoleonics ! :niark: :grr:


Forget Napoleonics and got to work on the American Civil War :niark:
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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:45 pm

Pocus,

I presume that there will be no difference (in terms of the final result) between the small 1.04 map patch which will soon be released and last week's mega map patch of 175Mb, correct?

I ask, since I already applied last week's mega map patch.

Thanks.

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:26 pm

no difference.
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dreaming awake.....

Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:18 pm

hi pocus......that was a nice try......i make a lot of the same mistakes in trying to go from english to french, not that i have a lot of opportunities to do that :) ......at any rate, the idiom is "day dreaming"......sill lovin' this game

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Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:05 am

Well, you can't please everyone...
The entire scenario plays out on one of the ugliest maps ever conceived in a video game

Dull game, high learning curve, ugly graphics, and an all around boring experience.


http://pcgames.gwn.com/reviews/gamereview.php/id/991/ :tournepas

I wished I could look into the brain of certain individuals. This guy most have a lot of dissconected wires or maybe he only had a bad day.

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Mon Dec 04, 2006 4:04 pm

Hidde wrote:Well, you can't please everyone...



http://pcgames.gwn.com/reviews/gamereview.php/id/991/ :tournepas

I wished I could look into the brain of certain individuals. This guy most have a lot of dissconected wires or maybe he only had a bad day.

I have read the entire news... incredible... :tournepas
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Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:33 pm

:niark: :niark:
Interesting review. :tournepas
And the funniest part it´s that he finally gave BoA an 70% !?!? :8o:

Don't worry AGEOD, this guy have a problem... :tournepas he put and 86% to Paradox's Dimplomacy... really:
http://pcgames.gwn.com/reviews/gamereview.php/id/800/

:bonk:

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Sun Dec 10, 2006 12:36 am

Obviously one of those reviewers who thinks that if it isn't 3D it must be rubbish. :tournepas

oh well. As you say, can't please everybody.

Ayeshteni

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Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:27 pm

The problem some game review sites have their RPG or FPS reviewers look over strategy game like BoA and that is why you sometimes get lower scores for what is certainly an awesome strategy game. The reviewer may claim to like a good strategy game, but maybe he's been playing Obilivion for the last two weeks and then has to switch to a strategy game.

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Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:48 pm

Based on this final statement by him:

[color="Red"]"This is the kind of game nerds play when they’re waiting for new Dungeons & Dragons campaign books to come out." [/color]

I suspect he's just a kid. Lashing out in frustration at anyone who might enjoy this "steep learning curve" game he failed to understand, and calling them names, is a child like reaction.

Jim

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Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:43 pm

James D Burns wrote:Based on this final statement by him:

[color="Red"]"This is the kind of game nerds play when they’re waiting for new Dungeons & Dragons campaign books to come out." [/color]

I suspect he's just a kid. Lashing out in frustration at anyone who might enjoy this "steep learning curve" game he failed to understand, and calling them names, is a child like reaction.

Jim


Quite likely yes. :grr:

Anyway, it will not stop me enjoying it. :nuts:

Ayeshteni

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Patches?

Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:57 am

Hi, just joined from UK, where are these patches to be had? I only have the downloaded game as yet, I'm waiting for the boxed disk +manual. So far I have only dabbled in the game and like what I've seen so far!
My thing has been board gaming since the days of SPI and Avalon Hill etc and I haven't done much in computer gaming yet, I have never done any PBEM gaming unless one counts Chess which I played through snail mail and then e-mail.

Any tips, help advice will be greatly appreciated too.

Thanks

Flannel...... :innocent:

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Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:11 am

Flannel, try looking in the Headquarters section. The one that says BoA 1.10E is out. There is a link there.

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Re Patches

Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:14 pm

Jimkehn Thanks for the input, shall proceed forthwith to HQ!!

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