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This is emblematic of the entire state of software to me for some reason.
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I've been getting into the wargaming scene here in China lately. Initially I started off with the euphemistic "DIY" crowd. (In reality: republished wargames from big name companies by small-time fans who understand that it's impossible to convert people to a new hobby when a game costs a huge fraction of an average person's monthly income. Short version of the previous: pirated.)
The "DIY" scene, however, is not the only wargames scene in China. There are an increasing number of genuine publishers who publish their own designs and games. I hooked up with one who sent me his first two games (at cost!) because he's trying to court me for the job of translating and editing his next game into English for sale into North American and European markets.
For a one-man operation his game quality is astonishing.
He did literally everything himself: designed and wrote the rules, typesetting and layout, board and box design. He even innovated on things like using magnetic pieces on metal-backed boards (which are still about as light as usual card stock wargames). And he did this while selling the games at $25 and $35 respectively … which still turned him a profit.
Stumbling over this kind of shit is what I live for.
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I love the idea of magnetic pieces on metal boards. As a person with a cat and living with allergies(to the evil tree not the cat.) I have seen the devastation an ill timed pet leap or sneeze can have on a set up game board.
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@WTFE Yeah, I do playtesting for a lot of boardgame designers and go to cons. Most boardgame designers prototype their own designs, including rules, pieces and board. It's a blast telling them how it's broken and seeing them implement your fixes or coming up with unique solutions.
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All of you should watch this:
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I'm looking into getting some good luck emblem stickers for my laptop. I'm torn between the middle one on the right or the bottom one at the left. Which do you guys think will bring me more good fortune?
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@WTFE said in Random links:
I'm bored and kind of trolling, but mostly giggling that I really found this image.
I mainly like lotus flower #1.
Also, some cultures, amirite? Heh.
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I'm a fan of the lotus #3 -
I actually like the lotus/Guanyin images a lot. I've ordered one of each.
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A new wargame arrived called 楚汉相争 (The Chu-Han Contention). Aside from the flimsy box this is a really slick (if conventional) product. The game design is also a more modern area-control style rather than hex-and-token style.
The game is of particular interest to me because I live in what amounts to the seat of the ancient Kingdom of Chu and am watching "Chu Pride" slowly rise around me.
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Looks neat, thanks for sharing.
I have always liked the Romance of the Three Kingdoms time frame as a setting for Wargames. (Or really any setting but the over done Big Four) -
@ThatGuyThere: What are the "Big Four"? WWII, Napoleonics, Civil War, … ?
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@WTFE said in Random links:
@ThatGuyThere: What are the "Big Four"? WWII, Napoleonics, Civil War, … ?
Roman, though admittedly it is by far the least done of the big four in recent years, though back in the 80s there was about as much Julius Caesar out there as Napoleon.
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Ah, of course.
This naturally applies to board wargames mostly (which are dominated by American firms). (Historical) miniatures are all about Napoleonics, WWII, and Ancients (or, at least, they were back when I was doing them) because of the British domination of the field. For some weird reason Brits don't give a shit about the ACW.
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A really cool youtuber, piano perspective, who does piano arrangements of music and has a neat downward camera angle on the playing. Mostly video game music. If you're a fan of that stuff, check him out.
Here's a couple of my favorites:
To Zanarkand
Clash on the Big Bridge
Corridors of Time -
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Mad Mao? Happy Mao? It's a matter of perspective!
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