What games are you playing?

[Rebel Yell]

winsp2

What is this? An acronym?

He's probably referring to windows compatible Steel Panthers 2.

[cpdeyoung]

Armada 2026 Supernova.

I have loved this game for years. It is my favorite 4X game, and I turn to it from my more difficult games.

I love the research and production, I love the battles.

It is well worth a look.

Chuck

[Zakhal]

winsp2

What is this? An acronym?

I meant winspww2. Name is terrible but unlike spwaw they are still updating it. The game has tons of content after decades of updates. So many ASL scenarios you have them for almost any year. I often google the scenario details (balance etc) before playing it in winspww2.

I started playing steel panthers in the 90s and quit after first few megacampaing for spwaw. But after break of 20 years I realised I still have tons of scenarios and campaigns left to play. And there still isnt any new game that compares to steel panthers. I have currently been playing all four spwaw, winSPWW2, winSPMBT and also steel panters 3 since I never even tried that in the 90s. This is like the one last great playthrough on my backlog.

While I own most Matrix/Slitherine games I think one of my alltime favorites is Ultimate General: Civil War. Their latest title was not a success but last I heard its because the development was disturbed by a real war.

[RFalvo69]

Cyberpunk 2077 plus the Phantom Liberty expansion. IMHO, it is a game greater of the sum of its parts. The combat system is interesting, the vehicle system is meh, you can have unbelievable tech but not a flashlight, and there are a lot of overlapping systems (like if different parts of the game were programmed by different teams without coordination).

The writing, however, is next level. Even the most lowly NPC - the ones were you buy things - has a history. Some plot lines are truly dark and what you do almost always has some kind of consequence (not always good).

On the wargaming side, FC: Cold War and Command.