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I think we all need a recharge from Ops reports and the strain of command - what games do you guys do for a mental 'cold beer'?

I Play Pirates of the Burning Sea strictly 'red zone' PvP as a reflex and brain refresher.
This is a real time game of sailing ships, once you get up there you are free to battle other players - besides the mind boggling details of AE, I have never seen a game so demanding on instinct and game knowledge as this one.
Here is a video of a 'Gank' my son and I pulled off on a poor Spaniard traveling in 'red zone' outside Port Royal on Halloween morning a year or so ago (he knows how to do that recording stuff) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks-5_RWj ... e=youtu.be

I just find single ship combat duels relaxing...

Panzer Corps and Tropico 5 (we all need to pretend to be a dictator of a beautiful tropical island once in a while). [:D]

Awesome...and I will be waiting hungrily to see any of you guys show up in the red zone.. LOL

My gaming time is typically between WITP and League of Legends. Sometimes both at once...

League is faster paced and totally different. I don't need to concentrate in the same way. Different "brain muscles", so to speak.

If I'm in the mood, also some kind of action RPG - Dark Souls, Skyrim occasionally. I picked up Neverwinter Nights again for a while but haven't played that in a few weeks (months?). Will also sometimes play Rising Storm for FPS action, but still WW2. I'm thinking in the near future I'll dive back into Sins of a Solar Empire. Or maybe go old school with Homeworld 2.

Civ 5. Kerbal Space Program. Skyrim if I have large blocks of time.

Command: Modern Air & Naval Operations (available here at Matrix);
Armored Brigade (indie development focused on WW III Europe); or
Sherlock (simple logical deduction game). I've played the DOS 2.0 version for the past 20+ years. When I need to kill 10-15 minutes.

I do the NYT crossword puzzle. It comes first before WitP-AE unless it's late.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I do the NYT crossword puzzle. It comes first before WitP-AE unless it's late.

Nothing comes before AE!!!!![:-]

I really go mindless. Risk, Civ3, Imperialism II. What can I say, sometimes I just need to recharge.

Where Eagles Dare, ASL, OCS series, Civ5, (Pathfinder Card Game, Settlers of Catan, Carcasonne, and other family type games with Family).

Hearts of Iron III w/ BlackICE. Gotta try for an alternative Japan WW2. Other than that, Europa Universalis IV. Bringing Glory to the Merchant Republic of Venice...

Marriage.

ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Marriage.

Good one. I don't play that any more.[:D]

Time between turns goes to the wife, the dog, the Honey Do list and if there's time left Command Modern Air/Naval Ops or Civ 3.

Real Life

[:D]

I was on active duty when these guys where on tour. Did not know much about them till later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPChYfTQO7U

or for the one that got away:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfNR98ajB1U

or when the berlin wall came down:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

Pia, Pia, where did u go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B32LyRTCSR4

better than the original-use before combat..it might be your last mission...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suV6viDG4i0

ORIGINAL: rustysi

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I do the NYT crossword puzzle. It comes first before WitP-AE unless it's late.

Nothing comes before AE!!!!![:-]

I really go mindless. Risk, Civ3, Imperialism II. What can I say, sometimes I just need to recharge.

Dude, why don't you just do Sudokus?

World of Tanks is a great way to kill 10-minute blocks of time, and you JFBs can even move up the Japanese tech tree in that one. I dabble in a few of those AGEOD titles (recently Civil War 2) and also Command on occasion.

Cheers,
CC

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

ORIGINAL: rustysi

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I do the NYT crossword puzzle. It comes first before WitP-AE unless it's late.

Nothing comes before AE!!!!![:-]

I really go mindless. Risk, Civ3, Imperialism II. What can I say, sometimes I just need to recharge.

Dude, why don't you just do Sudokus?

Didn't intend to tick you off, I was just kidding.

With 11 and 8 year-old boys the games are Monopoly, Jenga, and In a Pickle.

In the days BEFORE children (BC) it was AD&D and Phoenix.