Frozen Synapse Game Diary Turn 6

Going into turn 6 with no resolution in sight. While most of the games in Frozen Synapse end at turn 4, the roll of the dice with the map layout and troop type and number naturally will force people to play a little conservatively. Anyway this is how it went...

Frozen Synapse frags vs Leo Game Diary Turn 4 - The Tension Rises

Turn 4 is done and I try to re evaluate my plans and strategy. Losing a man made me more careful but still things are looking up. Now time to find  Leo's blasted guy who murdered my assault soldier.

Frozen Synapse Leo vs frags Game Diary Turn 3

Turn 3 and I wonder if I can end this here. The game has been going favourably for me. Will Leo manage to turn the tide? Or will he crumble slowly? Am I going to make a stupid mistake?

Frozen Synapse Game Diary Leo vs frags Turn 2

Turn 2 of my Frozen Synapse game. Will I dominate Leo? Or will I slowly wear him down? So far, I'm loving this game. Perfect game to take your time with(it is turn based and you can take your time playing out the turns). Read on to find out what transpired on turn 2...

Frozen Synapse Game Diary - Leo vs frags Turn 1

Frozen Synapse is a simultaneous turn based tactical game by indie team Mode 7. It’s quite a game I tell ya’. It’s such an easy game to play one turn and go back to doing your own thing. It also has play be email believe it or not. For those that have no idea what this game is about, it’s like a top down version of Tom Clancys Rainbow Six(the first and Rogue Spear) where all you do is set up the plan for your squad. Once you click end turn, you and your opponents turns are run simultaneously. It’s brilliant. This will be the focus for a new game diary series which, should be a long game diary series since games tend to last 5 turns the most. So… on to turn 1 of Leo vs frags(that’s me)…

Total War: Shogun 2 Shimazu Campaign Game Diary 3 - Cunning Maneuvers On The Strategic Map

With the Shoni army right at the doorstep of Buzen, Shimazu reinforced the region with more troops from Hizen. Instead of engaging the Shoni invasion force directly, Hongo Yoshimune(the general leading the army) decided to make the Shoni army wait in the winter and that losses from attrition. The Shimazu cut out the enemies escape route by placing their navy at the straits to Kyushu essentially blocking the Shoni army from retreating in the winter.

Total War: Shogun 2 The Shimazu Campaign Game Diary Part 2 - Kyushu Is Shimazu Land

The last time I ended this game diary, Tanegashima Tomokata was in enemy territory during winter with a handful of units. Stuck without a way of retreating back to Shimazu land. The Ito clan didn’t let Tomokata off scott free. They sent an army to attack him. But, the army consisted of a single bow ashigaru unit left with 29 men. The only defending unit from Hyuga.

Total War: Shogun 2 Game Diary Part 1 - The Shimazu Diary

The year is 1545, a turbulent time in Japanese history as rival clans seek to oust the current Shogun to gain the right to become Shogun themselves. The Shimazu clan, ruled by Shimazu Takahisa, was the masters of integrity. The Shimazu clan had great honour and loyal generals that would defend that honour to their deaths. They were also renowned for their Katana Samurais who were feared throughout Japan. Gaining a foothold in their Southern region is not going to be easy, as the vile Ito clan never ceases to annoy us.

Civilization V Game Diary 5 - Elizabeth Declares WAR

Turn 106, 225BC, Rome has reached the Medieval age. It feels a little awkward as I enter into the middle ages with Roman legionnaires queued up in my cities, I guess the disconnect in Civ games and history still exists in Civ 5. Roman legionnaires finally built, I send them to reinforce Antium. I can tell Elizabeth is up to something.

Civilization V Game Diary 3 - No Military Units

I currently seem to be stuck on backwater continent as I got a message stating that there were two unknown civilizations that entered the classical era. No one on my continent was in the classical age. Oh and just a couple turns in, at turn 57, I entered the classical era. This means I am technologically ahead of Elizabeth and Montezuma but I’m paying a price for it.

Civilization V Game Diary 2 - Hi Montezuma!

Around turn 10, I met Elizabeth. Can’t really do any diplomacy at this early stage. Lo and behold, shortly after that I met…wait for it….Montezuma! Great. Now I’ll have to really watch my borders closely and having a strong army becomes a priority. Of all the leaders, why Montezuma?

Civilization V Game Diary 1 - Veni, Vidi, Maybe Not Vici

The next in my series of game diaries is Civilization V. If you haven’t read my review of it, you can do so here. It’s still an outstanding game made even better by the latest updates. For this game diary, I’ll be picking Augustus Caesar as my leader. I will be leading mighty Rome to be a city of culture and wealth(like it was). Will Rome stand the test of time?

LOTRO Game Diary 8 - The End of This Journey

The Nazgul has been spotted in the Bree lands. This doesn’t bode well for middle earth. Me and this other ranger slayed Amdir(some random NPC) who has been turned into a Nazgul, relatively easy. I suppose there are different levels of Nazgul.

LOTRO Game Diary 7- Short Update on Short Hobbits

This will be a short update.The hobbit settlement of Michel Delving ended up being a temporary stop over. There aren’t any important quests here. The hobbits are a happy bunch of people and most of the quests in this area are trivial or relates to some domestic hobbit issue. Not sure why Turbine added this area other than to perhaps change the pace of things a bit. Things are really laid back here.

LOTRO Game Diary 6 – Guardian of Ered Luin

So the last time I tried to complete this rescue Avorthal quest with Langlas, I got my ass handed to me. So off I went into side quest land and did a few side quests. One involving spiders and some place with lots of cob webs. Creepy… Kinda disappointed that I didn’t see any giant spiders(isn’t that a RPG staple by now?) but I got what I wanted. Level 14 and dual wielding is mineeeee…

LOTRO Game Diary 5 - Algarchen and Failed Elf Rescue

So I make my way up north of Gondamon and rightly so, I found an encampment of those damned Dourhand dwarves. They must’ve been in it all this time! Okay the main plotline for the elven folk in LOTRO is predictable by a mile. I mean they started the game with them attacking you.

LOTRO Game Diary 4 - A Dwarf And His Lynx

Since I've got the necessary ingredients, I start off finishing Laegons quest for Rowan Bowstaffs. Now that I've got that out of the way, time to meet a few side quest NPC's and find Dorongur. He says it could be a plot by the goblins to frame the dwarves and has requested me to send a letter to Gailthin. Aaaah I can peek into the letter...It says...

LOTRO Game Diary 3 - Ered Luin And Crafting Pains

It's 2 years after the events at Thorin's Gate and I'm now in Ered Luin, a tranquil(by the looks of it) Elven area. Starting out at the refuge of Celondim, I make my way to Cardavor whose looking for his son, Avorthal. He has gone missing and he wants me to trace his last known position.

LOTRO Game Diary 2 - Me and My Fancy New Hat

I'm level 6 now and I've got this fashionable(if a little douchey looking) hat. Heck I should be called Halinthir the swanky. A sinister plot is afoot in the world of the elves as the dwarfes(well I did all the grunt work really) discover that some of their brethren are planning to resurrect this Skorgrim dude. The same fellow that destroyed Edhelion a few hundred years back. How unbecoming of these short stubby folk...

LOTRO Game Diary 1 - In the Beginning

Lord of The Rings Online recently went free to play. You can download it here. I thought it would be a fun little experiment to get into LOTRO and do a game diary. I’ve never been into mmo’s as I’ve found grinding for leveling up to be tedious and not very fun. I’ve also always found the mmo game worlds to be a bit ‘unlively’. So with that, I jump head first into LOTRO, downloaded the client(a slow and annoying process as it uses a p2p client), and made my first character.