OT: What games do you do for a mental break from AE?

[Big B]

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...

[AW1Steve]

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

[Big B]

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

[Lokasenna]

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.

[Bullwinkle58]

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

[dcpollay]

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.

[geofflambert]

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

[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.

[nashvillen]

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

[temagic]

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...

[dr.hal]

Marriage.

[rustysi]

ORIGINAL: dr.hal

Marriage.

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

[tocaff]

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.

[DOCUP]

Real Life

[Big B]

[:D]

[bigred]

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

[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?

[CaptBeefheart]

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

[rustysi]

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.

[John 3rd]

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.