VASSAL Video Tutorial – Playing Warmachine/Hordes Online

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• whitestar333 says:

  February 14, 2012 at 22:51

  Really helpful but the sound of the clicking is… distracting.

  Still, it’s good to see a tutorial out there for those who might be interested in starting it.
• Erekose13 says:

  February 15, 2012 at 07:05

  Great tutorial thanks! Now to find someone to game with online. Beyond just the rooms in Vassal, do you know if there are any communities online that revolve around Warmachine games on Vassal? I’ve not searched Privateer Press’ site for them at all yet, but wondered if you had any pointers.
• Owen says:

  February 15, 2012 at 19:16

  Glad the tutorial is of some use. @whitestar333 Sorry about the clicking. I was using the trackpad on the MacBook. I usually create videos on my desktop.

  @Erekose13 I usually just play a few friends (that I met in real life first). I’m not sure what communities there are for VASSAL play.
• Jason says:

  February 16, 2012 at 04:31

  What do you think the impact of the War Room app will be on vassal play?
• Owen says:

  February 17, 2012 at 10:29

  I think War Room has a some potential to enhance VASSAL play assuming that the ability to mark damage and note continuous effects is neatly done. That said VASSAL handles those things quite well. The other assumption is that both players have War Room. Having access to the other players cards during play is nice, but I tend to grab the faction book of the person I’m playing so I have their information to hand too.

  Owen
• Gus says:

  February 20, 2012 at 17:36

  One thing you can also turn on is the Command Radius of the Warcaster which is really handy.
• Gus says:

  February 20, 2012 at 17:38

  I meant Control Area, btw.
• Owen says:

  February 20, 2012 at 22:46

  @Gus at 8:40 I mention that Ctrl-S is used to turn on the Butcher’s Control Area