• FREE GAME: WH40K Final Liberation

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 09:45:16 2023
    (I need to sneak this one in quickly before Ant, or rms, or any of the
    others pre-empt my glory. I'm the one who gets to announce these
    games! Me, me, me!!! It's all about me! ;-)

    Anyway, if you head on over to GOG you can find they're giving away
    "Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000".

    Here's a link: https://www.gog.com/en/game/warhammer_skulls_2023_free_game_digitial_goodie_pack

    Oh, they call it something else: the "Warhammer Skulls Goodie Pack",
    and it includes a lot of extra nonsense (digital wallpapers, a preview
    of some WH40K book, etc.) but there's also a free game nestled in
    there, and that game is "Final Liberation".

    Released back in '97, this is a top-down tactical strategy game that
    doesn't stray too far from the tabletop game; move units of space
    marines and fight off the space orcs. "Final Liberation's" hook was
    that it was scaled up to use the giant "Titan" class mechs rather than
    solely focusing on the squad-level combat.

    It wasn't really a bad game but neither did it really stand out. It
    hewed pretty closely - perhaps too closely - to the miniatures game,
    lacked much in the way in variety, and - even for its day - had
    lackluster production values. It's a game designed mostly designed for
    the fans of the tabletop game - you know, the boys who painted
    hundreds of those little miniature army men - and did little to appeal
    to anyone outside that hobby.

    Still, it's free.

    Want it? Don't want it? You got two days to decide.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri May 26 10:03:00 2023
    On Fri, 26 May 2023 09:45:16 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


    (I need to sneak this one in quickly before Ant, or rms, or any of the
    others pre-empt my glory. I'm the one who gets to announce these
    games! Me, me, me!!! It's all about me! ;-)

    Anyway, if you head on over to GOG you can find they're giving away
    "Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000".

    Here's a link: >https://www.gog.com/en/game/warhammer_skulls_2023_free_game_digitial_goodie_pack

    Sorry Spalls but your link is not leading to anything as of 5/26 10 AM
    EST.

    I tried searching for anything warhammer related that was free but
    nothing is coming up.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 10:12:30 2023
    On Fri, 26 May 2023 10:03:00 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:
    Sorry Spalls but your link is not leading to anything as of 5/26 10 AM
    EST.

    I tried searching for anything warhammer related that was free but
    nothing is coming up.

    Argh. That's always a problem with GOG offers. They use some weird
    javascript redirect that makes direct linking a challenge.

    Just go to the front page https://www.gog.com and scroll down. They've
    a big banner across the page "Warhammer Skulls Free Game + Digital
    Goodie Pack". Click that and get your freebie.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri May 26 09:23:36 2023
    On Fri, 26 May 2023 10:12:30 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    On Fri, 26 May 2023 10:03:00 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:
    Sorry Spalls but your link is not leading to anything as of 5/26 10 AM
    EST.

    I tried searching for anything warhammer related that was free but
    nothing is coming up.

    Argh. That's always a problem with GOG offers. They use some weird
    javascript redirect that makes direct linking a challenge.

    Just go to the front page https://www.gog.com and scroll down. They've
    a big banner across the page "Warhammer Skulls Free Game + Digital
    Goodie Pack". Click that and get your freebie.

    Yay! That worked. As a dedicated Battletech miniatures player, I might
    give 40k a try some day.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri May 26 13:51:25 2023
    On Fri, 26 May 2023 10:12:30 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just go to the front page https://www.gog.com and scroll down. They've
    a big banner across the page "Warhammer Skulls Free Game + Digital
    Goodie Pack". Click that and get your freebie.

    As Zag said, that worked. Thank you.

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