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Posted August 07, 2018
A game of pawns.

Phantom Doctrine is now available for pre-order, 10% off until August 28th.
Owners of Hard West on GOG.COM get an additional 5% discount.
Buy the game before August 28th and get the game's artbook and soundtrack for FREE!

Heads up, operatives! Prepare yourselves for a turn-based conspiracy thriller set during an alternate history Cold War and prepare well - every piece of information can make a difference. Working unseen, you must organize, recruit, deceive and infiltrate, leading The Cabal against the dark forces who are plotting to control the world. When the bullets start flying, remember to keep to the shadows and leave no witnesses.
Posted August 07, 2018
Wishlisted, easily.

The tactical gameplay will probably be OK. Now, what I am really waiting to see is the strategic layer. That is what can make or break this game for this player.
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Intriguing, but not gonna buy a cat in a bag.
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Lone_Scout: And a cat in a box?
Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
Posted August 07, 2018
oh wow. saw the customization animated pic. ( items.gog.com/phantom_doctrine/Customization.gif ) amazing diversity - loving it. but the question is, can i be black and kgb, or is some factual reality kept? actually, truth be told i'll play as a female anyway so it won't matter. see you boys on the battlefield. xoxo
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
English version is 'a pig in a poke'.



On a side note, I have to say, IMO, this is pre-order bonuses done right. Some decent extras, but not in-game content. I may have to grab this, even though I tend to avid pre-orders.
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
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GR00T: English version is 'a pig in a poke'.

On a side note, I have to say, IMO, this is pre-order bonuses done right. Some decent extras, but not in-game content. I may have to grab this, even though I tend to avid pre-orders.
Mmh, thanks I'll keep that in mind. English as in british, right? Or any english speaking country?
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Mmh, thanks I'll keep that in mind. English as in british, right? Or any english speaking country?
Probably British originally? I've been familiar with the phrase since childhood, and I grew up here in Canada. So I assume it's relatively well known in North America as well.
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Mmh, thanks I'll keep that in mind. English as in british, right? Or any english speaking country?
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GR00T: Probably British originally? I've been familiar with the phrase since childhood, and I grew up here in Canada. So I assume it's relatively well known in North America as well.
Cool, thanks for the heads up! ;p
Posted August 07, 2018
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GOG.com: A game of pawns.

Phantom Doctrine is now available for pre-order, 10% off until August 28th.
Owners of Hard West on GOG.COM get an additional 5% discount.
Buy the game before August 28th and get the game's artbook and soundtrack for FREE!

Heads up, operatives! Prepare yourselves for a turn-based conspiracy thriller set during an alternate history Cold War and prepare well - every piece of information can make a difference. Working unseen, you must organize, recruit, deceive and infiltrate, leading The Cabal against the dark forces who are plotting to control the world. When the bullets start flying, remember to keep to the shadows and leave no witnesses.
Interesting, but it sounds more like modern history than scifi. Well it does not sound like scifi at all.
Posted August 07, 2018
Ah. Didn't realise it was from the Hard West people.

It won't go unbought, then.
Posted August 07, 2018
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Lone_Scout: And a cat in a box?
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Zoidberg: Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
I thought it was a reference to Schrodinger's Cat XD
Close enough :P
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
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Lone_Scout: I thought it was a reference to Schrodinger's Cat XD
Close enough :P
:D

It's a bit the same yeah.

You preorder a game then you open the box and you either get the game you were epxpecting... or you don't! :D

But you have to open the box to be sure! :D
Posted August 07, 2018
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Anothername: Interesting, but it sounds more like modern history than scifi. Well it does not sound like scifi at all.
Well, the announcement post does say 'alternate history' so that's maybe where the sci-fi element comes in.
Posted August 07, 2018
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GR00T: English version is 'a pig in a poke'.
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Zoidberg: Mmh, thanks I'll keep that in mind. English as in british, right? Or any english speaking country?
In English, we say you shouldn't buy a pig in a poke, but if someone "lets the cat out of the bag", they've disclosed a secret or exposed a deception, which seems to have originated from the same practice:

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-pig-in-a-poke.html
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Mmh, thanks I'll keep that in mind. English as in british, right? Or any english speaking country?
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Luned: In English, we say you shouldn't buy a pig in a poke, but if someone "lets the cat out of the bag", they've disclosed a secret or exposed a deception, which seems to have originated from the same practice:

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-pig-in-a-poke.html
I'll go to bed more knowledgeabletonight, thanks! :D
Posted August 07, 2018
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Zoidberg: Probably a bad translation of an idiomatic expression from french. :P

It means buying something you don't know the nature of.
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Lone_Scout: I thought it was a reference to Schrodinger's Cat XD
Close enough :P
Last year while vacationing, I bought a couple pieces of fudge, which was then put in a small box for me to carry. This was in a gift shop at an aquarium and my wife was looking at something else at the time, so didn't realize I'd bought it. When we left the shop my wife noticed the box and asked what was in it. Trying to be clever and cryptic, I said "Well, there may or may not be some fudge in there...". My youngest daughter immediately quipped "Ah, Schrodinger's fudge!"
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