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hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Apr 29, 2021 4:37 pm [04/29 - 05/06]
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
You mean they are giving away a free-to-play game for free?
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Isn’t Idle Champions free to play to begin with?
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i missed this part. because who cares:
Limited-Time Offer 4/29 - 5/6: Epic Champions of Renown (Over $100 USD Value - FREE!)
LOG IN NEXT WEEK: All players who log into Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms through the Epic Games Store between Thursday 4/29/2021 at 11AM Eastern and Thursday 5/6/2021 at 11AM Eastern will receive the Epic Champions of Renown!
The Epic Champions of Renown includes:
● Unlocks for the following Champions: Spurt (Slot 3), Krull (Slot 6), Black Viper (Slot 7), Hew Maan (Slot 8), and Nova V'Ger (Slot 11)
● Spurt Chests: 16 Gold Spurt Chests with 2 guaranteed Shiny equipment cards
● Krull Chests: 16 Gold Krull Chests with 2 guaranteed Shiny equipment cards
● Black Viper Chests: 16 Gold Black Viper Chests with 2 guaranteed Shiny equipment cards
● Hew Maan Chests: 16 Gold Hew Maan Chests with 2 guaranteed Shiny equipment cards
● Nova Chests: 16 Gold Nova Chests with 2 guaranteed Shiny equipment cards
● Two Familiars: Baby Spurt & Iris the Beholder
This offer is available to all players logging in through the Epic Games Store, both new and existing. You must install and log into Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms to receive the Epic Champions of Renown.
You start with iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters like Bruenor Battlehammer from R.A. Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels, Jaheira from Baldur's Gate, and you unlock additional Champions through adventures and events, like Drizzt Do'urden, Farideh, and Jim Darkmagic.
Gameplay gets deeper with each Champion you unlock. Master formation strategy to complete hundreds of adventures in a fantasy world based on official Wizards of the Coast D&D books like Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, Tomb of Annihilation, and Curse of Strahd.
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Comes with all kinds of paid "stuff" that lets you speed up the hamster wheel. I am thinking of running it on both STEAM and Epic at the same time just so I can then have maximum idle gaming.

FWIW, I actually did spend time playing it on STEAM and enjoyed it, which I was not expecting.
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A pass for me this week.
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i installed it, booted it up to get the bonus things, then quit and uninstalled
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Idle Champion codes for the Shop chest.
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hitbyambulance wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 1:41 am i installed it, booted it up to get the bonus things, then quit and uninstalled
I was going to do the same thing but fired it up “just to take a look”. I just looked at the clock and I should have just uninstalled :lol: reminds me of clicker heroes. A good fun way to waste some time.
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I know better than to reinstall that spawn of Satan. If I put it back in it'll be running for weeks.
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Wow, yeah... I wouldn't have even installed it, but then you guys mentioned logging in to get the free stuff. I played it actively for 90 minutes straight. :shock: Never tried this one before, though I definitely spent far more time than I should have with Cookie Clicker and a couple of others back in the day.

It's neat because it seems to advance the genre to being more about the strategy of planning leveling and formations, but I'm annoyed that you're encouraged to be hands off. Like, if it's not to see the silly story develop, what's the point?

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???MYSTERY GAME???
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hitbyambulance wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 3:50 pm [05/20 - 05/27]
???MYSTERY GAME???
I read an article that noted it has been a year since GTAV was the free game, so there is an expectation that next week's game will be a biggie, which no doubt I'll already own :roll:
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Personally I'm hoping for Train Simulator 2021 with all 628 pieces of DLC.

One Steam review reads, "Buy a real train... it's cheaper!"

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Sudy wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 9:28 am Personally I'm hoping for Train Simulator 2021 with all 628 pieces of DLC.

One Steam review reads, "Buy a real train... it's cheaper!"
Oh heavens I wish this was true. Every time they put the base game on sale I think to myself that they are just trying to get me hooked :roll:
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rumor i read was it's going to be NBA 2K21

whoooooptydooooo
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I would be excited by that if I didn't feel I had to pay the game's value in microtransactions to enjoy the single-player campaign.

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Free Game shows as NBA2k21 but then also shows it's a 59.99 and next week is a mystery game.
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LordMortis wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:02 am Free Game shows as NBA2k21 but then also shows it's a 59.99 and next week is a mystery game.
The game is showing as free for me right now. Maybe it just took a while for the systems to set the game as free.
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Defiant wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:18 am
LordMortis wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:02 am Free Game shows as NBA2k21 but then also shows it's a 59.99 and next week is a mystery game.
The game is showing as free for me right now. Maybe it just took a while for the systems to set the game as free.
Is now showing as free for me as well. *shrug*
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+ there's a sale kicking off so grab your coupon.
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Picked up Iron Harvest for $15 and Mafia DE for $14. I might get Mafia 2 DE later next month
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Jolor wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 10:52 pm + there's a sale kicking off so grab your coupon.
Pretty decent sale, too!

I just bought Hades for $10, and Far Cry 4 ultimate (all DLC, season pass etc.) for like $4.99

Thimbleweed Park (which never goes on sale) for $7 (FINALLY)
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The only thing that tempts me is State of Decay 2 for $12 with coupon. If it was almost any other game on my want list Id grab it quick. But Im sitting on this one even at that price.
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I'm going to give 'Hand of Merlin' a try (after I finish the BG3 early release content).

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The free game is Among Us. No interest to me.
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Frostpunk

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hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:55 am [06/03 - 06/10]
Frostpunk

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???MYSTERY GAME???
Ooooooo.....Frostpunk.....I'll take that one......
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Me me me me too.
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Doh! Just bought that like 3 months ago. Very much enjoyed the 6+ hours I sunk in it, but man is it dark. I need to get back to it before I forget the mechanics.
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stimpy wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:36 pm
hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:55 am [06/03 - 06/10]
Frostpunk

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???MYSTERY GAME???
Ooooooo.....Frostpunk.....I'll take that one......
I've been putting off getting it because I'm not sure I'll like it, but now it's a no-brainer :wink:

I'm glad I didn't pay full price for Half-Life 3, I'm sure it's going to show up as a free Epic game someday :roll:
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Wish Episode 3 would.
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I claimed my $10 coupon during the current sale and picked up Grindstone for $5.99. :whistle:
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hitbyambulance wrote: Thu Jun 10, 2021 12:49 pm [06/10 - 06/17]
Genshin Impact
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Ooh Genshin Impact, they are giving away a free to play game!
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They're giving away some sort of pay content for... or at least that was what it said before the free game switched over to Control. That is also what they did for Idle Champions.

Edit: If you let the news cycle you get redeem "a bonus code Genshin Epic"
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Daehawk wrote: Thu May 21, 2020 1:13 pm Civilization 6 is free now on Epic. Thats $60 off :)
So regretting not getting this because I already had it in Steam and the free games on Epic are largely spam for me. Anthology upgrade for $30 would be a no brainer for me. Having a hard time justifying $40 for Anthology on Epic (with coupon) or Steam (for owning base game) but I'm thinking about it. Looks like I have about a week to decide.

That'll learn me not to just log in every Thursday and to take everything no matter what.
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