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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:04:28 PM

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Who made that last one (B29)...?

Nevermind, I found it...

Where?

Always took one took the lake just in case rained. and sometimes it paided off. Loved sitting in the bunkhouse at the table overlooking the lake playing Guadalcanal. That makes a rainy lake day all better.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:05:39 PM

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My first game was AH Midway way back 1971. WHOA!!

Turning my head right to look at the "game shelf" in my hobby room, I just got struck with how many AH games I have. Didn't think they were so many.

I have; Jutland, Battle of the Bulge, Flat top, Victory in the Pacific, Submarine, The Longest Day, Wooden Ships & Iron Men, Panzerblitz, Panzerleader, Fortress Europa, Panzergruppe Guderian, Civilization, Third Reich, Diplomacy, Up Front, Kingmaker, Kremlin, Titan, Hitlers War, History of the World, Age of Renissance, Merchant of Venus, Rail Baron, Acquire, B-17, TV- Wars, Titan:The Arena and finally 1830.

Many hours have been spent playing those games ... love them ... fond memories of the youth "game holidays" & "game weekends"

ETA; I don't have Midway though

I've got 2/3 of them, including Midway. That one is particularly memorable , due to a minor error in the rules that allowed me to be exceedinly "gamey" against one of other other memebers (Capt. Hornblower). Combat effectiveness was based upon the number of torpedo's a plane could carry. So a PBY was twice as powerfull as a Kate!

Imagine my opponents dismay when the KB was wiped out by a 32 plane PBY strike!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:06:53 PM

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

My first game was AH Midway way back 1971. WHOA!!

Turning my head right to look at the "game shelf" in my hobby room, I just got struck with how many AH games I have. Didn't think they were so many.

I have; Jutland, Battle of the Bulge, Flat top, Victory in the Pacific, Submarine, The Longest Day, Wooden Ships & Iron Men, Panzerblitz, Panzerleader, Fortress Europa, Panzergruppe Guderian, Civilization, Third Reich, Diplomacy, Up Front, Kingmaker, Kremlin, Titan, Hitlers War, History of the World, Age of Renissance, Merchant of Venus, Rail Baron, Acquire, B-17, TV- Wars, Titan:The Arena and finally 1830.

Many hours have been spent playing those games ... love them ... fond memories of the youth "game holidays" & "game weekends"

ETA; I don't have Midway though

I've got 2/3 of them, including Midway. That one is particularly memorable , due to a minor error in the rules that allowed me to be exceedinly "gamey" against one of other other memebers (Capt. Hornblower). Combat effectiveness was based upon the number of torpedo's a plane could carry. So a PBY was twice as powerfull as a Kate!

Imagine my opponents dismay when the KB was wiped out by a 32 plane PBY strike!

So that's where your "Emily complex" came from.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:08:15 PM

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... and the newer acquisitions.

Didn't see '1776' in the lot.

Looks about the same amount I have in the library plus many SPI bookcase and those $7.00 cheepo packaged SPI's. Great stuff.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:10:44 PM

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

My first game was AH Midway way back 1971. WHOA!!

Turning my head right to look at the "game shelf" in my hobby room, I just got struck with how many AH games I have. Didn't think they were so many.

I have; Jutland, Battle of the Bulge, Flat top, Victory in the Pacific, Submarine, The Longest Day, Wooden Ships & Iron Men, Panzerblitz, Panzerleader, Fortress Europa, Panzergruppe Guderian, Civilization, Third Reich, Diplomacy, Up Front, Kingmaker, Kremlin, Titan, Hitlers War, History of the World, Age of Renissance, Merchant of Venus, Rail Baron, Acquire, B-17, TV- Wars, Titan:The Arena and finally 1830.

Many hours have been spent playing those games ... love them ... fond memories of the youth "game holidays" & "game weekends"

ETA; I don't have Midway though

I've got 2/3 of them, including Midway. That one is particularly memorable , due to a minor error in the rules that allowed me to be exceedinly "gamey" against one of other other memebers (Capt. Hornblower). Combat effectiveness was based upon the number of torpedo's a plane could carry. So a PBY was twice as powerfull as a Kate!

Imagine my opponents dismay when the KB was wiped out by a 32 plane PBY strike!

So that's where your "Emily complex" came from.

Actually , its due to two "Birdbrains" of the Thread, Chickenboy, and Chicken of the Sea, both of whom wiped me out in the Thousand mile war scenario by using Ms. Emily.

It won't happen again. I won't give Emily a chance, and I won't play anyone named "Chicken anything" in that scenario!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:11:27 PM

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No, never bought 1776 ... and yes, I agree on those folio games too.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:20:11 PM

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... and now i managed to remind myself about that set of SL, COI, COD & GI plus some 12 extra maps that I lent to a former friend.

He moved to a new city and never gave me my games back.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:21:27 PM

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And Vassal makes it so nice to play some of old classics without clearing the dining room table off for couple of months.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:27:22 PM

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Not to mention keeping it protected from pets, small children and other natural disasters...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:29:57 PM

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Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:31:42 PM

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Not to mention keeping it protected from pets, small children and other natural disasters...

And and one ticked off GFU. Then she realized what she had done and was very sorry. Were still chums to this day.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:33:04 PM

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I am a wee bit jealous....my two brothers and I play Axis and Allies every chance we're together if we're not golfing...

I'd like to have a few more games. But the lack of opponents has curtailed that. Not to mention the fact that my wife, the woman who watches Britain's Got Talent, Teen Mom and has read all the Twilight books, has openly mocked me for owning even the few games that I have

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:34:44 PM

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Not to mention keeping it protected from pets, small children and other natural disasters...

And and one ticked off GFU. Then she realized what she had done and was very sorry. Were still chums to this day.

LOL... reminds me of a time back in college when two of my friends and I were doing an all-night hallucinogen-influenced WSIM three way and my girlfriend showed up. I waas waayyy too involved in our battle so I brushed her off that night. The next time I pulled that game out to play I found editorial remarks pencilled in on the pargins of one of the CRTs...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:34:54 PM

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Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:35:57 PM

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Off to France tomorrow morning for a tactics/operations exercise with history as background. Will be off-THREAD until next Saturday.

Be well, and good night friends

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:36:36 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

Have I mentioned that I have a short-circuit between the brain and fingers? Since computers came out I usually catch those typos, but not always...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:37:29 PM

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Stuck in my hotel room with nothing on TV.

No Versus?

Stanley Cup Finals are on....

Watched some History Channel, some Dirty Harry, some cartoons.

And they were all on the same channel!!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:44:48 PM

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LOL... reminds me of a time back in college when two of my friends and I were doing an all-night hallucinogen-influenced WSIM three way and my girlfriend showed up. I waas waayyy too involved in our battle so I brushed her off that night. The next time I pulled that game out to play I found editorial remarks pencilled in on the pargins of one of the CRTs...

LMOA...I'd like to see a copy of said remarks.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:47:14 PM

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Off to France tomorrow morning for a tactics/operations exercise with history as background. Will be off-THREAD until next Saturday.

Be well, and good night friends

Would like to borrow my AH 'France 1940'?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:49:16 PM

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

Have I mentioned that I have a short-circuit between the brain and fingers? Since computers came out I usually catch those typos, but not always...

I just didn't know if you were talking about fish...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:49:31 PM

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

Have I mentioned that I have a short-circuit between the brain and fingers? Since computers came out I usually catch those typos, but not always...

Rats! i was hoping it was the one about the giant fish from the Congo or something...

EDIT - beaten out by 15 seconds...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:50:22 PM

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Hi all,

Zsssssssssssss time...

Leo "Apollo11"

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:52:49 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

Have I mentioned that I have a short-circuit between the brain and fingers? Since computers came out I usually catch those typos, but not always...

I just didn't know if you were talking about fish...

At least "karps" resembles a real word... I'm not so sure about "pargins" (in a later post

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:55:08 PM

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Off to France tomorrow morning for a tactics/operations exercise with history as background. Will be off-THREAD until next Saturday.

Be well, and good night friends

Would like to borrow my AH 'France 1940'?

Ah - one of my greatest triumphs was with this game - pretty much crushing the German army with the French... i would have completely annihilated one half of the German Army except my opponents convinced me that the move that would have encircled the German Army was illegal... i found out the next day it WAS legal.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:56:28 PM

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Can't say how lucky I am to still have a gaming group to play regularely with

BTW, pics as proof. Can be at least a little proud of my collection.

BTW2; Did I mention that I'm a board game geek ... ?

Nice collection.

My addiction started with Afrika Karps in 1969. Many AH titles followed in rapid succssion, with SPI, Battleline and Yaquinto also gaining many of my dollars back then. I haven't had a F-t-F opponent in over a decade, but WITP/AE has filled that void quite well.

Africa... "Karps"?

Have I mentioned that I have a short-circuit between the brain and fingers? Since computers came out I usually catch those typos, but not always...

I just didn't know if you were talking about fish...

At least "karps" resembles a real word... I'm not so sure about "pargins" (in a later post )

Part of a margin, right??

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 8:58:09 PM

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Off to France tomorrow morning for a tactics/operations exercise with history as background. Will be off-THREAD until next Saturday.

Be well, and good night friends

Would like to borrow my AH 'France 1940'?

Ah - one of my greatest triumphs was with this game - pretty much crushing the German army with the French... i would have completely annihilated one half of the German Army except my opponents convinced me that the move that would have encircled the German Army was illegal... i found out the next day it WAS legal.

Yeah, but it was a "gamey" move. After all, everybody knows that the French in 1940 were incapable of moving forward!

(sorry, Eric, just a bad joke)

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 6/9/2011 9:03:41 PM

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ORIGINAL: bradfordkay

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ORIGINAL: Schanilec

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ORIGINAL: Grollub

Off to France tomorrow morning for a tactics/operations exercise with history as background. Will be off-THREAD until next Saturday.

Be well, and good night friends

Would like to borrow my AH 'France 1940'?

Ah - one of my greatest triumphs was with this game - pretty much crushing the German army with the French... i would have completely annihilated one half of the German Army except my opponents convinced me that the move that would have encircled the German Army was illegal... i found out the next day it WAS legal.

Yeah, but it was a "gamey" move. After all, everybody knows that the French in 1940 were incapable of moving forward!

(sorry, Eric, just a bad joke)

And again LMOA

Reminds me of a tongue in cheek joke.

Why do the French plant trees along thier streets and boulevards?
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The Germans like to march in the shade.