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USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:40:35 PM)

Dopey....



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:40:51 PM)

And there we are.



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:41:27 PM)

Ok, Rummy is my new, very favorite dwarf.  [sm=party-smiley-012.gif]



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:42:36 PM)

Which one of the "real" 7 am I forgetting?


There must be a Crotchety, right?  [:D]



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:43:03 PM)

Geezer?  [:D]

No..... hmmm



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:43:05 PM)

Grumpy?



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:43:30 PM)

Thank you!  [sm=00000436.gif]



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:44:24 PM)

BTW, I'm quite excited at the prospects of AAR's from Ian and John, two folk who know a little about what they're doing, and a lot about how the game was intended to be played.  [:)]



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:44:43 PM)

+1...



USSAmerica -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 6:45:16 PM)

I have a new episode of The Mentalist and a couple of Leverage rerun episodes to go watch.  Have a great afternoon/evening!  [:)]



AW1Steve -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 7:02:13 PM)

You forgot the DC Dwarf...Sleazy! [:D]



Mike Solli -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 7:27:22 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: JWE

Oh, Lord. Gone and done it now. Just volunteered for a public game, with AARs, with Brother Elf.

If Ian wants to boogie, I'm surely game, but I never did a public AAR before. Wouldn't mind getting some hints and help. I'm NOT one of those folks who post endless combat results, or daily "nothing happened" crap.

To me, an AAR is a report on what happened (and where and when), why it happened, what was the result from our perspective, what lessons were learned, and what doctrinal changes should be implemented to keep it from happening (or having it happen again) in the future.

I'm just a Mil puke, I'm not really a gamer; so any thoughts on presentation and such, that would appeal to this gaming community, would be most appreciated.


John, I'd really look forward to a game between you and Ian. For me, just why you're doing what you're doing would be fantastic.



Mike Solli -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 7:28:22 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: USS America

Which one of the "real" 7 am I forgetting?


There must be a Crotchety, right?  [:D]



Sleazy



Dixie -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 8:16:47 PM)

I think I'm coming down with man-flu [:(]  Bad times.



witpqs -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 9:05:58 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: JWE

Oh, Lord. Gone and done it now. Just volunteered for a public game, with AARs, with Brother Elf.

If Ian wants to boogie, I'm surely game, but I never did a public AAR before. Wouldn't mind getting some hints and help. I'm NOT one of those folks who post endless combat results, or daily "nothing happened" crap.

To me, an AAR is a report on what happened (and where and when), why it happened, what was the result from our perspective, what lessons were learned, and what doctrinal changes should be implemented to keep it from happening (or having it happen again) in the future.

I'm just a Mil puke, I'm not really a gamer; so any thoughts on presentation and such, that would appeal to this gaming community, would be most appreciated.


Keep your favorite text editor open while you do the turn, making notes as you see fit. Save your style outline on local disk from day to day (date, format, whatever) to make life easier. Add one screen shot per post (I use Greenshot and Paint.net). Only use combat report excerpts that support something in your text, can be more than one on a busy day but never post whole combat reports. In addition to literal AAR, share some plans but not all, using some hindsight instead.



Dixie -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 9:10:05 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: witpqs


quote:

ORIGINAL: JWE

Oh, Lord. Gone and done it now. Just volunteered for a public game, with AARs, with Brother Elf.

If Ian wants to boogie, I'm surely game, but I never did a public AAR before. Wouldn't mind getting some hints and help. I'm NOT one of those folks who post endless combat results, or daily "nothing happened" crap.

To me, an AAR is a report on what happened (and where and when), why it happened, what was the result from our perspective, what lessons were learned, and what doctrinal changes should be implemented to keep it from happening (or having it happen again) in the future.

I'm just a Mil puke, I'm not really a gamer; so any thoughts on presentation and such, that would appeal to this gaming community, would be most appreciated.


Keep your favorite text editor open while you do the turn, making notes as you see fit. Save your style outline on local disk from day to day (date, format, whatever) to make life easier. Add one screen shot per post (I use Greenshot and Paint.net). Only use combat report excerpts that support something in your text, can be more than one on a busy day but never post whole combat reports. In addition to literal AAR, share some plans but not all, using some hindsight instead.


I'll agree with this. I can't be interested in reading pages and pages of copy and paste combat reports. If I want that then I've got a save folder full of them!

I'm planning to throw more maps etc into my AAR when I get my games running again.



Apollo11 -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 9:31:16 PM)

Hi all,

quote:

ORIGINAL: JWE

Oh, Lord. Gone and done it now. Just volunteered for a public game, with AARs, with Brother Elf.

If Ian wants to boogie, I'm surely game, but I never did a public AAR before. Wouldn't mind getting some hints and help. I'm NOT one of those folks who post endless combat results, or daily "nothing happened" crap.

To me, an AAR is a report on what happened (and where and when), why it happened, what was the result from our perspective, what lessons were learned, and what doctrinal changes should be implemented to keep it from happening (or having it happen again) in the future.

I'm just a Mil puke, I'm not really a gamer; so any thoughts on presentation and such, that would appeal to this gaming community, would be most appreciated.


[:D]

[sm=00000613.gif]


Leo "Apollo11"



Apollo11 -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 9:36:32 PM)

Hi all,

quote:

ORIGINAL: USS America

Geezer? [:D]

No..... hmmm


[8D]


Leo "Apollo11"

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Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 9:50:51 PM)

Tonight's mental meandering:

Robert Oppenheimer wished to stop development of the Hydrogen bomb because it was too horrible a weapon to bring into the world.

I think the invention of the H-Bomb was a good thing. It WAS a horrible weapon, but it also showed the whole world what a strategic nuclear war would bring.

If development had stopped at "normal" A-Bombs, we might have seen their use in a battlefield situation in Central Europe, since there was some degree of "blindness" among war planners as to the power of nuclear weapons and the damage they could cause to the respective homelands.

Soviet war plans for an attack on Germany called for use of tactical nuclear weapons until Breshnev came along. If nuclear weapons had continued to be thought of as tactical weapons, oversized conventional weapons, the risk of WWIII would have been significantly higher.



Chickenboy -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 10:03:31 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: JWE

To me, an AAR is a report on what happened (and where and when), why it happened, what was the result from our perspective, what lessons were learned, and what doctrinal changes should be implemented to keep it from happening (or having it happen again) in the future.


Well then, let's have it, sir. Your perspective on what an AAR should be is different from many others. No reason why we shouldn't have the benefit of your point of view and your discussion of same.



Chickenboy -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 10:05:01 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I think I'm coming down with man-flu [:(]  Bad times.

Unfamiliar with the urbanism. Do elaborate, please. In Jackspeak if necessary.



Chickenboy -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 10:06:31 PM)

Saturday afternoon tithe...folks in town through Thanksgiving, which is kinda nice.



JWE -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 10:11:02 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Terminus
If development had stopped at "normal" A-Bombs, we might have seen their use in a battlefield situation in Central Europe, since there was some degree of "blindness" among war planners as to the power of nuclear weapons and the damage they could cause to the respective homelands.

True, but well served Artillery does add a modicum of dignity to what would otherwise be a vulgar brawl.

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Chickenboy -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 10:13:20 PM)

JWE,

That an M-777 in your siggy image? You seen in person? I understand it's the shiznit artillery system.



JWE -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:01:06 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
JWE,

That an M-777 in your siggy image? You seen in person? I understand it's the shiznit artillery system.

Yes Sir. An M-777 doing a night shoot on the range. I was just an old timey 105 puke and that shiznit stuff was just a gleam in my eye. Did get to watch a hard humping 155 battery shoot these things at Ft Irwin, last year.

I do so love the guns. And the guys at Irwin know that very well. So they let me have some peeks every now and then.



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:25:18 PM)

Looks like "Japan" made himself another account...



undercovergeek -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:28:46 PM)

does he not realise that the 'half page' type set up he uses instantly identifys him?



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:32:00 PM)

Obviously not.



jeffk3510 -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:34:03 PM)

Go with maps. Less combat reports. I plan on using numerous maps in our 2x3.



Terminus -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/19/2011 11:41:54 PM)

I wonder if he'll understand that he's not welcome if we tell him in languages other than English? How many different languages can we scrape together between us?



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