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AW1Steve -> RE: The Happy Pinatas (11/18/2010 12:26:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo
Hello everybody (I'm sure there arn't that many of you) and welcome to the AAR.
Steve (AW1Steve) and I are playing against John (John 3rd) and Scott (scott1964). They are both from Colorado and are very good and experienced players. Incidentally, they can stop reading and get the heck out of this thread.....now. [:'(]
As for Steve and I, we have absolutely nothing in common except sheer bloody mindedness. We have played several games of the original WitP against each other and found them to be invariably bloody but very, very enjoyable (speaking for myself, of course, although my partner might agree as well) during which I have acquired great respect for Steve both as a player and person and am honored to fight with him side by side, as it were. We have also noted that we have a very similar playing style and tend to think along the same lines strategically. We hope that this will prove an advantage in this game.
This is my first game of AE anything aside from about a month's worth of turns I ran against the AI as I only bought the game a month or so ago after taking a very lengthy pause from vanilla WitP for personal reasons and not having the guts to return until now. Steve has quite a bit more experience, both with AE and WitP in general and has been an invaluable resource for information and a great sounding board for my silly ideas.
The premise of this game is simple. There are no house rules. We are all gentlemen and adults and can agree that we can enjoy this game without throwing up preemptive bulwarks of house rules (which always struck me as a sort of PBEM prenop). Therefore, all the parties involved have agreed to keep themselves honest, not engage in any gamey behavior or to misuse the weaknesses of the system in any way. There is the caveat that any notice of gamey actions can and should be called out to the offending side, but I'm personally sure that this will not become necessary.
Other than that, the field is open. As Steve is fond of saying, the gameyest part of this game is that one person can be Field Marshal, Admiral, President, Prime Minister and God the Almighty all in one.
As for the setup of this AAR, I have noted elsewhere previously that I am no fan of cutting and pasting the combat summary. Maybe my partner would be willing to take care of that side or either of us could simply provide a synopsis. I'll try to fill in the color commentary as the muse moves me.
Questions, comments and jokes are always welcome. Rude and/or obnoxious behavior is not.
Enjoy.
The reason I've never cut and pasted the combat summary is that I've never quite figured out how. I probably will some day, but not for the tactical benefit of Chickenboy![:D]
Yury and I have very different backgrounds and areas of interest. Strangely enough they complement each other. I won't say where those areas are , because they will give too much info to "you know who", whom I'm currently engaged in another deadly struggle (2x2 PBEM)![:D]
We've had hours of preperation and planning , via email,phone callsand instant messaging. My hopes are to increase this to tele-conferencing next. (Assuming I can get the newly purchased camera and other gear functioning!).To plan any better or more extensively would require one of us to purchase an airline ticket (probably me, as I very much doubt Yury will visit the land of Beef,beer,bombers and Corn-huskers!). [:D]
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