fcharton -> Being good, for a change – SqzMyLemon (J) vs fcharton (A) (10/25/2015 2:19:01 PM)
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I did not want this to happen. I am an evil emperor at heart, complete with dark costume, ceremonial sword, an equal interest for pressing wild flowers and dismembering political rivals, the kind of person who wakes up at night, sweating and quaking, because he dreamt his son turned Luke Skywalker. A JFB, as we are called on this forum. Unfortunately, tyranny is a lot of work. And after two and a half years, my game against Spence stopped, for lack of time, in June 1943, as the Allies were held in check on the Indian border and in the DEI, but were advancing fast in New Guinea and towards Ambon. For more than a year I did not have enough time to partake in ruling Asia, chronicling my life as a tyrant, and ranting about how unfair this game is to us sons of the chrysanthemum (or whatever we are called by western authors when they wax poetic). And then SqzMyLemon was looking for an opponent, and I had always wanted to play him (I learnt my ways as an evil emperor in his first AAR, against Smeulders), and whereas I had no time for another imperial venture, he was ready to play Japan, and so we got talking, and in the end, I volunteered to play the Allies, and be good, for a change. Apostasy, by any other name, would sound just as foul, but I try so see this as a learning experience, an evil emperor’s internship in heaven, that will allow me to learn the tricks of the nice trade, and be back, someday, running a better Japan. Anyway, we will be playing DaBigBabes scenario B, with extended map, stacking limits, gnarly Asian roads, but regular cargo capacities. The game will be PDU on, one day turn, with no 4E bombers below 10 000 ft, PP for borders, and a couple of fairly standard home rules under discussion right now. As this means some adjustment and thinking on both sides, the war will probably begin in a couple of weeks. I will try to use this time to catch up, and any suggestions about what to read as an Allied primer (for a moderately experienced player of this game) are welcome. As usual, I will try to keep a record of my life in the forces of good, together with some comments on the game, and a lot of unrelated subjects. I hope you will enjoy it.
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