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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 4:12:46 AM   
macgregor


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Status: offline 		46, from just south of Ft myers, florida. My first game was 'Sniper' while at ASW school in San diego. I then bought and played 'Panzer Leader' and then 'Firefight'. I saw SPI's 'Global War' and was intrigued. Before finding WiF I'd bought and played (though mostly alone) 'Pacific War', 'Vietnam','Solomons','Island battles','Third Reich', and 'Test of Arms'. I've since had ETO and PTO(not as good as WiF). Since changing over to computer games I've had most of them,strategy, sims particularly the naval ones. I must confess I play Operation Flashpoint' a first person shooter,flightsim squad strategy game all in one. An excellent game, largely because of it's player resources. As is the case with my favorite: 'The Operational Art of War', which I'm also desperately waiting to see updated by Matrix. Most of what I know about Wif I've learned from Steve, as well as how to make wargaming a twice a week event. I miss those days. I'm hoping that MWiF will allow some of us old friends, now seperated by long distance, a chance to rekindle the same old rivalry.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 4:19:01 AM   
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Been playing WiF (solo) off and on for 15 years, space permitting. Been playing board wargames (mostly SPI) since the mid 70's, and computer wargames since SSG released "Reach For The Stars" for the C64. Was (a very small) part of the beta test for Chris Mariacci's CWiF.

Oh, and I'm the developer for CWiE-II, due for release mid-year. Between CWiE, MWiF and "Strategic Command 2" I think this is going to be a BIG year of grand strategy WW2 wargames. I need to get CWiE-II finished by June so I'll have enough free time in the second half of 2006 to play MWiF!!!

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 10:45:54 AM   
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I have played wargames since at least the mid-80's. Favorite game is Empires at Arms even after all these years. After that WW2 strategic and grand strategic games like (adv) third Reich, Eastfront and these days Europe engulfed. I have played WIF some 10 times in the late 90's and loved it. Space and time constraints did put an end to this monster. Some of the mechanics are brilliant and I would love to put builds onto the production spiral again, send out the navalplanes into the Mediterraen, trying to draw that early FW-190 , you know what I mean.

I've been watching progress in this forum (originally watching EiA ) for a while and I am impressed by the dedication and by steve's handling of it all. Much as I would want to help, things are in much more capable hands here then mine, so I am contend to watch. You guys are doing a great job!


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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 12:21:36 PM   
Espen

 

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Status: offline 		Hi, I'm from Norway, 34 years old, and started playing this sort of games back in 92. Didn't know they existed before one or two years before that. My first game was Desert Victory (Omega Games), then Russian Front, Adv. Civ., and then I joined the club in Oslo in early '95. Since then I've played: Britannia, Junta, EiA, SPQR, Diplomacy, Machiavelli, Third Reich (bought the 3rd ed. right before adv. arrived. Great.), Panz.gr. Guderian, Risk, Axis and Allies. Am also involved in a game of War between the states. Now I'm more interested in the older times, but still fascinated by this game, which is probably the best representation of WW2 in strategic games games.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 1:03:12 PM   
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ORIGINAL: cwie

44, Melbourne Australia.

Been playing WiF (solo) off and on for 15 years, space permitting. Been playing board wargames (mostly SPI) since the mid 70's, and computer wargames since SSG released "Reach For The Stars" for the C64. Was (a very small) part of the beta test for Chris Mariacci's CWiF.

Oh, and I'm the developer for CWiE-II, due for release mid-year. Between CWiE, MWiF and "Strategic Command 2" I think this is going to be a BIG year of grand strategy WW2 wargames. I need to get CWiE-II finished by June so I'll have enough free time in the second half of 2006 to play MWiF!!!



Awesome dude! We are looking forward to cWiE II. The first version was OK to play but had the same issues as the board game. Hoping play balance will be there this time. Starting in '39 the Axis walks.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/21/2006 6:28:36 PM   
Froonp


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Status: offline 		Hello,

I am Patrice, from southern France (15 miles north of Marseilles, hex 1221 on the Western Europe map, hex 64,31 on the CWiF map).
I use to work as a system engineer in servers & networks since 2002. I was a trainer in computer softwares before that. I'm married, and have a son born in October 1998.

I was born in August 1965, and discovered WiF 5th Edition in 1991. I was playing AH, International Team, Victory Games wargames with my best friend, amongst whom our favorites were Flat Top, Pacific War and Air Force / Dauntless.
Since the day we played WiF, we were addicted and nearly played it exclusively.

In 1996 I upgraded to WiF FE and discovered the Internet community of the WiF discussion list and subscribed to it. I also decided to create a website about WiF to help clarifying it for beginners and other people lost in the countersheets & rules versions for example.
We nearly played about one '39-'45 WiF FE campaign per year, since 1996, so I have a fairly good understanding of how the game plays.

In late 1997 I answered a call for help sent by Harry Rowland on the WiF Discussion list, and since that time I give him a hand at shipping the ADG games in Europe. Through that experience and contact, I was often able to ask question directly to him to have clarifications about the rules. Surprisingly, I never met him.

In early 1998 I became part of the Alpha testing team for CWiF. The first version I tested was 0.0.27 I believe, and we went up to 0.7.71. A whole lot of work was done by all of us.

To be complete about the WiF thing in my life, in late 2002 I was proposed to be part of the so-called "Rule Comitee" of WiF FE. I like participating to it to try to "have it better", but I think my opinions only have little weigth in it.

All of this might explain why I'm so dedicated to have MWiF close to WiF FE, and why I'm often asking to "Ask Harry" when important things (changes) are decided.

Aside from WiF, I used to play role-playing games (AD&D, not very frequent nowadays), and I also play computer games (Matrix's wargames, WWII flight simulators, WWII SUB simulators, that kind of thing, with some WWII first person shooter). Needless to say that I'm interested in history (mainly around WWII but not exclusively) geography (I love maps and knowing how it all works), computers (surprising) and I'm also interested in geopolitic (I should say, "amazed with").

I'm here on the MWiF forums and on the "CWiF / MWiF experience" to try to put all the experience I gathered in the WiF FE world and in the computer word through my work and my hobbies to help making MWiF great.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/22/2006 9:44:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		My name is John, a 37 year old Software Engineer from Canberra, Australia. I played WiF from about the age of 17 to about 3 years ago when I needed a break. I'm about to pick it up again though as the itch is back and recently got in contact with my old group again (who are still playing).

Back when I used to play Harry Rowland also lived here in Canberra and I've played many a game with and against him. I was also involved with the testing and refining of the current rules and Beta testing the computer version of the game when Chris Marinacci was working on it. I was also a part of the rules comittee back then (I remember you Patrice - you had [or still have] a great WiF web site!) and actively involved in what was then an email mailing list for WiF developers and helpers.

So, hopefully I'll be able to bring some WiF knowledge to the forum!



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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/22/2006 6:22:35 PM   
amwild

 

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Status: offline 		Melbourne, Australia. Database programmer. 35 Years old. Enough with the boring stuff...

I have played short games of WiF a grand total of two times quite a few years ago, just enough to know that I wanted to play it more, and just enough to know that I would never have the table or floor space required to play it more. It was at that point (some time before CWiF was begun) that I decided that I would have to turn WiF into a computer game. The only things that got in the way of this ambition was time - as in not having enough of it - and copyright issues - I didn't want to begin such an ambitious project unless I could let everyone share in it (i.e. sell it to everyone). By the time I was about ready to begin, I looked up the ADG site to see who to contact them about the rights, only to find that CWiF was in production. At that point, I figured that I'd just wait and see. I waited. And waited.. And waited... And here we are. I must say that from what I have seen here, Steve seems to be doing a better job than I expect I could have, especially since he has more experience with WiF, and he is actually coding an AI, PBEM, etc... I now strongly suspect that if I had started, I would have ended up not finishing what I had started.

Most of the war games I have played have been on computers; mainly the Civilization series and the Total War series. I have only one cardboard war game, Crimson Skies (if that actually counts as a war game), that I had a look at after having played the PC flight "sim" game, and decided that it looked like fun. I played it with the rules as written a couple of times, then sat down and re-wrote the rules to add a whole lot of options and complexity (like a third dimension) and to integrate it with the rules of my favourite pencil & paper RPG system (also heavily self-modified).

I spend most of my time with my friends playing pencil & paper RPGs, and most of my other spare time modifying the Ars Magica base rule set for our RPG sessions so heavily that its original writers would scarcely recognise what we have made of it. Yes, it seems that I like games with lots of rules... In other spare moments, I play mostly tactical type computer games - mainly WWII and modern flight sims and sub sims. At one time, I played a lot of the Civilization series and the Total War series, but I have cut back on playing them, in part to avoid awkward questions like "What are you still doing up at 7:30 AM?", after having lost track of time at around 9:30 PM.

I am looking forward (though not without some slight dread at the possibility of more of those early-morning questions) to finally playing MWiF. The only real problem I anticipate is not being able to modify the rules...

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/23/2006 1:33:17 PM   
YohanTM2

 

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Status: offline 		By the way cwie, I have 3 copies of CWiE II pledged so no more posting over here, hunker down and keep coding!

The demo looks great.

Rob

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/23/2006 2:23:36 PM   
Caranorn


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ORIGINAL: Yohan

By the way cwie, I have 3 copies of CWiE II pledged so no more posting over here, hunker down and keep coding!

The demo looks great.

Rob


Heh, his post was useful though as I went to check their website. While I didn't pledge (I'm broke, right now my next 2-3 month's money is reserved for my new computer, after that a game to be published in april...), I do plan to buy CWiE II, maybe pledge for a reedition of the board game at a later time.

Though that obviously won't be as good as MWiF.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/23/2006 10:46:04 PM   
YohanTM2

 

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Status: offline 		MWiF is indeed the one!

I would pledge for the board game but since the odds of me actually playing a board game prior to retirement in twenty years are between zero and zilch I think I will pass.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 2/26/2006 3:35:16 AM   
TemKarl


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Status: offline 		Yohan,

"so no more posting over here, hunker down and keep coding! "

Hunkering as requested ... coding is looking good at this stage. June is looming!

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Caranorn,

"Though that obviously won't be as good as MWiF."

Well I'm looking forward to playing more MWif than CWiE in the second half of 2006 (of course, I've been playing CWiE-II for nearly 18 months, so I could use a change!)

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/6/2006 9:43:02 AM   
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44 years old, married 23 years with five kids (21, 20, 19, 17, 16) and a dog. Did College of Engineering at U of S. Started in Computers, then went to another career for 17 years. Returned to computers in 1992 part-time and a self-employed developer full-time since 2000.

Started with Chess in Grade 4. First discovered wargames reading an advertisement for The Stategy and Tactics magazine in a SciFi magazine, but I didn't have the money for a subscription (Ah, for lost opportunities). First wargame was AH's D-Day in 1972 and then SPI's Starforce. Dropped Chess for wargames and haven't looked back (Sorry Steve). Discovered RPG's in a Grade 10 class project presentation with D&D (only published six months previous). Had two D&D tournament scenarios published in 1981. Lots of Third Reich and play by telephone Diplomacy and later, lots of Europa. I have done a little playtesting for the upcoming release of the Fire in the East re-release, Total War by GRD/HMS. Observed a couple of version 1 and 2 WiF games but had to leave gaming in 1992ish; too much time commitment to be a good father also. Returned to gaming a couple of years ago and my sons and I have had many a good gaming session. Only played WiF FE solitaire. Love it though. My game collection eventually expanded to over 2000 game titles. Lost all but 50 in a 1996 basement flood. (I think I am back up to about 250 titles)

Other loves: music (singing and playing), reading (SciFi, Fantasy, and Theology), and soccer.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/7/2006 3:09:01 AM   
coregames


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Status: offline 		I have played WiF from 4.5 to the current incarnation. I played the open beta of Chris Marinacci's version, but never through the whole global war scenario. My bidding has been conservative, however, so I have yet to play the U.S. or Germany. I play a very strong CW, Russia and Italy. I've struggled with Japan.

I also still play EiA and preordered 7 Ages, and have played both DoDII and Fatal Alliances, but not America in Flames or Patton in Flames. Our group usually plays WiFFE Deluxe with oil and limited reorganization.

Harry and Greg will be thought of as the Lennon and McCartney of wargame design when the history of the period is written. Unfortunately, my wife laid down the law and i am on a one-year hiatus from involvement in the game. When i can play, I'm considering bidding 8 to finally play one of the two powerhouses.

Hope you are all well, I've missed you. The project is in very good hands

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/7/2006 8:34:55 AM   
Froonp


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I also still play EiA and preordered 7 Ages, and have played both DoDII and Fatal Alliances, but not America in Flames or Patton in Flames. Our group usually plays WiFFE Deluxe with oil and limited reorganization.

Preordered 7 Ages ???
You do not have received it ?

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/7/2006 9:24:41 AM   
coregames


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ORIGINAL: Froonp

quote:

I also still play EiA and preordered 7 Ages, and have played both DoDII and Fatal Alliances, but not America in Flames or Patton in Flames. Our group usually plays WiFFE Deluxe with oil and limited reorganization.

Preordered 7 Ages ???
You do not have received it ?


No I got it Patrice... just pointing out how anxious I was to play another Rowland Pinder game.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/10/2006 6:27:35 PM   
Ballista


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Status: offline 		It seems we have a few Europa gaming folks here. Glad to see I'm not all alone (although I haven't played the game in a few years). Just received my copy of Armies of Oblivion by MMP (ASL module containing the Axis minors). Good stuff indeed (from a game I haven't played in over year and preordered over 2 years ago). This seems to be a theme of for me for the last 10-15 years or so- I used to not be able to afford the games myself, but had time to play them. Now that I can afford them, I don't have the time to play them. Anyone else in the same boat ?

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/10/2006 6:37:22 PM   
SamuraiProgrmmr

 

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It seems to be a fact of life...

You can have the time but not the money OR
You can have the money but not the time OR
You can have both the money and the time but your relatives will be mad because you didn't cut them into the lottery winnings.

;)


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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/13/2006 5:03:42 PM   
DavidFaust

 

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Status: offline 		I have played WIF for well over 15 years and have spent 100's apon 100's of hours on this game. Alot of my games were played with DOD 1&2. I have forgoten how many games I have played but I would guess around 20+. I like to read the rule book at least 3 times before I play every game. Working out well laid plans and goals prior to each game is a must and we bidded for sides a week prior to starting. My mates call me the walking rule book as I kept pulling rules out and as they liked to read it for themselfs, i knew where to find it.

My worst defeat was a air battle with Italy against Russia. I lost 7 planes and 6p. I failed to shoot anything down and was on the +3 air coloum most of the time. Didnt even get a bomber through.

My finest victory was making Germany surrender in 39 playing UK. Was funny to see Italy DOW UK so they could rail a korps into Berlin to stop its capture. Polish cav was on the lose and was in range of Berlin. Uk landed in North Germany while France broke through in the south.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/13/2006 11:51:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		how in gods name....did your german player roll like 10 consecutive 1's (2's on 2D10)?? or was he/she just extremly inexperienced?

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/14/2006 6:44:51 AM   
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how in gods name....did your german player roll like 10 consecutive 1's (2's on 2D10)?? or was he/she just extremly inexperienced?


I have seen worse die rolling in Axis and Allies. The Russian player (with insignificant losses) wiped out the Germans on the first turn that Germany attacked.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/14/2006 8:26:57 AM   
DavidFaust

 

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how in gods name....did your german player roll like 10 consecutive 1's (2's on 2D10)?? or was he/she just extremly inexperienced?


Was a bit of both.

1st mistake by Germany was having 2 AC on there border with France. He mistook this for a korps and a AC. This led to a French invasion. A low odds attack with a high roll.
2nd mistake by Germany was to bypass forces for a quick destruction of Poland. These forces moved and there ZOC's hindered German troop movements and they were unable to act to a advancing cav. Poland was just about beaten but there actions forced Italy to enter the war to save Berlin.

UK sealed there fate by invading north Germany (I think I invaded Denmark, cant remember).

With the ability of the Allies to advance to a lightly undefended Germany, it was decided that Germany had a good chance to repulse the invaders but the damage done would not see France destroyed before 41 , most likley it would not fall. The axis decided to surrender and to place a more exp player as Germany.

This game was played along time ago and the rules were very different. There was no calling out the reserves.


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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/14/2006 2:28:20 PM   
DavidFaust

 

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 3/14/2006 8:58:56 PM   
Jeff Gilbert

 

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47, father of 3, grandfather of 1. [Grandson one year older than my son]. Don't ask ... long story.
Started with Tactics II ... not sure the year ... early 70's, I was about 13 or 14? First S&T Issue was #29 USN, fairly unbroken string to #145. Then a bunch more in the low 200s.
My favorite gaming period is WWII & Cold War hypothetical.

My early addiction to "monster" games is all SPI's fault, HTTR, WiE, WiW, WiE. Then, years later, Victory Games re-hooked me with their "Strike" series [Gulf & Aegean].

Spent 20+ years in the US Army [79-2000] so I was unable to play as much as I wanted. I was, however, able to collect games and at least read the rules, spread out the maps and play a few sample turns. I did fall in with a good group of gamers in late 80's [?] which is where I first saw WiF. It absorbed me, still does every time I look at it.

Found a WiF gaming group in Minnesota [58,295] after I retired and got to play a couple of games ... great group of guys, tough competitors ... and one rules lawyer [he is a lawyer in real life too].
I rapidly got tired of snow and just last September moved to the beach on Florida's west coast [83,306].
I haven't found any WiF gamers here yet, but I am hopeful.

Well, that's probably more than anyone wants to know about me ... oh, I'm a network & telecom guy now.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 12:15:44 AM   
Shannon V. OKeets

 

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Status: offline 		This thread had fallen back to page two in the forum and I think it deserves to be "pinned to the top". So I have done so.

I encourage new comers to the forum to read through this to learn a little about the other players making posts. And, of course, I suggest they make their own post to this thread.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 12:28:57 AM   
trees

 

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Status: offline 		hi Folks, my name is Brian and I live in northern Michigan most of the year and eastern North Carolina part of the year. I am a forestry labor contractor and when I get free time I like to be back inside. There is only one other WiF player I know of less than a hundred miles away, so I'm, like the rest of you, looking forward to MWiF. I've been playing carboard wargames since high school in the early 80s. I used to play Third Reich in tournaments a lot back than, and in a postal 'zine (Buzzard's Breath). Once I discovered WiF in the third edition I never went back. As I got older I gave up tactical wargames (Squad Leader) and mostly only ever play WiF nowadays, although I want to dust off my collection of the Great Battles of the American Civil War games (one map Terrible Swift Sword system games). I was quite happy when WiFCon was moved to Lansing, Michigan and hope to make it there again this year.

I have been using computers since the first 8-bit home computers came out but have never gotten into many computer games. The shoot-em-up video ones don't appeal to me at all and it's only been lately that there have been many strategic games you can play against someone rather than the computer. I guess my first experience with "Eastern Front" on the Atari 8-bit machines led me to wait till they got better. I guess that day has come and MWiF might be my first one. But until then it is hard to beat the sight of a game of World in Flames with all the maps, modules, countersheets, bells and whistles set up and in play.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 3:41:13 AM   
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This thread had fallen back to page two in the forum and I think it deserves to be "pinned to the top". So I have done so.


Steve, I'm consistently amazed at how much attention you've paid to the community; I applaud your efforts. And I eagerly look forward to the chance to play WiF online.

Started with AH boardgames in the early 70s (Blitzkrieg and Anzio were my first) and stuck with the hobby off and on (didn't play much while I was on active duty) through the early 90s. Squad Leader and ASL were my favorites most of the time; actually had the privilege of meeting John Hill (Squad Leader's designer) in his professional capacity at the CIA a few years back. Then during grad school (1989-1995) I discovered WiF. Joined a DC-area gaming club - The Dawn Patrol - that engaged in weekly 6+ hours WiF sessions, cranking out a couple of games a year. Attended two Origins conventions (Philadelphia and the first Ohio event) just to play WiF; got to meet Harry Rowland at the first one. Also bought a lot of The Gamers boardgame titles; they put out a serious quality product. Also made several trips to Hunt Valley for Avaloncon; thinking about making the pilgrimage to PA for its successor the BPA convention.

Since leaving grad school have mostly been limited to computer games; huge fan of John Tiller's Campaign Series and Panzer Campaign Series. I think the The Blitz (www.blitz.org) is an awesome community of gamers; if there comes a day when there's a WiF ladder on The Blitz then my happiness will be complete.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 9:46:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Old time hand at wargaming (although not as old as some other here, I readily admit); played some of the AH series (things like Panzerblitz, and Panzer leader); used to have Chris Marinacci's CWiF, but lost that due to an HDD crash. Semi-inherited WiF (board version) from a buddy of mine who got his commission, and simply didn't have the space to keep it. So, I'm new at the WiF thing; if selected as a playtester, I'd need to be paired up with someone more experienced at it. I have playtested things before, but never a PC title (I playtested MechWarrior 3rd edition RPG).

EDIT: Oh, yeah: Name's Dave.

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 6:53:50 PM   
Mziln


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But you never know someting could open up. It would have to be something severe though to create an opening.

Were enjoying ourselves too much

< Message edited by Mziln -- 5/29/2006 7:01:01 PM >

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RE: How about a Roll Call ? - 5/29/2006 8:44:22 PM   
YohanTM2

 

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Mziln

Beta started a couple of months back and we are keeping Shannon buisy  

But you never know someting could open up. It would have to be something severe though to create an opening.

Were enjoying ourselves too much


Oh sure, rub it in <g>

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