jbcurtis
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Joined: 8/2/2000 From: Sunnyvale, CA USA Status: offline
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Well my first wargames were around 1972, Avalon Hill games "D-Day" and "Kriegspiel". I was nine, and having decreasing luck in persuading my older brothers in high school and college to play "kiddie games" with me, so I had to learn their games. Besides introducing me to wargames, it taught me to be a good loser at an early age. I always got creamed, but I had fun. D-Day had been given as a Christmas present to the brother in high school. He played that game (usually solitaire) almost constantly for two years. He eventually worked out a perfect German defense, and even had it penciled in on the mapboard. Unfortunately, he'd erased it by the time I started playing. We had that Civil War game Life magazine included as an insert, too. "1863" was the name. I finally won a game of that by the time I was in college. One game between the two older brothers broke up over a rules dispute, however. The Confederate player moved an army into the one square of Canada included on the Northern edge, and claimed the Union player couldn't attack him there. My chances of a normal childhood were pretty much doomed by that point. I played, lost, and enjoyed Jutland, Midway, Africa Corps, Blitzkrieg, etc, etc, etc. By the time I was in high school, I could even WIN once in a while. One of the brothers, my nephew, and I actually played Jutland a few years ago. It's not quite as comfortable pushing all those cardboard ships all over the floor when you're older, however. Regards
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