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Your introduction to consim gaming:: Started playing in 1973, AH Luftwaffe was my first Wargame. Since then things have gotten quite out of hand... LOL!!!

Your favorite game(s):: Here I Stand, Russian Campaign, Combat Commander, Totaler Kreig, and a few hundred others...

What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?: GMT "Here I stand", and playtesting my own design "No Retreat! 4"

What game(s) have you played recently?: A LOT of "Here I Stand". Plus "Combat Commander" and "Russia Besieged" and "Paths of Glory".

In general, how much time do you spend gaming?: About 6 hours a week.

How big is your game collection?: More than 2000 Wargames plus about 450 Euros.

Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!): http://cf.groups.yahoo.com/group/lesgrognards/

About Me: I live in the Suburbs of Montreal, Canada. I am a Mechanical Engineer by trade but now work in IT/Computers for a very large corporation. I traveled a lot, lived in France for 5 years, also in Labrador, up north, for almost as long! I go to the USA frequently, summer home there.

BTW did I told you I was french-speaking??? :^)

Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.): I love skiing, camping, biking and travelling. I read a lot, mainly historical, military and scientific books. As for music I like pretty much everything but hard rock and the like; my choices do tend to be a bit eclectic. Very old music always strikes a chord.

Movies? I am VERY choosy. Anything Historical/Military, but I have a lasting fancy about Gwinneth Paltrow. :-P

Website:: http://www.licinius.com

Playing Combat Commander With live a Live grenade. Bwahaha!

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Double-thick counters, or death!

I just read the very interesting Blog about clipping counters for our games: This strikes me as an absolute must. I started doing this in 1976, and haven't looked back since then. :^)

But there is another, more troubling and maniacal habit I catched: using thicker counters!

Most wargames use far too thin counters, I have a small visual/physical disability and it makes those thin counters far too difficult and aggravating to handle. Tweezers? No sir, I'll never use… Continue

Posted on March 4, 2008 at 12:18pm — 8 Comments

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At 5:51pm on June 3, 2008, Kaarin Engelmann said…: Thank you for your kind words...now if I could just get around to posting more photos :)

At 8:21am on March 24, 2008, Alan Emrich said…: Yes, we have "checkerboard" HQs now.

At 1:01pm on March 17, 2008, Andreas Ludwig said…: Isn't that the card-holder from Memoir '44? Btw great Napoleon on the wall!

At 8:07pm on March 3, 2008, Kaarin Engelmann said…: Have you been down to the World Boardgaming Championships yet? We get several groups who make the drive down. You mentioned you had been to Belize. Do you travel much? Where else do you recommend? I'll look you up when I'm trying to find another game of HIS PBeM.