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I am not an artist but the sketches are good. They look like wood cuts or acid etchings and then printed. I will show them to my brother, a graphic artist. He should find them interesting. Check out his Civil War sketches are my page. Enjoyed the ph…
Finished Robert Clary's book on the Mexican War and have just started Noah Trudeau's classic, "Gettysburg: A Tale of Courage". Also am reading Kati Marton's earlier work on Raoul Wallenberg, "Wallenberg". Her latest tome, "Enemy of the People" is su…
Dr. Mark Moyar's very controversial A QUESTION OF COMMAND: COUNTERINSURGENCY FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO IRAQ. This guy just loves to gore sacred cows.
I have just finished Geoffrey Parker's 'The Military Revolution' and I am now in the middle of Gene Wolfe's 'The Fifth Head of Cerberus'.
Read: "Famous Welsh Battles" by Philip Warner. Good
"The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan" by Yasmin Khan. Excellent overview of this calamity for India. Recommend.
I like it too, but wish that he'd gone further than the liberation of Rome; there was a lot more story to tell with the rest of the march up Italy.
You will find this book an amazing tale. I finished it last summer and found this volume as good as his first on the US Army in North Africa. I believe his last book in the trilogy will be the best yet. As my dad was wounded at Anzio and never reall…
Thanks for the tip (for Tear Down this Wall). I'm going through a Cold War phase.
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- I am a relatively latecomer to this lobby. I started 'wargaming' in the late seventies with the Usborne Battle Books. I remembered re-fighting the Battle of Arsuf over and over again with my little sister. Later, I found SPI's 'Napoleon' in 1982 and Squad Leader in 1983-4. I played Avalon Hill's 'Alexander the Great' and a couple of others from 1985. Afterwards, I was lost in the RPG wilderness and collectible card hell for years. I eventually returned to wargaming in the mid-nineties. These days, I am just not very active.
- Your favorite game(s):
- I haven't played enough to name a favourite.
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- Nothing. I haven't played in a year or two.
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- Very little unfortunately.
- How big is your game collection?
- I think it is about a hundred items or so now.
- Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
- http://singapore-wargames.tripod.com/
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- Activities: Reading, hiking, drawing, admiring landscapes, cityscapes
Interests: Wargames, boardgames, history, art, architecture, pencil artwork, ink artwork, forests, cities, urban development
Favorite Music: EBM, Synthpop, Electro-Gothic, Electro-Industrial: Clan of Xymox, Alphaville, Neuroactive, OMD, Lost Signal, Frozen Autumn, Kraftwerk, Dead can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Front Line Assembly, Delerium, Marc Almond, The Azoic, Faith and the Muse, Camouflage, Depeche Mode, De/Vision, God Module, Negative Format, VNV Nation, Depeche Mode, Covenant
Classical: Satie, Fauré, Liszt, Chopin, Rimsky-Kosarkov, Debussy, Scriabin
Favorite TV Shows: I haven't watched a TV programme for decades. Well, maybe, the occasional football World Cup match every four years.Favorite Movies:Doctor Strangelove, Brazil, Kwaidan, Blue, White, Red, Amelie, Exotica, Citizen Kane, Full Metal Jacket, Blue, Red, White, La StradaFavorite
Books: Too many to list really.
- Website:
- http://shyuechou.blogspot.com
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- At 7:00am on September 17, 2008,
Denny Koch said… - Regarding your comment upon my Berlin Central Station photo: Yes, bicycles and cyling are quite popular in Germany, especially in university cities where lots of students and young people live. The bikeways are great and cyclists enjoy some privileges such as the permission to enter one-way streets from the wrong direction. Some cities even offer "bicycle streets" where bikes always have the right of way. In addition, mountain and race biking are extremely popular sports. Last but not least, more and more people commute by bike / train since the gasoline prices reached new heights this year.
- At 1:54pm on September 2, 2008,
Gerald-Markus Zabos said… - Great pictures. Also liked those drawings at your blog ! Superb artwork !
- At 10:35pm on August 13, 2008,
Matt Severns said… - dang! all the time i spent on Orchard Road and newton Circus I could have spent gaming!
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Yeah, that seems fine. Maybe around 4Pm for a few hours. Let's confirm tomorrow with particulars; my email:
bobwargame07728@yahoo.com
Cool - maybe Saturday will be better.
Not this Friday, as the wife and I have to pick up grandchildren from daycare at 5PM and hang with them until 8PM. That little chore is variable once weekly.
I am not an artist but the sketches are good. They look like wood cuts or acid etchings and then printed. I will show them to my brother, a graphic artist. He should find them interesting. Check out his Civil War sketches are my page. Enjoyed the ph…
I got to check my schedule with the boss when she gets home. Would Friday night work for you?
Finished Robert Clary's book on the Mexican War and have just started Noah Trudeau's classic, "Gettysburg: A Tale of Courage". Also am reading Kati Marton's earlier work on Raoul Wallenberg, "Wallenberg". Her latest tome, "Enemy of the People" is su…
If you find some PM hours this weekend we can start the campaign game and I can try out some Allied strategy.
Well then I shall continue to "ping" away. The use of multi-decks (Operational, Limited War and Total war) should provide some interesting variations with the historical record.
Robert,
I hope was hoping that she could crochet herself some common sense, but once again I hope too much.
To say the least.
Thanks for this Jim. One can only hope she will be charged with child abuse but in this topsy-turvy, "feel good" world this woman will be excused for her poor taste in clothing selection. And to imagine this is the best way she could put her sewing…
Hang in their Robert. These card-driven games are fun. The mechanisms for movement and battle are fairly easy. Like you stated, and to paraphrase Shakespeare, "the strategy is the thing". Only play of the games can comfort one that their approach is…
I clicked on the link and was truely shocked! This is not going to go over well.
A number of years ago I played around with a political/conflict game concept that explored the decade prior to the beginning of the American Civil War. My early draft was titled "Bitter Harvest - 1854" and did not incorporate strategy cards, which m…
I'm plugging away at the rules (Pursuit of Glory); getting a feel for the various phases of a turn, action rounds and the reliance (which I like) to using strategy as the prime mover of events. I appreciate GMT's publication of their rules. If this…
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and when you try not to install in 'Program Files' ?
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