First victory:
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Wooden Ships & Iron Men , MBT
First defeat:
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Wanted to buy THE LONGEST DAY (AH), at the age of 15. Had several summer jobs to raise the money. When i came back to the hobby store, the game was gone - sold like 2 days before i got there. Can you feel the drama ?
Your favorite game(s):
The Battle for Normandy (GMT)
Here I Stand
S & T magazine games
EuroFront
What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
solitaire: Thirty Years War Quad , FTF: EuroFront, The Battle for Normandy,PBEM: Here I Stand, The Battle for Normandy
What game(s) have you played recently?
EuroFront
In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
8h / week
How big is your game collection?
~ 50 games ( Eurogames + Wargames )
Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
Local game club at my house on a (not so) regular basis.
Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
Working on several (war)game related projects:
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* 30 Years War game system(writing the manual, doing artwork)
* Stone Age boardgame(doing)
Influences from books, movies, music include:
Books:
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* Die Armee Gustav Adolfs - Infantrie und Kavallerie
* Der 21.Juli (Alt-History, Stauffenberg assasination on Hitler succeeds)
* Die Mauer steht am Rhein (Alt-History, West Germany -> Socialism)
Movies:
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* In der Gewalt der Unterirdischen ( A boy and his dog )
* Contact
* Der Stoff aus dem die Helden sind ( The Right Stuff )
* Lone Wolf & Cub ( Kozure Okami )
Music:
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* The Doors
* Arcade Fire
* Thievery Coorporation
* Der Dritte Raum
* Rechenzentrum
* Blondie
* Smashing Pumpkins
* Wolfmother
* The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Metropolis is a game for 2-5 players. Players basically begin in a farming community and help build it into a town into a city into a teeming metropolis. A bit of politics are thrown in but it is basically a build-up type game.
We traced a fair amount of their route on our trip from FT Lewis (near Seattle) to Helena Montana. Even better we had 2 huge storms (one blizzard like) to work through so it gave one a different appreciation.
I find your project fascinating and worthwhile.I have done a lot of traveling this year past to places like Idaho, Montana, Eastern Washington and Alaska - the more remote and barren places and often contemplate life eons back. Even the Lewis and Clark expedition boggles my mind.
I've seen The Uninvited about 12-14 times, in 4 different states (CA, NC, SC, GA). They even put us on their bar tab in Athens, GA, since we'd driven down from SC to see them play (they were opening for Cheap Trick, but we were there for The Uninvited).
They released about 8 CDs, and there are some songs that were re-released on later CDs, but for the most part it's all different - and very good - music. It's too bad they put the band on hiatus, but they've all got families to raise.
There are lots of games for CyberBoard and, if you're up to trying it, I can probably help you through it. The card driven games are especially good. For instance, For The People or Barbarossa to Berlin or Twilight Struggle (especially good). Are any of these of interest?
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Metropolis is a game for 2-5 players. Players basically begin in a farming community and help build it into a town into a city into a teeming metropolis. A bit of politics are thrown in but it is basically a build-up type game.
They released about 8 CDs, and there are some songs that were re-released on later CDs, but for the most part it's all different - and very good - music. It's too bad they put the band on hiatus, but they've all got families to raise.
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