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command and colors ancie…
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Wings of War
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Hexdraw Users
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WW2 West Front Games
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Greg Blanchett's Discussions
What have you purchased lately?
Replied Mar. 17, 2009
Visiting Battlefields
Replied Aug. 11, 2008
Too Many Games, Too Little Time!
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- My dad knew I liked history and maps/geography, so when he saw Murfreesboro at the hobby store he bought it for me. The battle happened to have taken place on my birthday almost 120 years before. I've been hooked ever since...
- Your favorite game(s):
- I have many "favorites", but the one I actually have worn the numbers off the counters is A Gleam of Bayonets. I think I've actually played more games total of Commands & Colors: Ancients than any I have...
I love and have everything from the following series: GBACW, SCS, La Bataille, BAR, GBoH, RSS/LoB, PGG, OpTyphoon/VitW, and various other smaller classics...
- What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
- Hopefully some time with The Caucasus Campaign, until I have mounted the next set of Fall Blau playtest counters, of course... :-)
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- Commands & Colors: Ancients (EPIC), Twilight Struggle, SP II, Bastogne (MMP/SCS), Operation Typhoon, Storm Over Stalingrad, Cobra III, Iron Tide, Deluxe Bitter Woods, A Victory Lost, Wings of War, Memoir '44, World At War: Eisenbach Gap, War for the Motherland 2...
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- Whenever I can...
- How big is your game collection?
- Slimming down, but now fluxuating at 240...
- Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
- North Texas (War)Gamers
- About Me
- Ex-Navy Electrician during Desert Storm, divorced with two daughters (15 & 18yo), living in Texas, born & raised in the San Diego area, and currently trying to make ends meet working for a large bank.
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- Wargames and Computer FPS & RTS (if you have to ask what these are, then you haven't really gotten into PC gaming).
- Website:
- http://dfwfront.net
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"I doubt if anyone found it funny in the least."
Yes, disturbing... like reading '1984'
Awesome... great pics! :-)
Jo, I guess there is a 256MB file limit to HexDraw... it barfed during save and hm file is toast. I'm going to start over, but figure people should know...
...and all the leaders are riding side-saddle. :-P
Yeah, let's go people... support the system and pre-order! :-)
Beautiful voice...
Sweet! Looks like multiple plays of a few scenarios. Thanks for posting...
Greg Blanchett's Blog
Operation Typhoon (SPI) - Solo Campaign AAR (RAW)
Taking a short break from Fall Blau work to run through the one that started it all...
AAR Folder on CSW
AAR Folder on CSW
Posted on March 21, 2009 at 11:00pm — 14 Comments
Fall Blau Progress Report
As I work to put finishing touches on the counters, I have posted the current drafts of the rules in the games' folder:
Fall Blau: Campaigns of Army Group South, 1942
Hopefully, I will soon be starting another round of alpha testing in preparation for CSWE 2009. It is my plan to have at least a couple kits ready and with me in Tempe. It will be my first CSWE and first major open display of my project, I'm really looki… Continue
Fall Blau: Campaigns of Army Group South, 1942
Hopefully, I will soon be starting another round of alpha testing in preparation for CSWE 2009. It is my plan to have at least a couple kits ready and with me in Tempe. It will be my first CSWE and first major open display of my project, I'm really looki… Continue
Posted on December 11, 2008 at 2:30pm — 13 Comments
Fall Blau Combat Mechanics Applied
Posted on June 9, 2008 at 1:00pm — 8 Comments
My Personal Look At Graphics
Case Study Two: Watermarks.
There seems to be a current trend for tactical games to use watermarks of unit badges on their counters. Most of the time either the badge is generic or only partially used.
… Continue
There seems to be a current trend for tactical games to use watermarks of unit badges on their counters. Most of the time either the badge is generic or only partially used.
… Continue
Posted on June 2, 2008 at 11:50am — 6 Comments
My Personal Look At Graphics
Case Study One: War for the Motherland from Six Angles #9, versus the MMP remake, Red Star Rising.
I became interested in this game after noticing discussion of RSR as it was being worked on. I had no prior knowledge of details except having heard of FGA/Rampart's War for the Motherland issue (as they were taking a well deserved dirt nap). I am a big fan of strength chit games (duh, look at my current design project) and have been very receptive to Masahiro's work. So my interest… Continue
I became interested in this game after noticing discussion of RSR as it was being worked on. I had no prior knowledge of details except having heard of FGA/Rampart's War for the Motherland issue (as they were taking a well deserved dirt nap). I am a big fan of strength chit games (duh, look at my current design project) and have been very receptive to Masahiro's work. So my interest… Continue
Posted on May 30, 2008 at 1:20pm — 21 Comments
Comment Wall (12 comments)
- At 8:27pm on April 6, 2009,
Smitty said… - I also need to get to Russia Beseiged!
- At 1:26pm on April 6, 2009,
Smitty said…
- Indeed it is - waiting to see what the weather is going to be!
- At 6:43am on April 3, 2009,
Smitty said…
- Murfreesboro - my great great grandfather last 2 fingers there in 1862....
- At 7:03pm on September 13, 2008,
Smitty said…
- Murfreesboro - my great grand daddy lost 2 fingers there!
- At 5:58am on June 23, 2008,
Stephen G said… - Thanks for the invite, might need to leave it a couple of weeks to get involved in testing...are there any other Australian members interested?
- At 8:44am on June 17, 2008,
Stephen G said…
- Hi Greg, I see you are creating a game using derivative of the VitW system. Interested in helping out in playtest if needed. I've been playtesting Salerno with Nathan K recently which whet my appetite again. Regards. Steve
- At 6:29pm on March 28, 2008,
John Kranz said… - sounds good re: those gaming dates, Greg. I'll plan to make a visit.
- At 1:00pm on March 28, 2008,
John Kranz said…
- Greg, I'd like to swing by your place sometime to check out the Stalingrad game you are designing!
- At 12:53pm on March 27, 2008,
Jo Bader said… - Greg,
thanks for buying my Software :-)
- At 11:19am on March 23, 2008,
John Kranz said…
- Hey, Greg...that really is something that you were in Ventura as well. Sorry you can't make Expo this year but I look forward to meeting you here locally sometime soon after the event.
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Read "The Last Duel" by Eric Jager. Subtitled: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France. Could be a Hollywood movie??? Good.
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"I doubt if anyone found it funny in the least."
Yes, disturbing... like reading '1984'
Are they the same car (basically)? VW owns Audi.
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Count me in Jim!
Didn't we just have a special election.....God we get to go through THAT yet again....
I've found the internal debate (i.e. the debate in my head) has been to either play a lot of games poorly or a few games well. I prefer the latter model, but then you must, as you say, find that set of holy grail games that one chooses to become goo…
Chris:
Really - that's a good point. I wonder if the Audi folks realized the message they were sending out with this one. I doubt if anyone found it funny in the least.
Smitty
The fact that Carolyn like KAtie, married men like us tells us they are good and special people.
My wife Carolyn teaches special ed. I wouldn't trade jobs with her for any amount of money. Very difficult work indeed.
Group to discuss boardgame Map Making.
Where amateur and published map makers can discuss and assist each other with techniques and methods used in creating boardgame maps.
(not a group for arguments about what map style or software app is best)
I've recently printed and built "To the Last Man." I was able to play the game and get an idea of its look and feel beforehand thanks to BGG and Cyberboard. It's an excellent game, one well worth the bother.
I _hope_ it is just by unfortunate accid…
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