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John Boone
- 56, Male
- Mckinney, TX
- United States
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- Highschool Chess Club: I wasn't a member but played with guys who where. One guy introduced me to Warp War during lunch and I was hooked from then on. I went over to his house and he showed my his game collection, mostly stuff from Avalon Hill. I soon had catalogs from Avalon Hill and SPI, began ordering anything that looked interesting and then subscriptions to Strategy and Tactics and the Avalon Hill General soon followed.
- Your favorite game(s):
- My gaming phase came in two parts. I gamed in highschool and while I was in the Navy continuously with Starfleet Battles and the original Squad Leader series being my favorites. After the Navy, 1987-2000, and before the internet, my gaming died off for lack of opponents in my hometown. I'd buy a game every now and then at the only local store that sold them but then would not get to play them except solitaire. After I finished my EE degree I moved to Dallas; this was my rebirth of gaming once I found websites such as Consimworld and Boardgamegeek and was able to locate a group of local wargamers, North Texas Wargamers, in the DFW area. Now I'm partial to the card driven wargames by GMT, multi-player strategy games with some type of conflict from FFG, and block games by Columbia.
- What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
- None at the moment
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- Angola!
Cityfight
Guns of Gettysburg
Crown of Roses
Sergeants Miniatures Game (BGG Con 2012 acquisition)
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- Probably a couple of face to face games a month
- How big is your game collection?
- 200+ titles. Not a collector - Only buy what I'm going to play(at least that is the intention) 8^).
- Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
- North Texas Wargamers - Once a month game meetups.
- About Me
- The short list:
1. US Navy - Naval Nuclear Program Electrical Plant Operator, 6yrs.
2. Electrician for ten years while going to school. Finished school in 5 yrs.
3. Electrical Engineer working in defense industry.
4. Widowed(Dana) with 4 kiddos (Cody, Christine, Catherine, and Claire)
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- Reading - Military History, Sci-fi, technical books
Obviously board wargaming
TV: History Channel, Discovery Channel, Fringe, Bones, The Mentalist
Movies: Nothing memorable recently, Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, Starwars Episode V, The Lord of the Rings movies
Music: All over the place - I'll listen to anything at least once.
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1812: The Invasion of Canada
Played 1812: The Invasion of Canada with my son on Sunday afternoon. We played the full campaign which ended at the end of turn 6 when the Brits played all their truce cards to end the game with a Brit win. The game first favored the Brits and then swung in favor of the Americans so I decided to try to end it before it swung back in favor of the Americans. Only 5 pages of actual rules, it plays quickly, and it it fun.
Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:12pm
BGG Con 2011
November is always a good time for gaming because I attend BGG Con. This year I managed to play 14 wargames at BGG Con between Tues evening to Sunday morning. Five of those games were games of Sekigahara; this was probably my favorite game of the con.
I created a BGG Geeklist of all the wargames I played during the con at the link below:
http://ning.it/s44vAE
Ones that come to mind include:
Hannibal: Rome v…
Posted on December 11, 2011 at 10:44am
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