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I haven't seen much in the way of Napoleonic games as of late, and I think the COA system always lagged a bit because the rules changed quite a bit and there have been lots of questions surrounding a new, more playable system. I think if someone can…
What I think will be coolest about the concept is the use of touch displays to pick up and move counters, etc. and swipe the display with a finger to quickly scroll and view the map. All this while having a live chat window or audio option to talk t…
I have a feeling I'm going to be doing some sort of live, hot seat playing on an iPad-like device within the next few years...should be interesting.
Congrats to our two winners, Howard Levine of Bayonne, NJ and Theodore Barnett of Mission, KS. I'm working with other publishers so we can try to offer this free drawing as often as we can when we post a product release story. Ultimately though, it'…
Nice pict. I can't tell from the location. Is that at your home or possibly a hotel/game convention?
Joe Balkoski and Ed Beach are the designers for GCACW! They have done a fantastic job with the series! Mark Herman is a very top designer. I have For the People and Empire of the Sun. I have yet to try it out but I look forward to EOTS. Chad Jensen…
I like CC, even though I'm more of an ASL fan. I may just give For the People a bash.... I'd never really thought that the ACW would be much of a candidate for an operational level system (Don't ask me why!), but this series is amazing.
The Great Campaigns of American Civil War is the perfect operational series of the war that others are out of question. I have all the games in the series as collection. I always dream of playing this series and only this series all days and nights…
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- I was introduced to wargaming by my older brother, when I was in junior high school. While we didn't play many games with each other at the time, I was able to build a small network of gaming buddies during high school. I got "re-introduced" to the hobby after a college hiatus when visiting a hobby store during a business trip in the '90s.
- Your favorite game(s):
- I'm a traditional hex-based type of gamer; Grognard is what you would refer to me as. My favorite wargame is SPI's Operation Typhoon. The reason this is my favorite game is because it is a "friendly" monster game, large and sexy, in being easy to play over a long weekend.
- What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
- Age of Bismarck (playtest) is up next
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- Played Leaping Lemmings which is currently on the GMT P500 program. Design by Rick Young, the game is sure to be a hit. Played this game with my two daughters at CSW Expo 2008. Also got in a few turns of Age of Bismarck playtest, a game that ConsimPress will be publishing.
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- Very little, but ask me again once I'm retired....
- How big is your game collection?
- 1,000+ games but half still remain in storage out of state.
- Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!)
- Hope to join a club soon...I reside in Plano, TX which is a suburb of Dallas
- About Me
- I was born and raised in Ventura, CA. I have two daughters from a previous marriage and now reside in Garland, TX with my wife and 1 yr. old son (and heir to my game collection), Cooper. Attended college at University of Redlands, CA and graduate school at Thunderbird, American Graduate School of Int'l Management, Glendale, AZ. My professional background is largely software product management. My current gig (which I really enjoy) is with Aquire. If you are involved with a company in possible need of enterprise org charting/reporting and related solutions, please let me know!
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- Favorite Activiites: tennis, military history, wargames, ice hockey, football, eating sushi.
Favorite Movies: Gettysburg, Pride and Prejudice, Notting Hill, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, North by Northwest, It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite books: The Shadow of the Wind
- Website:
- http://www.consimworld.com
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Comment Wall (125 comments)
- At 12:48pm on November 21, 2009,
Kai Jensen said… - Sadly enough, I was thinking of the work I need to get done on CC:Normandy, FF, Dominant Species and Urban Sprawl while I was at the office all day. I know we have friends over for gaming on Friday nights, but all I was thinking of was the files I want to complete. So... we played Rise of Empires. And I promised Chad we would resume our interrupted game of The Causasus Campaign today. Maybe I'll get to my work files this evening, but somehow I doubt it... (Life is grand, ain't it?)
BTW, how are you doing?
- At 1:10pm on October 25, 2009,
Kaarin Engelmann said… - Are we really limited to 100 photos? If so, I'd better stop uploading, as I'm at 90.
- At 8:19pm on August 16, 2009,
Chuck Sutherland said… - John any way to block these stupid spammer posts?
- At 12:38am on July 9, 2009,
Peter T Szymonik said… - Welcome back is more like it :-) I like what you've done to the place!
Peter
- At 9:52am on June 23, 2009,
Ted Henkle said… - Hey John: FYI...I received a message that a Janet Herbert left a comment on my page. I found no comment and there's no Janet Herbert listed in our membership. Another spammer?
- At 7:50pm on March 29, 2009,
Tom Meier said… - John,
I supsect this Chun Clark is some kind of spammer or other you may want to block?
- At 2:37am on March 8, 2009,
Matt Severns said… - hi John!
- At 7:01am on February 28, 2009,
Don Clarke said… - 2nd thing John, I have created a Vassal module for Pearl Harbor and put a not on the forum asking for the link to be made sticky at the top of the page 6 months ago, but no reply. Who moderates this page? If it's derelict I'd be very happy to take it on. It's going to be very quiet in there anyway :)
- At 6:58am on February 28, 2009,
Don Clarke said…
- Hi John :) Have acquired a definitive collection of Winter War errata and variants, and am currently in the process of annotating some recent replays. Intending to put out a call for strategy articles soon. Once complete I'd be grateful if you'd review the project material with a view to considering allowing me to post and publicise it as a free pdf under the 'SPI Revival Ezine' umbrella. Seems like a fun idea for the mythical 2nd issue to finally appear out of nowhere :)
- At 5:43pm on November 26, 2008,
Mike said… - John, I really enjoyed the 20K Games for $150K article you posted. Talk about the sheer volume of the games he collected over time. Wow. There was a recent article within the past few years about a guy who sold a record collection that he had of similar scope. And my wife complains about a few of my old Beatles albums lying around the house...!
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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…
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My wife Carolyn teaches special ed. I wouldn't trade jobs with her for any amount of money. Very difficult work indeed.
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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.
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