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GMT's Hellenes and SPQR Deluxe, S&T 260 Medieval battles of the Black Prince, and Europa Simulazioni's Guelphs & Ghibellines. All good fun.
Read: "Blasphemy" by Douglas Preston. Novel on the conflict between science/secular world vs. the religious/dogmatic. Very good. "Impact" also by Douglas Preston; A novel on something found on Mars that shouldn't be there. Very good. Both recommend.…
You are right. Its not the normal re-telling of the battles. It goes into war costs down to the individual soldiers, how the governments operated at this time(Evolution of the English Parliament), and the changes in military practice that would lead…
Finished "The Hundred Years War III: Divided Houses" by Jonathan Sumption. The third volume in this series. It was Outstanding, just like the first two. I can't wait till the next volume. This series covers everything: fiscal, social, political, mil…
Read: "EndKampf: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Death of the Third Reich" by Stephen G. Fritz. A good read, but dry at times, on the American GI's in Franconia, a staunch Nazi area of Germany. GI's, German civilians and soldiers fighting each other ov…
I can't even remember the other titles I've read, though I checked. I tried his "Heechee" series but did not like it.
"Time Travelers Never Die" by Jack McDevitt. SciFi. OK but not up to his previous books I've read.
"The Arms Maker of Berlin" by Dan Fesperman. Novel on the' White Rose Movement' of Nazi Germany. Sins of the past coming back to haunt the present. Ve…
Your right. I only check this site, maybe, once a week now. I enjoyed the political discussions and would check in, at least, once a day.
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- Your introduction to consim gaming:
- Not much into forums but CSW's Monstercon is the "Cat's Meow" of wargaming. I haven't missed one yet(knock on wood). So, I'll give this a try.I have been playing wargames since I was 15. I'm 60 now. My favorite Historical Periods are Ancient and Medieval but do play all eras of History. I live in Joliet, Ill.
- Your favorite game(s):
- My favorite games come and go as new games come out but my favorite system is GMT'S Great Battles of History. I wish they would apply it to the Middle Ages. I always buy two copies from this system as they come out. I need backups.
- In general, how much time do you spend gaming?
- 20 hrs per week
- How big is your game collection?
- 400+
- About Me
- I started board gaming around age 15/16 with AH's Tactics II that my father bought me for xmas. I've been hooked ever since. My father was a lifer in the Air Force so I moved around somewhat. I grew up in three main places; Texas(home state), Florida, and Japan. Left home at 18 and joined the Army. Did a tour in 'Nam and got out in '69. Married 4 years later to spunky little woman from Thailand. I have 2 kids, a son and daughter, both grown up with college degrees. I'm the only one in my family who missed out on college(1.5 yrs). Wife has a degree too, in education. Worked at a chemical company for 39 yrs. and just retired. Now I can try to catch up on my reading and gaming.
- Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.)
- Reading, traveling( been all over Asia and Europe), Rock and Roll music and of course, wargaming. Favorite book of all time: "Pebble in the sky" by Issac Asimov; favorite movie of all time: "No Highway in the Sky" with James Stewart; & favorite song of all time: "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones.
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Muslim Mob Shows who is boss in Germany
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"1:16 AM Received from Muqata Blog Reader in Germany, Sebastian M."
"Today, 10.000 people demonstrated against Israel here in my hometown Duisburg (Germany) and to express their solidarity with Hamas. So, my girlfriend and me put two Israel flags out of the windows of our flat in the 3rd floor. During the demonstration which went through our street the police broke into our flat and removed the flag of Israel. The statement of the police was to de-escalate the situation, because… Continue
"1:16 AM Received from Muqata Blog Reader in Germany, Sebastian M."
"Today, 10.000 people demonstrated against Israel here in my hometown Duisburg (Germany) and to express their solidarity with Hamas. So, my girlfriend and me put two Israel flags out of the windows of our flat in the 3rd floor. During the demonstration which went through our street the police broke into our flat and removed the flag of Israel. The statement of the police was to de-escalate the situation, because… Continue
Posted on January 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — 18 Comments
Comment Wall (8 comments)
- At 10:35am on November 8, 2009,
Steve Keifer said… - Joe: I put a copy of our next game set-up on my blog page.
- At 7:23am on July 30, 2009,
Chuck Sutherland said… - Ah yes I saw the 12 sided combat table when I was part of the Richmond Monster Gamers. They used it in WitE. Do you have a copy you can email or post?
- At 7:51am on July 29, 2009,
Chuck Sutherland said…
- Hey Joseph I saw your comments about perfering WIE and Europa, have you taken a look at the optional rules set I have for War in the East/ WIE to allow combat during the movement phase?
I triple the Russian production and do away with the AEX out of supply attack loss. I've testing it with two complete games of WitE first edition and it seems to work really well and does away with the quick step defense and a 3-5 stopping a panzer corps or Russian Armor stack is a thing of the past.
- At 6:59am on November 9, 2008,
Smitty said… - I have spent much of my life inside the M1, M1A1 and M1A2 with the loss of hearing to prove it!
- At 8:31pm on November 8, 2008,
Smitty said…
- Subtle - like my wife saying I'm as subtle as a hand grenade?
- At 6:00pm on November 8, 2008,
Smitty said…
- Cool pic!
- At 6:06pm on June 10, 2008,
Steve Keifer said…
- Joe: I left a report on the B-29 Group page about my first mission. It was fun. Hope you are aready to go with a mission on Sunday!
- At 8:40pm on May 5, 2008,
Steve Keifer said…
- CSW 2008: Joe brings - Games: RSR , SPQR (don't forget all the cohesion markers!), King David. Rules: Here I Stand, Gustav Adolf the Great (M&P), Sword of Rome, Pax Romana.
Steve brings - Games: Gustav Adolf (M&P), Caesar XL, Metz, English Civil War. Rules: Here I Stand, SPQR, Sword of Rome, RSR, Pax Romana.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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Lately, I've been mad at Newsweek, due to issues of bias that are beyond the realm of this group. However, tonight I read a very good article on its web site, regarding layoffs.I was once in a meeting at a former employer, and we were going over th…
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