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Where is my mind? Way out in the water, see it swimming.
GAMING EXPERIENCE
PBEM Games in Progress:
Burma - OCS (MMP) (Operation U-Go) - Playing as Japanese vs Malcolm
Burma - OCS (MMP) (Operation U-Go) - Playing as Allies vs Andrew
Burma - OCS (MMP) (Merril's Marauders) - Playing as Allies vs Ben
Stalingrad Pocket II - SCS (MMP) (Operation Uranus) - Playing as Axis vs Shaun
DAK2 - OCS (MMP) - Scenario TBC vs Nico
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Recently played face-to-face games (last month or so):
Napoleon's Triumph
A Victory Lost
War of the Ring
Sekigahara
Hammer of the Scots
Paths of Glory
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Veteran of:
Paths of Glory: 100+ plays: mostly live online via wargameroom
Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage: 100+ plays: mostly live online via wargameroom
Commands & Colors: Ancients: 200+ plays: mostly live online via wargameroom and vassal
Manoeuvre: 50+ plays: mostly live online via wargameroom
Twilight Struggle: 40+ plays: mostly live online via wargameroom
Here I Stand: ~15 plays: half online, half face-to-face.
Profile Information
- Your favorite game(s):
- Paths of Glory, Here I Stand
- What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?
- Stalingrad Pocket II (SCS), Burma (OCS), Here I Stand
- What game(s) have you played recently?
- Stalingrad Pocket II (SCS), Burma (OCS), Here I Stand
- How big is your game collection?
- 170 games
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Nathan commented on Nathan's blog post ‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’"Thanks Christian. It was very 'clunky' to play with cyberboard. Really hard to grab stacks, or units within a stack, and then move them around. For example, if I had a unit with 2 hits, that was in a stack with another unit, I needed to…"
Christian A. Strasser commented on Nathan's blog post ‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’"Great replay! The cyberbox images look really good as well. I was thinking when you mentioned that you were going to use it that everything would look crude."
Nathan posted a blog post‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’
‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’This is my second run-through of the Herr’s Ridge scenario for GMT’s Three Day’s of Gettysburg (3rd Ed., 2004). In my first play I’d accidentally included Devin’s brigade, meaning the Union had far more strength then they should have. You can read that report here:…See More
Nathan commented on Craig68x's blog post Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem"Yep, the initial minute is often the deadliest. I almost always set up my armour behind cover at the start (so many times I started and there was a large anti-tank gun pointed right at my exposed tank), and, as much as possible, with my infantry in…"
Nathan commented on Brian Blad's group Great Battles of the American Civil War"Latest AAR of my second attempt is nw up here: http://boardgamegeek.com/article/12073012"
Nathan commented on Craig68x's blog post Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem"Two important features are suppression fire, and smoke. Lay smoke (with mortars) to block enemy LOS whenever you cross open ground. Similarly, fire into enemy buildings to force them to keep their heads down (mortars work well for this).
Beyond…"
Nathan commented on Craig68x's blog post Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem"Agreed, it's a great series and it's nice that Matrix Games continues to update and make available for download. I've played most of the games in the CC series and they keep getting better."
Nathan commented on Brian Blad's group Great Battles of the American Civil War"Yeah but I'm playing this second run-through electronically via cyberboard, so it may not look as good."
Nathan commented on Nathan's blog post Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge"I agree, the hills/ridges/valleys are a pleasure to look over. It's nice to plan paths through little gullies or behind cover of woods, etc."
Enrico CS Viglino commented on Nathan's blog post Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge"GMT did an awesome job on the graphical presentation.
Love this write up."
John Kranz commented on Nathan's blog post Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge"Wow. Awesome write-up!!"
Nathan commented on Brian Blad's group Great Battles of the American Civil War"Thanks, I read the rules thoroughly, but not the scenario setup. As it turns out Devin's Brigade (2/I/Cav) should have set up on 'B3424' instead of 'A3424' (as I did). Meaning they take no part in this scenario (all on Map…"
Nathan commented on Nathan's blog post Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge"Yeah GMT, 3DoG has evolved from 'Terrible Swift Sword' over time, it became '3DoG' (1st ed) in 1995, and the latest (3rd ed) was published in 2004.
I can't compare to much sorry, this is one of the few ACW games I've…"
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‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’
‘Last Stand at Herr Tavern - Gettysburg’ or ‘How to employ a reverse slope defence and render enemy artillery useless’
This is my second run-through of the Herr’s Ridge scenario for GMT’s Three Day’s of Gettysburg (3rd Ed., 2004). In my first play I’d accidentally included Devin’s brigade, meaning the Union had far more strength then they should have. You can read that report here:…
Posted on April 23, 2013 at 6:53pm — 2 Comments
Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge
Illustrated Session Report: The first shots of Gettysburg and the fight for Herr’s Ridge
This is an AAR of my first ever scenario of a Great Battles of the American Civil War game. I picked up both 3DoG (Three Days of Gettysburg) and RBoC (Red Badge of Courage) at the same time, but Gettysburg grabbed my interest so I investigated it first.
It took me about a week to read through the rules several times, and check many queries on BGG and CSW. This is a…
Posted on April 17, 2013 at 6:09pm — 6 Comments
The most beautiful game in the universe.
Cross-posted from BGG - http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/825874/the-most-beautiful-game-in-the-universe
The most beautiful game in the universe.
This is not a review of the gameplay. As such, people seeking to understand how to play the game should look elsewhere. Instead, this is a review on what makes Napoleon's Triumph the most…
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:20pm
MMP announce release of OCS: Small World in August, 2012.
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MMP announce release of OCS: Small World in August, 2012.
Multi-Man Publishing (MMP) is pleased to announce the August, 2012 release of the thirteenth game in the Operational Combat Series (OCS) - OCS: Small World.
The thirteenth game in the series departs from the established norms by focusing on a fantasy realm: ‘the small world’ - a world that is too small to accommodate everyone.
Series designer, Dean Essig, commented that, ‘The scope of…
ContinuePosted on June 28, 2012 at 9:13pm — 2 Comments
'Gaming/simulating' the Kokoda Track campaign
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'Gaming/simulating' the Kokoda Track campaign
I've just returned from a two week research trip in Canberra where I explored aspects of the Kokoda Track campaign (primarily 1942). It was a shocking, brutal campaign fought in what many soldiers have described as the worst environment on the world to fight a war in (these include veterans of trench warfare from…
ContinuePosted on June 28, 2012 at 6:05pm
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