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Your introduction to consim gaming:: My first "wargame" would be Chess and Risk. But if those don't count, then its the old SPI game CA.

Your favorite game(s):: Some of My favorite games would be:
Russian Campaign
East Front
Paths of Glory
Twilight Struggle
Command and Colors: Ancients
Memoir 44

What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?: Russian Campaign, Ceasar XL

What game(s) have you played recently?: Battlestar Galactica
Ottoman Sunset
Star Borders: Humanity
Russian Campaign
Caesar XL

In general, how much time do you spend gaming?: 1.5 hours per week

How big is your game collection?: 300 games or so, including Euros and Ameritrash.

Your local game club(s) and/or where you reside (let's network!): Winnipeg

About Me: I've been gaming since around 1977. The first real wargame I owned was PanzerBlitz. The first game I bought was Fortress Europa. These days I play mostly light wargames or Euros. Plus I've started doing a bit of map design for Vicotory Point Games.

Personal Interests (favorite activities, movies, shows, books, music, etc.): My other hobby is building paper card models. Its taking up a fair amount of my "game" time these days.

Favorite movies (in no particular order): The Right Stuff. Casablanca. The Rock. Con Air.

Website:: http://alltim.googlepages.com/home

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Point-2-Point 46 is out!

I just listened to P2P number 46. Thank-you again Jason for your hard work on this.

Posted on May 10, 2011 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Most Expensive Game

I have seen this question before but I am still curious to see what people say:

What is the most $ you have ever payed for a game?

For me, I think it was for the 4th ed. of The Russian Campaign. I got it from a brick-and-mortor store shortly after it came out, and IIRC it totalled after taxes to about $120 CDN. Not a huge amount by todays standards, but that was around 6 years ago or so. But based on the number of times I have played it, it was worth every…

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Posted on April 15, 2011 at 9:29am — 12 Comments

Here is a list of My Top Ten games with amazing components. This is a topic which is near and dear to my heart, as I am constantly striving to make better maps and counters for VPG games and for mys…

Here is a list of My Top Ten games with amazing components. This is a topic which is near and dear to my heart, as I am constantly striving to make better maps and counters for VPG games and for myself. These a not just games: they are works of art, and I only wish I could make games as nice.

1. Russian Campaign 4th edition by L2.

2. Bitter Woods by L2

3. Age of Napoleon by Phalanx Games

4. Bitter End: an Attack to Budapest by Compass…

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Posted on February 24, 2011 at 10:24am — 8 Comments

Free Paper Models

Anyone want to try there hand at building paper models?

In order to try and drum up interest in my Other Hobby, I am prepared to send a pdf file of a cardmodel plane from Fiddlers Green to Anyone who asks.

Go here:

http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/

and check out the selection of card model planes. I have a complete set, so you can ask for any of them. Only one per person, please!

Everything you need to know about How to build em once you got… Continue

Posted on April 9, 2008 at 1:43pm — 3 Comments