tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3145634490494525912..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Failed Business Plan #29,437Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80468856314657587932012-05-22T19:56:30.114-04:002012-05-22T19:56:30.114-04:00Major problem was finding an opponent. Luckily I ...Major problem was finding an opponent. Luckily I had a single friend that was nuttier than I. We started with AH Africa Korps and worked our way up to "War In The Pacific" with all 20(?) or so maps laid out-on tables!- in the spare room of his upper-level apartment. The damn thing ran slower than the real war, I swear, but it ended in 1943 because he moved....<br />I'm fond of telling Churchy that I've faced off against him with everything from stone axes to phasers - and in our games we have.<br />He's the Patton-aggressive type while I'm the McAulife-defensive type.<br />Now he has teens and sub-teens and I have grandkids. His don't care about wargames (although his daughter and I did a couple of missions online) and mine are too young. But there is always hope that we can pass on the gaming tradition.....The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70436906462644458902012-05-22T14:26:07.145-04:002012-05-22T14:26:07.145-04:00Hell, I'd go play. But if you're going to ...Hell, I'd go play. But if you're going to do that, make the table a real sand table.Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-51833967173031379842012-05-21T22:49:37.662-04:002012-05-21T22:49:37.662-04:00I don't even know how many board games I have ...I don't even know how many board games I have in storage. Squad leader and sequels, not Advanced though, no one to play that with. Bunch of stuff. <br /><br />There was a hobby/model/gaming shop in Tacoma, run by a National Guard captain and his wife, that had a large loft for gaming. It was rigged so at the end of a session, if the game wasn't over, the table could be hoisted to the ceiling. They were gone when I came back to Ft lewis the next time.Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32276837236737455922012-05-21T19:54:39.864-04:002012-05-21T19:54:39.864-04:00I have only a handful of boardgames these days, bu...I have only a handful of boardgames these days, but I don't even <i>know</i> how much micro-armor I have (I traded all my 6mm Napoleonic and Seven Years War for micro-armor when I decided to do horse & musket in 10mm), or how many WWI/WWII ships in 1:2400 (well, I can do more than Dogger Bank and less than Jutland, and just about anything in the Solomons a body could want to do).<br /><br />Sad part is I can't even say I could have bought more guns with the money instead, because my whole collection is the result of sharp horse trading and bargain hunting I had no idea I had in me. :-DKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10304698882632022362012-05-21T19:44:36.789-04:002012-05-21T19:44:36.789-04:00Again, back in the mists of the 1990s, there was a...Again, back in the mists of the 1990s, there was a conversion of Battletech to a hex-map, turn-based wargame - on the Commodore Amiga. (Known as "MechForce" or "BattleForce", depending on the version.)<br /><br />(I really want to either get one of my Amigas back up just for that game, or, even better, find a decent PC version...)<br /><br />As for our group, "wargaming" usually consisted of Yet Another Grand Campaign (Empires In Arms), or (for the younger crowd) various flavours of Warhammer - usually 40k (Epic, 4mm scale). <br /><br />(loud cheering) "What's all that then?"<br /><br />"Oh, Napoleon just got killed by Cossacks."Ygolonacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40526193460856736152012-05-21T19:21:20.013-04:002012-05-21T19:21:20.013-04:00You know, to update a old classic to an accessible...You know, to update a old classic to an accessible medium, Battletech as a turn based hex map game is being reborn as a free-to-play, turn based, runs-in-browser game. (<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/25/mechwarrior-tactics-fires-off-trailer-featuring-cinematic-replay/" rel="nofollow">Sample movie here</a>) How about that as something to do while the Squirrel Report is playing?Tirnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12545609711956034630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22562789763577595282012-05-21T19:06:36.559-04:002012-05-21T19:06:36.559-04:00I damn near had to resort to 12 step work to final...I damn near had to resort to 12 step work to finally escape Age of Empires. Kicked it cold turkey. Thanks be to God for fracked-up hard drives and timely talking to's. <br /><br />Swore off the whole real-time strategy and role-playing game - game...Though I did slip and kludge Sacred into a modern machine recently and let me tell you, it was as if the Blue Screen of Salvation had never happened. They say "one hour is too many and a thousand never enough" and it's all true! It was Silent Service and Great Naval Battles of the North Atlantic 'roled' into 24 sleepless hours of "damn my wrist friggin' hurts" unproductivity. Time? Gone. Lost. Never to be seen again.<br /><br />Just say NO kids! That seemingly innocent teenage AD&D and Traveller gateway fun with your pressuring peers and thrice rolled faked character attributes may just turn out to be a pne-way ticket to a full-blown case of Computerized Universe Micromanagement Syndrome, an accounting/law career, or even participation in Society for Creative Anachronism group orgi...Activities, all of which will lead to your utter ruination. <br /><br />Remember, every time you feel the siren call to micromanage imaginary people and worlds, just think of that Stargate Atlantis episode where Rodney and Colonel Sheppard find the Ancient gaming console and ask yourself; How'd that end up?<br /><br />If THAT doesn't do it, bring it on home to this galaxy and picture yourself clicking and selecting away at scurrying 16bit peasants in abject fear; hoping against hope and praying futile prayers that your virtual neighbor doesn't attack your village until after you've trained up enough warriors, or imagine finding yourself speaking in strange archaic-ish sounding dialects on the weekends trying to pattern weld knife blades and eating giant grilled turkey bits - with your gauntlet covered hands!<br /><br />Damn you TSR and GDW!<br />Occupy capitalism!RLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480404738796721705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-50150844925797358212012-05-21T18:11:46.517-04:002012-05-21T18:11:46.517-04:00Les:
Reminds me of the perpetual Monopoly game ru...Les:<br /><br />Reminds me of the perpetual Monopoly game running in Missile Radar on the destroyer (Okay, we had no imagination). <br /><br />Day or night, 24 hours, unless we had to clear away for Condition 1 (Battle Stations for you lubbers) the card table was set up and four players were deeply into it, breaking only for meals and watches, and always people waiting their turn.<br /><br />Yeah, board games...<br /><br />cap'n chumbucketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87653716074033033082012-05-21T16:50:38.693-04:002012-05-21T16:50:38.693-04:00I still play map 'n counter wargames and espec...I still play map 'n counter wargames and especially table top mini wargames.<br /><br />Tam, you're near Indy, right? You should check out the Origins game con sometime. It's a mix of board games, table top warbames, D&D, and a bunch of other stuff.<br /><br />The Origins War College is usually worth the admission alone.<br /><br />Rob (Trebor)Rob Reednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38542234603508939482012-05-21T16:49:50.352-04:002012-05-21T16:49:50.352-04:00Evolution Games on West Saginaw in Lansing, MI is ...Evolution Games on West Saginaw in Lansing, MI is the place you're describing. If you're ever in Michigan I'd be glad to show you around.Scotthttp://evolutionexperience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79903695415441277602012-05-21T16:01:05.761-04:002012-05-21T16:01:05.761-04:00Noah D.,
You got it first try :)Noah D.,<br /><br />You got it first try :)Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13135479931553057062012-05-21T15:58:30.559-04:002012-05-21T15:58:30.559-04:00The Complete Strategist in Falls Church, VA & ...The Complete Strategist in Falls Church, VA & Game Parlor in Sterling, VA still offer tables for players. The Richmond Wargamers back in the '70s had access to the upper floors of an old row house. Attic level with beams, brick walls and wire & knob lighting gave great atmosphere. We had SPI's entire ETO mapset laid out on plywood. Covered Iceland to the Urals; Spitsbergen to Qattara Depression. Yup, geek heaven.<br /><br />Squad Leader<br />Red Star; White Star<br />Sinai<br />PanzerBlitz (Steel Panthers is the digital clone)<br />Good times spent while rotting teeth with Cheetos and 2 liter jugs of soda.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1059981542240729552012-05-21T15:54:48.317-04:002012-05-21T15:54:48.317-04:00...mMmmm...beer tsunami...
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GrinfilledCel......mMmmm...beer tsunami...<br />[/Homer]<br /><br />GrinfilledCeltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91518637185597919882012-05-21T15:18:52.477-04:002012-05-21T15:18:52.477-04:00Actually, that makes a great idea for a game!
Oh,...Actually, that makes a great idea for a game!<br /><br />Oh, wait, Paranoia.Woodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258502914515356626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16458885323474668922012-05-21T14:50:53.590-04:002012-05-21T14:50:53.590-04:00Bubblehead Les may have an idea how to fund your g...Bubblehead Les may have an idea how to fund your gaming. <br /><br />Everyone in the club could apply as a confidential informant to a different LEO and you could use the funds to pay for refreshements and new games. You mught also need to put a lawyer on retainer though. <br /><br />And when everyone is arrested, you could go around the room and identify yourselves; FBI, BATF, FBI, DHS, FBI, DEA, FBI, County, State, Coast Guard, Border Patrol, DHS, FCC, Customs, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48757319664121167192012-05-21T14:21:44.897-04:002012-05-21T14:21:44.897-04:00Yeah, the Penny Arcade guys have at least one of t...Yeah, the Penny Arcade guys have at least one of those in their office.Woodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258502914515356626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68484420781420001502012-05-21T14:18:21.592-04:002012-05-21T14:18:21.592-04:00I have a basement full of all of it, still regular...I have a basement full of all of it, still regularly play all sorts of strat & wargames, and occasionally miniatures. and paint them. BUt what I don't have yet is... well...<br /><br />Anybody got a spare 15 large they could give me for one of these?<br />http://www.geekchichq.com/Atom Smasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01717946941636575857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57806353736101670872012-05-21T14:18:07.813-04:002012-05-21T14:18:07.813-04:00Tam, are you looking into my dining room or someth...Tam, are you looking into my dining room or something? <br />I say that because I just dragged a Friend of mine through a 1/300 scale Combined arms Sci-fi game just yesterday (Dirtside II). <br /><br /><br />Anyhow, I hadn't done some proper wargming in something like 10 year and it was VERY cool to get the lead out, the terrain, felt and other stuff and exercise the tactical mind. Makes me want to dig the basement area out and build a proper war room with a 20x20 foot table big enough for a PROPER battle front. <br /><br />Hmm.montiethhttp://montieth.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58106569777817803112012-05-21T13:52:00.523-04:002012-05-21T13:52:00.523-04:00I still have my old copies of Africa Corp and Wood...I still have my old copies of Africa Corp and Wooden Ships and Iron Men. They probably need a better home if somebody promises to play them.<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19033159598786487702012-05-21T13:40:50.809-04:002012-05-21T13:40:50.809-04:00I found a (punched, somewhat-used) copy of Fifth F...I found a (punched, somewhat-used) copy of Fifth Frontier War back when I lived in Montana early '90s or so), held onto it for a while, then auctioned it off on rec.games.something-or-other - think it pulled $60-70, even with a dinged box and missing like 25 or so counters.<br /><br />Not bad for a $1 investment. Think the near-new 1st edition Deities & Demigods got $45 or so, from seventy-five cents at Salvation Army.<br /><br />This was back in the day of the old gaming club, too - originally we met in a large semi-gutted room in an ex-hospital. Bunker atmosphere, but with nice floors. It eventually moved to an even-larger semi-gutter restaraunt - huge, *seriously* bunker. Followed by a hole-in-the-wall that would be turned down by Noir Detective, a couple other places, and back to the original room.<br /><br />It's just not the same, sitting around a nice table in a carpeted, painted room. (sigh)Ygolonacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44888822920610708522012-05-21T13:40:00.573-04:002012-05-21T13:40:00.573-04:00I had "France 1940" from Avalon Hill. W...I had "France 1940" from Avalon Hill. Wish I still did. I think my Lodge Brother has it - will have to inquire.<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31127744551840421152012-05-21T13:02:11.913-04:002012-05-21T13:02:11.913-04:00As a lad I asked for, and got, Kampfgruppe and Luf...As a lad I asked for, and got, Kampfgruppe and Luftwaffe from Avalon Hill. But I had no one to show me how to play...or too figure it out with. I hung on to them for years and years hoping to run in to someone...<br /><br />Sad to say...they're gone now.LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15299601169392666172012-05-21T12:11:29.195-04:002012-05-21T12:11:29.195-04:00The Kickstarter also promises a PC version and Car...The Kickstarter also promises a PC version and Car Wars.<br /><br />As much as I wanted to drop $100 on the game, I couldn't justify buying a shelf queen.Woodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17258502914515356626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69801731320320940242012-05-21T11:58:14.434-04:002012-05-21T11:58:14.434-04:00Tam,
an unpunched copy of Fifth Frontier War
I d...Tam,<br /><br /><i>an unpunched copy of Fifth Frontier War</i><br /><br />I didn't know such beasts still roamed the wilds. My punched, heavily used copy got unloaded years ago.Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91418529569520973402012-05-21T11:38:47.511-04:002012-05-21T11:38:47.511-04:00We still play those games actually. And quite a f...We still play those games actually. And quite a few new ones are getting published. I have some friends who run a publishing company.<br /><br />As for Ogre, the recent kickstarter project on that raised just a hair shy of a million dollars to republish Ogre with a bunch of addons and swag raised eyebrows.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.com