tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post4267830214240536875..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I did not know that...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58544768283788563272010-02-09T08:35:20.038-05:002010-02-09T08:35:20.038-05:00Ah, Chaosium...I still have the rulebook and a cou...Ah, Chaosium...I still have the rulebook and a couple other things from my old 2nd Edition boxed <i>Runequest.</i> :-)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73356583756827201672010-02-09T06:54:22.860-05:002010-02-09T06:54:22.860-05:00Anon 5:14,
Aftermath! (Comes Algebra!) was from t...Anon 5:14,<br /><br /><i>Aftermath!</i> (Comes Algebra!) was from the Chaosium. That was the flavor of the month for us for a while. I finally manged to find a used copy a couple years ago...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52932835944341492142010-02-08T22:30:34.172-05:002010-02-08T22:30:34.172-05:00Holy Petunia, the Classic Traveller CD has Striker...Holy Petunia, the Classic Traveller CD has Striker included!Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25800584565962572092010-02-08T21:53:37.405-05:002010-02-08T21:53:37.405-05:00http://www.farfuture.net/cdroms.html
CD-ROMshttp://www.farfuture.net/cdroms.html<br /><br />CD-ROMsGeodkythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328915597574377444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32615992370486936622010-02-08T17:14:34.866-05:002010-02-08T17:14:34.866-05:00Was Aftermath! a GDW game?Was Aftermath! a GDW game?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85025830603192572112010-02-08T15:40:47.821-05:002010-02-08T15:40:47.821-05:00I have two of the original TW2000 rules boxed sets...I have two of the original TW2000 rules boxed sets still in the original shrink-wrap. Ah, the good ol' days...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29332077846390012862010-02-07T19:13:35.650-05:002010-02-07T19:13:35.650-05:00Heh, I found a copy of the old Avalon Hill Starshi...Heh, I found a copy of the old Avalon Hill Starship Troopers game in the box that I got in 6th grade.<br /><br />Ah, my misspent youth...NMM1AFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04368724974744404781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-7599731902240727252010-02-07T13:49:05.528-05:002010-02-07T13:49:05.528-05:00Srsly. I have an attic full of games. We need to s...<i>Srsly. I have an attic full of games. We need to set up a gaming club.</i><br /><br />Well, if IUPUI or another nearby school puts up a tenure-track position in marketing in a year or so, I'll apply. Indiana is one of the states both my wife and I find acceptable, so why not?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5885893525027047842010-02-07T13:12:16.617-05:002010-02-07T13:12:16.617-05:00ExurbanKevin,
"If you love Squad Leader / AS...ExurbanKevin,<br /><br />"<i>If you love Squad Leader / ASL ("More than a game, it's a way of life!"), check out the Combat Mission series from Battlefront.com</i>"<br /><br />Oh, Marko turned me on to CMBO back in '00. Remind me to get him to tell the tale of Otto the Ubergunner some time. Any <i>Squad Leader</i> geek would let out the same fangirl squee I did on seeing the <i>Saving Private Ryan</i>-cam turn replays in that game...<br /><br /><br />Noah D,<br /><br />Srsly. I have an attic full of games. We need to set up a gaming club. The existence of The Boardroom was nearly the closer on my decision to move from K-town to Broad Ripple; I was crushed when they closed.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45643679110754693412010-02-07T13:02:43.679-05:002010-02-07T13:02:43.679-05:00I sit corrected; I have all 4. (Forgot about Persi...<i>I sit corrected; I have all 4. (Forgot about Persian Gulf.)</i><br /><br />Mom, can I go over to play at Tam's house? <br /><br />(I've got to start hitting those local blogmeets. Guns, Traveller *and* monster wargames? People after my own heart.)<br /><br /><i>I wasn't sure there were any of us left.</i><br /><br />Left? Heck, I've got some of the most recent iteration, from Mongoose Publishing. It's not that good, really, despite a valiant attempt to rationalize the various elements from OT, MT, TNE and some from T4. Then again, I've come to the conclusion that other systems serve the Traveller setting much better than anything with technical specs; for me and mine, Traveller-as-space-opera is a heck of a lot of fun. Nobody worried about the displacement, computer rating or M-drive performance of <i>Serenity</i>.Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89440209824969943952010-02-07T12:35:35.305-05:002010-02-07T12:35:35.305-05:00If you love Squad Leader / ASL ("More than a ...If you love Squad Leader / ASL ("More than a game, it's a way of life!"), check out the Combat Mission series from Battlefront.com: They've even adopted it to modern-day battles real and imagined. <br /><br />Ken, I played in a Morrow Project game for a whole year where the sole goal of one of my fellow players was to engage in melee combat. He failed. :)ExurbanKevinhttp://www.exurbanleague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16777685256500253942010-02-07T12:30:11.169-05:002010-02-07T12:30:11.169-05:00Stretch, I lost my bet on the Falklands. I took Ar...Stretch, I lost my bet on the Falklands. I took Argentina and the points...ExurbanKevinhttp://www.exurbanleague.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52477235854703768182010-02-07T10:26:20.958-05:002010-02-07T10:26:20.958-05:00Ah, Morrow Project. No matter what we originally s...Ah, Morrow Project. No matter what we originally set out to do at the beginning of a mission, we ended it killing farmers in job lots. During a dry spell, the tracers in an M2 will set the whole durn <i>town</i> on fire.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49187623500844365252010-02-07T10:12:54.343-05:002010-02-07T10:12:54.343-05:00What? No love for Morrow Project from this group o...What? No love for Morrow Project from this group of game-geeks? I'm so disappointed...<br /><br />:)jetfxr69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23469583330045319442010-02-07T09:21:36.625-05:002010-02-07T09:21:36.625-05:00Traveller- many a day of my youth was wasted on th...Traveller- many a day of my youth was wasted on that game. I wasn't sure there were any of us left.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4713039058899195312010-02-07T07:57:38.693-05:002010-02-07T07:57:38.693-05:00"3? There were 4 - 3WW, Arctic Front, Souther..."<i>3? There were 4 - 3WW, Arctic Front, Southern Front, and Persian Gulf.</i>"<br /><br />I sit corrected; I have all <i>4</i>. (Forgot about <i>Persian Gulf</i>.)<br /><br />I once slept on the couch so I could use my bedroom floor as a puppy-free space for <i>Fall of France</i>, <i>Case White</i>, and (I think) <i>Marita-Merkur</i>...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80391780639518920582010-02-07T01:47:06.946-05:002010-02-07T01:47:06.946-05:00Yup. I have all three (again), too. They're un...<i><br />Yup. I have all three (again), too. They're unpunched and waiting for me to find a big enough table and an opponent.</i><br /><br />3? There were 4 - 3WW, Arctic Front, Southern Front, and Persian Gulf.<br /><br />Those, I miss.<br /><br />And while I don't have the table space (wife wants to park the cars in the garage, the nerve of the woman), the idea of getting to play those again...man, that's tempting.Noah Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6756592281028007422010-02-07T00:57:19.667-05:002010-02-07T00:57:19.667-05:00I have Talonsoft World at War Series and Rising Su...I have Talonsoft World at War Series and Rising Sun. I started with the Original SSI Panzer General. I go way back to Avalon Hill Panzer Leader. I miss doing Board Games but the Talon Soft Series kicks asss.PA State Cophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09895072206073321100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-30758239638296907852010-02-06T23:48:47.824-05:002010-02-06T23:48:47.824-05:00Traveller (original, one-volume The Traveller Book...Traveller (original, one-volume The Traveller Book) was the bomb. <br /><br />My tween/teen buddies and I owned a metric ton of RPGs, but for whatever reason the only two that ever really gelled into a fun, extended campaign were Traveller and Champions (superhero RPG).<br /><br />I was the ref. Our little crew of mercs/troubleshooters had the sweetest little pimped-out Scout ship to cruise the stars with...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48582462624352332112010-02-06T21:48:18.168-05:002010-02-06T21:48:18.168-05:00I went in for miniatures (particularly horse &...I went in for miniatures (particularly horse & musket) in a big way a while back, but I still have a few boardgames. Unfortunately I let go of most of the really good ones (the <i>Third World War</i> titles, the Europa titles, <i>The Next War, MechWar 2, War in the East...</i>). Every so often I get tempted to hunt down a copy of <i>Squad Leader</i> and <i>Cross of Iron</i>, but I think I'm cured of <i>Star Fleet Battles.</i> :-)<br /><br />There's one area where I think Robby the Robot actually offers a better game experience: carrier operations, at least in SSG's <i>Carriers at War.</i> Best I ever saw.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73953892985266389042010-02-06T20:53:57.560-05:002010-02-06T20:53:57.560-05:00Stretch,
I prefer cardboard counters to pixels, t...Stretch,<br /><br />I prefer cardboard counters to pixels, too, but Robby the Robot is always available as an opponent.<br /><br />You need to find a copy of a game called The Operational Art of War from Talonsoft.<br /><br />It lets you port almost all your favorite hex & counter games to the 'puter.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70706541123104226282010-02-06T20:39:51.206-05:002010-02-06T20:39:51.206-05:00I won $50 bucks on the Falkland's War. My offi...I won $50 bucks on the Falkland's War. My office mates didn't understand the concept of Highlanders, Gurkhas and Guards vs. conscripts. Like those who bet against you the war was seen through Viet-Nam War era glasses.<br />My war gaming is old school. Avalon Hill, Simulation Publications, et. al. Steel Panthers is the closest computers come to my old experience.Stretchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16908035381142300882010-02-06T20:25:55.468-05:002010-02-06T20:25:55.468-05:00Check Marc Miller's site at Far Future Enterpr...Check Marc Miller's site at <a href="http://www.farfuture.net/" rel="nofollow">Far Future Enterprises</a>, I'd reckon...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83833999899930090092010-02-06T19:32:17.797-05:002010-02-06T19:32:17.797-05:00Dammit, Tam. Now you've made me want to dig u...Dammit, Tam. Now you've made me want to dig up the old rulebooks.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29463431291076955602010-02-06T19:26:18.124-05:002010-02-06T19:26:18.124-05:00Geodkyt! Don't tease! Give up a link so I ca...Geodkyt! Don't tease! Give up a link so I can maybe buy that CD!New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.com