My Dads 76 years old and he fell over last week whilst we were out for a walk I took him to the hospital and he got treated and it took two days. Thankyou NHS!
I remember getting ill in Spain in the 70's ruled by the "Superstar" Franco, no health s…
I have created with 3 friends a small game which is now a registered Facebook(Tm) application. It is inspired (with lot of simplifications) from my ULTIMUS ROMANORUM of Vae Victis (the magazine)
You are all welcome to test it !
I seem to have had a number of books on the go for some time:-
Barbarossa by Alan Clark,
JG Ballards SF?? novel - The drowned world.
Harold the king by Helen Hollick
I am looking forward to reading Beevors book on D-Day.
I have read Beevors book on the Spanish Civil war it is about the best thing on the subject I have read. Compassionate and having a certain sympathy with the Anarchists. It certainly explained how Franco and the Fascists were utterly ruthless and sl…
A forum for discussing how game designs allow the practice of maneuver warfare (or not) and how this makes for a more challenging and enjoyable game (or not).
Hi Paul, yes, the kids in the photos are the players. (Some are better than some of the adults I might add!). Some of my photos have the game's story posted with them. You can see the game sessions on Boardgamegeek.com if you look at The Games of War. Look undergames played and you can read the stories to get an idea how the various games work. I hope that helps!
Hi Paul,
The figures aren't made any more but they do make 6mm inidividual figures mounted on stands. The rules are from my book, The Games of War: A Treasury of Rules for Battle with Toy Soldiers, Ships, and Planes. My book has 39 sets of rules and the one I used for this battle was La Gloire de Guerre on pages 78-81. While written for individual HO and 54mm figures, I used one stand as one figure (1 battalion). 6 figures make the average brigade.
You have to be an absolute piece of crap, with no respect for history or decency, to pull off this crime:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8423827.stm
My only joy is that the five semi-humans who committed the crime were caught, along with what t…
Here's a really good reason why the NFL should be concerned about brain trauma.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09291/1006418-66.stm
He's still listed as one of the outstanding graduates of my old school, Shady Side Academy, but he's not quite the…
The Steelers used an onside kick today, and almost snatched defeat from the jaws of mediocrity too. It's a big reason why Roethlisberger could throw for 500 yards and still need the last play of the game to win, by one point.
Hold the line by Worthington games. A GREAT simple revolutionary war game, similar to Command and Colors, but uses Action Points instead of cards. You can move any unit you want with your points. (Similar to Conflict of heroes)