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Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard
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on: July 18, 2014, 12:15:03 pm
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I wouldnt say I was obsessed with line-of-sight rules it is merely one of the aspects of wargaming which is best represented with a three-dimensional board besides this and the overall visual appeal of the finished 3D board, they also lend themselves better to planning an attack, calculating the time to get to certain areas, determining where your helicopters are safe from the enemy, and especially during air-drops of paratroopers.
currently am finishing up these little forest-boxes, which took far longer than I thought. about two weeks so far, just for the forests
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General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Game - A.B.C.'s of Wargame titles
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on: July 18, 2014, 12:09:15 pm
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wow, what an interesting game title I think the only way it could be fairly resolved is with a dice roll at the conclusion of the game to determine whether or not there really is a god. anyway P is for Panzer Blitz, another fine avalon hill game 
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Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard
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on: July 17, 2014, 06:13:55 pm
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well yeah, kinda I mean, it would be great if the vehicles were to scale exactly but they cant be, not if youre going to have a board which you can reach across. however, the players assume that the vehicle is actually at an agreed-upon spot on the model itself I always used the centerpoint of the front edge but yes, not everything is to scale but I still do intend to prove that this type of wargame board is the most suitable and interesting kind of wargame platform there is the level of detail is what makes it so youll see
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General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Is Dr. Strangelove the Twilight Struggle of war movies?
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on: July 17, 2014, 06:01:24 pm
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I wouldnt say its a war movie per se, although it is certainly set in a war I dont see how any comedy could be considered a serious war movie by the same token, was M*A*S*H a war movie? I say a true war movie is more like a documentary, in that it shows the tactical movements without making any judgements
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Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard
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on: July 17, 2014, 02:33:17 pm
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point of order - henceforth and due to this forum's literal obsession with acronyms, I will be referring to my multi-layered cardboard 3D wargame boards as: M.L.C.W.B.'s
And now I must contend, that M.L.C.W.B.'s are the ONLY way in which one can be sure of line-of-sight between units
you cant visualize line of sight. it must be portrayed with a string or thread stretched between the firing unit and the target
you just cant do that on a flat board its a process of 3D geometry which cannot be resolved using a two dimensional map
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