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46  Gaming Stuff / General Gaming Discussion / Re: The Multi-Player Problem on: July 19, 2014, 09:33:59 am
coup?
what kind of rules would you write to deny the players from 'turtling'?
47  Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: C-in-C versus GHQ miniatures on: July 18, 2014, 12:16:04 pm
they dont use lead anymore?

wow, thats another new one on me.  do you know what they use now?
48  Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard on: July 18, 2014, 12:15:03 pm
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
49  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Game - A.B.C.'s of Wargame titles on: July 18, 2014, 12:09:15 pm
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


50  Gaming Stuff / General Gaming Discussion / Re: The Multi-Player Problem on: July 17, 2014, 07:24:43 pm
ahhh, thank you very much
an apt phrase
and that pigeon was just asking for it
51  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: what was your favorite war movie? on: July 17, 2014, 07:22:13 pm
thanks for all these movies
by any chance do you folks have a favorite naval war movie?
I am very interested to hear this
52  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Is Dr. Strangelove the Twilight Struggle of war movies? on: July 17, 2014, 07:20:42 pm
harry potter?
53  Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard on: July 17, 2014, 06:13:55 pm
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
54  Gaming Stuff / General Gaming Discussion / Re: What's your breakdown of gaming time? on: July 17, 2014, 06:10:02 pm
100 percent wargames
anything less is all just vanilla ice cream
55  Gaming Stuff / General Gaming Discussion / Re: The Multi-Player Problem on: July 17, 2014, 06:09:04 pm
I've never been attacked by turtles
theyre very peaceful creatures and we should never do any turtling at all

wtf is turtling?
56  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Game - A.B.C.'s of Wargame titles on: July 17, 2014, 06:05:26 pm
I would love to play
Midway

57  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: Is Dr. Strangelove the Twilight Struggle of war movies? on: July 17, 2014, 06:01:24 pm
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
58  General Category / Fuck it all / Re: what was your favorite war movie? on: July 17, 2014, 02:36:11 pm
thank god!  You DID it!

perhaps millions of lives will be saved now captain.

Great job!
59  Gaming Stuff / Military Games / Re: the advantages of creating wargame boards from layers of cardboard on: July 17, 2014, 02:33:17 pm
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
60  General Category / Fuck it all / what was your favorite war movie? on: July 17, 2014, 02:26:49 pm
what is it?

I need to know
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