My board wargame collection.....plus a sports one.....

[Peter Gillson]

Ah, the memories come flooding back. My brother had a collection of these (probably still has them). Many hours of enjoyment was spent with these games.

Peter

[adt70hk]

Ah, I had Gettysburg by Avalon Hill - way too complicated (I never played it) and all those cardboard counters!

Much later I got Memoire 44, which is dead easy (and has proper little playing pieces!) and I've just got back into tabletop wargaming with A Song of Ice and Fire, by C'MON Games.

Paul - not heard of Memoire 44, so had a quick look; looks Interesting. Never had a go at Gettysburg. At the time I was interested in either WW2 or Napoleonic.

Ah, the memories come flooding back. My brother had a collection of these (probably still has them). Many hours of enjoyment was spent with these games.

Peter

Peter - Many, many hours indeed - and that was just on one game of Third Reich!! :smiling5: But they were good.


Thanks to both of you for stopping by.

ATB.

Andrew

[Guest]

Must have lead a sheltered life as I've never heard of any of them. Only knew about Warhammer due to Tim and going to the Peterborough Model show.
Looks a good game Andrew, complicated by the sounds of it, but I love the Nerd side keeping all those stats, that would have been me alright.:nerd:

[adt70hk]

T

Must have lead a sheltered life as I've never heard of any of them. Only knew about Warhammer due to Tim and going to the Peterborough Model show.
Looks a good game Andrew, complicated by the sounds of it, but I love the Nerd side keeping all those stats, that would have been me alright.:nerd:

Good afternoon John

Hope all is well with you and yours.

I don't think they were particularly well known unless you were really into wargaming. There used to be a very small wargaming shop in Dunstable where I used to live that did all kinds of genres; fantasy (Warhammer but GW didn't have their own shops at the time), 1/300, board games etc. and so I got exposed to all kinds of game formats. Needless to say, whenever we were in the town centre, I would have to drop in!!

And some of them are very complicated John......Advanced Squad Leader in particular.....any game that has an A4 box-file folder for the rules has complexity written all over it. Interestingly they were apparently designed on the same lines as the US Army's manual, so you would swap rule pages out as they changed, without having to buy a new rule set.

As for being a "Nerd" - guilty as charged.......you should see the spreadsheets I have set up for paint lists and colour options.....and list of useful websites.....and list of kits i'd like........and.......you get the picture..........

....and I don't even get the week of when I'm working, as I'm the financial crime manager for an automotive financial services firm and so have to have a very good understanding of the UK's anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing laws, regulations and regulatory guidance.......

....to be honest though I suspect it's a lifelong 'nerdhood' for me.....there was one job I had where, because of my in-depth understanding of the companies complicated systems, I was officially known as the 'Anorak Man'; a badge I wore with honour!! :smiling::smiling5:

Thanks for dropping in.

ATB.

Andrew

[Guest]

Andrew. Pity I missed those games then.
We are so alike in that respect. I keep lists of session players on albums, readings daily of the solar panels. Lists of models , paints etc.
My greatest achievement was being told by a tax inspector who came to check my accounts that I had missed my vocation ! I had offered her the chance to see my consumables list on 45 subdivisions.

Strangely she declined !:smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:

[boatman]

Andrew. Pity I missed those games then.
We are so alike in that respect. I keep lists of session players on albums, readings daily of the solar panels. Lists of models , paints etc.
My greatest achievement was being told by a tax inspector who came to check my accounts that I had missed my vocation ! I had offered her the chance to see my consumables list on 45 subdivisions.

Strangely she declined !:smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:

MY GOD J/R BEIN THE TAXMAN :rolling: :confounded::flushed: Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
UNTHINKABLE
chris

[Guest]

MY GOD J/R BEIN THE TAXMAN :rolling: :confounded::flushed: Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
UNTHINKABLE
chris

Yes Chris,a spot check , when they ask to come your house, check all your accounts , bank etc. Two of them, one nice and the other , well made Matron look charming .
Went through every thing, then left , saying you'll get a letter with out findings.
Well after she said that I was so chuffed the I didn't worry .letter came saying there was nothing they could find that needed to be addressed.

Quite made my day, esp when a friend who laughed at me being so meticulous was finned for not having proper accounts !

[adt70hk]

Andrew. Pity I missed those games then.
We are so alike in that respect. I keep lists of session players on albums, readings daily of the solar panels. Lists of models , paints etc.
My greatest achievement was being told by a tax inspector who came to check my accounts that I had missed my vocation ! I had offered her the chance to see my consumables list on 45 subdivisions.

Strangely she declined !:smiling3::smiling3::smiling3:

Shame indeed John, I spent many enjoyable hours with them.

Kudos! Impressing the tax man - hats off to you. Just realised that I forgot to mention our family budget.....

In part because of my father's influence but also because my first job was working in the high street branch of a major bank and involved watching so may customers NOT control their money, I have always kept meticulous financial records e.g. keep a proper note of cheques issued (in the old days), cash withdrawals and ALWAYS reconciled my bank statement at the end of each month.....

....fast forward to my marriage....

...we'd never lived with anyone else before.....we were buying our first a home together (we were both renting).....and planning a wedding.....and my wife is even more fastidious on tracking spending than I am (in a good way)......so you can imagine the spreadsheets and budgets.......:surprised:

Fast forward nearly 20 years and the current iteration of our family budget has a column for each 'pot' e.g. gas, electric, food, clothes, holiday, each child etc........45 columns to be precise.....and the income pots even incorporate some back double entry book keeping.....oh and I still reconcile the bank statements and credit card bills.....and I make sure they tally with the budget to the penny.....

All I can say is power to the NERDHOOD comrade!!!

Take care.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

MY GOD J/R BEIN THE TAXMAN :rolling: :confounded::flushed: Aaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhhhhhhh
UNTHINKABLE
chris

Having met some taxmen, I think John would have been a VAST improvement!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Shame indeed John, I spent many enjoyable hours with them.

Kudos! Impressing the tax man - hats off to you. Just realised that I forgot to mention our family budget.....

In part because of my father's influence but also because my first job was working in the high street branch of a major bank and involved watching so may customers NOT control their money, I have always kept meticulous financial records e.g. keep a proper note of cheques issued (in the old days), cash withdrawals and ALWAYS reconciled my bank statement at the end of each month.....

....fast forward to my marriage....

...we'd never lived with anyone else before.....we were buying our first a home together (we were both renting).....and planning a wedding.....and my wife is even more fastidious on tracking spending than I am (in a good way)......so you can imagine the spreadsheets and budgets.......:surprised:

Fast forward nearly 20 years and the current iteration of our family budget has a column for each 'pot' e.g. gas, electric, food, clothes, holiday, each child etc........45 columns to be precise.....and the income pots even incorporate some back double entry book keeping.....oh and I still reconcile the bank statements and credit card bills.....and I make sure they tally with the budget to the penny.....

All I can say is power to the NERDHOOD comrade!!!

Take care.

Andrew

Surprised you have time to spend any of it Andrew :tongue-out3: You should get a job in Pharmaceutical production. You’d find it a match made in heaven….

[adt70hk]

Surprised you have time to spend any of it Andrew :tongue-out3: You should get a job in Pharmaceutical production. You’d find it a match made in heaven….

Trust me..... Spending it is not a problem...... Internet enabled phones are a VERY bad idea..... :smiling2:

[minitnkr]

Brought back memories of the hours of good natured argument over moves/rules. PB, PL, AI, were all great fun. SL was too complex for me to enjoy. We moved on to computer based Steel Panthers & Steel Panthers II before losing interest in gaming.

[adt70hk]

Brought back memories of the hours of good natured argument over moves/rules. PB, PL, AI, were all great fun. SL was too complex for me to enjoy. We moved on to computer based Steel Panthers & Steel Panthers II before losing interest in gaming.

Paul

Apologies, completely missed this. You're right about the complexity of the rules. ASL really was a nightmare in hindsight.....

ATB.

Andrew

[Tim Marlow]

Paul

Apologies, completely missed this. You're right about the complexity of the rules. ASL really was a nightmare in hindsight.....

ATB.

Andrew

On the other hand, modern games are simpler, with much better mechanics, and emphasise the “game” or “narrative” rather than the “war”. They are therefore much more fun (and quicker) to play.

[adt70hk]

On the other hand, modern games are simpler, with much better mechanics, and emphasise the “game” or “narrative” rather than the “war”. They are therefore much more fun (and quicker) to play.

Indeed!