How about a Roll Call ?

[iamspamus]

Hey all,

My name is Jason. I'm 36 and an American living in the UK near Cambridge. I play all kinds of stuff, but stategic level war games are my favorite, other games (ie. german ones or whatever), followed by minis, then RPG if I can't find anything else. I have 100+ games. (I'm a DINK.) My favs are: ASL, WIF, EIA, EU then Goa, Puerto Rico.

I started WIF with 4th or 5th edition in the late 80's / early 90's. I like most of the add-ons except for LIF and haven't used the latest ones (cruisers or convoys). I have never gotten to play AiF yet either. My favorite way to play WIF is with DOD! Woo hoo! I hope that this is first add-on for MWIF and that AIF is the second.

It's been 4 years (my time in the UK) since my last WIF game.

Ciao!
Jason

[paulderynck]

I live in Calgary, Canada and have played wargames since 1966 (age 14). My first game was AH Battle of the Bulge and I've been hooked ever since. I own many games, although a good number are from the sort-of-quasi-bi-monthly issues of S&T and now reside in boxes underneath the basement stairs. Favorite board wargames have been Battle of the Bulge, Anzio, and Russian Campaign. Favorite computer game is Master of Orion (Battle at Antares) with a nod toward Gettysburg (computerized Terrible Swift Sword). I read a LOT of military history.

I played WiF regularly from when it came out until version 4 and then layed off for a few years, resuming in 2004 with version 7. I agree it is the best wargame ever. I play less often between April and October when the golf courses here are open. I joined the Yahoo list in October, 2004. The recent notice there about viewing the MWIF maps was what brought me here to join the MWIF forum.

It would be great to see MWIF published with good live internet and pbem options so people with similar interests all over the world could play together.

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

I live in Calgary, Canada and have played wargames since 1966 (age 14). My first game was AH Battle of the Bulge and I've been hooked ever since. I own many games, although a good number are from the sort-of-quasi-bi-monthly issues of S&T and now reside in boxes underneath the basement stairs. Favorite board wargames have been Battle of the Bulge, Anzio, and Russian Campaign. Favorite computer game is Master of Orion (Battle at Antares) with a nod toward Gettysburg (computerized Terrible Swift Sword). I read a LOT of military history.

I played WiF regularly from when it came out until version 4 and then layed off for a few years, resuming in 2004 with version 7. I agree it is the best wargame ever. I play less often between April and October when the golf courses here are open. I joined the Yahoo list in October, 2004. The recent notice there about viewing the MWIF maps was what brought me here to join the MWIF forum.

It would be great to see MWIF published with good live internet and pbem options so people with similar interests all over the world could play together.

Welcome. I read all posts with great interest.

I recommend reading the Directory thread in the top section of the forum - at least the first entry - to get an overview of this forum. I expect you will find the When? thread of interest too, since I post long monthly status reports on the game's develpoment there.

[zoc_trooper]

34 years old - Sana'a, Yemen (Originally from Alexandria, VA)

Serving overseas with the US State Department. Anyone else on the forum in Yemen interested in a game? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Right.

I'm a big fan of chess with cold beer. If you count toy soldiers and plastic guns, I've been playing war games my whole life. Started playing ADG titles in junior high school with Empires in Arms. Sunk lots of paper route money into various editions and supplements of World in Flames.

I had to leave my most recent WiF game back in Virginia, where as the Axis, my friend and I managed to conquer out to the Urals, capture Hawaii, Australia, Dutch Harbor, Seattle, and landed an expeditionary force under Yamamato in Mexico.

For those of you who are wary to try WiF due to the space limitations, I would suggest laminating the board, mounting it on a wall, and glue-tacking the pieces in place. We had our game up for over two years in the den and it just looked like a National Geographic poster on crack.

I really miss WiF and look forward to resuming play with the electronic version.

Cheers!

ZOC

[AHFlattop]

Turned 38, married with a 6 year son, living in Tucson.  Getting my son indocrinated by watching Gettysburg and Midway.
Began playing Squad Leader around 1982, moved onto ASL, Flatop, Empires in Arms, and discovered WIF around 1990.  Marriage in 1997 stopped most gaming except for the occasional lurking.. Picked up WITP and TOAW3 but haven't dived in PBEM.
 
I had a family member who served in the 158th RCT based in Southern Arizona dring the Pacific theater.  Grew up listening to his stories about his time in PNE and later the Phillipines.  Those stores probably got me hooked.  He actually participated in an engagement similar to ASL's "Bushmaster" although his version was a little different from that narrative.  The grand banzai charge broken up failrly easily.  1944 RCTs were loaded with machines guns...In the Armys wisdom, they sent the Arizona naional guard to Panama then to the Pacific in 1943. 

[Chaylaton]

Hey All:

Well I'm a 32 year old professional gamer [;)] I enjoy painting minatures (fantasy and such). I run 2 different rpgs currently Werewolf by Whitewolf (old not new) and L5R rpg 3rd ed. And play in a Mage game (new not old) so when I'm not doing one of the previous things with my spare time I'm play Civ4, HoI2 or watching a movie or some such. I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio. My current WiF board games if Friday nights with two other guys I am currently playing the axis solo [:@] I love many other board games such as Civil War by Victory Games, Britania and the 18xx rail games. I work for the IRS now for 2 years looking to find my way into a perm positition with them. So that's me in a nut shell atm.

Chaylaton

Also by my signature you can see I'm a huge Rush fan... seen them 6 times in concert and for those who don't know their music find it and listen to it. A 30+ long career look for the highlighted albums such as 2112, Moving Pictures and Grace Under Preasure. Any band that can write 3 great rock songs about the WW2 era of history is the band for me. Finaly, I step off the soap box.

[Frederyck]

Any band that can write 3 great rock songs about the WW2 era of history is the band for me.

"Aces High", "Longest Day" and "Paschendale" by Iron Maiden? (Fair enough, Paschendale, while a great song, is obviously about WWI - but "Tailgunner" then, even though it isn't the greatest they've done! [:)] )

[SLAAKMAN]

paulderynck-

It would be great to see MWIF published with good live internet and pbem options so people with similar interests all over the world could play together.

Bravo to that!! We cant wait! [:D]


(It was an overwhelming pleasure to sink this hapless tank corps with my SM79 NAV while it was a sitting duck on a transport out in the Bay of Biscay. From the Great White North to the Great Dark Abyss!) [:'(][:D]

[Jimm]

ORIGINAL: Frederyck

Any band that can write 3 great rock songs about the WW2 era of history is the band for me.

"Aces High", "Longest Day" and "Paschendale" by Iron Maiden? (Fair enough, Paschendale, while a great song, is obviously about WWI - but "Tailgunner" then, even though it isn't the greatest they've done! [:)] )

Dont forget "Where Eagles Dare" of course...

[Droop21]

Marc, 34 living in Paris, 1 2 year old son + 1 on the production circle for J/A
 
Started wargamming with Tactics II when I was around 10. Played alot of Panzer Leader, a few WIFFE games (haven't played for 2 years as most of the group relocated), did some CWiF playtesting. Eagerly waiting for MWIF to appear and very jealous of the lucky ones playtesting it [;)]