Grognard or n00B ?

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The true test of a grognard: who has played The Longest Day campaign solitaire from start to finish?

[:D]

I thought I was the only idiot to play both sides of "The Longest Day". Didn't finish it, though. Got nuked by a UFC (Unidentified Flying Cat).

Oh, and Yes '61
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ORIGINAL: Charbroiled

ORIGINAL: Mynok


The true test of a grognard: who has played The Longest Day campaign solitaire from start to finish?

[:D]

I thought I was the only idiot to play both sides of "The Longest Day". Didn't finish it, though. Got nuked by a UFC (Unidentified Flying Cat)

Cats - the bane of the true grognard... [X(] [8|] [:D]
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No, 1982. plus i played sports mainly growing up
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My very first war game was Avalon Hill's "Victory in the Pacific". Heh.
 
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Yes and 1969
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What are we gonna do about all these kiddies Nomad?

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No & 1974...

I didn't know there was an age requirement to be a grognard...
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I thought there would be someone older than me[&:][:(][8|]
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I thought there would be someone older than me[&:][:(][8|]

Well, CobraAus hasn't checked in... neither has Pompack...
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Hi all,

Yes (CRT is CRT and LCD is LCD [;)])

1969


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Yes, 1976...
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ORIGINAL: irrelevant

This may tell us something about the current state of our hobby. Please participate; let's have some fun!

Do you know what a CRT is? Just yes or no please, plus the year you were born.

And I don't mean a cathode ray tube[;)]

Yes. 1956.[;)]

how about a third option?

1. Grognard
2. Noob
3. I talked to girls

1958.
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how about a third option?

1. Grognard
2. Noob
3. I talked to girls

1958.

Oh come now. Really? You mean in high school?[;)]
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yes 1962

"Who else can recreate the entire CRT from memory for the original version of D-Day (AH)? "


But can you also recreate the 1-1 column from Napoleon at Waterloo and all its progeny?

Oh this is easy I just look it up in the game, which I still have. [:D]

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Yes, 1966

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RE: Grognard or n00B ?

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Forgot to answer: Yes, 1966
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ORIGINAL: Mynok


The true test of a grognard: who has played The Longest Day campaign solitaire from start to finish?

[:D]

I thought I was the only idiot to play both sides of "The Longest Day". Didn't finish it, though. Got nuked by a UFC (Unidentified Flying Cat).

Indeed I had the same trouble. It wasn't for trying, because I did that several times.

Used to play War and Peace, Victory Games Civil War and Empires in Arms via snail mail too. I'll never forget putting the VGCW map with all pieces on the railing around the stairwell, only to watch the cat step on the edge. Map, counters and cat all disappeared down the stairs. All I heard was the crash landing, followed by cat claws skidding on linoleum. [8|][:D]

My biggest problem though was dust. After I trained mom not to dust my gameboards (not a pretty sight), these big games would stay setup so long that phantom dust armies would start to appear. [8D]
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No, 1958 - Year of the Dog...[8|] [:D]

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Yes '68

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Yes. 1966, year of the armadillo.
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ORIGINAL: spence
how about a third option?

1. Grognard
2. Noob
3. I talked to girls

1958.

Oh come now. Really? You mean in high school?[;)]

Hey, it was the 70's . . .
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