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[FirstPappy]

USN from SPI - Maps were huge!

[Neilster]

Very similar to my story. Couldn't read until I was 7. However once I could I loved reading. At age of 11\12 it was Lord of the Rings that really blew my mind.

I read The Lord of the Rings when I was seven or eight. My brother who was four years older than me and a huge fan of the book was at first amused that I was attempting it, and then annoyed and claimed that even if I was reading it, I couldn't understand it. He asked me loads of questions and I was able to answer them all.

I enjoyed it but it's still a massive task for a kid that young. I didn't read it again until I was 20.

[Anonymous]

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[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Very similar to my story. Couldn't read until I was 7. However once I could I loved reading. At age of 11\12 it was Lord of the Rings that really blew my mind.

I read The Lord of the Rings when I was seven or eight. My brother who was four years older than me and a huge fan of the book was at first amused that I was attempting it, and then annoyed and claimed that even if I was reading it, I couldn't understand it. He asked me loads of questions and I was able to answer them all.

I enjoyed it but it's still a massive task for a kid that young. I didn't read it again until I was 20.

I started The Lord of the Rings when I was 10 but my interest was killed when the story reached Tom Bombadil. I re-read it a couple of years later and the book blew my mind. I still hate Tom Bombadil and, to this day, I never read even one of the numerous songs and poems interspersed through the book.

[Lobster]

Probably GDW's Europa Series. All of the maps put together on my basement floor. It was physically complicated as much as mentally complicated. We toyed with the idea of a winch and trolley system to suspend players over the maps. [:D]

After a few turns it became painfully apparent (literally) it was not going to be possible to play the game.

[Neilster]

"I started The Lord of the Rings when I was 10 but my interest was killed when the story reached Tom Bombadil. I re-read it a couple of years later and the book blew my mind. I still hate Tom Bombadil and, to this day, I never read even one of the numerous songs and poems interspersed through the book."

Agreed. IMHO, Tom Bombadil is garbage.

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[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: Grognerd_INC

Yeah all I remember is the regimental equivalent stacking rule, never finished a game of it.

warspite1

Me neither. Such a sad way it ended though.

I have the Collectors Edition of Balkan Front, Storm over Scandinavia, Second Front, First to Fight, For Whom The Bells Tolls, A Winter War, War In The Desert (And Wavell's War) - plus the two Glory games (War of Resistance and The Damned Die Hard) and the two First World War games (Over There and March to Victory).

But my goal was WWII at division level and yet never got to buy the Western Front game from 1940 or any of the Eastern Front games before it all came to a crashing halt [:(]..... Lucky I paid for the aborted Total War by credit card so was able to get me money back. [:)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: RFalvo69

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Very similar to my story. Couldn't read until I was 7. However once I could I loved reading. At age of 11\12 it was Lord of the Rings that really blew my mind.

I read The Lord of the Rings when I was seven or eight. My brother who was four years older than me and a huge fan of the book was at first amused that I was attempting it, and then annoyed and claimed that even if I was reading it, I couldn't understand it. He asked me loads of questions and I was able to answer them all.

I enjoyed it but it's still a massive task for a kid that young. I didn't read it again until I was 20.

I started The Lord of the Rings when I was 10 but my interest was killed when the story reached Tom Bombadil. I re-read it a couple of years later and the book blew my mind. I still hate Tom Bombadil and, to this day, I never read even one of the numerous songs and poems interspersed through the book.

You said it.

[MrsWargamer]

ORIGINAL: Lobster

Probably GDW's Europa Series. All of the maps put together on my basement floor. It was physically complicated as much as mentally complicated. We toyed with the idea of a winch and trolley system to suspend players over the maps. [:D]

After a few turns it became painfully apparent (literally) it was not going to be possible to play the game.

Yep.

I have Western Desert and Marita Merkur.
I had France for 1940. And I dreamed of having enough space for Fire in the East.
But, I couldn't even afford an apartment that big in my 20s let alone a spare room that size.

[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: MrsWargamer

ORIGINAL: Lobster

Probably GDW's Europa Series. All of the maps put together on my basement floor. It was physically complicated as much as mentally complicated. We toyed with the idea of a winch and trolley system to suspend players over the maps. [:D]

After a few turns it became painfully apparent (literally) it was not going to be possible to play the game.

Yep.

I have Western Desert and Marita Merkur.
I had France for 1940. And I dreamed of having enough space for Fire in the East.
But, I couldn't even afford an apartment that big in my 20s let alone a spare room that size.

I saw Fire in the East/Scorched Earth being played in a now closed gaming club in Catanzaro, in the late '90s. It was a September-June marathon, with three people on each side. They even had a home made wall map where they marked the progress with red and blue pencils. Sometimes I watched the game and it didn't seem very complex, only gigantic. Anyway, these guys had a great fun in playing it.