Great Pacific Game from Mark Walker

[Brigz]

Hey Bill. Good to hear from a fellow Sacto-ite. Pasternakski (who is apparently on some kind of hiatus from forms right now) is close to Sacto up in the foothills. There are a lot of us around this town/area.

[Brigz]

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

I think the memories of board wargaming are bigger than board wargaming. At least for me they are. The guy I refer to sliding the 6's and 1's didn't do that as a kid, this guy started doing this stuff as an adult. lol As a kid at 12 when we all first started it was a glorious time of fun and couldn't wait for the next weekend. We'd cycle around to each others houses so our moms wouldn't get so fussy about same ole boys over every weekend dirtying up her house. We actually played together for many years after high school. We all pretty much stayed within our home base, but, after a few years then things started spreading out at least for two of us, me and the dice slider. I went air force, he went navy, the other two stayed home. Once I got in the actual military I started to discover the things wargames never taught me. Girls, fun, sex, drugs, alcohol, women, lol lots of women. To hell with playing wargames, man I was staying out all night playing with other things. Ft. Walton Beach Fla. was a nice place to have a tour. And on Hurlburt Peapatch to be sure was as easy a tour as anyone could have in the military. Ahhh the memories of the good ole days.

Ravinhood and EG.
I share your history of wargaming. I started young, evolved into booze, drugs, women, marriage, divorce and now I'm at an age when I can be a kid again and enjoy wargames like I used to. I guess it's my golden age. Now I'm just working away hoping to retire so I can really indulge myself. Used to have a base of about a dozen good opponents-friends and thankfully have managed to hold on to a few. Even play email with some that have moved away. I'll probably be playing board wargames until I drop dead and scatter the counters all over the place. I won't stop until they pry the dice from my cold dead hand.

[Jeffrey H.]

The man has a point or two.

[Dan Verssen]

A nice "in-between" realm that I've found between tabletop and computer games is Vassal.
 
Vassal allows tabletop games to be played across the internet, so finding opponents is much easier. Also, from a designer's point of view, creating a Vassal game takes far less time than a full blown computer game.
 
We have even taken it a step farther by creating several solitaire games in Vassal. This provides a nice organized way to play without the need for an opponent.
 
-Dan Verssen
www.dvg.com

[Fred98]

ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast
I have no doubt some of the curent boardgames are damn good, but if you don't have regular access to other people who ALSO like playing them, they're absolutely pointless to purchase.

When I win the lottery, I have no interest a Porsche or Lamborgini. Instead I will buy the house next door and make the garage into a gaming room.

I would be keen to hire some of you to live there and be my full time oponent.

Girlfriends and wives can visit outside of working hours.[8D]
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