On War in the East

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RE: On War in the East

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Yup..played DNO. Then bought the Brand New Fire in the East and later Scorched Earth. Spent much of my youth playing them, though...

I still have all three in their original boxes :) Just need a table big enough to lay them out without wifey complaining!
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RE: On War in the East

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Terrible Swift Sword, oh I how I loved that. Loved all the SPI series, in fact. Mike and I played these to death...I loved the "Seeing the Elephant" rule for untried units - once I hit 3 max or near max rolls in a row and made a new Iron Brigade...oh, memories.

That was a good game. I bought styrofoam poster board to make the maps rigid, made it easier. The stacking rules were strange, making Hoke's Brigade supermen with the 8-strength regiments. But it was a good game. I liked all the replacement leaders, good system.

I thought the Tiller Computer series did a good job, they were also fun! I think the Gettysburg one came out in 1998 or so, which is a long time ago now....

Played that and Gleam of Bayonets about Sharpsburg. Never got to play the Shiloh game unfortunately.
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RE: On War in the East

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Cats are not compatible with wargames, though that never stopped me. My cat growing up liked to chew on the counters. I believe it was my R.E. Lee counter in Civil War she turned into something resembling and old wad of bubble gum. Made stacking difficult. [:'(]

Cats not as bad as terriers. My first minatures army was Airfix plastic romans with only a few metal figures. Resuming after lunch one day, only my 2 metal cohorts were left. Still, I didn't mind because my opponent's army had been all plastic so I won!

Luckily he was an animal lover.
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