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Celebrating Vets day tomorrow with big thanks and... a war game Machinima style?!
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Posted on 11/10/2016 9:55:12 PM PST by mainestategop

Well I want to share this and see what ya'll think? Kyle Weissman who does our new history blogIs not only a historian but an avid war gamer. His favorite battles he recreates are from the middle ages and the Napoleonic wars.

I have decided to check out just how good he is and play with him on a few war gaming matches to see how good he really is. Maybe pick up some strategy of my own and record the whole thing on my Youtube channel!!

We'll be playing Empire total war set in the revolutionary war, an old game called Age of Rifles which will have some Civil War and WW1 scenarios and some other games set in World war 2. Don't know what though... All I know is their mostly random and fictitious including a few what if's like a confederate Siege on DC or Japanese invasion of Los Angeles maybe even a medieval American campaign in an alternate universe

In addition I want to say that things are quiet now on his blog but we are looking at getting some new stuff put on there. for starters, Our next series will be about Elliot Ness and THE UNTOUCHABLES. I can't wait. I was watching the old ones with Robert Stackman from unsolved mysteries as Ness and I suggested it to him. I think it would be good since Kyle does remind me a bit of Walter Winchell. They're both almost alike, they both are anti communist, anti socialist except Kyle isn't Jewish and frowns on yellow journalism tending to stick mostly to facts than gossip. Still... I'm excited.

So... What do we think of the whole idea? Anyone interested in watching a Machinima style war game? Well try and focus on American military history but... I'd really like to play some Rome Total war even the new one.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: gaming; internet; wargaming

1 posted on 11/10/2016 9:55:12 PM PST by mainestategop
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To: mainestategop

Steam and cream?


2 posted on 11/10/2016 10:10:08 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice
I guess! I'm new at STEAM but I am looking forward to tomorrow. Kyle should help me.


3 posted on 11/10/2016 10:30:26 PM PST by mainestategop (DonÂ’t Let Freedom Slip Away! After America , There is No Place to Go)
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Bookmarking


4 posted on 11/10/2016 10:33:33 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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To: mainestategop

As a veteran who served 24 years from Vietnam to Desert Storm I want to say that America has already given me the biggest thanks possible when they elected a decent Commander in Chief on Tuesday. I am so happy that todays military will not have another military loathing Clinton in that position.


5 posted on 11/11/2016 3:22:29 AM PST by TonyM
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To: mainestategop
I started war gaming in the seventies with a subscription to SPI's Strategy & Tactics. My first issue was either the one with Conquistador or the one with The Plot To Assassinate Hitler. I still prefer physical games over computer games.
6 posted on 11/11/2016 3:29:16 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck?Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: mainestategop

I have Age of Rifles. It is a awesome game.


7 posted on 11/11/2016 6:31:39 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: MrEdd

S&T is still around. Decision games publishes it.

There are better companies out there, though.

I still have a large collection of paper games. But, right now, I am in an electronic version of Squad Leader game with a buddy.

Lots of fun!


8 posted on 11/11/2016 6:43:30 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: MrEdd

You would like historical miniatures. Go to a convention:

http://hmgs.site-ym.com/?page=HconHome

http://hmgs-midsouth.org/conventions/nashcon/

http://www.hmgsgl.org/conventions/advance-the-colors/


9 posted on 11/11/2016 6:53:43 AM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: GreenLanternCorps; Conan the Librarian

I had microarmor for Tobruk and for Arab Israeli wars back in the day.

My space for miniatures is limited now but I am looking to get into some simpler games like Sails Of Glory and Wings of glory.

Most of my war games went away when I got married because my wife couldn’t handle the math and memorizing where her units were. With fewer units that have their stats painted on large bases I think she can handle it.


10 posted on 11/11/2016 9:32:03 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck?Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: MrEdd

There are still LOTS of folks out in the country that still play.

Conventions and Mini-cons run most weekends somewhere.

If you are looking for some gaming, you can find it. Don’t even need to own the game.


11 posted on 11/11/2016 11:13:40 AM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Conan the Librarian

Actually, I have a game of Panzer Leader scheduled for after church on Sunday. Haven’t played that one since maybe eighty five or eighty six. My wife can’t manage those though.

I have been building a collection of modern designer boardgames which my wife can enjoy. I stumbled on to videos from The Dice Tower while trying to find a less heat up copy of the old Avalon Hill game Merchant Of Venus. I have been able to build a small group of players for those games from within my church.


12 posted on 11/11/2016 12:20:59 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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GREAT!

I recently found out that a friend of mine is a Squad Leader guy.

We’ve been playing each other on line and hope to get some face to face time soon.


13 posted on 11/11/2016 5:50:28 PM PST by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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