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Wilhammer

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  1. Oh, hell, I can find these things when I want to. I bet a couple of dozen are in my yard under rocks or in the brick pile.

    I do kill them each time I see them, and I am very careful to be on the lookout.

    Here in the Carolinas, pretty darned common.

    When I used to do apt Maintenace and had to turn off the water, step one was to torch the water shut off box before I reached in to turn the valve handle.

  2. I don't see how a story that cliched, populated with characters that stereotypical, can be award-winning. Big Business has been Hollywood's favorite whipping boy -- after the Catholic church and Nazis, of course -- for ever. The Hurt Locker is so much better written and acted it's in a different league than Avatar.

    Avatar certainly looks a lot better. I'll give it that much.

    Enjoy this guy's reviews - he nails it...

    http://www.youtube.com/user/RedLetterMedia#p/u/7/uJarz7BYnHA

  3. GMT games do their P500 list to do exactly this don't they? They put a game up on their list and if it gets 500 pre-orders then they will do a run. Seems eminently sensible to me?

    http://www.gmtgames.com/t-GMTP500Details.aspx

    I have obtained at least 10 games using this system. works very well - only one turkey, and it was not a wargame per se - Blackbeard.

    This pre-order system is used by others as well - MMP does it, and I got three games last year using theirs.

  4. The Eden War Room is a separate structure - a 800 sqft Apt above a two car garage.

    No cats live there - they live in our home.

    Right now, the game of choice is Case Blue, the Enemy at the Gates scenario, covering Operation Uranus.

    The OCS system is rather good - wish they had some of the titles still in print - all I have are CB, Baltic Gap and DAK.

    http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29285/case-blue

    On another table is War Between the States - a Decsion Games remake of the SPI monster covering the ACW.

    Favorite short plays abound - I really like CDGs - Card Driven Games - Wellington, Kutuzov, Wilderness War, Empire of the Sun, etc... and I like Operational Level Games in general, then strategic, and the occasional tactical.

    We have 3 regular players, including me, and 3 other irregular players, and an extended group of 6 more in the area.

    Almost every Saturday is a gaming today, and one night a week with my best friend.

    John, we don't have DNO, but we do have its offspring - Fire in the East.

    Many monster games exist in the EWR library - including the biggest of all - DG's War in the Pacific.

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