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  1. Our convention is kicking off this Friday & we've still got some great events w/ seats available at #TheACDCBoth FR & SA, the Boardgame Bootcamp will teach you the essentials of Discord, VASSAL, and Tabletop Simulator, to help you get the most out of your virtual wargaming (like, say, at #TheACDC)https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/36https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/37Cyrano's afternoon Memoir '44 game still has seats? C'mon people! https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/12Hazdrubal added a Sunday evening game of Rebels & Patriots, if you want to re-fight some skirmishes from the American War of Independencehttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/41Somehow, there are still seats available in the Saturday morning learn-to-play game of Point Blank: V is for Victory from Lock 'n Load Publishinghttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/9Robotech Reconstruction (from Strange Machine Games) is, as you'd guess, based on the sci-fi series. But the COIN-inspired asymmetric play has had wargamers digging this title every time it hits the tablehttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/34https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/35Catastrophe Games has their new East Front game Campaign: Fall Blau on Saturday morninghttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/14Ad Astra Games were one of the first companies to support our ACDC's and they're back again to teach their Squadron Strike space combat game.They even developed their own proprietary platform for ithttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/28https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/29Ryan Heilman has been one of our longest-running GMs, and is back with the finally-published Ginormopod 2050 AD, which we've playtested in pre-pub form at past ACDC'shttps://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/6https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/schedule/7
  2. #TheACDC is this weekend, and we've got some great seminars / talk shows as a part of the event (note that you do need to be registered with the convention to participate live) – Bruce Maxwell talking Air & Armor – Jim Werbaneth talking about the Inchon landing – Moe interviews Sebastian Bae about Littoral Commander – The sinking of the USS Scorpion – Interview with Harold Buchanan – The 100th anniversary of the Washington Naval Treaty – Interview with some of the professional designers from the Center for Naval Analysis plus the opening / closing Happy Hours with Brant, Moe, and Ardwulf https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023
  3. Once you have the badge for the weekend, the events themselves are free to add up to the registration limit for the event.
  4. [b]Added a couple of events for #TheACDC![/b] Our virtual game convention starts in less than a week - details below • We've added a detailed Air & Armor demo with Bruce Maxwell & Fred Schwarz, as they'll walk thru a full example of play while taking Q&A w/ the audience • There's now 2 sessions of Robotech Reconstruction, so you check out this COIN-inspired asymmetrical wargame of the factions after one of the major Robotech wars • 2 sessions of the always-awesome Boardgame Bootcamp with Tim & Karl, teaching users how to use Discord, VASSAL, and Tabletop Simulator Some attendees have said that this session alone was worth the price of attendance :cowboy: • The outstanding Patrick's Tactics & Tutorials will be teaching both Combat Commander AND Commands & Colors: Ancients And all of those have been added to our agenda, so come join us next weekend for #TheACDC and spend the weekend wargaming in your pajamas with us! https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023/
  5. "What's The ACDC?" An online/virtual game convention! Every January, the Armchair Dragoons hold a virtual convention, with 2-1/2 days of wargaming, talk shows, history presentations, pickup events, and learn-to-play/bootcamps for gamers. We use Discord as the 'home base' for the convention, and the GMs use VASSAL or TTS or other similar platforms to play the games, while we stream the talk shows and other presentations through YouTube (limited to attendees). This year? Learn to play Great Campaigns of the American Civil War with Ardwulf Learn to play Littoral Commander with designer Sebastian Bae Learn to play Point Blank: V is for Victory with LNL Publishing Learn to play an online Kriegsspiel with the International Kriegsspiel Society Learn to play Squadron Strike with Ad Astra Games The Wargame Bootcamp will teach you the essentials of Discord, VASSAL, and Tabletop Simulator Epic multi-player games with GOTY Jim Owczarski of Saturday Night Fights Twilight:2000 RPG sessions World at War 85, Song for War: Mediterranean Theater, Jutland, Robotech: Reconstruction, Judean Hammer, Ginormopod 2300, Campaign: Fall Blau, Blucher, and other games Interviews with Bruce Maxwell, Harold Buchanan, The Center for Naval Analysis, and Sebastian Bae (and maybe more?) Historical presentations on the Inchon Invasion, Washington Naval Treaty, and the USS Scorpion, among others And all of that crammed into one weekend, that you can join from your living room https://tabletop.events/conventions/the-acdc-january-2023
  6. Still wondering about Connections Online? Check out our visit with Ardwulf to talk about the conference. https://youtu.be/hMKTFIF5t78
  7. (I hope this one is OK to share here and that it isn't considered something spamish) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calling all simulators, analysts, and wargamers Connections Online 2022, coming in mid-April We are an online non-profit conference dedicated to advancing the art, science, and application of wargaming. Our event emphasizes strengthening the links between hobby, commercial, academic, and professional communities interested in using games to understand the real world. Core Events will run 19-21 April, 10AM-4PM EST. Core events currently planned include (but are not limited to) developing professional wargames; improving your design skills; recent innovations in the wargaming field; simulating cyber conflict; and more. From 18-24 April we will have extended events (outside our Core hours) that address more niche topics, and present actual games! Extended events will include topics such as designing political-focused games, the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War, and a wargame bootcamp on tools for running games online. On 18 April, there will be a free 2-hour introductory session that will be publicly streamed, as an "Introduction & Orientation to Wargaming". This session is being held in advance of the Core events to allow potential participants to gauge their own interest in the field before committing to full registration for Connections Online. Registration will be required via Tabletop.events (for a nominal fee) and content will be streamed through a private YouTube channel. Current schedule is available at the ACD site, but it still being added to (flyer is at https://www.armchairdragoons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ConnexFlyer-2022.jpg) Note that this is not a game convention. It is a professional conference about wargaming that includes a few game sessions, but with a focus on seminars, panels, and presentations for information exchange within the professional / practitioner wargaming world
  8. Dunno 'bout AVP. That's not me on the video - that's Banzai_Cat.
  9. There's about a week or so left in the voting, so getcher votes in!
  10. We're back with season 6 of The GrogCast, and already 5 episodes into it (so there's 75 or so back episodes, too) Each episode runs about an hour, and we talk all manner of strategy games, both digital and tabletop, and with some frequent guest appearances, too Click on the S6 image above to hit the GrogCast homepage and let us know what you think
  11. .... FINALLY! (eesh....) (I hope this isn't breaking any rules here) GrogHeads Readers Choice Award Voting is finally up! http://grogheads.com/featured-posts/17601 yes, it took us a while to get the voting posted digital games on first page tabletop games on second page
  12. Voting is now open for the 2014 GrogHeads Readers Choice Awards CM Red Thunder is on the list in the digital game categories
  13. There's a big 2-part review of the Market Garden expansion over at GrogHeads.com Part 1 Part 2
  14. GrogHeads Readers Choice Award voting is now open All entries were nominated by readers throughout the year Battlefront has games in several categories, as well as the overall category where all games duke it out together.
  15. another interview w/ Sterrett here http://grogheads.com/?p=2722
  16. Feel free to vote for CMFI and all your other favorites of 2012! Readers' Choice Award voting at GrogHeads.com
  17. I turn up when you start slandering me and my friends, which you have continued to do despite an overwhelming absence ofanything remotely resembling any proof that any member of GrogHeads staff, management, or ownership has ever done the things you've accused us of. Here's an idea: stop mouthing off about things when you have ZERO clue what you're talking about. You'll get a lot less trouble that way. Holy crap! Did that phrase really escape your keyboard Mr "I never registered at BoardGameGeek until there was a chance to pile on a bunch of people I don't like and accuse them of things I made up despite any proof whatsoever"? Seriously? And that's why we had a review of CMFI on our front page ( http://grogheads.com/rev-cmfi.html ) and why we'd much rather talk about games that fighting the 9345876239th battle of you continuing jihad on GrogHeads. Trust me, you're not important enough for me to try to avoid. And the only times I show up to address you specifically are when you attack me and my friends. I refute your nonsense, and then let others judge based on facts, not your whiny, incoherent, one-sided, delusional rambling. And yet here you are, not posting about the game. If you actually believed what you just wrote, then you (a) wouldn't have tried to pile on GH at BGG, ( wouldn't have whined about GH on you FaceBook site, and © would've walked away from this thread without ever making a comment. But you just can't help yourself can you? You want to take shots at people you don't like, for reasons you've invented, and then run screaming for help when challenged in your assertions. Don't tell all of us that we should be here talking about games after you've tried to slander me and my friends. Don't tell us that we shouldn't register somewhere to perpetuate a flame war you started, when you did exactly the same thing 2 months ago. And don't ever, ever doubt that I will continue to call you out for your duplicitousness, lies, falsifications, and fabrications, anywhere and everywhere I can.
  18. I absolutely agree. They make great games! I wish everyone would focus on the games instead of lobbing random accusations around the web and creating drama where none is necessary.
  19. Uh yeah - as ill-informed conspiracy nutjob after ill-informed conspiracy nutjob has accused me and my friends of pulling the strings of the entire wargaming world, I thought it would be funny to create the Groginati logo. Glad someone was {redacted} enough to fall for it. Yep. Here I am. And here you are, slinking around the web spreading rumors and innuendo about me and my friends, again. And although I run BayonetGames (which hasn't really done anything in about 4 years) and I am a partner in GrogHeads. I use my server space to occasionally put some humorous images out there for the web. There is not a single person in GrogHeads management, staff, or ownership who have ever done such a thing. No one is trying to goad you into anything. Quite frankly, we don't need to. Your paranoid ramblings have more than shown your inability to grasp basic facts and your constant "just kidding" or "I'm only saying what I heard" backpedalling demonstrate a clear lack of conviction to state a case and stand by it. I will admit, had I been so thoroughly filleted as you were on Boardgamegeek, I'd be gun-shy, too. And yet, here you are, in yet another online forum, slagging on me and my friends behind our backs. Again, you have absolutely zero proof that any member of GrogHeads management, staff, or ownership has done any such thing. And I know you don't have the proof, because it never happened and therefore does not exist. Merry Christmas to you, too! And this is relevant how? Nope. Never happened. No member of GrogHeads management, staff, or ownership ever said word one to Matrix about Curtis to remove him from Wargamer.com Quite frankly, we just didn't give a rip. He did his thing. We did ours. We're still here doing ours. But to suggest that we would ever jeopardize our editorial integrity for any reason, much less an inane one like Curtis's behavior at Wargamer.com is, quite frankly, ludicrous. Victim of what? Your own paranoid delusional fantasies? Really? You have no idea who these people are, what they do, how they earn their living, or what they do for the wargaming community as a whole, and yet you hope they get what's "do" to them? And if you think any of our management, staff, or ownership are in any way related to Slitherine or ACG, then why don't you put your cards on the table, and name names, if you think you know so much. But of course, I know you can't. And I know that because I know who they are, and I know that they are absolutely, completely, 100% not the same people. I will say this about Curtis' rambling 'opus' - He gets basic open-record verifiable facts wrong. If he's wrong about the stuff you can check through the public record, why would you trust him about the stuff you can't?
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