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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Buckeye Gamefest 2024
« Last post by Putraack on Today at 03:07:14 PM »I'll be there, but beyond Monday, I cannot be sure *when*.
Family and work are suddenly piling on what I intended to be an off week!
Family and work are suddenly piling on what I intended to be an off week!
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Intel Dump / Re: New Column - #TBT / Throwback Thursday!
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 02:35:33 PM »#TBT ~ I feel so used!
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/tbt/tbt-i-feel-so-used/
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"As I walked up to the game shelves I am sure I audibly gasped for there was not only a selection of GDW and Avalon Hill wargames from the 1970's and 1980's but (huge gasp) six SPI flat box titles!"
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/articles/tbt/tbt-i-feel-so-used/
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Conventions, Clubs, and Events / Re: Buckeye Gamefest 2024
« Last post by bayonetbrant on Today at 01:52:23 PM »Definitely going to be there, but probably just FRI/SAT b/c of work.
I've got some LNLP's Dawn's Early Light on the schedule for FRI and the big Team COIN game on SAT.
I'll play in all sorts of stuff around that as I can, but definitely going to end up with a longer lunch in there somewhere with some of the dudes.
I've got some LNLP's Dawn's Early Light on the schedule for FRI and the big Team COIN game on SAT.
I'll play in all sorts of stuff around that as I can, but definitely going to end up with a longer lunch in there somewhere with some of the dudes.
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Pre-Gunpowder / Re: HISPANIA wargame on Gamefound
« Last post by DracoIdeas on Today at 05:25:44 AM »Salve!
Proconsvl variant unlocked! ...but what are variants?
We take a look at the Hispania variants, as several of them have been unlocked, in addition to the variable difficulty levels and unlocked scenarios.
https://gamefound.com/es/projects/draco-ideas/hispania/updates/7
Proconsvl variant unlocked! ...but what are variants?
We take a look at the Hispania variants, as several of them have been unlocked, in addition to the variable difficulty levels and unlocked scenarios.
https://gamefound.com/es/projects/draco-ideas/hispania/updates/7
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on Yesterday at 06:55:47 PM »1183 BC the Greeks took Troy [Trad].
1066 Comet Halley makes an appearance
1811, then-Viscount Wellington moved to capture Almeida, a city in eastern Portugal that had been in French hands for nearly a year. Lacking heavy artillery to conduct a proper siege, Wellington blockaded the place, hoping to starve the garrison out. The French holding Almeida, some 1,400 men under General de Brigade Antoine Brennier, resisted stoutly.
Learning that André Massena was concentrating a relief force, Wellington maintained the blockade with about 13,000 troops, while holding the bulk of his army in readiness to counter the French marshal. In the resulting Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3-5, 1811), Wellington, with about 38,000 troops repeatedly beat off assaults by Massena’s 48,000
Despite his defeat, Massena maintained his army nearby, perhaps in the hope of renewing the fight.
Then, very early one morning, as Wellington was shaving in his tent, Baron Aylmer, of his staff, told him that Massena had pulled out, and that even as he spoke “the last cavalry [was] mounting to be gone," and thus the fall of Almeida was certain.
Wellington reacted by taking the razor from his face for a moment, to say “Aye, I thought they meant to be off; very well," and then continued his shave, not mentioning the enemy again until he had completed dressing, yet again demonstrating his remarkable tranquility.
As for Almeida, realizing that all was lost, a few days later, on the night of May 10-11, Brennier managed to slip most of his men out of the town, right through the British lines, after having rigged the defenses with explosives, which went off in spectacular fashion, demolishing the fortress.
The incident led Wellington to come close to expressing anger, when he wrote of the officers commanding the blockade, "They had about 13,000 to watch 1,400. There they were all sleeping in their spurs even; but the French got off. I begin to be of the opinion that there is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer."
1862. Farragut runs the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi below New Orleans
1863 War Department isues GO No 100, The Law of Land Warfare, the first US ROE.
1943. U.S. 7th Infantry Div. having trained for desert warfare, sails from San Francisco for Alaska
Fire in the freighter 'El Estero' at Jersey City threatens to detonate 5,000 tons of ammunition aboard her, two nearby ships, and at dockside; USCG tows the vessel into New York Bay and floods her
1967. Vladimir Komarov (40), first man to die in space, Soyuz 1 disaster
1066 Comet Halley makes an appearance
1811, then-Viscount Wellington moved to capture Almeida, a city in eastern Portugal that had been in French hands for nearly a year. Lacking heavy artillery to conduct a proper siege, Wellington blockaded the place, hoping to starve the garrison out. The French holding Almeida, some 1,400 men under General de Brigade Antoine Brennier, resisted stoutly.
Learning that André Massena was concentrating a relief force, Wellington maintained the blockade with about 13,000 troops, while holding the bulk of his army in readiness to counter the French marshal. In the resulting Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro (May 3-5, 1811), Wellington, with about 38,000 troops repeatedly beat off assaults by Massena’s 48,000
Despite his defeat, Massena maintained his army nearby, perhaps in the hope of renewing the fight.
Then, very early one morning, as Wellington was shaving in his tent, Baron Aylmer, of his staff, told him that Massena had pulled out, and that even as he spoke “the last cavalry [was] mounting to be gone," and thus the fall of Almeida was certain.
Wellington reacted by taking the razor from his face for a moment, to say “Aye, I thought they meant to be off; very well," and then continued his shave, not mentioning the enemy again until he had completed dressing, yet again demonstrating his remarkable tranquility.
As for Almeida, realizing that all was lost, a few days later, on the night of May 10-11, Brennier managed to slip most of his men out of the town, right through the British lines, after having rigged the defenses with explosives, which went off in spectacular fashion, demolishing the fortress.
The incident led Wellington to come close to expressing anger, when he wrote of the officers commanding the blockade, "They had about 13,000 to watch 1,400. There they were all sleeping in their spurs even; but the French got off. I begin to be of the opinion that there is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer."
1862. Farragut runs the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi below New Orleans
1863 War Department isues GO No 100, The Law of Land Warfare, the first US ROE.
1943. U.S. 7th Infantry Div. having trained for desert warfare, sails from San Francisco for Alaska
Fire in the freighter 'El Estero' at Jersey City threatens to detonate 5,000 tons of ammunition aboard her, two nearby ships, and at dockside; USCG tows the vessel into New York Bay and floods her
1967. Vladimir Komarov (40), first man to die in space, Soyuz 1 disaster
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on April 23, 2024, 04:24:53 PM »1370 Construction of the Bastille begins in Paris
1676. Naval Battle off Etna/Agosta/Catania: Dutch-Spanish vs. French. French fleet of 29 men-of-war, 5 frigates and 8 fireships under Abraham Duquesne engaged 17 Dutch and 10 Spanish ships plus 5 fireships under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter. The battle was a short but intense affair and ended abruptly when Duquesne, after hearing that De Ruyter had been mortally wounded, retreated. Neither side lost a ship, though there were many dead and wounded, especially among the Dutch.
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1778. During the American Revolution, two boats of volunteers from the sloop-of-war Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, go ashore at Whitehaven, England, burning ships in the harbor and spiking the guns of the fort.
1809 Battle of Eggmuhl: The French defeat the Austrians
1870. Born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as "Lenin" - intellectually inclined mass murderer, d. 1924
1915. The Germans initiated the use of chemical weapons at Ypres in 1915. By the end of the war, the major combatants were all using gas to vary degrees. And despite the greater industrial resources of her opponents, Germany maintained its advantage in chemical weapons until the end of the war, expending more agents than all of the Allied powers combined.
Chemical Agents Expended, 1915-1918
(in thousands of tons)
Country 1915 1916 1917 1918 Total
Britain -- 2.0 4.0 8.0 14.0
France -- 4.0 6.0 15.0 25.0
Italy -- 0.5 2.5 3.0 6.0
United States -- -- -- 1.5 1.5
Allied Total -- 6.5 12.5 27.5 46.5
Austria-Hungary -1.0 2.5 6.0 9.5
Germany 4.0 6.0 15.0 30.0 55.0
Central Powers4.0 7.0 17.5 36.0 64.5
Total 4.0 13.5 30.0 63.5 111.0
When first introduced gas caused considerable panic, a characteristic of its use that continued until the end of the war. But in fact it was among the least lethal of the many weapons used in the war. Even the most deadly of the agents used, yperite, was fatal in less than 4-percent of cases.
1945 3rd Inf Div committed an act of cultural insensitivity -- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFdoGlUmBSo
1676. Naval Battle off Etna/Agosta/Catania: Dutch-Spanish vs. French. French fleet of 29 men-of-war, 5 frigates and 8 fireships under Abraham Duquesne engaged 17 Dutch and 10 Spanish ships plus 5 fireships under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter. The battle was a short but intense affair and ended abruptly when Duquesne, after hearing that De Ruyter had been mortally wounded, retreated. Neither side lost a ship, though there were many dead and wounded, especially among the Dutch.
1769 Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
1778. During the American Revolution, two boats of volunteers from the sloop-of-war Ranger, commanded by John Paul Jones, go ashore at Whitehaven, England, burning ships in the harbor and spiking the guns of the fort.
1809 Battle of Eggmuhl: The French defeat the Austrians
1870. Born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, known as "Lenin" - intellectually inclined mass murderer, d. 1924
1915. The Germans initiated the use of chemical weapons at Ypres in 1915. By the end of the war, the major combatants were all using gas to vary degrees. And despite the greater industrial resources of her opponents, Germany maintained its advantage in chemical weapons until the end of the war, expending more agents than all of the Allied powers combined.
Chemical Agents Expended, 1915-1918
(in thousands of tons)
Country 1915 1916 1917 1918 Total
Britain -- 2.0 4.0 8.0 14.0
France -- 4.0 6.0 15.0 25.0
Italy -- 0.5 2.5 3.0 6.0
United States -- -- -- 1.5 1.5
Allied Total -- 6.5 12.5 27.5 46.5
Austria-Hungary -1.0 2.5 6.0 9.5
Germany 4.0 6.0 15.0 30.0 55.0
Central Powers4.0 7.0 17.5 36.0 64.5
Total 4.0 13.5 30.0 63.5 111.0
When first introduced gas caused considerable panic, a characteristic of its use that continued until the end of the war. But in fact it was among the least lethal of the many weapons used in the war. Even the most deadly of the agents used, yperite, was fatal in less than 4-percent of cases.
1945 3rd Inf Div committed an act of cultural insensitivity -- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFdoGlUmBSo
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Intel Dump / Re: Tuesday Newsday! Weekly dump of wargaming news
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 23, 2024, 03:21:26 PM »Massive Game Industry Corporate Changes, Plus Wargaming ~ #TuesdayNewsday
Start your week with a bang by catching up on the latest wargaming happenings in our #TuesdayNewsday column
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tn042324/
Start your week with a bang by catching up on the latest wargaming happenings in our #TuesdayNewsday column
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/news/tn042324/
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Age of Gunpowder / Re: Bawb....
« Last post by bob48 on April 22, 2024, 01:19:39 PM »Its a pretty simple, straightforward system, and I do like the attritional combat rules. Plays very fast and looks nice.
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Intel Dump / Re: Gamesurvey.org ~ 2024 Edition
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 22, 2024, 01:08:50 PM »Per Dr Mercer, we're extending the reply deadline all the way out to 1 July, which will also get us past a few of the conventions in the early Summer.
We weren't going to get to the data analysis until July anyway with other things on our schedules, so we're going to leave it open for now.
We weren't going to get to the data analysis until July anyway with other things on our schedules, so we're going to leave it open for now.
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Age of Gunpowder / Re: Bawb....
« Last post by JudgeDredd on April 22, 2024, 11:57:45 AM »Genuinely not sure.
Longstreet Attacks has kind of muted my taste for ACW. I have Gettysburg and Pea Ridge by Compass which I like and The US Civil War. That might be enough.
I have to say though - 8 pages of rules is very enticing.
Longstreet Attacks has kind of muted my taste for ACW. I have Gettysburg and Pea Ridge by Compass which I like and The US Civil War. That might be enough.
I have to say though - 8 pages of rules is very enticing.