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Author Topic: Your Unpopular Wargaming Opinion  (Read 7236 times)

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on: October 16, 2023, 06:51:32 AM
What's your unpopular wargaming opinion that gets the rest of the room riled up?


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Reply #1 on: October 16, 2023, 07:52:05 AM
Counters don’t need clipping!  :tickedoff:

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Reply #2 on: October 16, 2023, 08:14:11 AM
Counters that need clipping.  :whistle:
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Reply #3 on: October 16, 2023, 08:29:01 AM
Those little nobbly bits on counters when punching them...that need clipping  :silly:

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Reply #4 on: October 16, 2023, 10:35:40 AM
Computer wargames don't need clippers at all. Just a dongle.

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Reply #5 on: October 16, 2023, 08:40:03 PM
Naval warfare is meh...   :dunno:



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Reply #6 on: October 16, 2023, 08:57:23 PM
Theater command games should not have production rules.  (That is at the level of Grand Strategy)



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Reply #7 on: October 16, 2023, 10:23:44 PM
Star Fleet Battles ain't that hard. {The rules, that is-- beating a skilled opponent? That's hard.}




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Reply #8 on: October 16, 2023, 11:42:01 PM
Dental Floss may NOT be used to check LOS in Squad Leader games. Especially if it's already been used.  :nope:

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Reply #9 on: October 17, 2023, 05:04:02 AM
Do you actually play any such games?

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Reply #10 on: October 17, 2023, 05:10:59 AM
Board games suck



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Reply #11 on: October 17, 2023, 06:02:52 AM
Consider your legs to be well and truly officially slapped  >:(

When you eventually get off yer arse and come up here, I will teach you the error of your ways! (includes tea and hobnobs).

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Reply #12 on: October 17, 2023, 11:05:50 AM
Uh OH! UCG You've gotten the FULL -On Tea & Hobnob treatment.  Just the Hobnobs break most men.  :biggrin:

Actually way back there, all there was were board games and Squad Leader was one of my favorites along with some of the add-ons. War & Peace, Panzerblitz, Third Reich, Waterloo was my first board wargame. It was really hard to find almost anyone in my little town to play with. This was back in the 70's and suddenly war wasn't too cool anymore, not like in the 60's, so I didn't get a lot of time in any of the games. But I still miss those days, nothing like opening a new box and.... :dreamer:

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Reply #13 on: October 17, 2023, 01:33:03 PM
Board games suck
I used to feel the same way. Then I bought a board game.  :dreamer:

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Reply #14 on: October 17, 2023, 02:56:00 PM
I think UCG has too much piss, vinegar, and chips in him to be swayed into our camp  ;D

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