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The Modern World / Re: Consolidated thread for Thin Red Line's C3 series
« Last post by TTC on April 30, 2024, 09:43:47 PM »4th game in the series has been announced
https://warwithoutkia.blogspot.com/2024/04/in-dark-wood-here-is-battlefield.htmlQuoteWell, after a long pause in Greece we are back to our favourite, familiar and apocalyptic World War Three environment! Ah, nothing better than the smell of napalm in the morning.
Here's the first complete, almost approved version of the map for the C3 Module #4 - In a Dark Wood. Actually, Tony is still griping about it, but that's not big news...He always does
The map is slightly bigger than the Less Than 60 Miles one, in order to include the whole US VII Corps Area of Responsibility.
as always, it's fun to check out the maps and find the places you used to live
That would be hex 1811.
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Intel Dump / Re: The PODCAST now known as "Mentioned in Dispatches" !
« Last post by TTC on April 30, 2024, 09:41:45 PM »Mentioned in Dispatches Season 12 Ep 10 ~ Commercial Wargames for the Pros
In preparation for Connections Online next week, we’re joined by a pair of wargame practitioners: Kevin Williamson, and Mitch Reed, both up in the DC area.
Mitch is well-known to the hobby world as the lead sled-dog of the No Dice No Glory team, but he’s also on his third different professional wargaming gig, after an extended military career. Kevin’s hobby background is more digital than tabletop, but it’s serving him well in his current wargames-in-military-education role.
https://www.armchairdragoons.com/podcast/s12e11/
I heard on the podcast: "You should follow Kevin [Williamson] on LinkedIn."
Good idea, I thought. So I logged onto LinkedIn... and saw that I already followed him.
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Intel Dump / Re: Tuesday Newsday! Weekly dump of wargaming news
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 04:06:31 PM »Convention Season Coming Up ~ #TuesdayNewsday
From tabletop tactics to warfighting masterpieces, #TuesdayNewsday covers it all
https://wp.me/sae4WL-tn043024
From tabletop tactics to warfighting masterpieces, #TuesdayNewsday covers it all
https://wp.me/sae4WL-tn043024
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The Modern World / Re: Valor & Victory from Matrix
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 10:21:00 AM »new tournament starting soon at Matrix Games
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/valor-and-victory-new-tournament-open-for-sign-ups
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/valor-and-victory-new-tournament-open-for-sign-ups
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The Modern World / Re: Consolidated thread for Thin Red Line's C3 series
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 10:20:08 AM »4th game in the series has been announced
https://warwithoutkia.blogspot.com/2024/04/in-dark-wood-here-is-battlefield.html
as always, it's fun to check out the maps and find the places you used to live
https://warwithoutkia.blogspot.com/2024/04/in-dark-wood-here-is-battlefield.html
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Well, after a long pause in Greece we are back to our favourite, familiar and apocalyptic World War Three environment! Ah, nothing better than the smell of napalm in the morning.
Here's the first complete, almost approved version of the map for the C3 Module #4 - In a Dark Wood. Actually, Tony is still griping about it, but that's not big news...He always does
The map is slightly bigger than the Less Than 60 Miles one, in order to include the whole US VII Corps Area of Responsibility.
as always, it's fun to check out the maps and find the places you used to live
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The Modern World / Consolidated thread for Thin Red Line's C3 series
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 10:18:31 AM »Consolidating the series into a single thread
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The Modern World / Re: NATO Designer's Signature Edition
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 10:13:00 AM »we're going to have this one in the Origins program this summer
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RPGs & Adventure Gaming / Re: RPG Deals!
« Last post by bayonetbrant on April 30, 2024, 09:39:07 AM »Free PDF of the Star Trek Adventures 2nd ed quickstart from Modiphius
https://www.startrekttrpg.com/?mc_cid=a8132efb4d&mc_eid=5731a04b77
https://www.startrekttrpg.com/?mc_cid=a8132efb4d&mc_eid=5731a04b77
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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on April 29, 2024, 09:31:11 PM »1545. Yi Sun-sin, Korea's greatest admiral, d/w, Battle of Noryang, 1598
1813 Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov, 67, Russian field marshal who bested Bonaparte in 1812-1813 [Apr. 6, OS]
1937, Vernon Bartlett (1894-1983), a veteran of the trenches and a journalist for the British daily The News Chronicle, interviewed Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). Since Il Duce only agreed to interviews if a reporter would let him “review” any story, Bartlett submitted his draft report, rather than lose future access to the dictator.
When his draft came back, Bartlett was surprised to find that “The only alteration he made to my manuscript was significant. Somewhere I had written, 'The Duce's laughter encouraged me to ask another indiscreet question.' The word 'laughter' had been crossed out, and 'cordiality' stood in its place. Apparently no dictator may laugh."
1939 Hitler claims the 1934 German-Polish non-aggression pact is still in effect
1943. air movement of B-24s from the U.S. to Europe in 1943-1944, required 18 days, following a route from Florida to Trinidad, to northwestern Brazil, to Ascension Island, to the Gold Coast or Nigeria and thence across West Africa, making several stops, and then to Morocco, to begin the final leg to Britain, or to Egypt or Libya, if bound for Italy.
mid-1944 to the end of the Pacific War, U.S. aircraft carriers lost an average of four aircraft a month while not in flight due to accidents, mechanical breakdowns, or enemy action.
1950, second lieutenants in the U.S. Army were paid nearly $2,600 a year, which was just about median income for the average American household.
1942 Nightly "dim-out" belatedly initiated on the East Coast, greatly reduces sinking of merchant vessels by German submarines
1944. William Franklin "Frank" Knox, 70, sometime Rough Rider, Republican newspaper publisher and politician, FDR's SecNav (1940-1944)
German torpedo boats attack U.S. Navy LST convoy in Lyme Bay during Operation Tiger training for the Normandy Invasion. USS LST 507 and USS LST 531 are sunk at Portland Bill, England, and USS LST 289 is damaged, with 198 Sailors dead or missing and 551 Army dead or missing from later reports.
1813 Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov, 67, Russian field marshal who bested Bonaparte in 1812-1813 [Apr. 6, OS]
1937, Vernon Bartlett (1894-1983), a veteran of the trenches and a journalist for the British daily The News Chronicle, interviewed Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1883-1945). Since Il Duce only agreed to interviews if a reporter would let him “review” any story, Bartlett submitted his draft report, rather than lose future access to the dictator.
When his draft came back, Bartlett was surprised to find that “The only alteration he made to my manuscript was significant. Somewhere I had written, 'The Duce's laughter encouraged me to ask another indiscreet question.' The word 'laughter' had been crossed out, and 'cordiality' stood in its place. Apparently no dictator may laugh."
1939 Hitler claims the 1934 German-Polish non-aggression pact is still in effect
1943. air movement of B-24s from the U.S. to Europe in 1943-1944, required 18 days, following a route from Florida to Trinidad, to northwestern Brazil, to Ascension Island, to the Gold Coast or Nigeria and thence across West Africa, making several stops, and then to Morocco, to begin the final leg to Britain, or to Egypt or Libya, if bound for Italy.
mid-1944 to the end of the Pacific War, U.S. aircraft carriers lost an average of four aircraft a month while not in flight due to accidents, mechanical breakdowns, or enemy action.
1950, second lieutenants in the U.S. Army were paid nearly $2,600 a year, which was just about median income for the average American household.
1942 Nightly "dim-out" belatedly initiated on the East Coast, greatly reduces sinking of merchant vessels by German submarines
1944. William Franklin "Frank" Knox, 70, sometime Rough Rider, Republican newspaper publisher and politician, FDR's SecNav (1940-1944)
German torpedo boats attack U.S. Navy LST convoy in Lyme Bay during Operation Tiger training for the Normandy Invasion. USS LST 507 and USS LST 531 are sunk at Portland Bill, England, and USS LST 289 is damaged, with 198 Sailors dead or missing and 551 Army dead or missing from later reports.
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