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History and Tall Tales / Re: This Day in History
« Last post by besilarius on Today at 10:57:01 PM »711 Tariq ibn Ziyad’s Moorish army landed at Gibraltar, to overthrow the Visigothic Spain, initiating and a multigenerational conflict that ended in 1492.
1676. Dutch Adm. Michael Ruyter, cannonballed at 69, Naval Battle of Syracuse
1837..Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger, 54, French general, frustrated putchist, suicide in 1891, on the grave of his mistress
1873. Francis John William Harvey was born, Royal Marine who received a posthumous Victoria Cross at Jutland. veteran major in the Royal Marines and a specialist in gunnery, commanded Q turret on HMS Lion. Early in the battle, as the battle cruisers were exchanging fire, Lion was hit by nine shells from SMS Lutzow, and at 16:00 one struck the turret, blowing off the roof and started a fire. Although mortally wounded, ordered the turret’s magazine to be flooded, preventing tons ammunition from exploding and destroying the ship, a deed which prompted Winston Churchill to comment: "In the long, rough, glorious history of the Royal Marines there is no name and no deed which in its character and consequences ranks above this". Harvey ‘s name is inscribed on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
1918 Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, in jail at 23 of TB
1676. Dutch Adm. Michael Ruyter, cannonballed at 69, Naval Battle of Syracuse
1837..Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger, 54, French general, frustrated putchist, suicide in 1891, on the grave of his mistress
1873. Francis John William Harvey was born, Royal Marine who received a posthumous Victoria Cross at Jutland. veteran major in the Royal Marines and a specialist in gunnery, commanded Q turret on HMS Lion. Early in the battle, as the battle cruisers were exchanging fire, Lion was hit by nine shells from SMS Lutzow, and at 16:00 one struck the turret, blowing off the roof and started a fire. Although mortally wounded, ordered the turret’s magazine to be flooded, preventing tons ammunition from exploding and destroying the ship, a deed which prompted Winston Churchill to comment: "In the long, rough, glorious history of the Royal Marines there is no name and no deed which in its character and consequences ranks above this". Harvey ‘s name is inscribed on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
1918 Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, in jail at 23 of TB
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Warfare / Re: Star Fleet Battles, no thread?
« Last post by Putraack on Today at 09:45:34 PM »At Buckeye Game Fest this week, I found some players for SFB: 2 who hadn't played before and 2 who hadn't played in a long time, so I refereed some (re)teaching games. One duel of tournament ships and 2 back-to-back plays of an old 1v1 scenario, the players switching sides after one play. A newbie won the first duel, a veteran won both plays of the scenario.
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The Modern World / Re: Consolidated thread for Thin Red Line's C3 series
« Last post by TTC on Today at 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 Today at 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 Today at 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 Today at 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 Today at 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
Quote
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 Today at 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 Today at 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 Today at 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