The Unconventional Wargamer

I just started wargaming about 5 years ago, and not "classicaly" trained as most of you guys are but this hobby really got me into history. Yea and I got it bad. So as I play these games I typically dont play like an old school gamer and I screw up a lot, but sometimes it's pretty funny how my crazy ideas work. I roll the worst dice you have ever seen, but I can always blame it on my leaders :)

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Historic games with home cards

Posted by Tanks Alot

19 Sep 2011

Tanks Alot

(charlescab)

United States
Fort Mill
South Carolina

www.facebook.com/HistoricalBoardGames

This week I am getting ready to play my first game of Here I stand, and as I am studying for the game I am impressed by the events and the effects of mandatory home cards. I've played one other game like this, The Napoleonic Wars and the game was a lot of fun but I didnt really get to study the game as much as just play. It really makes me want to look at the games in this series with more detail. These games take a while to play and a bit of a learning curve to "run" a game but they really seem to unfold a story.
Im looking forward to playing more games like this.

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Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:46 pm

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Geoff H

(gheintze)

United States
Durham
North Carolina

U.S. 95th Infantry Division - The Iron Men of Metz

I look forward to hearing what you think of "Here I Stand". I've been meaning to try it out for quite some time, but just haven't gotten to it yet.

Geoff

Posted Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:57 pm
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Tanks Alot

(charlescab)

United States
Fort Mill
South Carolina

www.facebook.com/HistoricalBoardGames

Here is a great intro to the game I recorded at Prezcon last year

And there is a new player aide by faction on this site
http://home.comcast.net/~ebeach/index.html

Only thing that will be tough is the game length I think, but its being broken down over several weeks I believe