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Out of interest, I was wondering how many Lost World players are also Tabletop veterans? I personally have played for many years (Wargames Research, Shock of Impact & DBA rules). I know that Gazxtrix plays Tabletop .... any others out there?

Just finished thrashing Deadtorius...errr....well....ahem...atleast it was better than last week's my-army-hits-17break points-and-I-never-caused-a-single-point-to-Deadtorius

claymore wrote:Out of interest, I was wondering how many Lost World players are also Tabletop veterans? I personally have played for many years (Wargames Research, Shock of Impact & DBA rules). I know that Gazxtrix plays Tabletop .... any others out there?

I go back to the mid 70's as a figure & boardgame player.

Blathergut and I have been table top opponents for years, he sold me my first ever war game Panzer Blitz way back before I had even heard of miniature gaming, that one came later. Miniature gamer for many years.

And as for his claimed thrashing, it was a draw we were both 1 break point short when time ran out. I still prefer last weeks results

petergarnett wrote:

claymore wrote:Out of interest, I was wondering how many Lost World players are also Tabletop veterans? I personally have played for many years (Wargames Research, Shock of Impact & DBA rules). I know that Gazxtrix plays Tabletop .... any others out there?

I go back to the mid 70's as a figure & boardgame player.

The mid-70's was the "golden era" of board gaming. SPI dominated. Yes, I was alive and playing then too

WRG 6th and DBM in the Ancient Period. Haven't played a table top game in maybe 10 years now though. Ex wife sold all my miniatures......

WRG 6th and 7th way back, these days just napoleonics tabletop.

AmazED - was selling your miniatures a cause of becoming ex-, or a consequence?

A consequence.

My first TT games were with airfix romans & britons and a set of rules by Terry Wise (in a book called Introduction to Battlegaming). Then onto Phil Barker's purple airfix guide for Ancient Wargaming and then WRG 5th edition (which I still play now & then).

I also got into ancient card armies by Tabletop Games where each army was on an A5 piece of card. You had to cut out all the units and the combat results meant lots of arithmatic as you figured out how many men you had left.

Another golden oldie I try to dust off occasionally is the Prestags series of games by SPI.

Sold my figures a few years ago but cannot blame my wife & kids - it was needs must back then. Still trying to field a new army but close now with soem Assyrians.

I'm also a fan of GMT's GBoH series.

FoG PC is giving me a daily fix of decent gaming v decent opponents (& unfortunately some excellant ones too). As a consequence I seem to be playing more games on the TT / maps - currently BBDBA using the excellant Vae Victis counters for Champ de Bataille. Helps that my kids are teenagers now so I have a lot more time.

petergarnett wrote:Helps that my kids are teenagers now so I have a lot more time.

But can they be pressed into service as opponents?

If not, you have clearly brought them up wrong.

(I am off to Devizes in 2 weeks to play in a FOG double tournament with my 28 year old son as partner).

rbodleyscott wrote:

petergarnett wrote:Helps that my kids are teenagers now so I have a lot more time.

But can they be pressed into service as opponents?

If not, you have clearly brought them up wrong.

(I am off to Devizes in 2 weeks to play in a FOG double tournament with my 28 year old son as partner).

At the recent UK Games Expo they both played Will Whyler & Phil Steele from SoAncients so hope springs eternal.

Curiosity about the show you'll be attending with your son has now lead me to dozens of car dealers in Devizes from whom I can buy fog lamps.

A couple of months ago I hunted down some old photo's of my WA war-gaming companions as I wanted to digitize them for posterity. Despite all of us still looking very attractive for young adults (sporting a little more hair - well, a LOT more hair), the thing I noticed was the sheer volume of beer that we consumed! In those days there were no drink-driving laws (certainly not enforced if they existed). The beer was terrible stuff too. Emu Export and Swan Larger. But we knew no better at the time.

claymore wrote:A couple of months ago I hunted down some old photo's of my WA war-gaming companions as I wanted to digitize them for posterity. Despite all of us still looking very attractive for young adults (sporting a little more hair - well, a LOT more hair), the thing I noticed was the sheer volume of beer that we consumed! In those days there were no drink-driving laws (certainly not enforced if they existed). The beer was terrible stuff too. Emu Export and Swan Larger. But we knew no better at the time.

Gods know what you do to emus down there to make them into beer!

petergarnett wrote:Curiosity about the show you'll be attending with your son has now lead me to dozens of car dealers in Devizes from whom I can buy fog lamps.

So you collect fog lamps as well as miniatures? Did you purchase your lamp to enable you to play FoG at night?

Oh, forgot to say. I've never played TT although I've always had an interest / desire since I was a boy. It always seemed too expensive and time-consuming for me to make the leap and try it.

Panzer Blitz - wasn't that a bookcase game? I do believe I played that whilst at university.

Morbio wrote:Oh, forgot to say. I've never played TT although I've always had an interest / desire since I was a boy. It always seemed too expensive and time-consuming for me to make the leap and try it.

Panzer Blitz - wasn't that a bookcase game? I do believe I played that whilst at university.

Yes it was - published by Avalon Hill and recently back out I believe.

petergarnett wrote:

claymore wrote:Out of interest, I was wondering how many Lost World players are also Tabletop veterans? I personally have played for many years (Wargames Research, Shock of Impact & DBA rules). I know that Gazxtrix plays Tabletop .... any others out there?

Chris (Batesmotel) and I are TT opponents from the Boston area in the UK. As a question, will anyone here be at Britcon? I'm flying over for it, and would like to put some faces with usernames.

Matt

iversonjm wrote:As a question, will anyone here be at Britcon? I'm flying over for it, and would like to put some faces with usernames.

I will be at Britcon, umpiring and playing in the FOGR pre-release tournament.

Richard

rbodleyscott wrote:

petergarnett wrote:Helps that my kids are teenagers now so I have a lot more time.

But can they be pressed into service as opponents?

If not, you have clearly brought them up wrong.

(I am off to Devizes in 2 weeks to play in a FOG double tournament with my 28 year old son as partner).

I have pleasant memories of your son (more child at that time) beating me at DBM at Britcon and in particular using a light horse to quick kill a double based knight general. He was a bold player!

Me too

WRG (couple of editions) and Medieval 'Gods Acre' from the early 1970's to the early 80's in usually at a club in Salford. Then work and travel stopped tabletop games - marriage and family kept it stopped.
I was a member of SoA back then and have just joined up again thanks to Peter.

My parents moved out of the old family home a few years ago and a couple of old toolboxes came out of their attic to live here.
The minifigs Roman Republican and Teutonic figures (complete with telegraph poles for spears/lances) I lovingly collected and painted as a teenager, which were inside, are on the top bookshelf in my office here at home. They have not graced a table for nigh on 30 years.