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Okay, finally some more responses.  Sorry I’m so late.  I have this weekend off … but not entirely.

PSC indeed make great kits, @unclejimmy .  The only two small things (and these really are SMALL things I don’t like are they usually sell everything in 5s, which is annoying … and the track assemblies.  Yours seem to have worked out great, though.  😀

Marders are indeed very useful, and “historically useful” – a LOT of German units had them from early ’42 onwards.  Kitbashing at 1:1 scale, though, so there are a lot of versions and variants out there to look out for.  Some with German 7.5 PaK40s, some with captured Soviet 76.2mm AT guns, etc.

And great work and pose on the Domaru!

Shit, that reminds me, I never pledged.

Okay, like I said, I don’t really have the weekend off.  So … I and putting a huge dent in Ops Center Episode 10 (Vietnam P2).  Everything is written, recorded, edited, and mixed … now it’s just the graphics and storyboard.  It’s due to Sitrep at midweek at the latest … so I’m still early, but only by 2-3 days.

Also, I’m still responsible for a SitRep Stream on Sunday afternoon, even with no game scheduled and even with the 40K weekend.  So I’ll be coming up with an AI version of Valor & Victory Vietnam and running through a quick demo game and playtest tomorrow on Twitch.

So that’s a design, setup, play, and live stream.

Still, this whole weekend is about half speed.  Got an amazing NINE hours of sleep last night.  Felt great.

Good to see you @rayzryr and @skiptotheend .

Hey, @biggabum – now there’s a blast from the past!  Been a while.  Hope you are keeping well.  Looks like a great WWX game set up.

Damn, that Black Mamba singer is pretty hot!

@ceppie – more great work on the starship crew!

I made about $650 USD as month as an E-2 recruit.  Graduating recruit training to infantry school / A-school we were cranked up to about $800.  This was 1989, though.  It was actually great money, so long as you weren’t married.

And good grief, look at that model!  I’ve never seen a soldier who could carry a BALLISTA at shoulder arms!

And OY!  Don’t blame me for the depletion of your honey whiskey.  I only drank what you gave me. 😀

@mecha82 – Bf-109 was indeed a beautiful plane.  And 10 points for the correct name.  If I had a nickel for every time I heard it called an “Me-109” … 🙁 🙁 🙁

Great work on the commission piece, @horati0nosebl0wer.  You can probably guess what my two favorite parts are.  😀

@unclejimmy – the Guns of Navarone did not have trench lines.  Pretty much what you see in the photo.  Except I’m noticing now the photo didn’t really come out.  I will re-post.  German infantry that were actually in German uniforms and equipment (as opposed to the usual same guys just colored gray or tan), a garage door at the base of the mountain, an elevator that worked with a little string, medics, casualties, beds, a whole little base in there.  The tanks were a little goofy, but the jeep and halftrack were nice.

Yes, I agree the FoF rules “play” much simpler than they read.  Reading the rules the activation sequence sounds like a nightmare.  But it really isn’t.

Yes, I have a thing for that game (PanzerBlitz / Leader / Arab-Israeli Wars) Might have something to do with the fact that it’s one of the best wargames ever designed.  It’s designer, Jim Dunnigan, later started his own company.  He won every award there was for wargame design and publication.  In 1999 they made up a new award for him: Designer of the Millennium.  Not kidding about that. Now there is a “Jim Dunnigan Award” other designers aspire to win.  When they start NAMING the awards after you, you made a big contribution to the industry.