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Homeward Bound

Something for the weekend.  Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel.  My family and I are homeward bound from Indianapolis and Gencon,  Written by Paul Simon in 1964 the song was debuted by the duo in 1966 and made it to number nine of the top 100.

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John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Sunday, August 20, AD 2017 4:31pm

What sort of Gamer are you? A Tabletop General? Historical Battles? Roleplaying? 40k? Are you old school and play D&D or Traveller?
Since you’ve been going for some time the industry has changed quite a bit. What has changed the most since you started. Has the card game craze of 15 years ago finally past?

John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Sunday, August 20, AD 2017 6:02pm

Are the new historical games “better” than Avalon Hill’s stuff, GDW or SPI?

I played a lot of games with stacks of counters back in the 70s and 80s. I also played for a very short time a mail in game. It was advertised in the first issues of Issac Asimov’s Sci-fi magazine. The game wasn’t much fun. I prefer to see the people I beat. It is also more fun to bluff and use skills as a player differently from the “troops” you have or history. You can play the other players too.

We, as most gamers back then, started played variations of D and D. Then Star Fleet Battles, Traveller, Battletech, Call of Cthulhu, Warhammer Fantasy Battles and 40K, etc.

Never made it to GenCon. Good to know it is still going on.

Foxfier
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Tuesday, August 22, AD 2017 1:55am

Really need a list of good history teaching gaming things I can throw at my cousin’s home school group, Donald…. hint hint hint…. by which I mean openly ask for….

We’re doing classic history this term…
…of Azeroth….

Yeah, a vanillia WoW game. But the girls are excited.

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