Hi, I am planning a 7YW battle for Wednesday evening where both sides have elected to field a battery of howitzers. There are a few built up areas on the table...
Hi, UK Mark and I visited Lobositz (as well as Chotusitz, Kolin and Austerlitz) last week. Lobositz is a fantastic battlefield easily traversed and largely ...
Greetings, I am not sure exactly how to read the grammar in the second sentence of 10.3. It is clear that there are two cases, infantry and cavalry. For...
Hi Doug, The training level requirement applies to both cavalry and infantry. - Eric Burgess ... From: Doug Bloomer [mailto:hdbloome@...] Sent: Sunday, May...
I happened to run across an indepth (3 hours long!) Booknotes interview with Niall Ferguson late last night. While Ferguson's work is really more economic...
Brent Oman
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May 3, 2004 4:05 pm
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I had exactly the same reaction. Dick Burns [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi, Whilst in the Czech Rep. UK Mark and I visited Chotusitz twice. The first time on purpose, the second time by happen chance. All in all the battlefield is...
... We also spent an enjoyable afternoon visiting the Military Musuem in Vienna. A must for all Austrophiles out there. It really is a great musuem and among...
Ferguson is a fascinating man. He has edited, as Brent noted, a collection of articles in his book "Virtual History" a collection of 'alternative' histories...
Hello guys, I haven't decided for sure yet, but I think I'm going to go with the second day of the Battle of Bautzen, 1813 for my LG2 game at Historicon. This...
Hi, Before going to Chototusitz UK Mark and I spent a couple of hours traversing the battlefield Kolin fought in 1757. Without a doubt this is one of the most...
Peter, The earlier the game the better; more room for the new toys to be stored away in the trunk before you try put your troops back! ;-) Joe ... ...snip.......
Din of Battle fans, Anyone intetrested in a Zulu scenario at Historicon before the rules are rewritten and we must remount all our armies and buy new stuff to ...
Thanks for the battlefield reports! They really help give a bit more understanding to the terrain (and the Piquet interpretation of it). I find that...
Brent Oman
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May 4, 2004 1:37 pm
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... ignored ... Hi myself, the answer must be yes!...
Interesting, isn't it? Gamers want "chrome", because it makes a game feel "right" and "accurate". But, it seems that "chrome" is the first thing that gets...
Brent Oman
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May 4, 2004 4:10 pm
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... game ... first ... special ... start ... being ... gamer's ... game ... Thanks Brent I agree (largely). But your not bloody helping! James Roach....
... part: <<It was also quite a pleasure to see an author/historian that was well spoken and not stumbling/bumbling and terrified of the camera.>> JG: I...
I know I'm not helping....I don't remember the question anymore! ... game ... first ... special ... start ... being ... gamer's ... game ... Thanks Brent I...
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May 4, 2004 5:34 pm
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... part: <<It was also quite a pleasure to see an author/historian that was well spoken and not stumbling/bumbling and terrified of the camera.>> JG: I...
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May 4, 2004 5:43 pm
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A symptom long associated with "Avalanche Depression" ... From: Brent Oman [mailto:boman@...] Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 1:33 PM To:...
I had that experience at Gettysburg last summer with Jeff Grein's expert guidance. Jeff led us down the hill from the High WaterMark to the Emmitsburg Road....
Game 6 tonight.....Game 7 on Thursday (gotta be positive!). With any luck they can squish the fish and force a deciding game 7. But who knows? If the Avs...
Brent Oman
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May 4, 2004 8:25 pm
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... At Trotsky's villa in Mexico City they have the bloodstained desk, but sadly not the ice-axe. Graham...
In a message dated 5/4/2004 3:42:05 PM Eastern Standard Time, finkel@... writes: I'd prefer the game to be scheduled Friday afternoon NEXT year, when...
Historians do seem to be making a come back in current affairs discussions. Bernard Lewis, Victor David Hanson and Donald Kagan all show up on a regular basis....
One of the lesser known battles from the Western theatre of the SYW. The battle was fought on April 13, 1759 over ground near Frankfurt am Main (where I happen...