Holidays

[paulr]

Hopefully bringing this back on topic - I have managed to game in all the countries I have visited so far; Australia, US and Philippines 

[barbarian]

When in Rome

Keep your clothes on !

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Ah...

[Techno]

Keep your clothes on !

FK better not visit Rome then. 
Cheers - Phil

[paulr]

Hopefully bringing this back on topic - I have managed to game in all the countries I have visited so far; Australia, US and Philippines 

A forlorn hope then 

[Sandinista]

Back on topic, I'm off for a week of gaming with a group of like minded souls in a cottage near Stowe in the Wold this October - Geek Week the wife calls it   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Cool! 

[FierceKitty]

FK abides by house rules when he's someone else's guest.

[barbarian]

Or in the streets. 

[Hertsblue]

Booked in for a three-day game at the Wargames Holiday Centre in November. Glad I don't have to haul all that metal about. It would take a fair-sized truck, I reckon.

[Orcs]

Booked in for a three-day game at the Wargames Holiday Centre in November. Glad I don't have to haul all that metal about. It would take a fair-sized truck, I reckon.

I didn't realise they still existed.

[Orcs]

I am off to Arnhem Monday with 4 of the Tring Club members for the 70th Anniversary of Market Garden.

Last night the conversation went like this

Mrs Orcs:- Ii has just occured to me that your going to Holland .  How far is Amsterdam from Arnhem?  

Orcs :  Wondering what military museum might be in Amsterdam replies -OH! nowhere in Holland is more than a couple of hours drive.  (realises too late the significance or Mrs Orcs interest in Distance to Amsterdam)  

Youngest Stepdaughter Orc (on Ipad): No its only  1 hour 10 minutes.

Orcs: Gives Youngest stepdaughter Hard Paddington  Bear stare  

Eldest Stepdauighter:  I don;'t know what your worries about Mum- Its four wargaming Geeks. There only interested in Tanks and military stuff.  

So I am cleared to go and Mrs Orcs is doing my washing today  

[Ithoriel]

 

Alas our nearest and dearest know us way too well :-)

[Leman]

And there's me thinking she was going with you and wanted to do some shopping. Not til I got to the end did I remember the interesting shop windows in Amsterdam.

[fsn]

I think the correct answer would have been "a bloody long way in 1944" thus assuring your nearest and dearest of what is uppermost in you mind.

However, if you do get distracted, there is a bar, a bit hard to find and only for the specialist. It's quite small and usually packed when the star turn is on. The place is dominated by a huge screen and all around are feeder screens so you can get a good view wherever you sit. The clientele is a bit hard core and there are regulars who spend most evenings there. They can be a bit suspicious of strangers, but soon as they get used to you, they're very friendly. There's a few artistes, sometimes they have two on at a time. They've tried four on stage, but it's a bit cramped for that. Each is a specialist in their own way, some are fast 'n' furious, some make the audience work more - and there's always a few suggestions as to what the performer should do next. Some of these are ignored, sometimes the performer is willing to give it a go. I have heard that on some evenings, audience members can be taken up on stage to show what they can do.

Every hour or so, the lights go down, and the performer comes on - stark naked - through the curtains at the back.  The screens all come to life and the he sits down on a huge couch, plugs in the xbox and away he goes.