Just wanted to publicly say thank you to SteveJ for today:
- a) letting a complete stranger from the internet in to his home
- b) putting together a scenario to demonstrate AVBCW and Blitzkrieg Commander II
- c) being gracious in defeat as this complete noob twonked him!
Had a great game, got to appreciate the BkCII rule set and had some excellent conversation about gaming in general. And I was good and didn't run a victory lap around his front room either!
- Neil.
Good to hear.
Hats off to both.
You do realise he threw the game to lure you in to BKC don't you? ;) :P :D
Quote from: Ithoriel on 13 November 2015, 03:38:55 PM
You do realise he threw the game to lure you in to BKC don't you? ;) :P :D
That did cross my mind! Though if Steve did, he's quite adept at manipulating dice.
Thankfully I pick up a load figures tomorrow to build out some forces.
- Neil.
No victory lap?
Missed opportunities...
Quote from: petercooman on 13 November 2015, 03:50:40 PM
No victory lap?
Missed opportunities...
Well I would like to be invited back at some point...
- Neil.
Well Neil, that's very kind of you :-[. Next game I'll move the table into the middle of the room so you have space for your circus maximus lap :D. To be fair Neil did execute a good plan with only a few pointers from me re: the rules, such as putting his artillery and mortar on the hill, which promptly knocked the living daylights out of my infantry :(. Naturally he had beginners luck and next game I will get my revenge... :d :d :d
Come and say hello tomorrow, I'll be playing FogR! ;)
I'll try and find you.
- Neil.
Well done both of you :)
Reminds me of a DBM doubles game I had arranged via the DBM Yahoo group while on holiday in Australia.
I arrived at the local organisers house to find a note on his door, "Make yourself at home, I'm picking the other two up from the station".
Not only was he letting a stranger he met via the Internet into his house, he was giving me free rein while he was not there :o :)
I read a very nice book on Macedonia while I waited for the other players to arrive. It seemed appropriate as I was to be Phillip in our game and my host was to be Alexander.
My host was a little disconcerted during the game when Alexander was overlapped, flanked and rolled low. Three of the players cheered Alexander's death ;) ;D
Quote from: NeilCFord on 13 November 2015, 03:53:41 PM
Well I would like to be invited back at some point...
- Neil.
Well, you could always do a double or triple victory lap nect time then :D
I agree gamers are good hosts even if you haven't met them face to face before.
While I was over in the UK in June met up with Ithoriel in Scotland and Leon gave me a guided tour of Pendraken HQ.
Had a great time on both occasions (that was a great meal we had Mike :) )
and even got to buy some 10mm PM stuff direct from the factory 8)
I've seen too many games at my old club where newbies are introduced to a new ruleset, only for them to be confronted by too large a force to control, too much detail and with the club member intent upon winning the game. Unsuprisingly they either didn't come back or moved on to another ruleset :(.
Quote from: pierre the shy on 13 November 2015, 08:28:41 PM
I agree gamers are good hosts even if you haven't met them face to face before.
While I was over in the UK in June met up with Ithoriel in Scotland and Leon gave me a guided tour of Pendraken HQ.
Had a great time on both occasions (that was a great meal we had Mike :) )
and even got to buy some 10mm PM stuff direct from the factory 8)
It was a great evening Peter, I really enjoyed it. Come back and we'll do it again!
Quote from: Steve J on 13 November 2015, 09:32:13 PM
I've seen too many games at my old club where newbies are introduced to a new ruleset ... with the club member intent upon winning the game. Unsuprisingly they either didn't come back or moved on to another ruleset
If you want to encourage a newbie, it's always in your best interest to help them win their first game.
The first one is always free. Then they are hooked and the habit is for life.