Hmmmm.... Ice Cream!! Thank you for being do prompt with my order!!
Kind Regards
Russ
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On May 28, 2012, at 7:07 AM, "Rob Broom" <rob_broom@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Russ
>
> yes, as you note we can enjoy one anothers company during the games and still enjoy ice cream afterwards!
>
> Thanks for the order, its despatching today and I hope the family are well.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Rob
> www.scarabminiatures.com
> www.warandconquest.co.uk
>
> Posted by: "The Geek" helpgeek63@gmail.com helpgeek63
> Sat May 26, 2012 7:25 pm (PDT)
>
> Mark
>
> Time will tell. Right now I'm looking at CoE and W&C. Either way I'm sure
> a decision will be made, we'll march forward with it, have as much fun, if
> not more, and listen to Gil lament about WAB 1.5 and how WAB 2.0 ruined the
> world as we know it (just kidding Gil)....
>
> When a door closes, a window opens. Maybe we'll enjoy one of those
> rulesets more than WAB! But more importantly, we'll still gather at the
> cons and enjoy each other's company.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Russ
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 5:22 PM, <daeriynn@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> > I liked WAB a lot - it was relatively easy to learn rule-wise, and I
> > was one that liked the special rules for each army as they gave each
> > army a flavor. I do not enjoy the chess-like DBA style, to me WAB was
> > more like playing with toy soldiers and imagining history. However,
> > the best part of playing WAB was the wonderful community. I never
> > would have played in a tournament in the past, I am NOT at all a
> > 'tourney player' as they are thought of. However, the WAB tourney was
> > great, it was a group of friends getting together to play history
> > together while talking history, wargames and life. The WABlist to me
> > was similar. To me WAB was Gil & Mike, Ralph, Adrian, Rob, John B
> > (whose book got me into a period I never thought I would enjoy), Don
> > Effinger and his son, Ray, Igor, Don M and all the other who regularly
> > beat me on the gaming table - and all the others on the list who
> > interested me in various and sundry topics. Maybe I didn't post much,
> > but I listened.
> >
> > Unfortunately with the way WAB2.0 was handled, the community began to
> > splinter. With this WHW closing it will splinter more. We have
> > multiple options as a community, causing more of a fracturing.
> > Perhaps this is the way of things, but it is a sad thing.
> >
> > So I guess the question is, will this community close up its doors?
> >
> > I know for myself, I will still play WAB in whatever incarnation others
> > play and hope to be playing it at least monthly at the new group
> > forming at Huzzah Hobbies in Ashburn VA. But I also want to learn
> > another game because I just don't feel new people will want to pick up
> > what is essentially a dead rule set.
> >
> > So the questions are, for me:
> > - What WAB evolutionary game (I'd assume W&C or CoE) better gives the
> > feel of WAB 1.5 and its 'flavored' armies? Which do you think will
> > survive?
> > - What is the WAB tourney group going to be playing the future? Or
> > will the group as we know it cease to exist?
> >
> > Anyway, thats my two cents. I dont think I am going the Hail Caesar
> > route, but I am not sure where to put my time and resources in, CoE or
> > W&C.
> >
> > Mark Pino
> >
> >
>
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