What's on your table right now?

[Bison]

SDR has it right. I have some WW2 planes but want to go to WW1 dogfights.

[Bison]

Played a brief battle here and instantly preferred it to WW2.

[BanzaiCat]

Played a couple of patrols in Raiders Of The Deep. Managed to sink a couple of small freighters on the first patrol, totaling 2200 tons. Got the Iron Cross 2nd Class for my first successful patrol. Next patrol, sank the HMS Aboukir (12000 tons). That patrol earned me the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Hanseatic Cross to boot (though it's October 1914 and the Hanseatic Cross, I don't think, came into being until 1915, but whatever).

Took no hits on the first patrol and one hit on the second (just hull damage). Charmed life thus far. Hopefully it stays that way. But since this is WWI, there's so damned few torpedoes to actually do damage. I shot most of my U-boot's wad at the Aboukir to get good odds at blowing her up, which I barely did. There were two other capital ships with the Aboukir, but I didn't bother to attack them (capital ships are damned hard to sink). Managed to avoid detection after their retaliation and didn't find any targets after that.

14200 tons sunk thus far, not too bad.

[mirth]

Damn good first patrol for WWI.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

SDR has it right. I have some WW2 planes but want to go to WW1 dogfights.

I prefer WWII to WWI but the rules for climbing feel very out of place for WWII. They were lifted straight from the WWI rules set and it shows.

[BanzaiCat]

Damn good first patrol for WWI.

I completed a couple more patrols - we've sunk 34,500 tons so far and the next patrol goes out in August 1915. The last patrol, I sank SIX ships, though to be fair they were mostly unescorted freighters. I used the deck guns a lot on them as there's only six torpedoes for the U-19 type. We had one hairy patrol a couple before this one where we got hammered by escorts but really got lucky and avoided major damage.

The worst patrol was one where on our first outing we sank one 1000 ton ship, then the escorts hit our diesel engine, which meant we had to abort the patrol. But getting that one sunk ship meant it was successful at least.

[Nefaro]

Debating the merits of getting a playmat for Wings of Glory....thoughts?

I have a playmat for Wings Of Glory that I've been looking to sell.

My biggest issue doing so is the odd box shape.  It's long, thin, and triangle shaped.  Can only imagine how much shipping would cost on that, if I could find a box to properly fit it in without using a huge one full of dead space.  I guess just wrapping it's own box up might be the easiest.  Not like the rubber & cloth mat inside is prone to getting smashed.  ;D

In the end, I suspect that they'd charge as much for shipping that odd-shaped thing as it's worth.  :-\ 

[Barthheart]

Debating the merits of getting a playmat for Wings of Glory....thoughts?

I have a playmat for Wings Of Glory that I've been looking to sell.

My biggest issue doing so is the odd box shape.  It's long, thin, and triangle shaped.  Can only imagine how much shipping would cost on that, if I could find a box to properly fit it in without using a huge one full of dead space.  I guess just wrapping it's own box up might be the easiest.  Not like the rubber & cloth mat inside is prone to getting smashed.  ;D

In the end, I suspect that they'd charge as much for shipping that odd-shaped thing as it's worth.  :-\

Just roll it in a picture tube. Shuold be pretty statndard shape for shipping.

Oh, and how much?  :)

[Nefaro]

Debating the merits of getting a playmat for Wings of Glory....thoughts?

I have a playmat for Wings Of Glory that I've been looking to sell.

My biggest issue doing so is the odd box shape.  It's long, thin, and triangle shaped.  Can only imagine how much shipping would cost on that, if I could find a box to properly fit it in without using a huge one full of dead space.  I guess just wrapping it's own box up might be the easiest.  Not like the rubber & cloth mat inside is prone to getting smashed.  ;D

In the end, I suspect that they'd charge as much for shipping that odd-shaped thing as it's worth.  :-\

Just roll it in a picture tube. Shuold be pretty statndard shape for shipping.

Oh, and how much?  :)

Being a rubber & cloth mat, I could actually just fold it up and put it in a regular box, ideally for cheaper media mail shipping via USPS (if they still offer that cheaper shipping to CAN).  As long as you don't need the original box it came in, which is shaped like a triangular shipping tube, but longer than the ones at the office.  The mat is a few inches longer than most of the shipping tubes around here.

Just looking to clear some space.  Already sold my Wings Of Glory starter kit awhile back, and I already have some larger game mats I prefer to use for other stuff.  It's yours for $15US + shipping.  PM me your address and I can get a shipping estimate to see about getting reasonable shipping cost & save some money.


I have the "City" map (27"x39"), only used it once:

https://www.amazon.com/Wings-Glory-City-Game-Mat/dp/B00BD9ZI36

[Bison]

Play tested a game today.  I need to figure out what game(s) to teach a buddy tomorrow evening.  No Retreat! Or Combat Commander.  Less rules refreshing with No Retreat!, but I don't get to play CC as much as I'd like to.  First world problems incoming.

[mirth]

No Retreat

[Bison]

Most likely unless my dark horse Washington's War wins out.

[Bison]

I guess I should mention the game being tested is one of my designs.   

[mirth]

I guess I should mention the game being tested is one of my designs.   

Nice!

[Bison]

The good Dr.'s comment "its much better than it seems it should be."   ;D