Monthly Archives: January 2015
Happy Third Birthday, GrogHeads
We’re finally out of our terrible twos.
Three years ago, a bunch of knuckleheads were unhappy with the current state of their wargaming community, and they were just crazy (or stupid) enough to not know exactly what they were getting themselves into when one of them said “screw it – let’s just start our own site.”
Our forums opened for business three years ago today. It took us a little longer to get organized enough to launch our front page – remember, we had no idea what we were getting into. But we learned, we adapted, and we’ve grown.
And all of that is 100% attributed to our members, readers, and fans. You guys have made this place what it is, and are what keeps it going every day. It’s amazing to log in every day and see a wargaming community that shares a love of a hobby, and so many other common interests – music, movies, sports, technology, and more.
I can’t think of a better real-world summation of this place than what we saw last summer at Origins, when a group of Grogs showed up to help us run the GrogHeads Central Command, and despite none of them having met face-to-face, were clearly old friends who fell right into swapping tall tales at the bar between wargaming events and exhibit hall shenanigans. And they’re all volunteering to come back and do it again this year.
GrogHeads is a success because of you, and we want to take the moment to pause on the journey to world domination to just simply say “thank you”. You guys rock.
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The Scramble for Africa – A Civ 5 AAR (Part 16)
It’s a Civilization Scramble – It’s like four-ball, with muskets
By Brant Guillory, GrogDude
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Episode 15 saw some internal improvements, and me pontificating on the wisdom of upgrading units vs building new ones.
My New Central Trade Hub
As noted last time, Johannesburg was parked here so I could launch caravans. Well, let’s launch some caravans.
Putting the Bald in Garibaldi
I actually hadn’t met everyone yet. Wow.