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Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipant
Lovely prize!
But β Gaaaarrrggh! So much choice!
I’m not sure if it will be me or Michael choosing the winner, so I’m not going to comment on your choices.
But I just wanted to say I’m pleased that you like the prize, and that it was difficult for you to choose a favourite π
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantThank you, Russell. I was not familiar with Collection Calculator. It does indeed give me food for thought.
Glad it was helpful. I’m pretty sure I first heard about it via TWW. I had a look but decided it wasn’t what I wanted, but it’s always useful to see how other people approach problems.
Russell PhillipsParticipantI just remembered Collection Calculator. Might be worth taking a look for inspiration/ideas:
https://collectioncalculator.com/Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantI like the idea of dice towers that double up as terrain. I’ve seen a GM screen for RPGs that had dice towers built into it, and always thought that was a nice touch.
My wife won a dice tower, which we use sometimes when playing board games with the kids.
Russell PhillipsParticipantMany years ago, I saw a participation game at Triples that had enclosed boxes with a clear plastic lid for the dice. Pick up the box, give it a shake, look through the clear lid to see the result.
I always thought that was a rather clever idea, but for general use you’d need some way to open the box to change dice.
Russell PhillipsParticipantThe EM4 orcs look ideal, shame they don’t do goblins. EM4 orcs and Irregular goblins are currently looking like favourites.
I’ve got some of the original figures, so I want ones that will be roughly the same size. 1/72 are too small, unfortunately.
Russell PhillipsParticipantThey are cheap, but they come in boxes of 40-50, and I’m only needing half a dozen or so of each type. I doubt I’ll be able to get a look at them, so I’ll probably plump for Irregular. We’ve already got some figures, so I’d like to get more that are at least roughly equivalent in size.
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantHowever I will take that useless copy of HQ off your hands, no need to even pay me, I will take it for free!
Nice try, but I value my life and marriage too much π
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantThat was very interesting. If you haven’t already heard it, you might be interested in the WW2 Podcast episode about the Red Cross:
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantIt’s been a while since anyone called me a youngster. It was my 49th birthday yesterday.
I just looked it up, and apparently Operation Warboard was published in 1976, when I was six, so yes, before my time π
I have read some of the classic wargaming books. Charles Grant’s Battle was my introduction to wargaming, and I borrowed several Donald Featherstone books from the library in the 1980s. This one had passed my by, though.
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantI was looking on the WI site, as Mike guessed. Given that Jack didn’t seem concerned, I imagine he’s happy with the offer and the apology.
I’d have preferred an acknowledgement of the mistake and apology on WI’s site, but since I’m not the aggrieved party, my opinion isn’t really relevant.
Mostly I hope they’ve put something in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantThere are a couple of articles on Boardgame Geek.
I’ll have to look them up. Thanks π
Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantIf I finally do move into bigger tank battles with lots of figures, right now my choice would be FFT3 but thatβs subject to change.
These things are always subject to change. I used to like complex rules, largely because I equated complexity to realism. Nowadays I’m much more partial to simpler rules.
Russell PhillipsParticipantI’m a fan of simplicity, so I use the Pz8 rules. They’re split into 1950-1975 and 1975-2010, but the differences are minor.
Both Cold War sets are included in this PDF:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161017002140/http://panzer8.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/7/2/4672947/pz8_rules_collection_v3.pdf16/12/2018 at 15:20 in reply to: Do you distribute via Wargames Vault? If so, how's it been? #105883Russell PhillipsParticipantI’m in the UK, so I got a US ITIN and filled in a W8BEN form. There’s a tax treaty between the US & UK that basically means I get charged 0% tax in the US, and only pay tax in the UK. I’ve done that for various sites were I sell books.
More recently, things seem to have changed. Most of them have an online form that I fill in, that only requires my national insurance number, not an ITIN.
15/12/2018 at 17:45 in reply to: Do you distribute via Wargames Vault? If so, how's it been? #105836Russell PhillipsParticipantWhat are the tax and royalties implications of using WV, or another, distribution website?
In brief, keep a record of what you earn and your expenses, then file a tax return at the end of the year. Same as any other business.
15/12/2018 at 17:43 in reply to: Do you distribute via Wargames Vault? If so, how's it been? #105834Russell PhillipsParticipantI wasnβt aware of that rule, but that said my one and only offering is pay what you want. So that route works.
I only found out when I tried to upload a freebie first π
15/12/2018 at 16:39 in reply to: Do you distribute via Wargames Vault? If so, how's it been? #105828Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantI haven’t played either, but I’ve heard good things about the old WRG Sea Strike rules. Go In And Sink is apparently very similar, and also very good.
Go In And Sink are available from Free Wargames Rules: http://freewargamesrules.wikia.com/wiki/Go_In_and_Sink
14/12/2018 at 22:11 in reply to: Do you distribute via Wargames Vault? If so, how's it been? #105771Russell PhillipsParticipantRussell PhillipsParticipantI became aware of one site a few months back that is https, but the links then redirect to a plain old http site, which struck me as being very poor on their part.
Way back when, some sites used HTTP for most things but HTTPS for sensitive bits like login pages. I haven’t seen that done for at least ten years, though. Back then, most servers struggled to serve HTTPS, so it made sense, but that’s rarely the case nowadays.
Russell PhillipsParticipantI think my main peeve is players that are desperate to win, to the point that they drain all the fun out of the game.
Anyone who moves tank A, then tank B, then tank C, then decides that tank A would be better positioned 2β further to the left, and that tank B should now be moved backwards a bit, then forwards quite a lot. In the end no-one knows where those tanks started their move nor how much more than their movement allowance they have moved. He does this quite a lot!
This is the sort of thing I’m thinking of. Also arguing over everything that doesn’t go their way.
Russell PhillipsParticipantStartups and small businesses seem to think itβs a great idea to link everything through Facebook
This does annoy me. Not everyone has or wants a Facebook account, and it’s not difficult or expensive to set up a simple website.
Russell PhillipsParticipantI don’t really care, but I think it’s a bad idea from the company’s perspective.
Previous comments indicate that it will annoy at least some customers, which is obviously not great. Also, I think some small companies rely too much on Facebook, and this sounds like a symptom of that. When you rely on one entity too much, you run the risk of getting into trouble when they change the rules. Plenty of companies have already been burned because Facebook changed something.
11/09/2018 at 10:49 in reply to: Recommendations for Prague, Regensburg, Nurenberg, Vienna and Budapest #99090Russell PhillipsParticipantPrague castle is worth a visit: https://www.hrad.cz/en/prague-castle-for-visitors
Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral. Heydrich’s assassins hid there, and died there in a gun battle. Apparently there’s a museum dedicated to them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ss._Cyril_and_Methodius_CathedralIf you have time, take a morning or afternoon to visit Lidice. The original village was completely destroyed in retaliation for Heydrich’s death. The village was rebuilt close by, and the original site has a museum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LidiceRussell PhillipsParticipant -
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