First Annual Head Family Thanksgiving Day Turkey Shootdown 2011

[The Cowman]

...or FAHFTDS 2011 for short... OK so maybe that's not so short after all.

Thanksgiving Day here in peaceful, chilly, Central Ohio finds my family gathering in the community room of my mother's apartment complex for a typical family feast. There were twenty of us in all present for Thanksgiving Dinner, and afterward I decided that I would gather up a few of my untrained pilots and give them their first lesson in aerial combat:

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First, we have Kaitlinn, A.K.A. Kaitlinnjade (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/member.php?3211-kaitlinnjade), and her older sister Kandace, who has yet to join the site, gearing up for their first battle ever.

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Kaitlinn, Kandace and her son and co-pilot Kaleb...

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My niece Jillian, A.K.A. TheValkyrie (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/member.php?3233-TheValkyrie), and my nephew Cody...

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Cody, and David, A.K.A. Cornholio (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/member.php?3234-Cornholio)...

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Which just leaves me, Ken, A.K.A. The Cowman (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/member.php?705-The-Cowman), and my young nephew Kristopher as my copilot and assistant. (Note that Krysta, A.K.A. Incy89 (http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/member.php?3223-Incy89), was close by napping on a couch, having drawn sick-leave for this mission.)

(Continued...)

[The Cowman]

The Mission was a Free-For-All Furball with stripped down, no altitude, basic rules. I figured this would give my new players a chance to learn in a target-rich environment.

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Jill's Albatross, and Cody's Camel fly into the fight as they are joined to the side by my new Cow-Snipe.

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Off in the distance is Kandace's Fokker DR.I . To the left we find Katlinn, flying the BGIF Cow-Camel. Unseen in the lower right corner is David's candy-striped Fokker DVII.

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True to the nature of the "Free-for-all Furball" a huge furry mess soon occurred in the middle of our maps.

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First to auger in was Jill's Albatross, owner of a shiny BOOM card... and Kaitlinn gets her first kill...

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Not long after coming back into the game, Jill gets some payback and send Kaitlinn's "Cowmel" spiraling in as well...

Unfortunately we had time for only these two kills after "playing" for about two hours and having to call it a night. All involved seemed to have fun, and the two young boys got to run around the large room flying two of my Spad VII's...
Ummmmm.... yeah.... that did not make me nervous or anything.... :lol::erk:


Oh... and before I forget... Cornholio and his green, flightless, turkey-like, good luck charm have indeed vowed to return once again for revenge.... MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

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End of AAR!

[Tommy Z]

Thanks Ken ...Great to see you having fun with the family! :thumbsup:

[Zakopious]

You got to spend time with your family and play WOW at the same time.
What could be better ?

[The Cowman]

We had fun... and I am pretty sure that I can get Kandace and her Husband a little more involved, and get them to join the site as well.

[Misdomingo]

Awesome way to spend the holiday -- thanks for sharing, Ken!

[jbmacek]

Good times, good times! Glad to see the family joining in a game. I've gotten this close to getting my #1 son to play. I think he's holding out until I either buy or make him a plane.

[Flying Officer Kyte]

Great to see you all having a good time Ken. you are starting to establish a fan club here in my family circle too.
Rob.

[gully_raker]

:thumbsup: What a great way to finish up Thanksgiving!

You obviously believe in the old adage "the Family that Plays together, stays together!" :cheezy:

[TheValkyrie]

I love the pictures Uncle Kenny :) except the one of me of course, but I generally don't like pictures of myself. We had a great time playing and can't wait to do it again. I think Kaitlinn is showing a lot of promise in being a great pilot. She did blow me up after all :) and Kandace and Cody didn't do to bad either...and Cody sure does have in flight "trash talking" down pat...I'm pretty proud of em all!

Valkyrie Out!

[grumpybear]

Family time is allways great

[The Cowman]

I think I might have created a couple of closet gamers... we will see...

[CappyTom]

Looks like you guys had a blast. Good job Ken. :guns::crash::camel:
Make sure to bring them all down on the eleventh.:clap:

:thumbsup:Keep up the good work.
Tom

[Burt]

Looks like you had a fun time.
Wish I had such a large family to get in some flying time.

[Nightbomber]

Nice to get a family together. This is what I like in boardgaming a lot. As someone wrote here before: "A family that p r e y s together, stays together". It reffers strictly to our game!
Fine pictures Ken!

[zmaxthrottle]

Lovely time. Bonding with miniatures and family.
Lots for which to be thankful.

Cheers!

Max Z