I didn't say a word about whether the Anchorage should be migrated or not and I won't open this topic. My post was about something very different: it...
Thanks for this info Craig. The wife and I visited DC last April. We saw the area being constructed for the WWI Memotial. Not much there at the time...
The reality is that the game (or rather, what's left of it) at this point would not exist without the Aerodrome. I would wager that most of the sales...
I'm a retired engineer who worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 66 years young. Been board wargaming since early 70s, minis since early 80s. Napoleonics, SYW, WW2, ACW...Love WWI WoG. Had fought off the temptation to get into WW2 for a few years before being drawn into the dark side. So now I am in deep into both. Love the WWII planes as much as the WWI. I usually run games at Fall In, Cold Wars, Historicon, Huzzah, Havoc, Council of Five Nations, Origins...whatever con I can attend.
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Really torn who to fly as I have family from US, Canada, Germany, and France, and now a wonderful wife from Wales! I guess in my best interest I better fly for Britain with my Welsh Dragon.
Playing WoG has been great. Then at a convention I saw someone using the Litko smoke and flame markers, that was cool. I didn't buy any though as I thought it could look better. I recently made some smoke and flames and thought I'd pass along how I did it.
Not sure how to put this in the 'How To' section so I'll post here.
First of all, you will need pipe cleaners, (I chose black) cotton balls, white glue, craft paint, (black, orange, red and yellow) and a paint brush. (maybe
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