Hi
I have been sent a mail welcoming me to the club and to sign in with a short narrative.
I hail from Rochford in Sunny Essex and have recently taken early retirement. I have had an interest in all things gaming for a long time, starting in the early days with board games (I participated in the first edition D & D games at school) and postal play by mail games (Diplomacy, etc.).
I have in my time played PC games (Commodore Amiga) for flying sims including Wings and Red Baron and found them interesting.
I played also B-17 Queen of the skies in the mid-eighties and various other flying sims.
Now to get to the point, I recently undertook some research into my grandfather’s military records from the 1st World War where he was in the artillery (RGA) and visited Kew and photographed his war diaries and stumbled across the maps section which I found fascinating showing the front and how rolling barrages were set up by the artillery prior to the infantry going intact various engagements. I have now transcribed his whole war service history and found out where he was at times during the war.
Recently, I have been experimenting with solo gaming, and came across the Richard Haliwell solo rules for WOW/WOG. So dul6 inspired I went on to eBay and managed to win an original 2004 Wings or War game for the princely sum of £19 plus postage. I have not yet received it but as in my previous working life I was an IT project manager have found much material online, including this website. I have ordered a number of mini’s to start me off (including the red Fokker DR1 - does everyone get that model?) and will be starting on solo games shortly to see if I can get familiar with the rules.
I have noticed that 5eh Aerodrome shop has now stopped shipping to the UK following brexit, which I am disappointed with seeing that there are a number of aids which I would have been interested in and cannot source elsewhere ( including bases for model kits, templates, decals, etc.).
I expect I will be asking various questions down the line so am glad to have joined the community.
Thanks
Baz
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