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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Johnnytodd on 06 January 2018, 12:13:43 AM
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Its -10 degrees here in NY and I have fantasies of escape! Where do I go?
How about a 7 day "WARGAMES THEME" cruise in the Caribbean Islands with nothing to do but play games and mingle at the bar with LAFers from all over the globe?
LAF should book this event and I will be the first to sign up! :-*
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Sounds like a rather good idea...probably beyond my funding though!
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It's going to be 41°C+ (105°F+) in many parts of Australia today - give me the details of this Alaska cruise you speak of. In the past I have thought about having a cruise on a smaller charter boat with a nice naval game(s) with a few people. One day!
Has anyone here wargamed on a boat or ship before?
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I've played boardgames aboard before.
The trick is finding a suitable space for them! DBA might work but 6x4 would've pushed it to the limit of space on that particular vessel.
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Well we have had a cruise ship dock near me and everyone has a gastro bug. Also 30 degrees here right about this time of year so...
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Actually not that bad an idea.
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Its -10 degrees here in NY and I have fantasies of escape! Where do I go?
How about a 7 day "WARGAMES THEME" cruise in the Caribbean Islands with nothing to do but play games and mingle at the bar with LAFers from all over the globe?
LAF should book this event and I will be the first to sign up! :-*
Last time I went on a cruise around the Caribbean we experienced a force nine gale. I'm not sure how the figures would react to that when they're on the tabletop. lol
A lovely idea though. ;) :)
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it was 42o C (107F) here yesterday. Hot enough for ya?
I hear Sydney is due for 47C tomorrow. Holy shit that's terrifying, anything over 25C and I start to wilt.
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I hear Sydney is due for 47C tomorrow. Holy shit that's terrifying, anything over 25C and I start to wilt.
Same here!
Of course where *I* am it's -40C instead.
But that's more tolerable for me than +40C.
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Of course where *I* am it's -40C instead.
Well, the Wastes of Outer Canuckistan are expected to be frozen, right?
I'd like to have some of that, but our winter is crap and even Spain has more snow than we do. I'm sad. :'(
I can arrange a cruise to Tallinn, though. Takes just two hours and it's a pure battle zone to begin with. lol
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BTW it is record breaking high summer temps year after year and it is getting worse not better. The stark reality of inconvenient truths.
A stable genius told me it's fake though, so that's fine.
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It would be the GAYEST cruise ever! lol
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Given that the demographics for wargaming and cruise ship passengers significantly overlap (white, elderly, mostly anglophone, with a need for regular hours and a predictable feeding schedule) then why not? It might even be commercially viable. Shuffleboard anyone?
Oh and in answer to the question, I think the last time anyone tried was 1983, aboard the Achille Lauro*. It ended badly.
* I travelled on the Achille Lauro as a small child, I suspect to a greater or lesser extent every trip ended badly, which she conclusively demonstrated by burning to the waterline and sinking off Somalia.
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I mentioned this brilliant cruise idea to my wife... to which she immediately replied "well you're going alone!"... so I guess I got that going for me
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I suspect that's the answer all of us are going to get lol
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But if we all go, we won't be alone? :-I
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Astronomi-con tried to organise a tournament on a cruise boat but couldn't get enough parties to commit as it would involve flying to LA or something like that. Sounds like a great idea though.
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Maybe downsize it a little for the test run? A trailer park in Florida with a swimming pool.
Given the incidence there seems to be of mass food poisoning and outbreaks of disease, I remain less than convinced of the merits of cruises. Add to that the feted instances of cruise liners breaking down and drifting without aircon or power and appeal diminishes even further. To top it off there seem to be a lot of cruises where the in-house entertainment seems to consist, at least in part of an Eagles or Coldplay tribute band. On the whole drifting, rudderless and ablaze, in shark infested waters seems preferable to that.
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I was thinking low key: a yacht that holds ~12 for a day cruise. Cuts down on the cabin fever and you could have lunch somewhere nice. Naval game on a metal table with a blue cloth and magnetiesed ships, etc. on top.
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With the added attraction of visiting famous battlefields along the way - Jutland, Trafalgar etc ;)
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With the added attraction of visiting famous battlefields along the way - Jutland, Trafalgar etc ;)
:D
Well you can cruise to Montevideo (actually you can take a ferry from Buenos Aires if you are on a budget) so you could do your best Kenneth More impression as you sort of pass the site of the Battle of the River Plate. The rangefinder is on the waterfront.
If you fancy something more esoteric, the remains of the casualties from HMS Java, killed in the battle with the USS Constitution are interred in the British Cemetery in Salvador. A cruise along the South American coast I could just about contemplate. Denmark to Spain sounds less far less appealing.
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But if we all go, we won't be alone? :-I
But you may be when you get back ;)
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100 gamers go to sea; 50 happy couples come back!
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100 gamers go to sea; 50 happy couples come back!
Let's do the math after the shipwreck! (wargaming is about adventure, right?) ;)