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Offline stefanov

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Aboukir landings
« on: 01 August 2011, 10:52:22 AM »
Hello everybody,
yesterday we had a TSATF game featuring British, Egyptian and rebellious fellahin fighting on the Mediterranean coast.
Comments are being added as I am writing.
Please have a look at our wiki:
http://stefanov.no-ip.org/groups/arsmguests/wiki/1084b/Aboukir_landing_1882.html
enjoy!
Stefano

Offline FifteensAway

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #1 on: 01 August 2011, 04:17:46 PM »
Stupenda!  Bravo.  Lovely pictures, though so many of them and taking so long to load I did not wait for all of them but still well worth a look.

How many people's toys to put the game on?  Or all one person's?!
We Were Gamers Once...and Young

Offline answer_is_42

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #2 on: 01 August 2011, 04:42:13 PM »
 :-*
Fantastic! What a wonderful setup. I love the fort.
I told you so. You damned fools.
 - H.G. Wells

Offline stefanov

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #3 on: 01 August 2011, 06:34:04 PM »
Dear fellow gamer,
yes the photos are a bit too many, thank you for your patience for having a look and sorry!
It is my first posting, I have to learn.
I am now writing comments to the photos, so you might be able to follow the story..
Scenery is from our local club inventory and two members, while figures are from
a good friend and myself.
cheers to everybody, happy gaming! S

Offline Galloping Major

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #4 on: 01 August 2011, 06:42:46 PM »
Never too many pictures  ;)

Lovely stuff  8)



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Offline Marine0846

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #5 on: 02 August 2011, 10:08:34 PM »
Outstanding, just outstanding. Looks like it was a great game, thanks for sharing.
Semper Fi, Mac

Offline The_Beast

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #6 on: 04 August 2011, 01:26:04 PM »
Never too many pictures  ;)

Sitting at a University's NOC, I'd usually agree, but they are taking a LONG time to load. Perhaps small pipe at other end?   :D

However, well worth the wait! The ships are PMC? The buildings?

"If some fellow gamer is interested I will gladly translate."

Perhaps as a link off the battle page? I'll admit, most can be sorted out, but I can point out voluminous posts of me admitting laziness.

"An old fuzzy photo showing British manoeuvres around the peninsula."

Fuzzy taking photos?  How old WAS he?  lol

Looks to be a smashing time by all!

Doug

Offline stefanov

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #7 on: 04 August 2011, 03:11:56 PM »
right!
Output pipe is smallish, an old mac mini sitting on a shelf at home... ships are indeed PMC.
Buildings are from various makers, I will sort out with my club mates and write a post.
For you lazy friends, translation is coming!!
The Fuzzy himself was a disguised italian photographer, about my age..  ;)

Offline The_Beast

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #8 on: 04 August 2011, 06:36:16 PM »
Tis a good thing I left the browser tab with your blog up; hate to think I distressed a worthy old Mac by repeated view/downloads.  lol

And it would have been 'distressing'. All work day, I've been coming back to look at more amphibious goodness!

Truth be told, I've a few of the PMC craft, but they wait me deciding how I'm going to assemble with rare earth magnets. They are really lovely, but I don't think bear TOO close examination for logical placement of doors/stacks/gratings/etc. ;->=

Doug

Offline Traveler Man

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #9 on: 05 August 2011, 01:19:07 AM »
Superb, sir!  :-*  Inspiring eye-candy all round.  :)
"It's amusing, it's amazing, and it's never twice the same: It's the salt of true adventure, and the glamour of the game."

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Offline Poiter50

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #10 on: 05 August 2011, 01:54:57 AM »
Agreed. I have 3 of them now and I think they need some modification to be gamable pieces.

Tis a good thing I left the browser tab with your blog up; hate to think I distressed a worthy old Mac by repeated view/downloads.  lol

And it would have been 'distressing'. All work day, I've been coming back to look at more amphibious goodness!

Truth be told, I've a few of the PMC craft, but they wait me deciding how I'm going to assemble with rare earth magnets. They are really lovely, but I don't think bear TOO close examination for logical placement of doors/stacks/gratings/etc. ;->=

Doug
Cheers,
Poiter50

Offline Shikari Sahib

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #11 on: 05 August 2011, 03:00:25 PM »
Hello everybody,
yesterday we had a TSATF game featuring British, Egyptian and rebellious fellahin fighting on the Mediterranean coast.
Comments are being added as I am writing.
Please have a look at our wiki:
http://stefanov.no-ip.org/groups/arsmguests/wiki/1084b/Aboukir_landing_1882.html
enjoy!
Stefano


Ciao Stefano e benvenuto sul Forum,
avevo riconosciuto il comandante delle Forze Egiziane  lol
come stai ?
sono Piero.


sorry friends , but Stefanov is an old friends of mine, we were not in touch since long time. :)

Offline Anderson Collection

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #12 on: 05 August 2011, 10:10:42 PM »
Great looking game well done!

Offline stefanov

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #13 on: 06 August 2011, 09:35:53 PM »
ciao Piero,

che piacere sentirti!

I am happy that we still share common interest. We had wonderful Colonial games long ago.
I remember the Paddy Griffith rules that were so enjoyable.

Anybody in the forum has ever played them?

Teniamoci in contatto, io saro' in vacanza fino a settembre. Fammi sapere in qualche modo
quale e' il tuo telefono o email.

a presto! Stefano

Offline The_Beast

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Re: Aboukir landings
« Reply #14 on: 07 August 2011, 03:53:55 PM »
Agreed. I have 3 of them now and I think they need some modification to be gamable pieces.

I mostly play VSF, and so have a heavy 'suspension of disbelief' AND of reality checks. ;->=

Still, need the occasional breath of you realists lest I fall into the full-blown heresy of 'steampunk'.

However, even the wackiest will pause given the choice of a smokestack plunging a roof directly inside a door or the open bridge...

I am happy that we still share common interest. We had wonderful Colonial games long ago.
I remember the Paddy Griffith rules that were so enjoyable.

Anybody in the forum has ever played them?

Have only seen them referenced to, but they are quite obviously well-loved and remembered by some.

Doug

 

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