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Offline Belisarius

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Mithradates he Diced Bold
« on: April 26, 2016, 02:07:19 AM »
Apologies to Alfred Duggan for the title . The Monday Nighters met for a game of Sword and Spear set in the Pontic era with the ubiquitous scythed chariots crashing around.

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2016, 02:09:32 AM »
Pics

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2016, 02:12:19 AM »
Pics  8)

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2016, 02:16:01 AM »
Pics o_o

Offline Commander Carnage

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2016, 09:42:06 PM »
Great looking game and one of favorite historical personages.
"Just don't roll a one!"

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2016, 01:45:31 AM »
Yes, C.C , he was said to have administered daily doses of poison to himself.

Offline FierceKitty

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2016, 02:13:56 AM »
I thought it was A. E. Housman.
The laws of probability do not apply to my dice in wargames or to my finesses in bridge.

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2016, 08:42:34 AM »
Sorry, FK, that went whizzing right over my head. o_o

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Re: Mithradates he Diced Bold
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2016, 09:28:43 AM »
F.K. I,d like to thank you for prompting me to google Housman's poems and quotes , I,m enjoying them tremendously.

 

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