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Operation: Star Fleet Command - Update version 1.3
After a number of plays and feedback from players I have made a few changes to Operation: Star Fleet Command (OSFC). The first is to the Federation Order of Appearance. It seems that last one made the...
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Higher Resolution Game Boards
I have had a number of request for higher resolution files of my Victory In the Pacific and Operation:Starfleet Command game boards. So here they are. Be aware that these are large files and will take...
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Victory In the Pacific Redo Update
One of the goals I set for myself this year was not to buy any new games (that doesn't count expansions to any of the games that I already own), and to finish working on many of my current game...
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Liftoff! Deluxe Update
For those of you who have been following this blog, you know that I made my deluxe version of Fritz Bronner's Liftoff! game sometime ago. Actually, I never really had the game to the point that I was...
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I'm Back! + New Board For Operation: Starfleet Command
Sorry to all of you who have been looking for this blog over the past year. I know a lot of you have been trying to contact me through various means including Boardgamegeek. Due to family difficulties...
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Deluxe Avalon Hill's Midway
While I may not have been doing a lot of gaming this past year, I was keeping busy. I had a number of game related projects to keep me busy during last winter through early spring. One was to reduce my...
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Battle of Britain and Civil Air Patrol
I see that it has been over a year since I last made a new post to this blog. While I had such good intentions of working last winter on catching up on my backlog of post that I wanted to share on my...
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Advanced Civilization
One of my long time gaming goals has been to make a deluxe version of Avalon Hill's Advanced Civilization similar to my treatment of Victory in the Pacific and LiftOff!. I received the original...
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Golden Age Air Racing & Civil Air Patrol
Last evening my Civil Air Patrol squadron had its weekly meeting. As the aerospace education officer it was my night to have the program. The plan had been to work on astronomy and celestial...
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Deluxe QED's Blue VS Gray
Back in the late 1990's (I think it was 1999), I had the pleasure of meeting Evan Jones (the designer of Blue vs. Gray), and his partner from QED Games at Origins. They were there to demo and release...
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3D Aces of Valor Board For WW1 Aerial Combat Games
For those of you who have followed my blog you know how I love to pimp my games, and use games in an educational setting. During the centennial of WW1 I have been looking for a game to use with my...
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Apollo 11: The 50th Anniversary of Man's Moon Landing - My display at our...
Several months ago I approached my local library to see if any of the departments would like to borrow some of my space history items for the upcoming anniversary of Apollo 11. Rather than borrow a few...
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Deluxe AH Midway Files
Lately I have received several request for the graphic files for my deluxe version of Avalon Hill's Midway. So here are the links: Japanese Search BoardJapanese AircraftJapanese ScreenUS Search BoardUS...
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Space Race / Apollo Themed Game Collection
With all the excitement and celebrations surrounding the 50th anniversary of the moon landing I thought that I would share my collection of games related to the event. It is certainly not the largest...
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Gaming With Civil Air Patrol
As my local Civil Air Patrol squadron Aerospace Education officer it is my job to make aviation studies interesting and exciting. After all the cadets are forced to spend five days a week in...
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Crimson Skies RPG Using Warbirds
Crimson Skies has long been one of my favorite game settings, as you can see by looking over many of my posts. The pulp aviation theme has always intrigued me, and while it has a slight role playing...
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The Last Starfighter Combat Game Rules
While organizing my game collection recently I unearthed some old favorites. While the Last Starfighter Combat game is not one of the best space combat games it is fun. Looking over the various...
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Prep for Origins 2010
I just submitted my events for Origins 2010. I've been a bit concerned about Origins this year since their website has been undergoing redesign since November with no end in site. I just hope the wait...
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1st Intergalactic Star Fleet Battle Manual Tournament
In 1977 a group of us traveled to Cleveland (our parents actually drove us since none us could drive yet), for our first Star Trek convention. It opened up a whole new world for us - young teens from...
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Dateline Egypt 1936: This years Origins' .45 Adventure
Here's a teaser for my .45 Adventure scenario that I am running at Origins this year. The title is Flight of the Flying Wing and it will be run in the miniature hall on Saturday, June 26th at 4:00...
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