tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post6617713868868510874..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Midnight in some burning townConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-75933184839355933002013-05-05T16:00:30.762+01:002013-05-05T16:00:30.762+01:00I am heartened to see fine wine and the cheeseboar...I am heartened to see fine wine and the cheeseboard regain its rightful place as the refreshment of choice for discerning wargamers in preference to fizzy cola and extruded foam snacks.<br /><br />Kind regards, Chris.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-40958983415883754252013-05-02T14:37:48.192+01:002013-05-02T14:37:48.192+01:00Not quite...
My initial query on the subject was ...Not quite...<br /><br />My initial query on the subject was along the lines of "Well I'm out of here! I wonder can I get this heap to blow up in Ivan's face, with all my dead and wounded inside it?"<br /><br />Turps and lime cordial does wonderful things for ones concentration, but not so much the moral instinct.Capability Savagehttp://www.twistedincdesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-23029490587604206482013-05-02T14:10:58.925+01:002013-05-02T14:10:58.925+01:00I have to ask. Before the Soviets assaulted the p...I have to ask. Before the Soviets assaulted the petrol station, WITH GRENADES, did the Brits think to turn off the fuel lines / pumps?<br /><br />FMBfireymonkeyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833974263127787678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-63519678633224605422013-05-02T13:23:13.599+01:002013-05-02T13:23:13.599+01:00"Meanwhile the advancing Russian infantry had..."Meanwhile the advancing Russian infantry had wiped out the defenders in the petrol station in a flurry of grenades"... and presumably themselves as well! :o))Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-41787011935684544692013-05-02T03:24:51.300+01:002013-05-02T03:24:51.300+01:00The range issue is the same in FoF really, modern ...The range issue is the same in FoF really, modern guns just have huge effective ranges. This is not helped at all by modern optical attachments.<br /><br />If you work out how to integrate notice rolls into the game and not have it seem a bit arbitrary and forced possibly then suppressive fire could be directed against targets that you haven't got a direct bead on. Obviously *someone* suspects that bush to be hostile and counter-revolutionary.Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.com