It was 1990, I was 18 years old… I moved to the big city of Toronto and my new friends were gamers who played Risk all the time. I quickly got bored of it and was looking for an alternative game I could introduce to them and I saw on the store shelf Axis & Allies from Milton Bradley “a game of high adventure” and “decide the fate of the world in just a few short hours” (lol). Unfortunately we were all pretty hammered by the end of the night and the only thing I remember of my first game was punching out all the plastic pieces from the plastic stencil racks and all the roundels from the cardboard sheets. it was an instant hit with the whole group and I played it with them religiously for up to 2 years until I moved back home to Peterborough. I brought my game with me and it wasn’t long before I hooked some old high school friends to it, and over the next 8 years I played Classic edition even more than I did before. After that in 2000, I moved back to Toronto where I discovered Spring 1942, then A&A Anniversary edition and finally Global 1940… ironically, I met someone from that first group from the early 90’s almost 20 years later, we accidentally bumped into each other online and we have been playing 1 on 1 1940 Global games every month for the past 5 years.
I feel sad because of this game. ;_;
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Solo,
An observation: Don’t try to be Billy Bada$$, when you’ve never won a game.At this point, I have won a game, actually. ;-)
I was only saying that because of the fact that MADDOGG says he has never won a game, and he has most likely played many more than I have. Most likely, I am a better player.
Solo,
My advice to you is: stop playing that opponent.
If they are THAT unforgiving, even when helping someone new learn, then you are dealing with an A-hole of major degree.
Nah, he’s not really that bad a guy. He only did that because he knew that I was going to beat him unless he enforced the turn sequence rules.
Besides, it’s a lot more convenient for me, since he’s the one that owns the board, and he lives with me.
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As Ronald Reagan use to say “well there you go again”. Here’s a verse from an old Beatles tune that I love. See if you can guess the title……“back in school again, Maxwell plays the fool again, teacher get’s annoyed”.
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Solomaxwell,
As a new guy here also, I can honestly say that coming in and immediately getting into a fight between you (a rookie) and MADDOGG (a veteran) is not a good way to start out.
MADDOGG is right in his last post. He dropped it and you took another shot at him just to have the last word. The Mods are only going to ask him to hold back for so long.
My experience here is that everyone will be more than helpful and accomodating as long as you aren’t a “bull in a china shop”.
Just my $ 0.02.
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As Ronald Reagan use to say “well there you go again”. Here’s a verse from an old Beatles tune that I love. See if you can guess the title……“back in school again, Maxwell plays the fool again, teacher get’s annoyed”.
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. One of my favorites (although under “I Am The Walrus,” of course), in fact. I can assure you, though, that I’m not at all homicidal, or even an angry person. I tend to be laid back, unless someone takes the initiative and angers me.
I’m not trying to be offensive, and I’m not trying to argue. That was not a “shot” at MADDOGG, despite what you may take it to be.
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Actually Maxwells Sillver Hammer was on my all time favorite album… Abbey Road… The Walrus was on another album but I can’t remember which.
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I Am The Walrus was on Magical Mystery Tour, I think.
I only just discovered Maxwell’s Silver Hammer recently, actually; a friend of mine mentioned it, and I had to listen to it (I have all of the Beatles albums, but I typically only listen to a song or two at a time, not the whole thing).
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Actually U-505 MADDOG isn’t vet necessarily, he can post a lot though… he joined on Jan 31… 8-)
GG
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Yeah, but he’s gotten some pretty good experience, being one of our most active players, since then, and always playing and learning from good opponents. Unlike many people, the refreshing thing about him is that he really learns well from his mistakes rather than being stubborn and sticking to his own preconceptions.
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In the games forums, yes I probably would say that he is getting “vet”… But I see the rest of his posts as well, and no hard feelings MADDOG (since it was addressed lovingly), But I still remember that first post… :wink:
GG
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Yeah, but he’s gotten some pretty good experience, being one of our most active players, since then, and always playing and learning from good opponents. Unlike many people, the refreshing thing about him is that he really learns well from his mistakes rather than being stubborn and sticking to his own preconceptions.
I resemble that remark :-P
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