Posts made by Raymond Biesinger

Genetically, spiritually, or in a chain-of-command kind of way?

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He did indeed join us for a great game of A&A50 on Saturday night, so that does make him a member now. A great guy with a great mind for the game. Can’t wait to play him again.

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I’m happy over here, as we’ve managed to convince 13 of our members and alumni to order the shirt. The state of the Montreal A&A Club is strong. Not bad for starting from scratch two years ago.

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It’s a wiring diagram for my 1966 Fender Bassman amplifier. At bottom right of the photo you can see the corner of an Ampeg SVT 300 bass amp. Both are my babies. Very loud ones.  :-)

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Ha!

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That’s a total beauty. Good choice of stain.

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Thankfully, this isn’t my typical “vacation” attire. Or even my typical “lazy Sunday at home” clothing.

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Ha! Tell that to the guy in Istanbul who sold it to me.

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And there we go, with a bit of pomp and ceremony…

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@Young:

I think it’s time to clean up all the irrelevant stickies in all the forums.

I third that. I haven’t been around long, but I know a mess when I see one.

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@IWillNeverGrowUp:

That said, a VERY WELL thought out presentation with clear, realistic funding goals and clear benefits for your backers should see you through, even with the lower exposure of Indigogo.

Exactly. I think some people see this kind of website as a new-age marvel, but a big part of success or failure is still determined by presentation quality and hustling harder than everyone else. Some things never change.

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One of my Canadian friends used Indiegogo.com to successfully fund a film of his, and I think you’ll find it almost identical to Kickstarter in function but without the USA/SIN/etc. limitations. He wasn’t entirely happy with the experience, but I’m not sure if it was his approach or the website’s policies that weren’t to his liking. Take a look?

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Cool cool, Hellwarrior. Do send me an e-mail. I’m training people often, but I do ask our most senior members if they can play first.

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Hi, Hellwarrior. We might have a spot open on this coming Saturday night on the plateau. If you drop me an e-mail (to raymond@fifteen.ca) telling me about yourself I’ll drop you a line if the spot isn’t filled. I call us the “Montreal A&A Club” but to most of the guys it’s pretty informal and not a club at all so much as a chance to shit talk, eat pizza and enjoy a beer or two.

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Ha! Sounds like you should make your own Montreal A&A Club shirt. Also, because we’re going to do each shirt as a one-off print-on-demand thing each member can chose their own colour of shirt and image.

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Thanks for the kind words, Garg. Unfortunately, it’s only for people who play a game with our club on our turf. Visitors included, though, so if you give Westjet $900 of your hard-earned cash for a flight you can still make it happen.

OK. Here’s what I think is the final. The Swastika’s staying off–whatever the politics, it was a request from one of our members, too, and I’ve got more important things to debate. I’ve adjusted some other things. The Soviet flag now has its star, and the Chinese flag is now a mixed Nationalist over Communist one. For aesthetic reasons I added some “shading” to the Italian flag (even though it took the form of stripes), more details on the Hungarian crest, and added the sunburst on the Imperial Japanese.

This thing is very close. Something about the trigger is bothering me. Going to take a trip to the local tee shirt press shop in the next few days to make a prototype. Can’t wait. Next game is Saturday, and I’d like to be able to take orders from the guys.

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Oh my. Flashman, that “Dogs of War” postcard at the bottom left of your imagined map is hilarious. Nice touch!

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Thanks for the kind words, Gargantua. I’ve silkscreened a bunch of them and have been selling them for years. You can see bigger pics of the thing at my online shop.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/68728572/europe-1919-game-board-map-silkscreened

I sell these at art fairs and the majority of buyers don’t even care that it’s a game–they just see it as decor. I have a giant one-off 3-foot square one in a gold frame on my hallway wall. One of my favourite things.

A WW2 version? Maybe some time. But I’m currently working on an illustrated history of the Cold War on top of my regular assignments, so my schedule’s pretty tight.

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A&A.org/forum,

I just thought I’d show you a little something I made a few years ago. Basically, it’s is a one-colour silkscreened map of Europe circa 1919, made to be simply viewed or played as if it was the classic Risk board game. It has 106 squares and 21 national bonus areas. Also included: 112 different pre-cut country cards on cardstock. It doesn’t come with any army pieces or die, but you could easily put together a nice set from other sources. Sheet size is 24x28".

Anyways, I think it’s pretty something, though I haven’t played it in years. You can find an interview with me about it (and games in general) at the following URL:

http://boardgamerinparadise.com/2011/03/10/1919/

That’s it for now. Enjoy.

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Interesting. Do A&A games have different German roundels in Germany, then?

And I’ll keep the skull. It’s been a symbol of death and war forever.

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