Re: The games we played, was:Re: Age and Complexity

Shld Wulf wrote:

> I rember lining two opposing armies up across from each other and
using dirt
> clods, (mostly for the explosion and smoke cloud effect :) Each side
got about
> 5 shots then the other side got to shoot. All arced fire, (more
spectacular
> that way :), and direct hits were the only way to take out the tanks,
trucks,
> or artillery pieces. We had a variant, (after about an hour if I
recall :)
> where we only did the clods for the Arty pieces, and the "regular"
fire was
> marbles rolled, or "shot" from your lines.
> Kinda fun even now, if I can find a group of kids so i have an
"excuss" :)
>
> Randy

  There was a game I saw once in a game book.  The "board" was made of
an old
blanket with 6 inch squares on it.  The men were made of cardboard. 
Each side had
two cannon.  Each could make one attack on the enemy, as long as it was
"manned".
To make an attack, each player would fire a folded paper missle with a
rubber
band.  anything that was knocked over was eliminated.

Donald Hosford