Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] GZG: FREEBIE OFFER FOR BFPO/APO TROOPS!
From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:40:20 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] GZG: FREEBIE OFFER FOR BFPO/APO TROOPS!
>When I was deployed, each short time leave we got, which was far and
>few between, a good number of us use to play the Babylon 5 miniature
>games using fleet action rules. A few of us also played FT in A-stan
>when I was there as well. My wife would send us new miniatures,
>small things, nothing big because of weight shipping. It takes
>thoughts off the mind of duty when on down time, which is much
>needed. To much time to think about what you did and what your about
>to do again.
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>Now I have a question for Jon D. There are some men who do not stay
>at a particular location, always moving about, never actually
>stationed at a single duty post for more then a couple weeks. I was
>such. How would we go about submitting there info?
Well, I'm not Jon D*, but I'm assuming this was meant for me anyway....
;-)
I don't know the best answer to this, because I don't know all the
details of the forces postal systems; how do guys like that receive
all their other mail? Surely they must have some kind of holding
address that their letters/packets from home get sent to?
Jon (T!) - GZG
* Jon D, on this list, usually refers to Jon Davis, who organises the
GZG-ECC....
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>In a message dated 7/24/2008 3:10:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>dmaddox1@hot.rr.com writes:
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>I can honestly say though I have NEVER once seen miniature or strategic
>games played though ... namely I think do to the fragility of
miniatures
>and lack of time to invest ... not to say it doesn't happen though;
just
>that I haven't seen it.
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>I never did miniatures overseas myself, mostly due to time constraints.
>Stateside was a different story entirely but, then again being married
>I was in a house off post or in government quarters, so had the space.
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>I did find some miniature gaming mostly among the officer class for
>tactical stuff, and RPGs and Warhammer with the junior NCOs
>and enlisted. There were exceptions of course (I was one)but that's
>what I encountered for the most part.
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>Don
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