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I'll try and make it - 1500EW I've already got - I'll finish the last detailing on the Poles and bring them around for another whirl.

Dang - wish I was up in that area...

Honestly I'd just like to see us get more people into the game. I'm hoping to start actually making Thursday nights again once work / house build calm down a little.

... and don't forget Come out Fighting - the unit's autobiography... Available as images here: http://www.761st.com/gallery3/index.php/cof0a Another good book (probably the best single book I've read on the 761st) is: The 761st Black Panther Tank Battalion in World War II: An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit to See Combat by Joe Wilson Jr. (Author), Julius W. Becton Jr. (Foreword) (Author), Joseph E. Wilson Sr. (Afterword) (Author) https://www.amazon.com/761st-Black-Panther-Battalion-World/dp/0786428627/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470439588&sr=1-5&keywords=761st+tank+battalion Of the books above, Kareem's is actually one of the best. Sasser seems unconcerned about getting the details about opposing German forces correct and passes along war stories verified with at best an encyclopedia level understanding of the Wehrmacht. Pfeifer's book is essentially a kid's book. I've picked up DiNicolo's book, but haven't had time to read it yet.

I was the lead for an Oregon / Guardian Games group for several years (2010-ish to 2014) - we ended up burning out a lot of good folks. Playtesting is tough when you do it right... I'm not ready to jump back in that saddle again yet.

That's the one! I hear the list is good, and the writing describing the unit is first rate...

761st Tank Battalion is new too... *whistles nonchalantly* ;) :D

Okay... Now that the cat is at least partially out of the bag... My Tanksgiving Army: 761st Tank Battalion... Warrior: Medal of Honor winner Ruben Rivers

I was so jetlagged I couldn't make it - sorry guys... 16 hours of plane rides and layovers just did me in... :(

This just in from Breakthrough Assault! W00T!

I'm hoping to be there... will have to decide what army to bring... :D

I will be arriving back from Ireland the day before, so I may or may not be able to make it - depends on whether I'm conscious or not... ;) A. START TIME: A3 1 PM B. ROUNDS (2.5 hours each, 15 min between rounds) B2. Two Rounds C. PERIOD C1 EW C2 MW C3 LW (no preference, I have lists for all 3 periods) D. POINTS I can do up to 1500 points EW 1500 + points MW Just about anything LW E. Opponent assignments: Honestly don't care... however is fine... F. PRIZES F4 I am suggesting an alternative: <provide description> - I like Zeke's idea of bringing a blister for the prize pile G. TERRAIN Store terrain is getting damaged and or lost, of late. If you have pieces you can put on a table for this event, please bring them. If you do bring terrain, show it to barca before deploying it, to preclude misunderstandings. H SCORES (no bearing on prizes, if there are any) No scores published - we've got lots of tournaments later in the year - this should be for recreation I Commitment I4 I will probably be there, at least for one round. J MISSIONS Any is fine K LISTS Honor system. I am not screening lists. Bring printed copy of your list, hand to your opponent. Bring the book that covers your list. Bring spare copies of list. Special rules: this is another reason why you bring the book. L SOCIAL event, before or after the battles. L5 not available for get togethers listed above (might be available after - but it depends on how late "after" is)

I'll pencil this one in...

Sign me up. I'll bring my Japanese using LW points... Not sure which yet. Will sort of depend on what I get painted.

At this point I'm booked: August 5-7 August 12-14 September 17-23 (?) October 1 November 12-13 November 18-20 Additional weekends TBD...

Just stipulate that your "warrior" for the competition has to be in a tank... you can still bring Rudel, but he can't be the centerpiece of your army.

I like the cut of your jib... thought about going with him as well...

Go ahead and sign me up - I have a primary list I want to play... but I can't tell you about it yet...

Link fixed....

Starting to make (very slow) progress on my Japanese - it's gonna be a doozy. At this point I've got a lot of the line infantry and gun teams cleaned up and primed (which was a battle in of itself) - and now I'm finishing up adding guns and armor... More at the blog: http://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2016/06/japanese-army-progress-and-general.html

I'm good for EW, MW, or LW... Don't know if I could get behind all armies must have a warrior or or movie commander - as it would really limit choices... I could definitely get behind people bringing one cinematographic OBJECTIVE... and maybe having a special additional award for the best objective.

Flames of War Japanese - Want to Trade I've been going through my Japanese swag and I have some extra unopened blisters that I'd like to trade: I have two JP560 Type 92 70mm gun blisters and one JP565 Type 41 75mm Infantry Gun blister. Would prefer to trade for roughly like value new product, but would consider other trades. Wants: USMC, German, Team Yankee Soviet or American Please make offer

Sorry guys - been swamped with the new house build prep - and we're in crunch week. Must have the lot ready by June 3. Likely not going to be able to make it this time... :(

Honestly there's a couple of ways you could go - I wouldn't recommend sliding scale the whole island at once, but using the mini-campaign over at Behind Enemy Lines there's a couple where you'd be fighting on effectively a 1/4 or 1/5 of the island. Alternately you could go the other way - set up a mega battle with a lot of your friends and use 1:1 scale tables. If you click on the second image on the blog post, it has sample 4x6 FoW tables superimposed over it in some of the key areas - that equals 400x600 real feet.

One cool aspect of the Pacific War is that in some cases the battlefields were very small. How small? Small enough to put a fair portion of the battlefield on several tabletops for a mega gaming-day... http://miniordnancerev.blogspot.com/2016/05/of-game-scale-and-ground-scale-fighting.html