I've decided to create a website to chronicle each and every game night for the benefit of myself as well as my fellow travelers who show up on every second Saturday at my place to play boardgames of a warlike nature.
My club, which I call Kriegspiel Nacht - German for "wargame night" - was established, gosh, some 10 years ago after my first son was born. I do have a small cadre of friends that show up regularly and a smattering of neighbors, co-workers, relatives and other odd and assorted gentlemen and gentlewomen that play once a month on the "battlefields" of games you may or may not have even heard of. Now I know, some hardcore enthusiasts would cry foul since all of my games I play are technically not considered "wargames" such as one might expect with an Avalon Hill game like "Eastern Front" or "Squad Leader". But hey, so long as the boardgame involves armies and fleets with some historical/scientific context then that's good enough for me!
Come to think of it, I have been playing wargames, of various difficulty levels since I was in elementary school: Chess, Risk, Diplomacy, Stratego and so forth. Then I joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and it was then that I ventured into the more technical and cumbersome wargames of Avalon Hill fame. Such games as Panzerkrieg, Platoon, Rise and Decline of the Third Reich and Victory in the Pacific. Great games really, but very long and very technical. Unless you were a war buff or history major then these games unfortunately would not generally appeal to you.
So, in the year 2000 I started the Wargame Night "club" (of sorts) and every second Saturday my friends and I get together and play the latest and most celebrated boardgames that most people would want to and could play. With beer and pretzels in one hand and dice in the other and with the world laying at your feet ripe for conquest what could be more fun, I ask?
In the future, I'll be posting pictures and descriptions of each game night and actually show won and who lost. Should be quite fun.
Now, let's see...where did that War Sun go to?....
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