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moofrank wrote: Oooh. Submarine. That is actually a really good game. It is really not all that complex and falls about on the same complexity level as the MB Gamemaster series. If not just a bit simpler.

I agree. And the solo rules published in an issue of The General make it a really solid solo game. As a solitaire sub game, it easily beats SPI's solo flatpack game (Wolfpack? I forget the title now) and is more fun than Compass Games' Silent War series [which I have had fun with but kind of feels like it's a sort of Strat-o-Matic/Statis-Pro game.]

I have a link around here somewhere to a fan website [in glorious HTML 2.0] that has all the Submarine-related articles and variants from The General, Fire & Movement, and a couple of other long-defunct wargaming mags. I seem to remember that Grognard.com didn't have them all, though they do have some good stuff there, too. I'll see if I can dig it up and post it...

Edit: Pete's posted it below.

doniphann.net/tsculler/index_files/onpatrol.pdf
I'll save you the trouble~ ^^^

This site is the "grail" for all things Submarine:
doniphann.net/tsculler/

Yep, that's it. I think he also did a B-17 QotS site with a shit-ton of variants on it. (It wasn't until I picked up a couple on ebay that I realized that some schmucks were just lifting his stuff (along with the stuff from The General, but the source was at least readily apparent in that case) and packaging it as if it were their own work.)

I have that site bookmarked and the rules printed in my copy of Submarine. Luckily, nobody knows (except you, Frank, and I) about how truly awesome that one is, so I got a copy for 10$ on an GeekAuction. Sadly, I just bought another copy, unpunched, but it was NOT 10$.

I feel like there should be more photos in here. How many people participated this year?

QPCloudy wrote: I feel like there should be more photos in here. How many people participated this year?

Apparently, two: you and Secret Satan

Has anyone NOT received a SS package? Let me know if you're still waiting. I know there were a couple of late senders an probably at least one address fumble.

I'll let you know tomorrow, when I get home from holidays

Secret Satan wrote: Whose parcel (*) is on the way courtesy of more than one F:ATtie in more than one country?
Whose parcel is a small package but big on fun?
Who is fond (IIRC) of plastic dudes?
Who?




Come on down . . . BillyZ!!!!


(*) Not to be opened in front of the sensitive!

Patience.

Got my package on Friday! And now I know why it took so long - it was coming from a land far away, where no one in their right mind would live - Canada.

Here's the customs declaration. I assume no one from customs actually looked at this thing. God help them if they actually opened it.



Let's see what we have here...

OK - first up - Crap.



and more crap



Wait - is that a Death Star Pez dispenser? Yes it is! Score one for the good guys.

Sadly my pez-based euphoria is dashed by these:



I tried wearing them as hats, but it did not work out that well. I will spare you the photos of the aborted attempt.

Hmm... Must be more.



Ah! Lotto scratch-offs! Surely at least one of these will amount to something!



Alas, they are all pre-scratched losers. Much like Lenny Dykstra.

OK - now we're getting into the good stuff. Games!



Hmm... crap card game.



Not bad - prone to AP though



Historical artifacts from the Korean War, apparently.

Ooh... is that a Star Wars game?



Yes it is! But what fiend would bend the complete game - with board inside! - in half? Who is this monster?

Wiping tears aside I move on to the last games. Clash of Cultures, perhaps?



Ah, cruel fate! It is An Enchanted Evening and a bottle of Axe body spray! I am doubly cursed because (honest) I already own this.

One box remains. And it is... Sensations? Apparently Satan thinks I need to get laid.



I gingerly open the cover and find, on top, a Print & Play Dune conversion. More work for me to get it ready to play! Nice artwork on the shields though.



Digging deeper I realize that the contents of Sensations, sadly, are included.

I select a card at random:



The "Be Strategic" almost makes this worth the price of admission.

I dig into the carton one last time and find this emblem of all that is unholy in the world. I decide to adopt him and name him "Barnes".