tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2272513444850034214..comments2024-03-29T05:29:08.934-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Books on the nightstandNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-11010078567039985172017-11-14T12:49:31.809-06:002017-11-14T12:49:31.809-06:00Sounds very interesting, indeed. I kinda drifted ...Sounds very interesting, indeed. I kinda drifted away from board games once I got older. Love the photo of that exquisite chess set being presided over by Dante, though! Maybe you were a little too young for these, Neil, but were you familiar with the Milton Bradley American Heritage "Command Decision" series of games at all? Battle Cry, Broadside, Hit the Beach, Dogfight -- just typing those names is evocative to me...Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10335401450960046972017-11-14T12:08:06.752-06:002017-11-14T12:08:06.752-06:00Interesting. Had no idea there was anything like ...Interesting. Had no idea there was anything like that. Reminds me of the intricate planning of both France and Germany started after France's defeat in 1871 and updated regularly up to the start of World War I.tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75062048081422967452017-11-14T11:04:55.127-06:002017-11-14T11:04:55.127-06:00There was a series of Avalon Hill games such as &q...There was a series of Avalon Hill games such as "Gettysburg" and "D-Day". Sort of "Risk" on steroids. I have the two mentioned above if you are interested in trying it.Mike P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12966355340005592550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17707463895378764982017-11-14T08:33:22.239-06:002017-11-14T08:33:22.239-06:00When I was a kid, we used to play a game that my d...When I was a kid, we used to play a game that my dad had saved from his youth, called "Bulls and Bears" -- a Charles Darrow / Parker Brothers game about the stock market. I don't remember much about it. Monopoly was much more fun for a young boy. My dad's game is so old, it's houses and hotels are made of wood. As far as I know there's only one piece of the game missing; a "get out of jail free" card that my dad sent to our pastor, who got arrested down south at a civil rights demonstration. <br /> Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76182313170947616042017-11-14T02:14:28.013-06:002017-11-14T02:14:28.013-06:00While the Japanese war gamed their attack on Pearl...While the Japanese war gamed their attack on Pearl Harbor, they didn't know the US Army & Navy war gamed the way for the US to win a war against Japan.<br />Starting in 1919, the plan predicted Japan would start a war & planned how to fight them. Every two years it was updated & eventually was known as Plan Orange. While it didn't take into effect how the carrier & its planes would be the decisive ships, it was amazingly prescient. That's where the island hopping strategy came from & MacArthur had nothing to do with it, no matter how much he took credit for it.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com