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Posted Missing in Action
By Mike | September 18, 2008
Well I have been missing from the site for a while, I believe the last post was around May 2008. I could give a number of excuses for my lack of activity by saying that Summer has intervened but that would be a lie as Summer has not really arrived this year or last year either for that matter. This year had to be the worst on record with huge quantities of rain falling. Where I live in Central Scotland we had 200% above the average rainfall from May until now, this resulted in little outdoor activity.
I suppose I should come clean and say that I have become hooked on a computer game, not anything to do with wargames but a game produced by SEGA and called Football Manager. For my American and Australian cousins by football I mean soccer. The game puts you in charge of a football team anywhere in the world and you can manage a lowly little team to the biggest names in football such as Real Madrid, Manchester United to name just a couple you can also manage a national side and try and qualify in the World Cup if you want. The game is amazing and, being a big football fan myself, I have become addicted to the game. It all kicked off on Christmas 2006 when I got Football Manager 2007 and then last Christmas I received an upgraded version, FM2008, since then all else has been forgotten. I will get FM2009 this year and will no doubt will be hooked again but I have promised myself that I will get back to blogging this site and be less neglectful to my main love that is board wargaming. I must say though that I am not a great fan of computer games however this game does appeal to my wargaming phsyche as it is very strategic and as a manager you need tactics and planning to achieve success.
And so, back to this awful weather, I suppose, for us less fanatical wargamers, Summer is probably “close season” and we don’t really get back into the hobby until early October but it looks like Autumn / Fall has arrived a month early so I will be happy to get the blinds drawn and bring down an old and trusted friend from my upstairs cupboard and get set up for another campaign to while away the long dark Winter nights. I have chosen an old favourite, Fulda Gap by SPI, and have to admit that I felt very sad to see how I had abused the game. After the Nato / Warsaw Pact era collapsed in 1989 the game was relegated to the loft and stayed there for a number of years. With other stuff getting put up there the box took a bit of damage and was rather squashed damaging the corners. Inside the game is pretty marked and smells a bit musty however with a bit of TLC it will recover and bring back many fond memories. I have also considered Next War but it is a true monster game and my wife will not be too happy with this being left in situ as we are currently in the throws of decorating the upstairs rooms. Well I suppose it looks like Fulda will get a bit of action with the Russian hordes swarming over the borders to take Frankfurt.
I might give a report from the “front” in my next visit which I promise will not be too long away.
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