| Cacadores | 21 Nov 2008 1:09 p.m. PST |
This is a photo story of the prize-winning Japanese vs. NL wargame, Battle of TARAKAN Island in 1942, put on by:
Dortmund Amateur Wargamers
and photographed with their kind permission by myself and Joe here:
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The Gaming Tables/WW2 I thought this was a great display game, which brought to mind the sultry heat and lush vegetation of Borneo and the Dutch East Indies. This is about the 1942 Japanese invasion of this Dutch outpost which saw bravery, confusion and tragedy in equal measure. The game won Best of Show at Crisis. What do you think? Photo-story of the wargame (scroll down):
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| aercdr | 21 Nov 2008 1:12 p.m. PST |
I saw this at Crisis and it stole the show. |
| Oddball | 21 Nov 2008 1:29 p.m. PST |
Wow! That is a GREAT looking table. How did you do the water effects? |
| Wargamer Blue | 21 Nov 2008 1:48 p.m. PST |
That table is great. Next year it would be great if they did the Battle of Tarakan 1945 when the island was recaptured. |
| Darby E | 21 Nov 2008 1:54 p.m. PST |
Awesome looking game! I really really like it, just incredible. What rules were used? |
| Dragon Master | 21 Nov 2008 4:09 p.m. PST |
Simply amazing. That's the type of game that keeps me coming back to wargaming. |
| wrgmr1 | 21 Nov 2008 4:37 p.m. PST |
This is what wargaming is all about!!! |
| French Wargame Holidays | 21 Nov 2008 9:14 p.m. PST |
just awesome guys well done to all involved! |
The G Dog  | 22 Nov 2008 7:47 a.m. PST |
I am most impressed by their stunning efforts. I'd be honored to play a game that looked half as good as this one does. |
| Ditto Tango 2 1 | 22 Nov 2008 1:45 p.m. PST |
The first link is just a collage and then a notice that 3 college girls want to hook up with me. |
 chicklewis  | 22 Nov 2008 6:22 p.m. PST |
Wow, that's really a gorgeous table ! I rode a tramp steamer into Tarakan years ago, 1977, and spent three days there trying to sweet-talk my way onto one of the timber company planes which flew to Mindanao. Failed. Rode a coastal boat up the 'inland' waterways to the north instead. Tarakan looks much better in the photos than in my memory. Chick |
| Cacadores | 23 Nov 2008 2:31 p.m. PST |
Ditto Bird
''The first link is just a collage and then a notice that 3 college girls want to hook up with me''.
Try scrolling down chicklewis
''I rode a tramp steamer into Tarakan years ago, 1977'' Did you take any photos? They'd be interesting to see. |
| Fatman | 24 Nov 2008 5:44 a.m. PST |
Just my bloody luck Ditto Bird gets three college girls I get some butt head asking if I know the difference between a lion and a tiger, story of my life that is;-P Fatman Disgutingly good scenery and a well thought outb and reseached scenario, looks like it deserved the "Best of Show" |
| chicklewis | 25 Nov 2008 8:12 a.m. PST |
Sorry to disappoint, Cacadores, but there was ZERO at Tarakan in '77 worth expending a frame of film. I had my Indonesian visa extended while in Tarakan, and sweet-talking worked on the government official, who, since I was leaving Indonesia immediately, didn't make me pay the extension fee. |
| Cacadores | 25 Nov 2008 4:07 p.m. PST |
That's a shame. Not even a palm tree? |
