"Rembering my Father" Topic

While he has been gone for 25 years – I recall vividly the summers on the Cape with Hearld, Britian, Marx and MPC figures, not to mention a few fire crackers, covering the yard. Later, we added Airfix and then made a shift to HO scale while still occassionally covering the living room floor with our original 54mms knights and WWII.

Christmas was always the start of a new adventure. One year, he made a fort/castle with MPC figures guarding the walls, with a seige beginning outside. Another time, he found a beautiful castle for the 54mm figures and carted it around for a week or so before coming home. One magical time, I found waiting for me, bare lead 25mm Napoleonic troops charging a square with paints on the side.

Since he passed, I have moved on to 15mm and embraced his love of the ACW. Today reminds me to continue to create with my son new memories, that I hope in some measure will come close to matching those my father shared and left with me.

Beautiful.

Fine memories indeed.

Those sound like some great times! Happy Father's Day!

Well said.

Doug

Very beautiful.

Happy fathers day to all.

My dad's been gone for almost 13 years now and he never was a gamer, but he got me started with plastic models (USS Forrestal) and when I graduated from RISK to AH's Third Reich (Christmas present), he took the time to bring me AH's Squad Leader back from a business trip to Chicago back in the late 70's (maybe 1980?).

The rest, as they say, is history… :)

Happy Father's Day!!!!!

I had bought my Dad CA from SPI. We tried to play but since he had been on a Destroyer during WWII and Aircraft Carriers afterwards. He had trouble with the abstract movement of the hex based game. He then pulled out the slide rule and charts that he had and explained had they calculated ship movement. Way beyond my 11 year olds math skills. A fond memory still.

Happy Fathers Day!

Great memories….I hope to be able one day to know my son recalls good things like this of me…

Great post, DW. Whether it be enjoying wargames or enjoying something else, time spent with our dads, and later with our own kids, is precious.

Happy Father's day to you all.

Nice tribute, well done.

Beautiful post Disaster Wargamer.I miss my Dad too.

Lovely tributes, well said. God speed to all our Dads who are no longer with us.

My Dad died when I was 8 years old.He loved military history,and he talked about going to Gettysburg just before he died.I still have his copies of Civil War Times Illustrated from around 1970. Mom said that if he'd lived,he'd be gaming right with me.

Well said. My father is still with me, and we had a lovely conversation today over the phone. Distance being unfortunate in this case. My best to you, though.

Eric

Those are awesome memories. I think I might steal a few of the ideas with my son. He is at the age where the big 54mm stuff makes more sense. I have already bought some 20mm Napoleonics for him and they await his aging….

Thanks all – Nice memories

Roger dat.
My dad, gone 25 years, was always helping me feed the toy soldier habit. Took me to quite a few forts and battlefields too. God I miss him sometimes.

Great memories and expressions of joy! My recollections are of Britains, Herald and some old Mignot(sp) figures my Dad brought back from Europe where he served at the conclusion of WW2. Then on to Marx playsets of every type and Airfix figures by the cartload. There are drawers full still in my family home basement. He was a commerical artist for a time and he would scratch build bunkers and odd combinations of 1/72 vehicles. I miss him still.

Thanks for the memories guys!

My dad, gone 12 years now, got me into Airfix back in the 70s. He was into gaming but loved military 'stuff'. He took me to my first Northern Militaire back in 75 I think. Like most here, I miss my dad.

A toast to memories. My dad died 5 years ago, although he never played war with me, I remember playing with my toy soldiers in various sand piles while he shoed horses.

when I was 30, for my birthday he gave me 5 utility boxes full of 15mm Nap figures, that were really well painted. About 1000 of them. He had found them in a flea market and paid $30 USD for them….I still have them.

cheers to you!

Tom
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