| colin knight | 31 Dec 2014 3:13 a.m. PST |
Very sad and shocked to hear of Allens passing. Enjoyed sharing his knowledge and even cutting remarks :)
He had a very strong presence on the wargaming scene and will no doubt be missed. I only just found out. |
| JCBJCB | 31 Dec 2014 5:34 a.m. PST |
A real pity. He was very helpful to me when I was working on a little project a few years ago. |
| MajorB | 31 Dec 2014 5:40 a.m. PST |
Allen sadly passed away on 16 September 2014. RIP Allen.
TMP link |
| plutarch 64 | 31 Dec 2014 6:17 a.m. PST |
One of 2014's great losses. |
combatpainter  | 31 Dec 2014 6:22 a.m. PST |
In the next 20 years we will lose lots of gamers. RIP |
Ed Mohrmann  | 31 Dec 2014 6:26 a.m. PST |
I've missed 'talking' cooking with Allen. |
| wargame insomniac | 31 Dec 2014 8:16 a.m. PST |
Sometimes caustic, always helpful, will miss his insights and knowledge. |
| Joes Shop | 31 Dec 2014 8:57 a.m. PST |
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| Oh Bugger | 31 Dec 2014 9:03 a.m. PST |
A decent lad who gave a damn, knowlegdable and much missed. Died young enough too.
RIP.
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| tberry7403 | 31 Dec 2014 9:07 a.m. PST |
The scary thing is both Allen and Hank were younger than me. |
| TheBeast | 31 Dec 2014 10:07 a.m. PST |
Tell me about it. I'd not had contact/conversation with him, but from the testimonies, I will offer my condolences to the gaming buddies, real and virtually, who will miss him. Doug |
| Ed the Two Hour Wargames guy | 31 Dec 2014 10:13 a.m. PST |
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 Dan Cyr | 31 Dec 2014 2:28 p.m. PST |
Has anyone ever learned of the cause? Since we attended ROTC together, he was not that old to have died of old age. Dan |
| JezEger | 31 Dec 2014 3:09 p.m. PST |
Reported as heart attack. Way too young. A lot of knowledge went with him. Not one to suffer fools, he had my respect for that. |
| Mars Ultor | 31 Dec 2014 7:01 p.m. PST |
I'll just add to the chorus. I saw an oblique reference a while back to him not being on forums anymore and I hoped it was nothing that bad. This is a real downer to me…we never met, but he helped guide me along on a lot on stuff, especially Pyrrhic. Well, I've got two copies of HATPW…I'll read them again and knock back a toast for Allen. In pace requiescas, vir optime! |
| Syrinx0 | 31 Dec 2014 10:55 p.m. PST |
Just saw the information in the header on myself. I had no interaction outside of the various forums but I enjoyed reading his posts and rules. RIP. |
| Pizzagrenadier | 01 Jan 2015 12:17 a.m. PST |
I liked Allen. Even when I disagreed with him. He was occasionally grumpy, very knowledgeable, pretty witty with his remarks, and a good contributor here. I miss him here on TMP. I liked when he got people's dander up. |
| wrgmr1 | 01 Jan 2015 9:50 a.m. PST |
Allan posted quit a bit on TMP an as others said was knowledgeable and caused people to get upset.
My kind of gamer.
A sad loss to all of us. |
| Oh Bugger | 01 Jan 2015 12:39 p.m. PST |
Reported as heart attack. It was indeed, in the shower, so quick, which is the best any of us can hope for. Like many he had a hard row to hoe, and sometimes it showed but a good person all the same. |
| morrigan | 02 Jan 2015 1:24 p.m. PST |
Didn't care for the man myself, but my sympathies go out to his friends and family. |
| Griefbringer | 02 Jan 2015 2:05 p.m. PST |
I have lately gone through his Hannibal and Punic Wars book, and it is certainly an impressive work. It is a pity that his work on the Rise of Rome never managed to get published. |
| Mars Ultor | 02 Jan 2015 9:19 p.m. PST |
I believe Rise of Rome got briefly released as various army lists (Etruscan, Roman, Samnite,…)that reminds me that I think I have a printed copy somewhere. I'll have to look for it after two moves. |
