"“New Tricks” wargame episode , Backstory?" Topic
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fredavner  | 30 Jan 2018 11:01 a.m. PST |
Watched an old episode..(05-06?) Alun Armstrong winds up playing at a wargame club..amidst a sea of passive faces… a glimpse of a Salute poster and a copy of WI at his desk at the cop shop…
Any backstory ? |
| attilathepun47 | 30 Jan 2018 1:17 p.m. PST |
All I know is that his character had been forced to retire from the force early due to alcoholism and mental issues--something like obsessive/compulsive disorder. The latter maybe dovetails somewhat with wargaming? |
| Von Trinkenessen | 30 Jan 2018 1:41 p.m. PST |
John Treadaway and the South London Warlords were involved. "Cravat man " I think was based on a local(SWUK) wargaming legend. |
| wrgmr1 | 30 Jan 2018 3:15 p.m. PST |
I remember articles on this in a wargamer magazine at that time.
Wargames illustrated? |
| fredavner | 30 Jan 2018 5:22 p.m. PST |
His wife was a wargame widow, and the gamers came off as slightly askew….( what else is new?) … |
| robert piepenbrink | 30 Jan 2018 6:35 p.m. PST |
There were at least two episodes involving "Memory" Lane and his Prussians. There was an arson case tying in with some sort of micro-convention at a school which led to his getting his own figures out of the attic. I thought the unrealistic bit was getting back in the saddle so easily. No one is explaining that his rules are two editions out of date, or that his basing is wrong, and since he's winning immediately, he clearly doesn't have the usual tactical rust of the out of practice wargamer. Memory Lane of course, but still… Also, I can never get my opponents to drink that much. |
| sillypoint | 31 Jan 2018 11:15 a.m. PST |
He drank after winning iirc.
As mentioned we (Wargamers) don't come out looking good – more like a bunch of wallies. "wally
NOUN plural: wallies
British
informal
A silly or inept person.
‘I must have looked a total wally but I didn't care"…" |
| Fried Flintstone | 31 Jan 2018 4:23 p.m. PST |
Or small pickled cucumbers |
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takes another stab at building a more perfect flight stand.