 ColCampbell  | 23 May 2019 7:10 a.m. PST |
I rediscovered this vintage wargaming photo as I started going through boxes of photographs from my late parents house. This is a picture of a Napoleonic wargame fought in the early 1970s at my parents house. We are in the wing that contained my two brothers and my bedrooms in the 30' x 10' "playroom" outside the three bedrooms. It was just enough room for a gaming table.
This was one of our early "line them all up and go at each other" 25mm games. I don't remember all the participants, but Jay S. is seated on the lower left with the late Marshall Jones standing at the left rear. Tim C. is barely seen standing on the right. Jim |
Old Glory  | 23 May 2019 7:16 a.m. PST |
Really great to see this!! I suppose many of us could insert ourselves right into that pic along with old friends -- both still here, and some gone? Thanks for sharing
Russ Dunaway |
 Flashman14 | 23 May 2019 7:26 a.m. PST |
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| Glencairn | 23 May 2019 7:52 a.m. PST |
Blimey, that takes me back to when 25mm figs cost about a shilling.. |
| Choctaw | 23 May 2019 11:48 a.m. PST |
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| torokchar | 23 May 2019 4:44 p.m. PST |
Nice – love the old game photo's – some great memories of games fought in the basement with my older brother! |
| ColCampbell | 23 May 2019 5:54 p.m. PST |
Choctaw, I have no recollection of who won. But I'm sure we all had a great time rolling dice! Jim |
| langobard | 24 May 2019 1:07 a.m. PST |
Wow! That photo triggers so many memories! Thank you! |
 Saber6  | 24 May 2019 11:39 a.m. PST |
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 deadhead | 24 May 2019 1:43 p.m. PST |
I love it. They all look like NASA nerds. Only missing the pens in the shirt pockets. Their hair is too short for 1970s. No beards. The short sleeve shirts, especially with the candy stripes. I have never, ever, owned a short sleeved shirt, even now. Seriously.
Not too many Grateful Dead fans amongst these. I love nostalgia, me, but it is not what it used to be…..
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| Lord Hill | 25 May 2019 2:18 a.m. PST |
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| Shagnasty | 25 May 2019 2:18 p.m. PST |
This photo evokes many memories of the past and passed. |
| Ned Ludd | 26 May 2019 7:03 a.m. PST |
I would have said I liked it but Boris Johnson in striped shirt and pretending to be Napoleon is a little to close to home at the moment. |
| deadhead | 26 May 2019 12:15 p.m. PST |
Boris! Perfect…why did I not see it? Thing is this was decades ago. We had some excuse (my hair was MUCH MUCH longer though…even if now much much sparser |
| Sir Able Brush | 27 May 2019 4:40 a.m. PST |
so many model soldiers in one place! Gloss painted I hope |
| deadhead | 27 May 2019 11:28 a.m. PST |
But where are the Groupies with the XX chromosomes? It was the lack of such that drew me away from such activities for decades. (Mind you, my later 1970s/80s chat up line was "would you like to see my Finnish aircraft collection, in my on-call room?". Never failed….well, not every single time…just 99.9% of the time.) |
