 John the OFM  | 09 Jul 2009 7:05 a.m. PST |
My son asked me what I wanted for my birthday, so I told him to go to my Amazon.com shopping cart for a pretty good idea. So, yesterday A!S! arrived, and he handed it to me with a "Happy birthday, Dad!" grin. (Barry Lyndon is apparently shipped from a different warehouse.) I must say that I do not recognize me or any of my friends in that book at all! No sir, nothing seems familiar…
Except for the bits on pages… Seriously, it is eerily and creepily familiar, like he has been reading my mail. His history of wargaming is fascinating, with much more detail than I was aware of. It seems that the surly FLGS owner who ignores his customers is an old complaint, and we can probably blame the French for it. I was laughing like a maniac last night, reading on my front porch until it got too dark.
I laughed until I stopped.
link |
Lee Brilleaux  | 09 Jul 2009 7:26 a.m. PST |
It is truly a great book. Like "The Grapes of Wrath" or "War and Peace", but better in all respects. |
 Editor in Chief Bill  | 09 Jul 2009 7:30 a.m. PST |
When did it get a blue cover? I guess mine's collectible now! Yeah, it's a fun book. Worth reading over again. |
| Jay Arnold | 09 Jul 2009 7:30 a.m. PST |
Is your boy back from Basic, then? Or is there another son? |
| John the OFM | 09 Jul 2009 7:35 a.m. PST |
Jack has been home about 3 weeks now.
He got in late at the airport, so we went to a truckstop to eat. A driver came over to shake his hand and thank him… |
| Alxbates | 09 Jul 2009 7:36 a.m. PST |
I've gotta get me that book, although my earliest wargames were Warhammer and Battletech at around age 12 or 13… never did much historicals… |
| hurcheon | 09 Jul 2009 7:55 a.m. PST |
Fun enough book. He's being a bit silly about Fantasy and SF gaming mind |
 McKinstry | 09 Jul 2009 8:09 a.m. PST |
A book I enjoy re-reading about once a year. |
| xxxxxxxxooooo | 09 Jul 2009 8:13 a.m. PST |
Yep, I don't know how he knew enough to write about me (the alternate me in the UK), but he did. Hysterically funny and informative. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 09 Jul 2009 8:31 a.m. PST |
It gets creepier if you come from the same place as Harry so that you really do recognise everything! |
| Gallowglass | 09 Jul 2009 8:45 a.m. PST |
It was a good read. I think we can all relate to a lot of it. |
| richarDISNEY | 09 Jul 2009 8:50 a.m. PST |
I found it earlier this year in a used book store… Its on my pile to read… 
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| Shagnasty | 09 Jul 2009 9:00 a.m. PST |
Never heard of it but sounds like a treat. Maybe my FLGS owner can get it for me. |
| mweaver | 09 Jul 2009 9:40 a.m. PST |
I keep meaning to order it… |
| McKinstry | 09 Jul 2009 11:08 a.m. PST |
I thought the bit where he was reading a Wargames Mag on the train and ended up collared by a loud GW fan was a hoot. |
| hurcheon | 09 Jul 2009 11:35 a.m. PST |
I was recently on a train and two GW playing guys, with cases and codexes, maybe 18-2o were having a min-maxing discussion on the seat across from me So I now knew what we sound like to the outside world. OBsessed weirdos |
| adub74 | 09 Jul 2009 12:46 p.m. PST |
"we sound like to the outside world" Wargamming, for me at least, is like Fight Club. You never talk about Wargamming (or Roleplaying or …). Period. Full Stop. |
| John the OFM | 09 Jul 2009 1:17 p.m. PST |
What frightened me was that I knew EXACTLY what he was talking about on 99% of his obscure references. |
| jpattern2 | 09 Jul 2009 4:42 p.m. PST |
It's definitely a "familiar" read for those of us of a certain age. |
| Last Hussar | 23 Aug 2009 4:16 p.m. PST |
I keep meaning to get this, and as I am sat in front of the PC, I did. Second Hand- 93p! Mind you P&P is £2.75! |
| stenicplus | 24 Aug 2009 3:13 a.m. PST |
If you ever delved into RPGs in the early years too then The Elfish Gene is also an entertaining read and frightning flashback to the teen years. link Steve P |
| Last Hussar | 27 Aug 2009 4:57 p.m. PST |
Came this morning. I've almost finished it. Not bad considering the postman came just before we left to go to the Science Museum for the day! |
