I have been thinking of writing a blog for a while now. I have followed the online postings of several
friends for the past few months. Reading
Jay's "Worlds in Conflict" page, however, finally prompted me to act.
For almost 8 years I worked for Games Workshop. I had a lot of fun and met some really good
people during my time. A few years back I
left the company and decided to go back to school full time. While earning my diploma I did not get much
of a chance to work on my hobby. I only
played games while on Christmas break. I
realised that I missed the hobby community.
I was at my most creative when I could bounce ideas of the regulars as
well as see what other people have been up too. I liked the advice and tips as well as the
support.
I had a great time in school and met a new group of great
people. Sadly, because I has not in the
hobby as much, I tended to lose touch with some of my old friends. However, I have now successfully completed my
Occupational Therapy Assistant/Physiotherapist Assistant diploma (with
honours), and now have some free time (in-between job hunting).
I have just finished reading "Beyond Band of Brothers:
The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters".
It is a fantastic book (it is also were I got the name for this blog). It adds a lot to the Mini-series "Band
of Brothers". I found it very
interesting to hear the thoughts that Major Winters had of the soldiers he
served with. It also had some
interesting stories not found in the show.
This got me looking at my Flames of War (FOW) army again. I have been working on a Canadian 3rd
division for some time. I have also done
some work on a German army for a good friend of mine.
I decided to start a new army. I narrowed the choice down to the 1st Special
Service Force from "Dogs and Devils"
or an American parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). When I went on to the Flames of War Website I
read about the new release of "Nutz", which had rules for Easy
Company of the 506 PIR, including rules for Major Winters. I started to lean one way. When I saw the plastic paratroopers in the
new "Open Fire",
well that sealed it. Since Open Fire
does not come out until the end of the month I have some time to kill. I have decided that until then I will up-date
my terrain for FOW.
Here is the work in progress for some buildings for
FOW. I would love an tips or suggestions.
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