What's not to like?
New Gladiators
28 minutes ago
17 Apr 2007
textbook stuff
We saw both types of music in Nashville, watched baseball in Chattanooga, and now are on the road listening to Springsteen.
16 Apr 2007
heckle That !
Right now all 3 of us are in a bar where someone (a mid 40s mousey haired glasses wearing librarian/hairdresser) has just shouted out a request to the band for a song by Conway Twitty loudly enough to be heard over the noise of the band. .
Now, That is what I call entertainment....
Boy Band of NICT?
Note the remarkable similarity between Scott "baseball cap and hoodie" Jeske and any member you wish to choose of Boy-band Backstreet Boys??
Rumour on the North American DBM circuit is that Jeske was an original member, but found the competition from the other five members in the original lineup of the band was too intense.However he has taken counselling since then, allowing him to succesfully become The American Continents Best DBM Player This Year For Sure Uncontested etc etc etc as NICT Invitaional Champion where he won from a similarly sized field of , erm, 6
Hilton Nearly Kills us All
Before the tourney started we took a late night ride to Hooters with Hilton in his mobile Roy Orbison Shrine/Widescreen Cinema
Handsfree driving means something different in the UK. At least he had only been drinking Miller Lite !
Handsfree driving means something different in the UK. At least he had only been drinking Miller Lite !
Steve Royle on Monorail at Gatwick
In Britain today there are many people like Steve.
But they are all special, and need our support
Please send your donations to
BHGS
The White Cottage....
Me Collecting the Winning trophy In Birmingham
The information published by the Yanks is all lies!! This Marc Crotteau bloke (on the right) is NOT accepting the "best Placed Non Brit" award donated by me, Steve & Adam - he's giving the winners prize to ME, honest!!!Is there a Hooters in Ascot...?
Me with my new friend Hollie on the first evening in Birmingham Alabama.I suspect will never quite have the same degree of positive sentiment about the offerings of the the curry house in Ascot ....
15 Apr 2007
Finally...
We had more time than I thought, so after the CinC command was almost totally eliminated by the Germans some light horse sacked the Jewish baggage and the final element came as the elite of the Judean army, some Ax S came out of the rough to take on my light horse.... And lost on a 6-1 !!!!!
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Steve lost to Steve Payne, so Marc Crotteau wins.
What a weekend!
Now for the holiday - more reports to come.
Photos to follow of our evenings out in a few days, and full game reports in more depth in a few weeks.
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Yee Hah !!
ps - Talledega Speedway actually exists as a real place - we saw it! We thought it was made up for the film!!
Almost!
Got the CinC but still need 3 more elements. And I can't see them .
Need to work out how much time is left
The Teutons have a lot of dead stuff to wade through
Still grinding on
Germans are nearly in but there are a lot of judeans to kill here and I'm making no progress with the rest of my army as it has been becalmed with had pips for a few turns.
The Parthians
Are about to go I think. All 4 cats killed by wagon action. This will bring the Germans online, and allow me to go on the offensive.
My aux attack has virtually petered out on my right...
So far
Its all very bitty but the teutons are still unreliable.
I am having to mess about with wagons to try and create something as my army is rather toothless without the Germans.
My attack on the right with the aux has stalled due to poor pips.
The only opp is to pick on the Parthians with wagons and try and make a hole in the line to get the Germans online again.
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Its started
The teutons are unreliable with a line of bd I facing them!! Doh!
But there may be a chance to push on my right over some ps I with my auxilia and flank some Bw I
So, I will attack anyway!
Sunday am
I'm lying in 6th or 7th, playing Ricky and his Later Judeans. Lots of terrain here so far. A morning of extracting auxilia I feel....
Steve is in the hot seat as far as is Brits go, sitting in 4th
1:25am
We are in a redneck Karroke Bar in the middle of nowhere. We only recognise 10% of the artists on the juke box. There are adverts for the NASCAR special bargain deal (it involves Bud and free ham).
This is why we came !
2-14 !!
The auxilia in my big command rush to their death against a demoralised cavalry ordinary general ( with an overlap) 1-6, whilst I wash up 1 element short of his CinCs command, and kill the cinc - with 6 dead already so if Mike had had to roll pips again I would have won 14-2
Wild!
Phew!
Re: The warband
Collapse!!!! A couple of 6-1s and the huge command turns tail and flees! My own command is teetering on the brink facing it though and there is nothing between my baggage and 5 CmS when my command inevitably falls....
I have to hoover up the CinC before this happens.... 4 down, 4 to go, but they are hard to kill Cv and hard to catch LH!
The warband
Are running riot, aided by camels, but more by my desparate pip dice! 1 2 1 1 for the command facing these 2 commands in the last 4 turns. 32 pips in response! This email is from Reed Exhibitions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 678540, whose registered office is at Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 8910 7910 and remove it from your system. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions Limited. Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com
Quick start
Both armies are keen to get to grips.
The Arabs have shifted their camel corps into face my Teutons, and the Cv S have wheeled to protect a flank!
Game 3
Against Mike McGee and his Christian Nubians. Almost no terrain and I'm attacking. Could be interesting if I guess right or wrong on the camel and warband scenario...?
14 Apr 2007
Finally tipped them over!
A dead general and 3 dead bowmen followed by poor pip dice means I take a command out of the blue! Then the flank also crumbles under weight of casualties.
15-0 to me!
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Going well...
The sicilians have all 4 generals engaged, but then roll 6666!!!!
But the liths are starting to find flanks....
And the wagons are shooting well....
And the. Art S has killed 3 bows
Sicilian!
2nd game, Mark, Sicilian, defending again, and a good burger and 2 pints of bud for lunch!!!! This email is from Reed Exhibitions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 678540, whose registered office is at Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 8910 7910 and remove it from your system. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions Limited. Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com
7-4 win (6-4 with 15-0)
2 other commands were within 1 element of breaking, but my CinC was close to going down.
its now raining
just like home really.
Action!
Got the flank command! This email is from Reed Exhibitions Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 678540, whose registered office is at Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom. This message is private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 8910 7910 and remove it from your system. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions Limited. Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com
Still going
Slowly pushing on. Dan is being tormented by bad pips! One of his commands is on the ropes against my right wing cav and lh command
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