Obstacles

7 posts ยท May 5 1998 to May 13 1998

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>

Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 04:54:37 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Re: Obstacles

> You wrote:

> XXX An admission of a personal opinion is not a 'PC' thing to do.
You >should > consider yourself ready for a 'political reorentation' class.
JTL

Inprimus (yes, I have been reading The Reluctant King by deCamp) I was not
aware that the politically correct wargame, hence I was not prepared for such
bile on a wargaming list. Secundus, I'm a generally honest guy, which means if
I'm making an opinion call I point it out. That's the difference between New
Soviet Men and myself. I can tell my opinion from objective fact. Of course, I
don't have that sort of overarching ideological ax to grind, so it doesn't
impair my worldview to admit I could be wrong. Tertius, I have noted that my
response generated a number of answers to me directly to the list. I will be
dealing with these via the correct forum, ie personal e-mail.  As I
said, if someone wishes to discuss the record of the US Armed Forces and those
of our allies regarding Laws of Land Warfare, they are
welcome to e-mail me, but I will not further discuss it (except as
strictly applies to GZG products) on this list.

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>

Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 06:43:46 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Re: Obstacles

> You wrote:

> XXX I think I heard something about the Commander of the Para Reg

By custom, firing on a sign of truce is considered a no-quarter
announcement. In other words, no prisioners will be taken by either side. I'd
cap some genius that popped someone under a flag of truce, too.

From: Owen Glover <oglover@b...>

Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 09:02:42 +1000

Subject: RE: Obstacles

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From: John Leary <john_t_leary@y...>

Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 16:27:42 -0700

Subject: Re: Obstacles

> John Atkinson wrote:
...Snip...JTL

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>

Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 21:45:37 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: RE: Obstacles

> You wrote:

> No it wasn't a flag of truce. The Argentine's weren't surrendering at

While Colonel Jones was indeed killed as above, there was an incident where
the Argies shot down a British officer after raising a white flag.

From: Owen Glover <oglover@b...>

Date: Wed, 6 May 1998 13:59:16 +1000

Subject: RE: Obstacles

Where was this? Was it the Para's, RMs or Gurkha's?

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From: tom411@j... (Thomas E Hughes)

Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 23:04:34 -0500

Subject: Re: Obstacles

On Tue, 12 May 1998 10:28:20 -0500 Thomas Barclay
> To make a point: One does not even need to step on a mine to have
Ok, This is a good change of thread. How about using something other than
markers for dummies in the games? I was thinking that I might put a vehicle on
the table instead of one of those little cardboard markers to indicate a
dummy. [If you hit the dummy with enough fire power it deflates to a marker!]
That would be a good "Obstacle". {Have you ever seen any of those inflateble
tanks? they're neat!}

What other "Obstacles" can we put on the table. Real, miniature, or
psychological are there? And how could we play them?