In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Alex Tabb. Alex is a long time friend of Adrian Benson and a fellow gamer. The two travel into old school wargaming as they swap memories of gaming with Adrian.
Adrian and Alex met at The Compleat Strategist in King Of Prussia PA, USA run by Ed Wimble (of Clash of Arms fame). They both were there for a demo of an old Western game by TSR called Boot Hill after that game they started meeting up and gaming every Saturday till they graduated high school. Adrian joined the Navy and became a submariner. Alex went to college before…well if we told you that we’d have to kill you (joking).
Alex talks about the Boot Hill game in more detail. Reminiscing about his thoughts of the system and the 20 people that were in the game. By the end of the game Alex and Adrian had bonded about their shared love of gaming and the fact that they both had just purchased a new game called Squad Leader. From then on they played pretty much every weekend through High School. They played many games beyond just Squad Leader. They played games like Yalu: Wood Ships & Iron Men: Ironclads and they even had miserable time trying to play The Longest Day.
If you would like to know more about any of the games discussed in this episode then just click on the title below and go to the corresponding BoardGame Geek page:
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“Downtown” by Matthew Ebel is our theme song. Peter Bryant designed our podcast logo. Joshua Shoobridge edited the audio. Robert Dunn wrote the show notes for this episode.
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Wargaming Recon is dedicated to the memory of long time listener Andrew who helped to give the show its name. I ask all listeners to join me in a moment of silence in Andrew’s honor.
Wargaming Recon is mourning the loss of long time co-host Adrian. Please take a moment of silence for Adrian.
I liked this show a lot and now I’m thinking is there any chance of inserting bits from Adrian from past episodes of the show? I’d love to hear from him again even if it just a snippet.