DVG'S UNEXPECTED JOURNEY...
We received a call last week from Karen, Chief of Staff of Boeing's Network and Space Systems Division. She explained that their Leadership Team was getting together for a week of meetings in San Diego. As part of their plans, the Team was going to have a dinner cruise and play a couple games of Modern Naval Battles.
As we continued to talk, she asked if Holly and I would be available to come to San Diego and show the team how to play.
I'm sure I blinked a few times as I tried to get my voice working again to accept.
Thus started our Unexpected Journey. :)
Holly and I drove down the day before the cruise and enjoyed the friendship and hospitality of the Boeing company.
Many thanks to Karen and Eric for helping Holly and I through the traveling process!
The dinner cruise and Modern Naval Battles games were a great success and much to Holly and my relief, everyone seemed to enjoy the games. They cheered every die roll and every sunk ship. It was amazing. In over 20 years of demoing games, it was our first time showing a game to Generals, Ship Captains, and the Leaders of Corporation Programs. We were talking with the people who helped to build the very weapons being represented in our games! As it turned out, these people were some of the leaders of the Apache, Hornet, and Harpoon programs!
We were truly in awe of the people in that room.
Many thanks to Karen, Eric, and Mr. Krone for an amazing adventure!
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wow! what a great story!
Yeah very cool! :)
woot!
Excellent....
just out of curiosity, how many of them gave you reaction of "wow! I never knew there were tabletop games like this!"
Sounds like that was alot of fun.
Modern Naval Battles appeals to me - but it's not solitaire is it?
Pity. Is there a vassal module?
Quote from: JudgeDredd on April 15, 2013, 07:25:59 AM
Modern Naval Battles appeals to me - but it's not solitaire is it?
Pity. Is there a vassal module?
It's not solitaire. It's a 2 to 6 player card game. It's fun, beer and pretzels gaming.
There is a campaign expansion that can actually be played solo.
8 replies in 8 hours to this thread about a tabletop wargame on a small-but-growing strategy gaming site
Zero replies in 11 hours to this identical thread (http://www.wargamer.com/forums/posts.asp?t=586252) about a tabletop wargame on what's supposed to be the biggest/grandest/whateverist legacy strategy gaming site
thanks for everyone waving the flag for where actual strategy gaming is found out there :)
Congrats Dan ! :)
that was good Karma giving the fun you gave to many people through inventing your game-sytems in the past, back to you now
...any news / peek a boo on upcoming Huey Leader (with a Vassal-Modul on release-day too, please) ? ;)
Congrats, Dan. That's very cool.
Great story Dan!
Thank you everyone! It was a great trip and we met some great people!
I will look into having MNB made into a Vassal module or PC game. :)
Quote from: DanVerssen on May 01, 2013, 11:48:55 PM
Thank you everyone! It was a great trip and we met some great people!
I will look into having MNB made into a Vassal module or PC game. :)
A PC game would be awesome! :)
What I didn't realise (sorry for OT) was that Fleet Commander:Nimitz was on it's way AND single player!! woot woot!