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Cyrano

October 04, 2015, 09:33:49 AM
Birthday surprise from my beloved:



Hauled that sucker all the way from Ikea and put it together her ownself.

Would that I could say that's the entire collection, but it is the lion's share of it and comprises most of the historical games...

Who's coming over?
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You didn't know? My Corps has already sailed to Berlin. We got there 3 days ago and we've been in the Tiergarten on the piss ever since. -- Marshal Soult, October 1806

bayonetbrant

#1
October 04, 2015, 09:48:58 AM
You know how to get me to come sling dice...
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mirth

#2
October 04, 2015, 10:00:18 AM
You've got a good woman there, Cyrano.  O0
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GJK

#3
October 04, 2015, 11:07:44 AM
Very nicely organized and some great games you have.  I'd be over in a heartbeat so that you could teach me "Day of Heroes"....
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Barthheart

#4
October 04, 2015, 02:03:33 PM
A Line in the Sand. Epic game if you can get 7 players and use the full diplo rules.  O0

MetalDog

#5
October 04, 2015, 02:13:55 PM
Happy birthday, Cyrano!  Awesome wife you have!  What's all that LotR stuff in the top middle?  And how come you don't live closer so I can come ogle your games?
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Cyrano

#6
October 04, 2015, 02:30:33 PM
@GJK:  The only reason I haven't thrown Day of Heroes aside is because Barth promised to teach it to me back in JUNE...speaking of whom:

@Barth: Where will we have seven of us in a room at one time...hrmmmm...

@MD:  It's Knizia's co-op LotR with all the expansions.  I've played very few games more and recorded each result...

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Sergeant at Arms of La Fraternite des Boutons Carres

One mustachioed, cigar-chomping, bespectacled deity, entirely at your service.

You didn't know? My Corps has already sailed to Berlin. We got there 3 days ago and we've been in the Tiergarten on the piss ever since. -- Marshal Soult, October 1806

bbmike

#7
October 04, 2015, 04:21:40 PM
If find your lack of Star Fleet Battles stuff...disturbing.  :P
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GJK

#8
October 04, 2015, 04:45:03 PM
He must store his ASL in another location...perhaps a safe.
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Cyrano

#9
October 04, 2015, 04:59:07 PM
SFB is part of that whole OTHER collection I mentioned not appearing in the above...although it's not vast.  Main set and a bunch of modules.

ASL is represented only by the SK which one can see at the lower left...just barely...

I...erm...sold much of it when I got obsessed with Combat Commander (one more than paid for the other) and CMx2...*runs and hides*

Sergeant at Arms of La Fraternite des Boutons Carres

One mustachioed, cigar-chomping, bespectacled deity, entirely at your service.

You didn't know? My Corps has already sailed to Berlin. We got there 3 days ago and we've been in the Tiergarten on the piss ever since. -- Marshal Soult, October 1806

LongBlade

#10
October 04, 2015, 05:19:19 PM
Quote from: Barthheart on October 04, 2015, 02:03:33 PM
A Line in the Sand. Epic game if you can get 7 players and use the full diplo rules.  O0

I own it and haven't looked at it since I bought it way back when. Glad to know.

Nice bookshelves, Cyrano!
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panzerde

#11
October 05, 2015, 05:41:04 PM
It's the "putting it together her ownself" bit that is the great part of the present!



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Nefaro

#12
October 05, 2015, 06:51:31 PM
Quote from: panzerde on October 05, 2015, 05:41:04 PM
It's the "putting it together her ownself" bit that is the great part of the present!

That is definitely impressive.  Women always hate doing that.  It's also a rare one who has the patience to read the instructions and diagrams enough to get it right.

Cyrano

#13
October 06, 2015, 08:50:48 AM
She's an animal with an Allen key in her hand...

It's a very sturdy piece of kit so the only problem was that when she had finished it she couldn't hoist it into place.  It's actually got a strap at the top center that you use to pull it up for placing against the wall.  This really is a brilliant system for storing games as it accommodates just about every size game I threw at it.
Sergeant at Arms of La Fraternite des Boutons Carres

One mustachioed, cigar-chomping, bespectacled deity, entirely at your service.

You didn't know? My Corps has already sailed to Berlin. We got there 3 days ago and we've been in the Tiergarten on the piss ever since. -- Marshal Soult, October 1806

Barthheart

#14
October 06, 2015, 09:18:43 AM
Quote from: Cyrano on October 06, 2015, 08:50:48 AM
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It's actually got a strap at the top center that you use to pull it up for placing against the wall.
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Errmm... that strap is not for lifting it into place it's for securing it to the wall.... which I very much suggest you do! If sitting on carpet they can have the tendency to tip over.
You don't want to be on the bottom of that stack if that happens. Take a large screw and find a stud in the wall to attach the strap to.
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