OGREs & Trolls

Ever since OGRE DE arrived, the 4thpowers have been begging me to teach them how to play.  Today, w/ much fanfare, I broke out my old 'Deluxe Edition' box and started giving instruction, starting w/ reading the classic intro story.  After going through the rules and some basic tactics the game started.  It got intense quick, at least to them:

Classic intro game w/ a Mk III and original pieces.  4PBravo (girl) played a howitzer heavy defense.  It took some prompting for her to use her pieces aggressively, she kept wanting to move them out of harms way.  4PAlpha (boy) got focused on taking out infantry (which is admittedly fun) allowing the defenders to pummel his treads.  He got stopped about 2/3rds of the way. 

Second round they switched.  4P Alpha chose a bit more well rounded force and focused on destroying the OGRE's weapons which actually saved him in the end.  Again Bravo played more of an avoidance roll, skirting the edges of the map and dodging his slow moving Missile tanks. That, combined w/ much bad rolling by Alpha, got her to within two spaces of the CP but w/o anything other than AP guns left.

Both of them used their missiles on the first things within range and neither picked more than one Hvy.
A few more rounds and we'll up it to a Mk V and some rounds against the old man.  Then we'll try out some GEV scenarios. 

Equality='Racism'?

That's the message being pushed by the DOJ and Dept of UnEducation.  Rules can't be applied evenly because 'minority' children are 'disproportionately effected'.  I'm not kidding:

“Schools ... violate Federal law when they evenhandedly implement facially neutral policies and practices that, although not adopted with the intent to discriminate, nonetheless have an unjustified effect of discriminating against students on the basis of race," read the letter. "Examples of policies that can raise disparate impact concerns include policies that impose mandatory suspension, expulsion, or citation (e.g., ticketing or other fines or summonses) upon any student who commits a specified offense — such as being tardy to class, being in possession of a cellular phone, being found insubordinate, acting out, or not wearing the proper school uniform.”

So it's apparently official Obama Administration policy that 'minorities' offend more, are less capable of following established rules, and need to be given special privileges? 

Any wonder why the Chicago Public School system was such a disaster? And this is the same DOJ that refused to prosecute voter intimidation by violent criminals.

What Kind of FFL 'Regulations' Can We Expect?

The kind that still effectively bans gun sales in Chicago, just like Chicago's co-defendant in McDonald, Oak Park, IL, did w/ 'Windy City Firearms'.   He knows he'll lose an appeal so he's just going to ban sales defacto instead of dejure.

Anyone want to lay odds?

OGRE 6E Nihon Scenario: Invasion of San Francisco

One scenario that was originally designed for OGRE miniatures but is perfect for the 6E Nihon faction is the 'Invasion of San Francisco' by Keith Johnson.

There was some discussion on the SJGames message board regarding printing out the map and the various options. One of the suggestions was Walgreens so I went to the local one and talked w/ one of the print guys.  He told me they do have options up to 36"x24" sized posters on a fairly heavy stock.  Since I didn't have the file w/ me, I went home and uploaded it to their site.  Using a coupon code, it cost about $25 and was ready a few hours later for pickup.

(For those who have already purchased the Nihon sheet, that is the 'Do Not Bend' stamp off to the left used on the envelopes ;) ) 

How do the pieces look on the map you ask?  They stand out very well:

My personal mini painter and spawnlings are still in the throes of learning how to play so once they get a few more "Kill the CP"'s and a couple of intro GEV scenarios under their belt, we're going to see how well the NAC forces do defending their city against the unstoppable Nihon Empire.

AK Not Good For Home Defense?

I beg to differ:

“The resident of the apartment had possession of an AK-47 and after he received this beating he was able to get possession or control of that, and started shooting at these suspects as they were fleeing,” Engle said.

And a whole lot safer than shooting a shotgun through a door or in the air towards a school.

Eye of the Tiger-Stripe

My personal mini-painter completed another unit of North American Combine vehicles for my OGRE game for me.  This time in Tiger Stripe pattern.  All I can say is holy kanniggetts.

 This was hand painted and looks like it was printed on.

And THAT is why I outsource to those who know what they're doing.

Now go and buy some Nihon sheets if you haven't already.

Chicago Gun Sales Ban Banned?

A judge declared the ban on sales of firearms w/in Chicago City limits as " too far"

To Jackholes like Bloomberg and Watts though, keeping people from buying firearms even w/ background checks is 'common sense' and 'reasonable'. 


H/t to NYSRPA

Shannon Watt's Canned Interview

Want to read a straight PR piece written by a PR professional?  Here's Shannon Watt's USA Today 'Interview' w/ what I'm sure were pre-arranged questions and answers.

It reads like a checklist of talking points and platitudes.

"We don't blame gun owners, just the NRA which 5 million gun owners belong to and 'open carry activists (who she has called violent rapists)". 

"We don't want to ban guns, just the ones we don't like or know anything about"

"We have lots of members who liked our Facebook pages"

Just take a look at this response:

We believe that you have the right to protect yourself with a weapon if that's what you choose to do. I don't (choose to) because the data shows that a gun in your house is more likely to be used against you or by one of your family members to commit suicide. I have five children that I don't want to run that risk with. But that's absolutely someone's right.

Nice little subtle digs there eh?  Defending yourself w/ a firearm is actually you putting your children at risk for 'Rights'. 

And now she's got all that Bloomberg money backing her. 

Poor Dick Metcalf.... Not

So a longtime gun writer gets Zumboed for supporting a widely unpopular requirement and saying it's ok to 'Regulate' firearms, showing he's not payed any attention to the gun control debate for the last 20 yrs or so outside of his ivory tower.

He gets lots of love from the gun control groups and lots of hate from the pro-right side.  Which side does he choose to support? 

So now, months later, he does another 'Boo Hoo Me' interview for the anti-gun (and facts) NY Times:

His experience sheds light on the close-knit world of gun journalism, where editors and reporters say there is little room for nuance in the debate over gun laws. Moderate voices that might broaden the discussion from within are silenced. When writers stray from the party line promoting an absolutist view of an unfettered right to bear arms, their publications — often under pressure from advertisers — excommunicate them.

'Broaden the discussion' iow 'Why won't you knuckle-dragging rednecks just shut up and let us ban guns already?"  Good job dipshit, you just helped out the gun control crowd some more with your whining.  Maybe you hadn't noticed that in NY, they're confiscating guns based off of 'regulation'.  In CT, gun owners are being forced in lines to register guns that will likely later be declared illegal and confiscated or be fined/made felons. 

This is why your dumb @ss got fired Dick. This is the types of 'regulations' they want.  Good job Dick.