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    <title>Village Games' Blog - General Gaming</title>
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    <description>The Chancellor's Rant</description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 22:32:44 GMT</pubDate>

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    <title>FINALLY AND UPDATE...</title>
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;It has been awhile since I was last able to blog – hopefully I will be able to resume doing it with some frequency again now. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In the meantime, I wanted to share some of the really exciting things going on at the shop this summer. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We have been placing an emphasis on making the shop the best place to play your game.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We want to make the trip worth your time in terms of creative approaches to leagues and campaigns, a more equitable (&lt;i&gt;but no less cut-throat&lt;/i&gt;) level of competition and player rankings, and a general fun club-like atmosphere during events. To that end, here are some of this summer’s big happenings &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;at the shop:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;WARHAMMER 40K FUNDRAISER TOURNAMENT&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The third weekend in June we will be hosting a tournament to raise funds for a couple of local firefighters (&lt;i&gt;that I have worked alongside for years&lt;/i&gt;) who are battling cancer. It has tapped their resources and made an already difficult situation even more challenging (&lt;i&gt;one of them is even a single mom!&lt;/i&gt;) so we are going to have a little fun to help them out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The tournament will utilize some crazy scenarios designed to test your strategic and tactical thinking. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In addition, as an addition complication and to drive people crazy, folks with have the ability to ‘buy’ (i.e. donate money) special dispensations such as: buying a complete re-roll, buying off a wound, buying an extra 6” of movement, etc.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;But that is not all, players will also have the option of outbidding their opponent to prevent them from getting their special allowances.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;All in all, it should be a good time with door prizes being generously donated by the shop and GW to be given away all day. The winners, while not getting ‘prizes’ per se, will get gaudy medals and an Olympic-like kazoo serenade at the end for their great generalship (&lt;i&gt;though there will also be an award for the most annoyingly obnoxious as well…&lt;/i&gt;)! And all of this will help members of a fraternity that help keep all of us safe… &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;WARHAMMER 40K SUMMER LEAGUE W/PLAYER RATINGS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;This exciting league is based around Player Ratings, which in turn are based on the mathematical model used by the world chess associations (&lt;i&gt;slightly modified to take into account the nuances of 40K&lt;/i&gt;). The rating scale is designed to reward players for playing up to, or exceeding their, expected ability against a given foe. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It also prevents leaders from ‘farming’ points off of less skillful, or newer, players. It adds a sense of tension and drama to every game – even the mismatch of leader vs. newbie – due to the sliding scale of rating points at stake. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The Player Rating system is tied to the player, not the army, so you can modify your force during the course of the League – or even just flat out switch armies mid-stream. It doesn’t change your rating – only your skill does!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;In addition, we are using innovative scenarios developed just for Village Games to keep the games interesting and fun. The next League starts up in early-June and will be played on Thursday nights – talk with Trent or Dan if you are interested.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;FLAMES OF WAR SUMMER LEAGUE W/PLAYER RATINGS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The league is structured much the same as the 40k league above and will be starting in early-June. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The setting will be a Mid-War affair with players either having to be Allied or Axis. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It will be played on Saturday afternoons and will even have some pretty big prizes for the winners!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;WARHAMMER FANTASY SUMMER CAMPAIGN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;This much loved event will be returning in early June as well. The setting, rules and rewards have all been refined based on the player’s wants from the Spring Campaign so it should be a lot of fun. Grover will be running this at the shop so if your are interested stop by and talk to him.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;COMBAT CARDS SUMMER CAMPAIGN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The Combat Cards will be returning to regular play with a summer campaign/league.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The League will include the Village Games Player Rating system as well as a new force building/scenario method from the folks at our own local Tactical Assault Games.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;WAR OF THE RING SUNDAYS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;A group of die hard fanatics has really developed around this game and they have been recruiting hard for the game. They generally meet on Sundays, but have been known on a couple of occasions to meet on other weekend days just to &lt;s&gt;brainwash &lt;/s&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;demo to new players. Eventually a League/Campaign will be formed for this as well later in the summer.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;POKEMON LEAGUE/WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The Pokemon crowd has grown tremendously at the shop so we will begin running weekly tournaments on Friday nights for them. This will be in addition to the usual Friday night League night and Friday night Demo games.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;‘FLYING LEAD’ SUMMER CAMPAIGN&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;This great rules set from Ganesha Games will the centerpiece for another campaign starting in June on Tuesday nights.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is a fast paced, easy to learn game with almost unlimited potential for creativity. The last campaign was a fantasy based one which I believed resulted in the serious roughing up of some undead hordes.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The group that plays is a lot of fun so if you are interested in trying it out &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;talk with Dan or Mike Z.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, there is a taste of some of the events we have coming up. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;As always, the newbie and the curious are always welcome to join in or just come up and watch. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We aren’t even close to being done yet either, there will be a couple of tournaments, some other leagues and a few other special events this summer so keep watching the website for more info.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Keep your dice hot, your sunscreen on and your gaming spirit happy!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 16:32:44 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>WHEW...</title>
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            <category>General Gaming</category>
    
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    &lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We just got back from the Con of the North game convention, and what a convention it was! The shop hosted an entire room of events all convention long, with an estimated 400 players playing in the room throughout the whole weekend.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We had a nice mix of games including board games, mini card tournaments, miniatures games, historical miniatures – we even ran demos for airbrush painting and plaster casting.&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We brought with us as much staff as we could spare and an army of volunteers to run everything. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;By all accounts they did a wonderful job as we heard nothing but compliments about the games they ran – thanks guys!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;After the shock of the weekend has worn off, we will think about next year. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Until then though, enjoy some of the shots of the room in action.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; 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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Around the shop lately, a lot of regular faces have been missing. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Folks who normally come up every week to play have suddenly vanished.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When we do see them again, they sheepishly explain that money is tight for them right now so they can’t afford any new armies, really can’t afford any packs of cards, etc., and so they haven’t been coming up. While we can certainly appreciate the toughness of the today’s economy (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;remember if the customers don’t have any money, neither do we&lt;/i&gt;…), that mind set is the opposite of what folks should have.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Just because you don’t have any disposable income to spend on your hobby, does not mean your shouldn’t still be involved with your favorite past time.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;When things are tough, you should make even more of an effort to stop by your local shop to play games with what you have, talk strategy and tactics, or just work on projects (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;painting, deck building, etc&lt;/i&gt;.). &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;After all, we all love this hobby because of the joy it brings us – in tough times we need it even more. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I know this may sound shocking coming from a business that needs folks to spend money to survive, but there is a bigger picture to be viewed here. When money is tight, and you can’t afford to buy any new stuff, you should take the situation as an opportunity to enjoy the other important aspects of our hobby – preparation, anticipation and playing!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The lack of resources to go shopping only means you now have a chance to pursue those projects you have always talked about, but never really had the time for.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It gives you a chance to paint the armies you already have (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;who among us doesn’t have any unpainted lead/plastic?&lt;/i&gt;). It gives you an opportunity to research and learn new techniques for painting &amp;amp; basing your miniatures, or to get around to making that cool unique terrain you always wanted to build for your games (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;much of which can be built from recycled stuff around the house&lt;/i&gt; - &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;a topic for another day&lt;/i&gt;). &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;How about sorting through your cards to build a new and unique deck? Or going through a board game that you never finished reading the advanced rules for? The list goes on and on...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;The break from shopping also gives you an opportunity to think about how you play your favorite games, develop alternate strategies and think about what would make a good game.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is there a better way to play your favorite deck? &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Is there another strategy you could try for that board game you never seem to be able to win?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is there another way to configure your army from what you already have?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Can you come up with a new way to deploy the army to better utilize your assets?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Scenario setting is such an important part of any game, this would be a good time to develop your skills in this area as well.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is there a historical period or battle you have always been fascinated with?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Can you create a scenario for your favorite game to allow you to explore it?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Is there a variation on a published scenario for your favorite board game that would add an interesting twist? &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Are there restrictions on deck building (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;e.g. commons only, no creatures, no healing, etc&lt;/i&gt;.) that could make for an interesting little mini-tournament for you and your friends?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;All of these things are of course a great prelude to the real point of our hobby – to play games!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Playing games with friends and live opponents is the final piece that makes everything else worthwhile. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;And money or no, you can always do that with what you have already got (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;unless of course you have to pay people to play you, but that is another topic that really needs to be addressed by a different kind of professional…&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot;&gt;While all of the activities we talked about above can easily be done at home, there is an even better place to enjoy them and get the most out of your efforts; a place where there are lots of other folks who share your passion, creativity and love of the hobby – the game shop!&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Obviously your local game shop is a great place to &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;play&lt;/i&gt; your favorite games, but it can also be a great meeting point for other projects as well.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You can set up terrain making nights for your game, so that you and the other regular players can help each other design and build cool stuff for future games.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;How about scheduling a painting night?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A basing &amp;amp; flocking night?&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;A bits swap event for trading cool extra parts? &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A card trading and deck building night? &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A mini-tournament (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;not ‘sanctioned’, just for fun&lt;/i&gt;) for your favorite card game? &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Or maybe organizing a campaign, and then having campaign planning and play nights? (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;That is&lt;/i&gt; &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;happening right now in our shop…&lt;/i&gt;) Many board games include rules for mini-campaigns – how about scheduling a series of events to play that out? All of these are a great way to enjoy your favorite games as well as a cost effective way to get the most out what you already have purchased.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The bottom line is to take advantage of the current economic environment to pursue all of those little projects you have always wanted to do, but never really had the time to. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sometimes a forced break from something is really a blessing in disguise.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  R&lt;/span&gt;emember though, when the money does return (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;and you know it will, it always does&lt;/i&gt;) you want to make sure you give back by supporting the local store that supported you - make as many of your purchases through them as you possibly can.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;This way they can continue to offer the same services to others who love our hobby but have hit tough times, as they offered to you. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Now when you make those purchases though, you will have confidence of knowing that what you are buying won’t just end up on a wish list of projects. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Eventually you will get the most out of it, simply because lately you have been doing exactly that for all of the stuff you had bought before!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Now, back to the fun…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;I have started (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;or rather resumed from earlier this summer&lt;/i&gt;) a new project – 1/72 Modern US forces. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;The plan is also to build an insurgent force to play against as well – something set in Iraq or Afghanistan. I know we can never really simulate a completely what is going on in those two lands, but some insight into the challenges the combatants face could prove enlightening. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;I also really want to get the 1/72 scale stuff going at the shop.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;The models are pretty darn good, they are very affordable, and they are available in a wide variety of periods. In addition to the modern stuff, I have a bunch of WWII stuff ready to base up and use as well. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Plus I also have my eye on some WWI forces, Vietnam and Korean War era battles, some…well, I digress.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;These forces are being based for use with the Combat Cards (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;yes, they work for modern as well!&lt;/i&gt;) which means they have to be based into some sort of unit structure. I chose “fire teams” for the US stuff as that is a fundamental part of the small unit deployment. A problem arose though, when I tried to mount the figures on my favorite round style bases. On a smaller, more manageable base the figures were too crowded together and looked a little silly. But when I mounted them on the next bigger size base, they looked too far apart and the base itself became rather cumbersome to handle. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern3.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern3.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern4.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern4.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern1.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern2.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern2.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;So I had to find an alternative solution. Since the command units were going to be a single figure on a single round base, the thought occurred to me to mount the teams on “joined” single round bases – i.e. a chain of single bases that resemble a stream of bubbles (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;or so I think&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;By flattening a small section of each round base, joining them with wood glue and then reinforcing it with a small section of craft stick over the top I was able to quickly and efficiently create the needed bases. I then mounted the figures on them (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;after a painstaking process of removing them from the circular bases&lt;/i&gt;), added some water putty/plaster to hide the underlying structure and then proceeded into my usual routine for painting them. So far it looks like they are going to work out very well. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern6.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern6.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern7.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern7.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern5.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/modern5.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;I also have a pair of Stryker personnel carriers and an Apache helicopter to finish up to go with the troops. Then I will have to get the insurgent forces ready, but hopefully those should take quite as long as I now have the method down. I will update the blog as soon as I get more stuff done.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Happy hunting!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:32:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>ON THE ROAD AGAIN...</title>
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            <category>General Gaming</category>
    
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Recently we traveled to a nearby convention – the &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Gamer’s Reunion&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; – in Rochester, Minnesota (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;where the Mayo Clinic is located&lt;/i&gt;) to join in the fun and show off some of our games. We had a blast!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The venue was terrific, being set in a barrel vaulted hall in a truly castle like building. In addition, the convention staff was wonderful and accommodating – they even made space for us to stay past our allotted time as we still had a lot of folks wanting to play in one of our demo games. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;All in all we had a great time, and while this year we only went down for a day, next year we are planning on attending all three days of the convention!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;There was a little of everything at the con, including a sizeable Heroscape tournament, Battletech miniatures, a chariot racing mini’s game, a slew of board and card games and more. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I only managed to grab a couple of pictures (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;when I had a free moment&lt;/i&gt;), which doesn’t do justice to the size and scope of the event.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We were their showcasing the Combat Cards with a pair of 15mm WW II games – one set in the Italian Anzio Beachhead, the other on the Eastern Front. In addition we were running playtest games of the new Modern Skirmish Combat Cards – a 25mm battle between US paratroopers and German Panzergrenadiers &amp;amp; their accompanying PZ IV tank. The battle took place on Hell’s Highway south of Nijmegen during operation Market Garden. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A big thanks has to go out to my two helpers in this effort as well. Without Nate &amp;amp; Mark it wouldn’t have been nearly as successful (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;or enjoyable&lt;/i&gt;) of a day!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Everybody played the Combat Cards and really liked them. What surprised us the most though, was how – even though they aren’t yet as polished – everyone really went nuts over the Skirmish Cards. I guess that is a good sign &lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. It must mean they are getting closer to being ready to publish than we had suspected.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;In any event, we will be running more demos of both games (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;as well as the Archaic “Swords &amp;amp; Sorcery” Cards&lt;/i&gt;) at local conventions over the coming weeks. If you are interested, keep your eyes the Forums for announcements of where we will be next. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;In the meantime enjoy the pictures…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Cheers!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion3.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion3.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion2.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion2.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion1.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion15mm1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion15mm1.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion7.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion7.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion4.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion4.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion5.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;62&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion5.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;110&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;serendipity_image_link&quot; href=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion6.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;110&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/reunion6.serendipityThumb.JPG&quot; width=&quot;62&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;     
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    <title>NOBEL PRIZE FOR GAMING...</title>
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    &lt;font face=&quot;Calibri&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Recently one of our regulars (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Mike Z&lt;/i&gt;.) hit upon an awesome idea for making flight stands (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;i.e. for aircraft, spaceships, etc&lt;/i&gt;.). He married up high-powered rare earth magnets with brass tubes and steel ball bearings to create a universal joint mount that allows movement in almost any direction.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;As you can see from the pictures, it is pure genius. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The mountings are very easy to make, and because of the ball bearing/magnet attachment, the flight stands are interchangeable to a degree – each model gets its own ball bearing assembly which can be placed on any of the magnetic stands. The other thing that is pretty amazing is, due to the incredible strength of the magnets, these bases can be used for almost any scale. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The only ‘glitch’ he has encountered so far is that for larger/heavier models there is a point of rotation where the weight of the model and gravity will conspire to rotate the model downward against the user’s wishes. Given that the ball bearings are essentially frictionless, there really isn’t much to stop this movement. Mike is experimenting with coating the top of the magnet with a thin layer of a rubbery substance (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;e.g. acrylic caulk, etc&lt;/i&gt;.) to see if that can provide a bit of resistance without disrupting the magnetic pull. Maybe with enough public pressure, we can get Mike to do a pretty write-up of how to make these for the Downloads section of the webpage - let him know if you are interested in the Forums section!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Now, having seen the light, I have placed an order for a bunch of the tubular magnets and ball bearings myself to start re-mounting all of my flying models in this fashion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Here is to hoping your rudder is true!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; 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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:56:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN...</title>
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            <category>General Gaming</category>
    
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Alright, time to get back on the horse with this blogging thing. We have had a lot going on with the shop the last couple of months which has just eaten up my time. We have added new lines, brought on three new part-time staff, ramped up leagues and campaign for different games, and been spreading the word about all of the cool things happening in the industry. With all of that, there just hasn’t been time to blog. Now that things are starting to settle down though, I hope to get back into it full speed. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/RECON27JUN09.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;For this entry I have a few pictures from a local miniatures convention we attended recently. The shop sponsored a couple of games of the &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Tactical Assault: Combat Cards&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; – one 15mm WWII Russian Front, the other a 1982 Cold War ‘what if’ scenario in Germany with 6mm micro armor. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/RECONII27JUN09.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/RECONIV27JUN09.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Both games were teaching games, so the scenarios were kept pretty basic. Everyone who played seemed to have a great time, and even the crowd of spectators we had from time-to-time seemed to really be getting into the games. A big thank you has to go out to Mark and Nate, two regulars from the shop, whose help in running the tables and teaching the Cards was much appreciated! In the end, it was a lot of fun for everybody so we are already looking forward to what we will bring to the next Recon in the fall. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/RECONIII27JUN09.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Keep your brushes wet &amp;amp; your paints thinned!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:10:59 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>A NEW ADDITION...</title>
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Just a quick entry today to show off our newest addition to our aerial collection flying around the shop – a TBF Avenger torpedo bomber from WWII. The thing is huge with a 3’ wing span!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/PLANEI.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;Originally it was a pre-made, pre-painted model that was going to be hung with the greatest of ease. Unfortunately, during the process of getting it hung up, it took a nose dive from about 7’ up and shattered on the floor. I spent another two hours reconstructing/repairing it – including having to use a massive (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;1/8”&lt;/i&gt;) pin in the propeller and 3/8” rods in the wings to solidify it. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Because of the reconstruction effort I am going to take a little credit for building it! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;394&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/PLANEII.JPG&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Anyway, the shots give you some idea of it’s cool appearance and it’s size relative to some of the other aircraft we have hanging.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Happy flying!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>THEY ARE HERE!!!!!</title>
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            <category>General Gaming</category>
    
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_left&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; FLOAT: left; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;700&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/CARDS.JPG&quot; width=&quot;510&quot; /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;We now have the &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Tactical Assault: Combat Cards&lt;sup&gt;©&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; for sale! I don’t know what to say, other than “&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Whew!&lt;/i&gt;”. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It has been one heck of a journey getting here – and I suspect it isn’t over yet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Anyway, they are in and available for sale.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Check out the Forums for how to get a set if you are interested – remember though, each “set” is a one-player set (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;complete with rules, the playing deck and stat cards&lt;/i&gt;). You will need at least two sets to play a game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Thanks to everybody for their support in this project. Without the constant feedback and encouragement I am not sure it would have made it this far!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Ta-Dah!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;I now have the final pre-production copy of the &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Combat Cards&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, and as I write this, they are in the process of being printed. This means we may actually have sets for sale before the end of the decade! &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;I have a picture of how they will look - of course there are a lot more cards that come with a set, but you get the idea. This has been one heck of a road to get to this point, but the future looks very promising. The printers who are doing the job are very good; they have already made suggestions for improvements on future versions of the Combat Card family of games.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; style=&quot;BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px&quot; height=&quot;500&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/CCI1.JPG&quot; width=&quot;800&quot; /&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;Anyways, I am glad to almost be over this hurdle and ready to get these out to folks. I may even be able to stop taking the medication for my nervous tic. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Hail to the almighty press!&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: &quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;times new roman,times,serif&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:09:36 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>UPDATE ON THE COMBAT CARDS...</title>
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            <category>General Gaming</category>
    
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    <author>nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot)</author>
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    &lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, it has certainly been an adventure taking the idea for a fun miniatures game from concept to market. Again last weekend, while running demo games at the local miniatures convention, I was reminded how much people seem to enjoy the rules and want a set for themselves – I know I would if I were them. Unfortunately, the adventure is proving to perhaps be a level or two ahead of where I am at. But have no fear, I am a sucker for a challenge (&lt;em&gt;why I am, niether my wife or I have ever been able to figure out though&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;As I write this, I am diligently working with various printers to try and get the Combat Cards ready to sell. It sounds easy enough, but as a small press company it is very challenging to find anyone who understands what you are trying to do, and can do it in the quantities you need (&lt;i&gt;we aren’t quite ready for a 5000+ deck run&lt;/i&gt;). Fortunately, I have found some vendors who are willing to work with us to see it through to completion.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;That being said, it has been no piece-of-cake to get to this point. The Cards have gone through numerous format changes to meet the printers’ requirements, I have had to learn several layout programs in some depth to get a product at least resembling a nice appearance, there have been numerous apparent successes that were dashed with setbacks, and I even had to refrain from choking on my morning Mountain Dew one day when a &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;quote came in at $96 per deck &lt;i&gt;cost&lt;/i&gt;! While it would be nice, I really don’t think we will be able to sell a lot of those $200 decks to anyone…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The journey continues with what I hope will be a satisfying conclusion here very soon. I know that sometime in the future all of this struggle will probably be a fond (&lt;i&gt;and maybe even humorous&lt;/i&gt;) memory. &lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;At least I hope so.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until then though, it is back to work with the hard hat on!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Stay tuned for more…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:53:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;More shots from our Anniversary Day back in November. Enjoy!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;460&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNVII15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;GAMING IN THE BACK GAMES ROOM&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;412&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNXI15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A SONG OF BLADE AND SILENCE SKIRMISH DEMOS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;525&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNVIII15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A 4TH EDITION D&amp;amp;D DUNGEON CRAWL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;494&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNIX15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A 3.5 EDITION D&amp;amp;D BATTLE WITH A COLOSSAL RED DRAGON!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;525&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNX15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;MORE OF THE DUNGEON CRAWL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Cheers!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;Dan &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Alright, I have a lot of catching up to do with postings [&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;you wouldn’t believe the grief I have been getting about it lately&lt;/i&gt;] so I am going to start with some of the pictures from our Aniversary Day back in November. That was the day we celebrated our fifth anniversary with a huge games day throughout the shop. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;441&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNIV15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A PART OF THE GREAT PICOARMOR TABLE [3MM]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;Unfortunately [&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;or maybe fortunately&lt;/i&gt;] there are way more pictures that I can post in a single entry, so I will be sporadically posting random groups of them over the next couple of weeks. If I can, I will also try and add some sort of description or commentary with them as well but I make no promises. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: &quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;525&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNIII15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A CLOSE-UP OF THE PICOARMOR TABLE&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Enjoy the first batch of photos…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;382&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNI15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;PART OF THE COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST WE HAD THAT MORNING&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until next time –&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;525&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNVI15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;ONE OF A FEW WARMACHINE GAMES THAT DAY&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;557&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNV15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;A SONG OF BLADES AND SILENCE [?] FANTASY SKIRMISH DEMO&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 700px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;409&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ANNII15DEC08.jpg&quot; width=&quot;700&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;OUR BIG BIRTHDAY SHEET CAKE &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;[YES, WE KNOW THE DICE AREN&#039;T CORRECT - BUT IT WAS A NON-GAMER THAT MADE IT...]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;Cheers!&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt; 
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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    <title>WHEW - WHAT A DAY...</title>
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;A PARTY WORTH REMEMBERING&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Well, the Anniversary Celebration is over – but what a party it was! The shop was packed from start to finish. Even before start, to be exact. I had to time crossing the parking lot so as to avoid the steady stream of incoming cars before we even opened.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;The mood inside the shop was electric all day. All of the events were filled with players who were having a blast. A couple of the games even spilled over their allotted times as the folks playing them were reluctant to wrap-up such fun events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Carl and I couldn’t have been more pleased with how everything turned out. Our intent was simply to have a birthday party to celebrate the shop making it five years, but the mini-convention that actually happened was a wonderful surprise. We could never have expected the tremendous response the day would get from the gaming community – and for that we are truly grateful.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;It has certainly been a wild ride over the last five-years; the day reminded us, though, of the fun and excitement that can be had by all when you bring such creative and fun-loving people together to play games. That certainly makes it all worth the effort.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures soon.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until then…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Thank you.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;STOKED FOR THE ANNIVERSARY&lt;span style=&quot;mso-tab-count: 1&quot;&gt;        &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We are getting really excited for our 5&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Anniversary Celebration this Saturday. We have over 36 games scheduled throughout the day (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;in three-hour blocks; there will be as many as nine different games running at any given time – a bit of a mini-convention of sorts I guess&lt;/i&gt;); There will be a complimentry continental breakfast for the early risers, a giant anniversary cake for later in the day and a bunch more things in store.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Personally I will be running a couple of demo games of the &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;Combat Cards&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; – one WWII small unit action, and one a modern hostage rescue skirmish. I am also hoping to get to play in a couple of other games myself, but I will have to see how time I will have with so many things going on.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PAST &amp;amp; THE FUTURE &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;We made it five years, pretty amazing in what most people agree is a very tough industry to survive. And not only did we survive; we have flourished to some degree! We have dramatically increased the breadth and selection of our inventory; added very nice gaming facilities (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;e.g. large terrain tables, separate card and miniatures rooms, etc&lt;/i&gt;.); added other extras to enhance your experience at the shop (&lt;em&gt;e.g.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;over 60 different choices of sodas to chose from, sandwiches, bakery goods, etc&lt;/i&gt;.) and positioned ourselves for what we believe to be an even more exciting future.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Of course none of this would have been possible without our (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;almost fanatically&lt;/i&gt;) dedicated customers. They have stuck with us through the tough times, celebrated with us in the good times and encouraged us with their ideas, suggestions and enthusiasm. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;They have even gone so far as to roll up their sleeves and help us out when we just needed an extra set or two of hands. To all of those folks we say an absolutely heartfelt &lt;em&gt;thank you&lt;/em&gt;! Without the help and support of everyone, I don’t know that we would have made it this far.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;As for the future, all I can say is hold on tight! Carl and I have a ton of ambitious plans for the shop. Only time, and our stamina, will really limit what we get done over the next five years. Even with the sluggish economy, gaming is still an excellent value. Where else can you invest so little and get so much entertainment value in return (&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;e.g. hours of creativity prepping and painting your armies, planning and discussing strategies, building new and unique decks, making new friends and reconnecting with old ones, not to mention the competitive stimulation of tournaments&lt;/i&gt;)? &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;So to all those who have helped us come this far – &lt;em&gt;thank you again&lt;/em&gt;! For all of those who wish to join us for the future – &lt;em&gt;welcome&lt;/em&gt;! It has been a wild ride, and only looks to get more interesting with time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Hope to see you all at our Celebration on Saturday the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt;!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Until next time…&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Happy Gaming!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot; color=&quot;#000000&quot; size=&quot;3&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&gt;PS: As an added bonus, check out these shots from our grand opening five years ago. Then compare these to the most recent shots on the web page – quite a difference, eh? These shots are courtesy of Hinterwelt Enterprises (makers of great RPG’s) from their very positive review of us when we first opened. Thanks guys! &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 360px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ShopI7Oct03.jpg&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;THE FRONT OF THE SHOP&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 360px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ShopIII7Oct03.jpg&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;FROM THE BACK OF THE SHOP&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 360px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ShopIV7Oct03.jpg&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;ONE OF THE GAME ROOMS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_center&quot; style=&quot;WIDTH: 360px&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_img&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;serendipity_image_center&quot; height=&quot;270&quot; src=&quot;http://www.villagegames.net/blog/uploads/ShopV7Oct03.jpg&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;serendipity_imageComment_txt&quot;&gt;CARL TEACHING SOME CUSTOMERS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; 
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