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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 8h

This is old, but for folks grabbing the new Combat Commander - here are a few Litko upgrades you can grab to pimp up your set (and truly, you will hope for a spreading blaze every game just to see it on the map). boardgamegeek.com/thread/45881...

My Pimped Combat Commander | Combat Commander: Europe

Hey René, I bought those with the text on them. Litko offers several customizable counter options, so I picked out the shape, color, and the custom text, and they put it together for a reasonable pri...

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

This guy got it all in one box, but he also had to split the decks into 9 piles to reduces the height (and has no room for battle packs... So you CAN do it (if you are a heathen) boardgamegeek.com/image/915163...

Combat Commander: Europe/Med. – 20th Anniversary Edition

Everything fits! Combat Commander 20th Anniversary Edition storage solution using Cube4Me trays (see first comment below for all additional pictures). Yes, the cards are sleeved.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. I KNEW there was no way it'd fit. I'm not unhappy. I had planned ahead and had a box. If they had a bigger box and they all ripped out, there'd be pictures of that everywhere with people crying. Box lift? phhfffffbbbt. That happens to war gamers all the time.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

GOP gets it - they'd just rather give the money to the oligarchs than to health care. MAGA hates it because they were told to hate it, even though they need it and it makes their lives better.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

And again, I'm ok with another box - there are what? Six battle packs? That's a lot of extra stuff too - 2-3 maps each time add up fast.

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

I've heard the bigger box from Pacific War didn't do so well. Regardless, a 3" box was never going to be big enough. There are 1" of manuals, player aids, maps (paper) to start with. Then 6 decks of cards (even unsleeved they take up a lot of space). Its just not reasonable that it'd fit once sorted

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 1d

I think 1/4” or so lift with sleeved cards (in bags) and those trays. I surrendered and decided on a second box. I made a label for an extra 3” GMT box. Paper in one, cards and trays in the other. Plenty of room for the expansions

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 2d

The other half of the trays. Realized I hadn't finished clipping the control counters and the suppressed/veteran counters. lots of rooms still...

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 2d

Combat Commander 20th Anniversary Ed. Clipped and sorted in @cube4me.bsky.social trays

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Lots of choices, but stinky food - cheese, durian, etc. NOPE

2. Burn After Reading - not funny, none of the characters had an ounce of redeeming qualities.

3. Clapton's Wonderful Tonight

Grant @pushingcardboard.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Eggplant is slimy boogers. Yes, even the way "you" make it.

2. Last of the Mohicans is the only film I've ever walked out of.

3. Stairway to Heaven.

Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using a food you refuse to eat, a film you’ll never watch again, a song you can’t stand

1. Pineapple is really repulsive.

2. "Salo" was absolutely the worst date night I ever had

3. There were some strong contenders but then Samhain made me listen to Temporary Secretary

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 3d

Step daughter doing her senior work at Chapman to get her degree in Film Production. She's assigned to producing this film for a grad student. Any donations welcome. Thanks for looking! www.gofundme.com/f/taste-shor...

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 6d

The feels of playing Paths of Glory are like when your sports team loses.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 10d

That's like asking what is your favorite smelly/ripe soft cheese...

That stuff just isn't my cup of tea :)

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 11d

sounds like it'd work well in places where the accent is thick :D

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 14d

Best guess - a lot of Christian Identity is weak and threatened because their faith and ideals don't match the actual Gospel teachings. Its easier to try and destroy "the others" instead of loving them and showing grace to people with different ideas, cultures, or values (not a new phenomenon)

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 14d

I don't hate my old friends and neighbors and relatives. I hate that they either believe the bullshit, or don't have any integrity and are willing to look the other way while a criminal destroys everything this country should be about. None of them are ultra rich, so nothing benefits them but hate..

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 14d

Limited War indeed.
Paths of Glory is just brutal with @nwinches.bsky.social

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 15d

You can't call people fascist when they are actually acting like it, only when you want to name call the other side to rile up your base...

Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 15d

Its why the game is so good - every choice feels hard and often like the wrong one.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 15d

If they had lessons like this in real life, maybe the Bulge doesn't happen in WWII ;)

We are learning that supply rules force an ordered attack plan, force players to play cards for reinforcements and SR points to shore up choke points, and (we decided) to engage the East front more.

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Charles Hasegawa @thingsofnointerest.bsky.social · 16d

Could be the furthest along we've gone where things still feel like it could utterly collapse in either direction. This game is rough. I thought Twilight Struggle was rough, but that game is rainbows and cupcakes next to the emotional brutality of PoG