tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post8844235262369703474..comments2024-03-19T07:16:47.924-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Retrospective: Dawn PatrolJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18999203078502977652009-07-02T14:10:29.155-04:002009-07-02T14:10:29.155-04:00Played FITS/DP with Mike Carr and his group last n...Played FITS/DP with Mike Carr and his group last night! Had alot of fun with it! Played a observer/gunner in the first mission and a pilot of an Albatros in the second - survived both, the second one just barely. Hopefully, I can join their group for next week's session!Deogolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02703358269224914324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13813095558727502262009-06-22T03:41:20.666-04:002009-06-22T03:41:20.666-04:00We played a lot of DP when the 7th edition came ou...We played a lot of DP when the 7th edition came out - we used to set up the card table on my front porch during summer vacation (I want to say 1983 though I'm not sure anymore) and play for hours on end. It and Boot Hill are the last two games I need to pick up to complete my "boxset journey" through my early adolescence.MJ Harnishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806640038800982702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-58077694007839820862009-06-18T00:52:59.800-04:002009-06-18T00:52:59.800-04:00I had the same experience buying DP and thinking i...I had the same experience buying DP and thinking it would be a role playing game like D&D and Gangbusters. The role playing "aspects" are literally tacked on in that they aren't even included in the main rulebook but are tucked away in the reference sheets. I still had a lot of fun with it though. I too expanded the rules to play the pilots behind enemy lines but I can't remember exactly what rules I used. I expect they were very fast and loose and very home brewed.goeticgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806200047269447375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-86634871118863657052009-06-17T13:38:22.130-04:002009-06-17T13:38:22.130-04:00Hanging out regularly at a local game shop as a ki...Hanging out regularly at a local game shop as a kid, I was there for part of the transition from wargames to rpg's. The owner, Gary, had owned the place since right before the dawn of D&D, so the shop still had big, old, smelly wargamers hanging out while the younger, hipper new breed tried to keep out of reach of their breath, their smelly green army jackets and their dirty finger nails.<br /><br />Most of these old bastards stayed at the game table of the years, and made the transition to rpg's. The die hards just eventually faded away.Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-26927249693938229972009-06-17T13:04:25.041-04:002009-06-17T13:04:25.041-04:00If you are looking for a copy of Dawn Patrol look ...If you are looking for a copy of Dawn Patrol look no further: <br />http://tinyurl.com/kvhppk<br /><br />Its on Ebay, and the price is good.DNAphilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322161635936030497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30120440106019028782009-06-17T12:58:18.260-04:002009-06-17T12:58:18.260-04:00I bought it when I was a kid because the cover sai...I bought it when I was a kid because the cover said it was a "Role Playing Game". I loved Boot Hill, and thought a World War I roleplaying game would just rock.<br /><br />Discovering it was a tactical wargame after opening the shrinkwrapped box was a little disappointing.<br /><br />Despite that, I had a lot of fun with it, even going so far as to write up some crude rules (mostly stealing from Boot Hill) as to handle exactly what happened after your character got shot down behind enemy lines.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822329729334123989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6096347033552730642009-06-17T11:46:34.065-04:002009-06-17T11:46:34.065-04:00The tail-end of my favourite historical period.
C...The tail-end of my favourite historical period.<br /><br />Could never get anyone to play Dawn Patrol. Now, Wings of War is the closest thing anyone would want to play, and it just isn't the same. :(Timeshadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09952601433965644275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-14358453697874957062009-06-17T10:55:41.885-04:002009-06-17T10:55:41.885-04:00My older brother, my cousin and friends were all a...My older brother, my cousin and friends were all avid wargamers before discovering RPGS, many of them still are.<br />We played a lot of Dawn Patrol as well as the simpler Blue Max by GDW and we had a lot of fun.<br />In the following years my cousin Andrea (the guy who introduced me to gaming) became a game designer in its own right, and you might be interested at having a look at his Wings of War, by Nexus Games and distributed by Fantasy Flight.artikidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474295473142339717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50595964161275453082009-06-17T10:40:43.013-04:002009-06-17T10:40:43.013-04:00I'm still hoping that the "cross-generati...I'm still hoping that the "cross-generational camaraderie" will return once gamers start to play with their kids and their kids' friends.<br /><br />I've taken the first step by <a href="http://www.emacswiki.org/alex/2009-04-13_Herr_der_Labyrinthe_in_der_B%C3%A4ckeranlage" rel="nofollow">playing with my best friend's kids</a>.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39345999052433924122009-06-17T10:18:12.194-04:002009-06-17T10:18:12.194-04:00My friends brother had it and I used to pester him...My friends brother had it and I used to pester him to play it with me. I only remember actually doing so once and being quickly shot down in my Sopwith Camel. I tried to make my own version by making little counters and fitting together several sheets of graph to make a game board. I mined some states out of an old Jane's guide and cobbled together some crude rules. Soon we moved on to making our own homebrew FRPG's. The closest thing to wargames I'd ever play after that were BattleTech and Car Wars.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790771329858521422noreply@blogger.com