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eastern front: Turkish Aircraft Deliveries 1915-1918
Ned2 replied to Zoe Brain's topic in WGF: Historical Discussions
Thanks for this Zoe, I've been looking for information on Turkish planes in WW1 for a while now. -
http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/sweden-ii A very interesting article Karl. Thanks for sharing.
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Day spent helping Rabbit3 at Claymore 2015 in Edinburgh. Lots of good games.
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Looking forward to getting getting this and trying it out. A great idea.
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Thanks for the work you have put into these posts Chris. I have enjoyed reading them over my breakfast.
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This is a great thread and a fitting memorial to those who died 100 years ago. Chris, at the risk of muscling in if you and Rob ever need a break from this thread when the schools are on holiday I would be happy to help contribute to this.
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I think games are potentially a very good way to engage children with a huge number of concepts, including history, which, as we have been bemoaning on this thread children seem to be less and less interested in. Both my boys, 11 & 8, love playing WOG but don't at this stage have a full appreciation of the history behind it. If they stick with the game though the interest will probably come, as I expected many members here will testify. That said leading games like this in a school context are much more difficult. We will just have to keep chewing it over and see if any good ideas emerge.
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I know what you mean Greg. I too have thought about it, and in fact do run an early morning boardgames club at school, but only much simpler games as we only have half an hour. I will need to get a few more planes in order to run a WOG game and the plane buying is strictly controlled by my wife! Unless I can persuade the school to buy a couple of squadrons.
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[ATTACH=CONFIG]172668[/ATTACH] Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp. K.u.K. U5 Captain Georg Ritter von Trappsank the Italian submarine Nereide off Pelagosa Rock, Adriatic Sea. This, I presume, would be the same Georg von Trapp who, in the 1930s married a nun called Maria and had to flee Austria to avoid serving in the Nazi war machine. I used to be subjected to the film on a fairly regular basis, although it has been a few years now...
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Having seen this, I will need to look into getting a copy of Bloody April. Looks great. Thanks for the posts.
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I'm 35 soon to be 36. As a long time student of history it was inevitable I would end up playing historical war games, finance is the biggest thing that has held me back being able to collect and play everything I would like to. I think the Sci-fi/ fantasy games are important as they are what brings younger folk into the war gaming sphere and I suspect those who stick with it will convert to historical games as they mature. All 3 of my older children (13, 11, 7) enjoy playing WoG and particularly my 11 year old son, who is becoming interested in linked games/ campaigns. It is up to us as parents to keep the younger generation interested.
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I voted for the simulation aspect. But I would not have come to the game apart from the history aspect, I can't resist historical simulations!
