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As yet additional evidence (not that any is needed) of the general uselessness of the American media, I did not learn of the death of one of my all-time favorite writers on military history, John...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-personal-aside-to-gaming-community.html

NOW THAT THIS YEAR'S WBC CONVENTION IS OVER, I CAN AT LAST RESUME A REGULAR SCHEDULE OF NEW POSTS FOR "MAP AND COUNTERS" Man at Work Saturday Evening Post, by Norman Rockwell This has been a long...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/08/im-finally-back-and-ready-to-resume.html

Because I was away from my computer all day yesterday, I am a bit late in offering a 4th of July greeting to my regular readers. Nonetheless, better late than never. Independence Day, 2012 Thomas...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-independence-day-2012.html

First official flag of the United States. June 14, 2012, marks a signal, but little noticed anniversary in the history of our Republic: In Philadelphia, on 14 June, 1777, the Continental Congress...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/06/today-june-14-th-is-flag-day-in-united.html

Originally, I had intended to post only a few brief comments about a pair of my relatives who, although they did not go in against the German-held beaches with the first waves of the "Overlord" i...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/06/d-day-landings-began-68-years-ago-today.html

Today’s Memorial Day essay is, with only a few minor changes, a repeat of an earlier post that I first published on "Map and Counters" in 2009. I keep bringing it back each year because it conv...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/05/reflections-on-2012-memorial-day.html

JUST A REMINDER It doesn't seem possible, but John Kranz and company's 2012 Consimworld Expo/Monstergame.Con XII will begin only one short month from today. On June 25th, gamers from all over the...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/05/only-30-days-until-start-of-consimworld.html

The creative force behind the American version of Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis, first began lobbying in favor of declaring a national holiday to honor mothers in 1908. In 1914, her efforts finally m...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/05/may-13-th-is-mothers-day.html

Because I have been embroiled for the last few months in several PBeM tournaments — while, I should note, also trying both to write for this blog and to conduct several informal online tutorial...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/04/start-of-2012-wbc-convention-is-only.html

Back in 1976, Jim Dunnigan's simple but wonderfully evocative simulation of the 1941 Battle of Smolensk, PANZERGRUPPE GUDERIAN, was one of several candidates in the "Best Strategic Game" category...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/04/roads-from-smolensk-spi-dunnigan-and.html

Back on 11 November of last year, I posted an invitation for those of my readers who were interested to sign-up for the 'STALINGRAD' PBeM Tournament which was then being organized by a small grou...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/03/classic-waterloo-anyone.html

THE NEXT WAR is a hypothetical simulation of a Warsaw Pact offensive against NATO forces in Europe in the late 1970’s. THE NEXT WAR was designed by James F. Dunnigan and published by Simulation...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/02/spi-next-war-1978.html

This year, the Cardboard Wars in Tempe, Arizona will begin on June 25th and run through July 1st, 2012 Last year, as long-time visitors to "Map and Counters" may remember, a lack of advance plann...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/02/registration-for-consimworld-expo.html

If it's not one thing, it's another. No sooner did I make the announcement on "Map and Counters" that I would shortly have a couple of new posts finished and ready to publish than my blog si...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/02/tricks-of-trade-players-aid-for-avalon.html

Excuses, Excuses ...It has been more than a month and a half since my last post; which, to be sure, is not that long in geological terms, but is an eternity in the electronic world of instant "on...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2012/02/after-my-latest-holiday-from-blogging.html

Today marks the last day of 2011 and speaking for myself, its end and the arrival, now just hours away, of 2012 couldn't be more welcome. The year that is finally limping to a close has brought w...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-new-year-and-best-wishes-to-all.html

The First World War; by John Keegan; Vintage Press (May 2000); ISBN-13: 978-0375700453 Second wave of British troops leaving trenches on the Somme The First World War, despite its name, was not t...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-review-first-world-war.html

This is my second attempt at a post on the subject of the 2011 Holiday Season. The first version, my wife gently but firmly explained to me, was both too dark and too depressing. This is not to s...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/seasons-greetings-for-2011.html

In the last few years, Pearl Harbor Day has taken on increased significance to me personally, not just because my father and many of my uncles served in the armed forces during World War II, but ...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/today-december-7-th-is-pearl-harbor-day.html

Back on November 16th, I published a brief description of what I understood then to be the preliminary details of a soon-to-start PBeM STALINGRAD Tournament. At the time of my initial post, the f...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/12/stalingrad-anyone-part-deux.html

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, 2011! Another year is rapidly approaching its end and it is again time to take note of the onset of the Holiday Season. Unfortunately, another somewhat melancholy Thanksgiv...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/11/happy-thanksgiving-to-all-in-2011.html

BPA Posts This Year’s WBC Tournament “After Action Reports”It’s that time of year again. Don Greenwood and his tireless (and largely unpaid) minions have at last made available the long-a...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/11/2011-world-boardgaming-championships.html

A question a few days ago from one of this blog's visitors regarding the D10 "Postal" Combat Results Table got me to reminiscing about the early days of "play-by-mail" gaming. It was, for those o...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/11/curious-saga-of-d10-postal-combat.html

Sometimes what initially seems like a "hare-brained" idea, upon reflection, doesn't seem "hare-brained" at all. Such is the case with the idea of a STALINGRAD PBeM Tournament. Many of us who were...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/11/stalingrad-anyone.html

Up until a few days ago, I had planned on writing a completely new piece to commemorate the return of Veterans Day; however, upon reviewing the short essay on this little-understood holiday that ...

http://mapandcounters.blogspot.com/2011/11/few-thoughts-on-veterans-day-2011.html