Games To Play In Iraq...

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

So true. Just recently, I read in the news that the rights to 63 of Iraq's current 80 oil fields had already been signed over to American oil companies.

And we're already learning more and more about the war profiteering gigs offered by the private oil, protection and construction contractors whose numbers far exceed than the number of U.S. soldiers we've got on the ground over there. What's more, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was roundly criticized by his own countrymen and Parliament both because he was only able to land only a few contracts for British companies from President Bush despite Britain's having been America's staunchest ally in sending forces to the Iraq War. Apparently, Blair had been somewhat naive, under a different impression and evidently hadn't suspected that a bit more than just the lion's share of the most lucrative "nation-building" contracts would go to American companies.

Edited Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:31 pm
Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:45 pm
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Tim Thorp

(berserkley)

Spain
Granite Falls
Washington

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

So true. Just recently, I read in the news that the rights to 63 of Iraq's current 80 oil fields had already been signed over to American oil companies.

I didn't see that coming!

Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:53 pm
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2. Board Game: Yahtzee [Average Rating:5.14 Overall Rank:7649]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Because a lot of life in Iraq is managing your luck.

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:32 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

When you get super lucky and roll all sixes the eight 155 shells just throw your humvee over a berm, deafen you, and make you crap your pants. For a super special Yahtzee! prize if you roll all sixes again, the convoy that is taking you back to the FOB to change pants gets hit too.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:28 pm
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Ronald Chavez

(ronster0)

United States
Hacienda Heights
California

I have wished I could assign one of my days to chance.

Edited Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:55 pm
Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:51 pm
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Paul O'Connor

(goldenboat)

United States
San Marcos
California

If you were deployed in France in 1944, would this be "Nahtzee?"

Posted Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:19 am
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3. Board Game: Ca$h 'n Gun$ [Average Rating:6.75 Overall Rank:449]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Because this is what a lot of it boils down to, really...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:53 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

No matter how much cash the man from Syria offers you, never point a weapon of any kind at members of the United States Marine Corps. No matter how carefully you had planned for your future and how you were going to invest that money in a 401k, it will begin to fall apart quickly.

Edited Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:34 pm
Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:34 pm
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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
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It is for war profiteers of all stripes, including the ones who comprise the Carlysle Investment Group whose members invest and profit from stocks in companies that manufacture war materiels.

Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:48 pm
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4. Board Game: Alhambra: The Thief's Turn [Average Rating:7.04 Unranked] [Average Rating:7.04 Unranked]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

The real theives in the Middle East really aren't so big on taking turns, but its a concept we're working with them on...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:30 pm

5. Board Game: Bang! [Average Rating:6.76 Overall Rank:448]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Remember, no matter how well armed you are, there's always somebody else with a bigger gun.

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:56 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

In fact, if you are in the US infantry, everyone probably has a bigger gun than you, with a higher rate of fire and is firing it over the top of a wall in your general direction. Just call the only guys that know they have the biggest guns on the block:

Edited Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:43 pm
Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:38 pm
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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

The problem is that there are now many more armed protection contractors than there are American soldiers in Iraq and although the armed-protection contractors are paid a whole lot more than American soldiers, it's the American soldiers who have to intervene with increasing frequency to try to undo the messes created by those somewhat more trigger-happy well-paid hired guns.

A few weeks ago, there was a political cartoon showing President George W. Bush playing chess against one of his aides, the latter of whom chided Bush saying, "No, you may NOT hire contractors to protect your king!"

Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:54 pm
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6. Board Game: Diplomacy [Average Rating:7.12 Overall Rank:246]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Diplomacy teaches you two lessons valuable in the Iraq.

A) Talk is good--saves bullets.

B) Whoever you're talking to is probably lying through his teeth.

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Edited Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:17 pm
Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:59 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

C) Whoever you're talking to is distracting you while their compatriots are lacing your route with explosives made from propane tanks.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:45 pm
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7. Board Game: Doom: The Boardgame [Average Rating:7.02 Overall Rank:344]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Run.
Shoot.
Try not to get killed doing so.
Repeat.

Oh yeah, and save your ammo...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:04 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

Bitch about too much down time.

Bitch about having too many things going on at once.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:46 pm
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Ronald Chavez

(ronster0)

United States
Hacienda Heights
California

and try and get a better gun.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:53 pm
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Paul O'Connor

(goldenboat)

United States
San Marcos
California

Too bad the good guys can't respawn.

Posted Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:20 am
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8. Board Game: History of the World [Average Rating:7.17 Overall Rank:254]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Because understanding a little history can go a long way.

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:06 pm

Ronald Chavez

(ronster0)

United States
Hacienda Heights
California

Its good to be the king.

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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

BeatPosse wrote:

It seems to me that you have done more to prove my point than I could have with a thousand word essay. I read 'Fiasco' in Iraq and have been reading it again for school. I am not contesting the validity of your stance, just your willingness to spout off about it in a forum in which the author specifically requested you steer clear of political discussions.

The author is not welcome to dictate that I myself and/or others should refrain from commenting in any context whatsoever that we deem appropriate based on the broad nature of the topic chosen by the author just because he himself chooses not to comment about it -- period. Such a response-control notion sounds QUITE evocative of the methods undertaken by the Bush administration to stifle dissenting opinion. After all, Bush's staff undertakes methods in advance to make sure that the people seated up front, if not in the entire auditorium itself, for town-hall meetings Bush appears in covered by the news media tend are people by hand-selected Bush supporters. Indeed they are interviewed in advance to limit, if not wholly rule out, the possibility of Bush being confronted by an unexpected or uncomfortable question or comment about some hot-button issue(s) that could otherwise be a source of great embarrassment to the his administration.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld used that same methodology when he went to Iraq on inspection visits; however, much to his embarrassment, the cat got out of the bag on Rumsfeld when they accidentally turned on their satellite transmission to send it to TV network feeds earlier on than expected revealing some of Rumsfeld's own people were assigning questions to pre-selected soldiers who would appear in the audience right before Rumsfeld spoke there.

We saw the same thing just a month ago when the government agency FEMA staged a bogus press conference whose supposed media reporters and audience we learned was comprised ENTIRELY of FEMA employees. Their objective: To sway opinion and create positive publicity for themselves by deceiptful and unethical means.

Moreover, the comments that author Dixon made ARE open to interpretation as de-facto political statements themselves even if cloaked in thinly-disguised jingoism or heavy-handed or sly satire.

BeatPosse wrote:

Well, I hope your internet activism here on the Geek has a profound effect on the policies of our nation.

As an independent voter of no political party alignment who's not bound to the lock-step mentality of political parties, I do believe in and advocate the notion of Personal Sovereignty, meaning the right of a person to freely form his own opinion about how to think about or vote on any political issue or candidate based on his own free mind and without regard to the dictates or advocacies of any political party line.

If nothing else, i would hope that some of the things that I've posted will motivate readers of any and all political stripes to investigate matters on their own and not accept at face value what might otherwise be advocated as conventional wisdom, political jingoism or alleged truth. Moreover, the notion of the United States itself began with the Power of One, when one colonial resident daringly expressed his dissatisfaction with the colonies' treatment by England. Although we don't know who was Revolutionary War Instigator Zero (the person who first expressed that dissenting opinion), his/her expressed sentiment nonetheless apparently caught on; otherwise, we wouldn't be here today.

It doesn't take all-out war or revolution, however, to change things though. That's why we have Politics after all, better known as "War By More Peaceful Means" -- discussion and debate; i.e. ballots, not bullets.

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Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:03 pm
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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

Asperamanca wrote:

Somehow, the situation of the US reminds me more and more of the Roman Empire, 2nd century AD, where uprisings and wars out on the fringes of the empire led to political and economic turmoil back home.

They say history doesn't repeat itself, but I do wonder...

No, the saying ISN'T that history doesn't repeat itself. You're apparently confusing it with the saying that lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

If anything, the lesson of history is that it will repeat itself time and time and time again and most damningly so in the worst ways imaginable, which inspired George Satayana to observe, "Those who fail to learn from the lessons of history are damned to repeat them."

And since the neo-cons heading up the Bush administration were aspiring for the United States of America to become another de-facto Roman Empire, well, let's just say your own comparison of present matters to those faced by the Roman Empire shouldn't be all that surprising given that our foreign policy is still driven by those remaining leading lights of the Project for the New American Century think tank (i.e. Cheney & Company) who aggressively still advocate the notion of America as Empire.

Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:24 pm
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The Seal of Approval

(Asperamanca)

Austria
Vienna

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

No, the saying ISN'T that history doesn't repeat itself. You're apparently confusing it with the saying that lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

Got me there. Although I'm sure that SOMEONE is saying that history doesn't repeat itself, even if only because they hope so...

Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:32 pm
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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

Asperamanca wrote:

ShreveportLAGamer wrote:

No, the saying ISN'T that history doesn't repeat itself. You're apparently confusing it with the saying that lightning never strikes in the same place twice.

Got me there. Although I'm sure that SOMEONE is saying that history doesn't repeat itself, even if only because they hope so...

At this juncture, that would seem to be a false hope indeed especially since the Bush Administration has been dismissing the lessons of history from the get-go and continues to do so unabashedly. Moreover, what an irony it is that the children of the oil company stock holders and war profiteers are the least likely to serve in the U.S.'s all-voluntary military.

The only thing that might turn the tide in the War in Iraq and the War on Terror would be to re-instate the sort of democratic (with a little "d") form of military draft that the U.S. employed during World War II where the sons of the wealthy and affluent were NOT accorded draft deferments. Only when everybody across the board shares the sacrifice of a war effort will some modicum of common sense prevail. Moreover, the very notion of such a military draft might in and of itself be weapon enough to demotivate certain warring parties enough to motivate them to cease fire, lay down their arms, return to the negotiating tables to more effectively engage in diplomacy, hammer out settlements, and proactively thwart terrorist movements in their respective countries.

Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:30 pm
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9. Board Game: Through the Desert [Average Rating:7.16 Overall Rank:191]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Just for general flavor... sadly, though, I have yet to see a blue camel. I'll look next time I'm further south, though...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:23 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

I never saw a camel. The camels are a lie.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:45 pm
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David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Yeah, I haven't seen a camel this tour either...

My first tour (OIF II), though, I saw a few outside Najaf as we rolled north...

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:10 pm
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10. Board Game: Advanced Squad Leader [Average Rating:7.91 Overall Rank:60]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Remember, fellas, cover is a good thing.

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:10 pm

J.F. Sebastian

(Oldstench)

United States

Make sure you have a high smoke exponent...

Posted Fri Nov 30, 2007 8:50 pm
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11. Board Game: Power Grid [Average Rating:8.09 Overall Rank:5]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Because Iraq's needs help. A lot of help.

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Edited Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:15 pm
Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:12 pm

David Wiens

(clockwirk)

United States
Lakeville
Minnesota

Just keep those Nuclear plants away from Iran.

Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:46 pm
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Donald Cleary

(BigD145)

United States
Bellingham
Washington

clockwirk wrote:

Just keep those Nuclear plants away from Iran.

We all know Iranians don't really need any electricity. If they needed it, they'd put dams on the sand dunes or rub their hands together.

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12. Board Game: Rune Blade's Gulf War 1991 [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

This game was a lot better the first time we played it...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:27 pm

James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

That's because the name of the game wasn't occupation and/or gaining control of Iraq's oil spiggots. And It most certainly wouldn't have been a lot better if Dick Çheney had convinced the first President George Bush back in 1991 to launch his "Operation Scorpion," his battle plan for invading Iraq then and going on to Baghdad to take out Saddam Hussein.

As General Colin Powell commented back then to his fellow military aides about Cheney's proposed "Operation Scorpion": "Isn't it just like a civilian installed as Defense Secretary [like Dick Cheney who's never served in the military but instead took half a dozen draft deferrments] to come to the Pentagon with a plan that in essence tries to out-general the generals!"

In 1997, Dick Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, William Kristol, and Jeb Bush among others founded the Project for the New American Century" think tank which in September 2000 published their report 'Rebuilding America's Defenses" which among other things called for the military invasion and overthrow of Iraq, Iran and North Korea. It called for America to embrace the notions of empire building a la the Roman Empire. Of course, noted the report's author, they didn't expect their ideas to gain much traction "unless or until another Pearl Harbor event galvanizes the nation."

Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:13 pm
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Ryan Powers

(keethrax)

United States
Marble
Minnesota

Did you not read the intro? Dumbass.

Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:01 am
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Matthew Jones

(Sigrdrifa)

United States
Forest Grove
Oregon

keethrax wrote:

Did you not read the intro?

I didn't see a question there. No question, no engagement of political topics. Man's got a right to put down his own thoughts, don't he? Dixon just ain't gonna comment...

MJ

Edit for spelling: Who's the dumbass?

Edited Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:56 am
Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:56 am
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James King

United States
North Central Louisiana / No Longer A Resident of the Shreveport/Bossier City Area / Currently I sponsor gaming groups in Monroe & Alexandria, LA.
Louisiana

keethrax wrote:

Did you not read the intro? Dumbass.

Did you not read author Dixon's comments which ARE open to interpretation as thinly-disguised, if not overt, political statements in their own right?

And by the way, since when are we as Americans supposed to bow to the dictates of refraining from expressing our opinions about *anything* we so choose?

And by the way, Happy Thanksgiving, Turkey!

(At least be thankful that I refrained myself from saying a lot more that I might otherwise *could* have said onthe subject.)

Posted Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:10 pm
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13. Board Game: Bombs Away [Average Rating:5.61 Unranked]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Yes, bombs away. Preferably as far away as possible, really...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:25 pm

14. Board Game: Junta [Average Rating:6.91 Overall Rank:414]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

Do I even need to explain why?

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 6:57 pm

15. Board Game: Busen Memo [Average Rating:5.00 Overall Rank:7359]

David Dixon

(Diis)

United States
Cincinnati
Ohio

'Cause this is as close as you're gonna' get...

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Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 7:16 pm

16. Board Game: Weapons of Mass Destruction [Average Rating:6.60 Overall Rank:2356]

Matthew LaClair

(mattlaclair)

United States
Watertown
New York

...but only if you can find it! *drum roll*

Thank you, I'll be here all week.

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Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:11 am

17. Board Game: Blood on the Tigris [Average Rating:5.97 Overall Rank:5572]

Paul Aceto

(Zouave)

United States
Fairfax
Virginia

To get some historical context.

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Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:46 pm

18. Board Game: Risk [Average Rating:5.62 Overall Rank:6167]

Marty Barylski

(martybjsg)

United States
Winchester
Virginia

A) Because everyone serving in Iraq is taking a Risk... not by choice, but by duty.

B) And, well, my son played it while he was there for 15 risky months, out of duty.

C) I am probably taking a Risk posting this since many dislike this game.

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Posted Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:49 pm

Cpl. Sadler 8-0

United States
Rockville
Maryland

Hey, MMP! I want Marines, not Finns! RISING SUN NOW! HAAKAKAKAKA PALAAAAAAA LATER!

We had a Risk tournament during our downtime. The take Australia strategy won the day for one of our Staff Sergeants.

Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:50 pm
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19. Board Game: Jump the Queue [Average Rating:4.67 Unranked]

I fought the dice and the dice won

(autumnweave)

United States
Vancouver
Washington

On one of my trips to the Middle East I learned that a queue is one deep and 16 wide. Just because you were first to the desk, doesn't meant that everyone else doesn't have the same right to stand next to you and shove their documents / demand answers to their questions simultaneously.

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20. Board Game: Tomb Raider [Average Rating:5.82 Overall Rank:5156]

I fought the dice and the dice won

(autumnweave)

United States
Vancouver
Washington

I seem to remember a lot of this going on at the beginning of the current war. It made me understand that Iraqi's are natural gamers. Seeing that everyone else is distracted by the war let's race for the unguarded objectives!

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Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:22 am

Charles Vycichl

Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva

Is Lara Croft

the unguarded objective? Not so sure I guess she is able to defend herself very well!

Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:20 pm
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21. Board Game: Tigris & Euphrates [Average Rating:7.89 Overall Rank:15]

◄Raphael Grand►

(CountDice)

Germany

Self-explanatory

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Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 12:46 pm

22. Board Game: Black Gold (Texas Tea) [Average Rating:6.46 Unranked]

Charles Vycichl

Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva

Same region, just other opponents!

God bless you and your team, come back safely in one piece.

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Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:11 pm

23. Board Game: Assyrian Wars [Average Rating:6.41 Overall Rank:4189]

Charles Vycichl

Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva

Another one about the same region. Long ago, even when there was no need for oil, men fought there against each other.

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Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:14 pm

24. Board Game: Iraq War 2003 [Average Rating:8.12 Unranked]

Charles Vycichl

Switzerland
Geneva
Geneva

A last one, the mobile war of the beginning.

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Posted Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:17 pm

25. Board Game: The Thief of Baghdad [Average Rating:6.44 Overall Rank:1113]

Carl Anderson

(carl67lp)

United States
Brighton
Michigan

Surprised this one wasn't on the list. I'll add it without comment.

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Nevin Ball

(Nevin)

United States
Dallas
Texas

That tickles!

Great list! It was funny and sad all at the same time.

Posted Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:13 pm
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Dylan Kirk

(dnjkirk)

Philippines
Makati
NCR

I won't say if I'm for or against, because I'm neither. The war is. Paydirt is right, though, it's about more than oil, and the blue pill quote applies. Oil is just a small part of a much bigger picture.

So to say the war's about oil is somewhat correct, but such a gross oversimplification as to be misleading.

At any rate, this list is gallows humour from a guy whose life is in mortal danger on a daily basis. I, for one, just hope he's safe and happy nd comes back hale and whole (both mentally and physically).

But if there is one thing I get REALLY angry about, it's ORDNANCE being spelled with an "I"!

ORDNANCE falls on target,
ORDINANCE is a law!

Posted Fri Nov 23, 2007 6:46 pm
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Andrew Clark

(Rauss)

United States
Bloomfield
Connecticut

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ Good luck to everyone.

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