Wondering through the maze of my AH games....

Well, I've gone an done it. Broke out the boxes from 25 years ago. They still had a slight smoke smell to them - a present from my parents. No matter, they will come "clean" soon enough, if left out to air. I pick up my favorite from back then. Just as I remembered it, Richthofen's War still has that pesky Pepsi stain on the front picture. I seem to remember having map clips for the three folding maps, but there aren't any in the box. Must have sold them when I let go of Air Assault on Crete. Ah, the rules, that infamous page that requires a Mapfolding 101 class in college. I'm going to have to get those OCR'd and put into a word document, so I can print out a regular "flip page" rules set. Now if there was only an opponent included!....

This was about 2 months ago, at the start of baseball season. Nathan and Christian are close to finishing up and things are going to be going a little slower in my life now. Great! I've been dreaming of what I should do with my old (new) hobby. I have a number of games that I own, but I think that Richthofen's War is the best place to start. I've downloaded the VASSAL module and have parsed through the rules once. Also contacted a local boardgaming club, so I should be lined up for opponents during the summer months when its too hot to go out. I am also trying to accumulate various RW related articles/variants/etc to complete the game out. I was very surprised at how much is out there. Unfortunately, most of it is for a price, and I have a hard time justifying purchasing a $20 collector's edition magazine, just for a couple of columns of text. Perhaps someday, when I am rich and famous, I can spend that money without batting an eyelash. But now, with 4 kids at home, I have other priorities. Perhaps soon, there will be someone to fight in the skies of France.....

Jim