Anyone else get DW goodies for Christmas?

[Ruckdog]

I got a blister each of the Konigsburg BCs and Alma FFs for my PE and RoF forces, respectively. I really like how the number of ships in these blisters match the maximum squadron size! Hopefully that trend will continue.

How about the rest of you?

[MadDrB]

I'm on my way to the GV this afternoon to pick up some special order items... and I'll probably browse the DW section and pick up some more French ships.  They're having a post-Christmas sale, so I'm getting all of my Christmas goodies AFTER the actual day!

Otherwise, I treated myself to some new PDF naval rules, calling it "research" for working on an alternative "house rule" activation system for DW.

[Ruckdog]

Neat! What naval rule sets did you pick up?

[MadDrB]

I picked up "Darn the Torpedoes" which is simple for kids and recommends building paper boats, something I might use at a team gaming event in the library.  "Fire as She Bears" which seems to be a standard age-of-sail ruleset so far.  I'm most pleased with the "Victory by Any Means" campaign guide for the Napoleonic Wars--it has me thinking about how to do a better DW campaign.  Oh, and Timeline 300, which is in beta test and available for free--it's a steampunk game, but the landships actually look like ships, and I particularly like the Martian tripods.  http://www.troublemakergames.co.uk/

And I finally picked up my copy of Storm of Steel today!

[MadDrB]

A gift from my wife arrived yesterday--she bought for me a Russian naval shirt!



Complete with a tag and washing instructions in Cyrillic!



Maybe it's time to add a 4th fleet to my DW collection....  I certainly like the Russian airships.

[Ruckdog]

Hee hee, very fetching!

[MadDrB]

My wife learned not to try buying me models, so she is buying me shirts to wear at gaming events!

Today my final holiday gift arrived by post--a T-shirt featuring a Span-Am era illustration of a battleship!

[Landlubber]

If you're going to wear that, I don't think it's unreasonable for us to expect you to sing the Soviet national anthem whenever you win a game.  In Russian.