Ken Crangle

Inactivist, Low-Information Voter, Retired and Ranting, Fly-fishing, Wargaming, History

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

My 85 year-old father really wants to see more younger wargamers in the hobby. So, he enlisted me, his 59 year-old son! Here is Dad setting up his opening VM bombardment of Beatrice in “Dien Bien Phu 2nd Edition”. @KimKanger

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld I get what you’re saying, but you’re a doctor. Don’t you think the Chico State Extension Campus just down the road has something to do with it?

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld This all falls apart with the first girlfriend.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld @MultiManPub Just go. I’ll fill in for you.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@markherman54 @SpaceRumsfeld No worries at all. Omissions like this always get fixed in the re-print.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@markherman54 @SpaceRumsfeld @lady_valor_07 @SpaceRumsfeld has also been from Tucson to Tucumcari and Tehachipi to Tonapah.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld @markherman54 @gmtgames Good too see another volume from Sid Sackson’s series hit the table.

But, if you get locked out of the early mergers, you’ll have no chance.

Accumulate shares in Festival or Worldwide. They offer the best mix of appreciation and capital preservation.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@PaulPanosky Wonderful game! Happy to see it being played.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

Congrats @Wilson__Weber! I hope you have a fantastic career in the great sport of baseball.

[Driveline Baseball @DrivelineBB]

A good look at the @Marlins newest slugger Wilson Weber putting in work leading up to the @MLB draft!

Check out the full swing design on our YouTube channel for a more in depth look at how Weber has been correcting posture & early hip/leg extension alongside @AndrewAydt 👀

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld @markherman54 @gmtgames @consimworld @DonStoneCH Even Admiral Morrison’s son was on top of this.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld @markherman54 @gmtgames @consimworld @DonStoneCH The omission of modifiers for the Horse Latitudes is especially egregious.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@PirizPepe @SpaceRumsfeld @jrastillero Here is an example of my staff being right:

They would tell me that it’s not wise to engage in a protracted Twitter argument.

Be well. Fun chatting with you!

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@PirizPepe @SpaceRumsfeld @jrastillero Hehe, some of my staff said the same thing from time-to-time.

I was an executive in the largest printing business in the world for over 25 years.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@PirizPepe @SpaceRumsfeld @jrastillero There is no reason that a printing machine in the USA can’t print more volume but a printing machine in China can.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@PirizPepe @SpaceRumsfeld @jrastillero He is asking about the “quality and precision” of printing in the USA.

Are you suggesting that a USA printer has to rest for five years before printing again?

See how ridiculous that sounds?

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@fortcircle @6xW_a @SpaceRumsfeld Haha. Well, if you want to look at some of the newer MMP games, I’d be happy to send you my home address and you can swing by!

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@6xW_a @SpaceRumsfeld I think Angola was printed a decade ago. Probably not the best game to use to compare the quality of games produced today

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@jrastillero @SpaceRumsfeld Reading helps. Same price for the games produced in the USA, not 5X.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@markherman54 is making a legitimately good point here. Perhaps the most important point.

Even the best businesses embarked product with an expectation of a ~25% tariff. But then China and the USA got in a pissing match and the tariff was cranked to 145% while the boats are/were in-transit.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

@SpaceRumsfeld The raw materials producer, the production and assembly partner, the distributor, the designer, the branded business (GMT in this example), the retailer, the end customer, etc., should all absorb some of the shock.

[Ken Crangle @Crangle]

Responding to @SpaceRumsfeld’s legitimate question should probably avoid irrelevances like “Sean Hannity”.

Part of managing any business, regardless of the objectives of the owners, is dealing with complex value chains and stochastic shocks.

Risk sharing is a normal part of any business relationship. Every partner, from design to production to distribution to retail has power.

B-school 101.