Scott Martin

Unsure if an optimist with long pessimistic spells or pessimist with brief spells of optimism. Food, PT, defence, politics, aerospace. All opinions my own, etc.

[Scott Martin @EssEmDot]

A great arrival in the post today: #C3i magazine Nr 29 from @RBMStudio1, with the game included being @markherman54’s ‘Plan Orange’ standalone game based on his ‘Empire of the Sun’ system. To say I’ve been waiting for this is an understatement.

[Mark @markherman54]

Check out my new For the People travel set. I use the paper map from 2006 instead of the mounted one in the current 25th anniversary edition.

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This reminds me that I really need to come to grips with this game.

[Mark @markherman54]

A card in For the People.

[Mark @markherman54]

A card in For the People.

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@AussieWirraway @threadreaderapp

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@Clint_Davey1 The fleet in being also a vital peace time concept for ‘emerging’ powers, esp. in 20th C. Arguably used by GER to spark naval race pre-1914. Also vital for ‘dominant’ powers (e.g. GB’s 2-power/60% standard) or ‘declining’ powers (the 5:5:3 GB/US/JP ratio in Washington Treaty).

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Ananda Gupta, the co-designer of @gmtgames Twilight Struggle just tweeted the Olympic Games card. Very appropriate at the current time. To participate or boycott is the question for the non-sponsoring power (e.g. Moscow 1980 or Los Angeles 1984)?

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@kishor_nr Didn’t hear a peep out of the journos when the Fairfax library staff were sacked last year. Not much solidarity for the support staff Comrade.

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@Amul82 Watching the crushing of Cronulla's hopes and dreams is truly "simply beautiful content".

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@freakysuperstar @YouTube Those North Korean organ slimming pills seem to be working...

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@freakysuperstar @YouTube Good to see you back in the land of the living JB.

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@SueCartwright1 @aliceinframes You could try making a liqueur of that’s your thing? https://t.co/wNia1DvDhy

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@tealou Groan. You really need to ‘Log Off’.

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For those with a TV Fetch box, Dirty Harry (1971) is on the free Movie Box. Lalo Schifrin’s suspenseful score anchors Inspector Harry Callaghan’s hunt for psycho killer Scorpio through a post-Summer of Love & pre-BART San Francisco. Cable cars & PCCs feature.

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Played through a solo game of @HBuchanan2’s Flashpoint South China Sea in a shade over 90 minutes. The game system kept China in the game right to the end, where a run of US scoring edged them out. #FSCSGame is a great game! Thanks @gmtgames for publishing.

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@JDwritesalot Please despair on the state of Australian Journalism. The Nein newspaper in Sydney also ran a similar story with the Harbour Bridge as the strawman. Results were the same.

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Tell me you’ve been a war gamer since the 1980s without telling me you’ve been a wargamer since the 80s.

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@JDwritesalot @BigChrisDid Unfortunately can’t see the OP @JDwritesalot .

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@teasmithau That oil is *not* hot enough, no wonder it’s sodden with oil.

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The exceptional Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - starring Matthew @MrHolness, Matt Berry (@porksmith), @AliceLowe & @RichardAyoade - started on television 20 years ago today.

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