Tally-Ho Corner HQ is feeling decidedly Spring-like at the moment. The lilacs in the dooryard are in full bloom, there are bouncing bunnies on the lawn, and a moment ago, for the first time in around eight months, a little wooden bird emerged from the office cuckoo clock and loudly questioned my sanity.
At first glance the two circles in the flight game – puzzle game Venn diagram appear to touch rather than overlap. However, peer closely and there is in fact a common sliver – a common sliver populated by novel noodle warmers such as The Airflow Trials.
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
If you knew nothing about The Troubles, could you learn about them through Johan Nagel’s new £10 wargame? At the risk of splintering my arse by fence sitting, “Yes and no”.
Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers.
WW2 combat fatigue and 1980s sectarian violence aren’t the best anxiolytics. While my current unwind aid of choice, aerofly RC, generally gets the job done, tonight, for a change, I’m going to let this £10 ramble-em-up cleanse my cranium before bedtime.
I spent most of yesterday evening issuing orders to men dressed head to foot in Disruptive Pattern Material. After a couple of absorbing hours in 1980s Northern Ireland I headed to 1980s West Germany, and – courtesy of Armored Brigade 2 – choreographed a gripping Chieftain- and Harrier-supported assault on a Soviet-held village. Said assault went swimmingly right up until the moment it didn’t.
Smaller maps, slightly streamlined logistics, and more liberal sector rules should mean Every Single Soldier’s latest COIN title is less likely to overwhelm and weary work-shy wargamers than its predecessor.