Today, upon checking my bloglist, I stumbled along the posts put up by Ray and Fran from the Rejects and found it would be a good idea to answer the questions, on games and other things they put up on their blogs. So here we go:
1. Favourite Wargaming period and why?
Damn, the first question is a hard one right away! Well if you put a gun against my head I'd say Napoleonics, Peninsular War mainly. (Now if I were allowed to make a top 3 I'd be: 1 Napoleonics, 2 WW1, 3 7YW).
2. Next period, money no object?
Well the "money no object" is the key word here! I once saw an add for Front Rank mini's in the WI and immediately wanted to have one of their armies. Their gallery shows all kinds of excellent eye-candy. I would probably go for either a British Peninsular Army or a British 7YW army from them. I think it's the way they present their armies and the level of painting.
3. Favourite 5 films?
Like everybody else I could make an endless list of decent films but let's do what the Old Guys have asked and list only 5:
- The Empire Strikes Back! (Hoth Battle Rules!)
- Tron Legagcy; brilliant sequal to the original Tron and what a great soundtrack (which I'll put on right now as a matter of fact!)
- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, another great soundtrack...
- Waterloo
- Transformers 1, yeah I know loads of you hate it but I like it, lots of really funny puns and references to the old series!
4. Favourite 5 TV series?
Ah another hard one...
- ANZACS the series, great for getting to understand the Great War as far as possible from TV.
- Blackadder!
- Battle Star Galactica, the old series
- Allo'Allo and Ain't Half That Hot Mum: I just love the characters!
- Nikita, the new series
5. Favourite book and author?
Bit of a dilemma this one: the best book ever written is obviously "The Lord of the Rings" but the Best Author alive is, and I agree fully with Fran here, Terry Pratchett!
6. Greatest General? Can’t count yourself!!
No-brainer: The Iron Duke Rules!
7. Favourite Wargames rules?
Another poser this one: I am torn between the latest version of Battletech and Black Powder; for versatility's sake I will go with the latter: Black Powder!
8. Favourite Sport and team?
I really do not give a toss about any kind of sport or team! REALLY NONE! I played squash/ racket ball a lot but not competitively, rather to keep moving and in shape. Now since I have arthritis I am not allowed to do impact sports any more, which leaves swimming and cycling... both I'd rather not do as a sport but for fun.
9. If you had a only use once time machine, when and where would you go?
10. Last meal on Death Row?
"The Chef's Secret" a surprise 2 person dish from our local Greek Restaurant, you can wake me up in the middle of the night for it any time.
11. Fantasy relationship and why?
The wife isn't reading this blog right? Oh well, it's a fantasy anyway so, I think I'd go for... oh feck how am I supposed to choose?
12. If your life were a movie, who would play you?
Well let's see, I am not athletic nor good with any guns, so action-films or War Films are off! Oh for the hell of it: Mister Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, hey I have a really large place and get the girl in the end without dying a horrible senseless death!
13. Favourite Comic Superhero?
Ah, here in the Netherlands there's not that big a "superhero-thingamabop" as else in the Anglo-Saxon world, we have comics but they are more or less like Asterix and Obelix, Tintin or Spike and Suzy. at least we had when I was young. That said; I always loved the really old Batman series, with the BANG and POW and KAZAMMM's and Robin going "jeepers-creepers-Batman" all over the place. So Batman it is.
14. Favourite Military quote?
"Nuts!" says it all right?
15. Historical destination to visit?
Los Arapiles near Salamanca, Spain
16. Biggest Wargaming regret?
Living a country apart from Albert-Martijn who introduced me to proper wargaming and who I now see far too little! So here's to you mate; cheers!
17. Favourite Fantasy job?
You know I really think I have that already...
18. Favourite Song, Top 5?
1) Pay the Man by the Offspring
2) smells like teen spirit by Nirvana
3) Aerials by System of a Down
4) Have you ever seen the rain by CCR
5) Arrival to Earth by Steve Jablonsky
All conjectural, it may change by tomorrow...
19. Favourite Wargaming Moment?
In one of the first Black Powder games I played there came a moment I realised that I was actually able to fight according to my pre-battle plan and was winning. I have never ever had that experience before so it was great!
There also was a moment in a 40K game way back when my Imperial Guard hat shot about everything it had at a Tyranid Carnifex and failed to take it's final wound. All that I had left was one Guardsman armed with...a lasgun. So I rolled the die, it came up a hit, I needed a 6 to wound, it came up a six, the Carnifex needed a 2+ to save the wound, it rolled a 1... "Tyranid Claws are Flimsey!" I still lost the game but was in a happy-state all through the massacre anyway.
20. The miserable Git question, what upsets you?
Oh heaps of things:
- people chewing their cutlery: it's the FOOD you wanna chew!
- people putting their MP3-players on LOUD in the train or bus so I can hear what they're listening over my own music
And so on, you know I won't go there let's keep this more or less positive,
answer the questions for yourself here they are:
answer the questions for yourself here they are:
1. Favourite Wargaming period and why?
2. Next period, money no object?
3. Favourite 5 films?
4. Favourite 5 TV series?
5. Favourite book and author?
6. Greatest General? Can’t count yourself!!
7. Favourite Wargames rules?
8. Favourite Sport and team?
9. If you had a only use once time machine, when and where would you go?
10. Last meal on Death Row?
11. Fantasy relationship and why?
12. If your life were a movie, who would play you?
13. Favourite Comic Superhero?
14. Favourite Military quote?
15. Historical destination to visit?
16. Biggest Wargaming regret?
17. Favourite Fantasy job?
18. Favourite Song, Top 5?
19. Favourite Wargaming Moment?
20. The miserable Git question, what upsets you?
Cheers Sander
Listening to: "Tron Legacy Soundtrack" by Daft Punk
