HT1… You sonnofabitch! :-D :-D Been dreaming about this game for a while my friend. Despite the piles of HBG plastic at my house, I have reorganized my AA50 game into the finest that WOTC has to offer! I have taken all the best plastic and paper and put into one box. Thankfully I have piles of HBG plastic at my house so I can play G40 and GW39. See you on the battlefield! No doubt pics and AARs to follow.
Movies to watch while playing AA
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Big Red 1
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Zulu!!!
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Das Boot.
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how bout Dazed & Confused? the Doors? something with good music in it. when we play i dont watch as much as listen. usually i’m too busy getting my butt kicked… :x
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The Battle of Britain
The Dambusters
633 Squadron
Kelly’s heroes
Anzio
Where eagles dare -
Just Zulu! its a 1960’s movie. Everyone Needs to Watch it!
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Oh Yea, movies great choices,
If I am Japan, then
, Tora, Tora Tora, In Harm’s way, Midway, Sand Pebbles ( not sure why, )
TV-show-Ba Ba BlacksheepIf I am Germany,
Das Boot, Longest Day, Sink the Bismarck, Battle of the Bulge, Stalag 18, Where Eagles Dare, The enemy below, TV show-CombatAllies,
Kelly’s Heroes, Dirty Dozen, Great Escape, Bridge too Far, Guns of Navarrone, Patton, Mini-Series Band of Brothers, Tv show-Desert RatsTheir are many more of course,
but what a good table setter these movies and Tv series make. -
Just Zulu! its a 1960’s movie. Everyone Needs to Watch it!
I know that’s why I put the little devil smile at the end of my post.
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Imperious Leader '17 '16 '15 Organizer '14 Customizer '13 '12 '11 '10last edited by Mar 14, 2009, 12:14 AM
I like that movie. Micheal Caine and that other bloke did quite well. Lots of tension and the end was cool.
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I second Band of Brothers. What a great miniseries. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now.
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“Don’t you throw… that ruddy spear… at me…” fires service revolver into face of attacking Zulu…
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Zulu dies…. 120 take his place… Lets see you fire again.
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We generally have military marches from the time period playing in the background. If you ste i up right the music even matches up with the turns pretty much.
See this thread for some links.
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Zulu dies…. 120 take his place… Lets see you fire again.
BANG!!
“Don’t you throw… that ruddy spear… at me!”
*Runs Zulu through with sabre while reloading service revolver one handed… using special technique taught to a few high ranking English officers…"
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Hehe. I second the choice of Das Boot. It is both funny and scary when the silence breaks with a really loud, really desperate whisper in german. Especially when everybody sucks at german.
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Das Boot.
Easily. Creates a great gaming atmosphere. It’s dull and monotonous enough that it seeps into the background as random noise and chatter. There’s also no monotone narrative to listen to (which is what you want to avoid). U
Unlike other war films, which are distracting, this movie isn’t filled with explosions and shootouts. The movie is long enough (I use the 5 hour director’s cut edition) that it can be played during a game of A&A without looping. Most of all it’s in German, which again, sets the mood.
Sometimes I just use the opening screen for Medal of Honor – that works well too.
I’ll also nominate Downfall, for similar reasons as Das Boot. Plus a lot of it takes place in a war room.
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More Zulu’s come! Mahahaaha :evil:
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I run a game group and we try to do themes. Eg: We play Samurai Swords (shogun) and have Saki and Japanese strings in the background.
When it is my turn to pick a game I set the AAA theme with WORLD AT WAR doc running on the TV (mute) and a mix of 40’s music and GI JIVE radio broadcasts.
I know it sounds strange but it makes for a great game day.
FYI: if you want to find these old wartime radio shows check here:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=GI%20Jive%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio -
When Lions Roard
This movie lets you see and feel the struggles the Allies had to put up with in WWII.
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