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[Gaming scene] Any active duty military here

Started by Sacrosanct, July 31, 2012, 05:56:23 PM

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July 31, 2012, 05:56:23 PM
It's been almost 20 years since I was in the military, and I'm curious to know what the gaming scene/availability is currently, particularly in those areas that are overseas (Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc).

When I was in, there was a bookstore that carried D&D and some Vampire stuff, but that was it.  Does AAFES still carry gaming stuff?  And do soldiers still game?  I was surprised by how many of us were gamers--higher than the general population I'd guess.

What about deployed?  Do you have time to get your fix in when on deployment?

Thanks in advance.
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July 31, 2012, 07:18:05 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;566970It's been almost 20 years since I was in the military, and I'm curious to know what the gaming scene/availability is currently, particularly in those areas that are overseas (Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc).

When I was in, there was a bookstore that carried D&D and some Vampire stuff, but that was it.  Does AAFES still carry gaming stuff?  And do soldiers still game?  I was surprised by how many of us were gamers--higher than the general population I'd guess.

I'm not in the military, but when we released Diaspora we immediately got a request for a PDF version for use by a US unit deployed in Afghanistan as they were bored with the games already on site. So I know at least one group was playing FATE games. Later we shipped hardcopies to some Canadians as part of a tabletop gaming package.

I suspect the gaming is going strong.

Panzerkraken

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July 31, 2012, 07:32:31 PM
AAFES in korea still had some gaming stuff the last time I was over there, which was 2009, but it was mostly D20 and a little 4e stuff.

Here in Afghanistan now, at my site there's not much going on, but I overheard some people at BAF talking about their game the last time I stopped in, so statistically, there must be a lot if I can hear about it in a couple hour passthrough.

Back in the rear, most my my game group was or is in.  Of the base 5 of us that have been around for the last 10 years or so, three of us are still active.
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Sacrosanct

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July 31, 2012, 08:09:21 PM
Quote from: Panzerkraken;566994AAFES in korea still had some gaming stuff the last time I was over there, which was 2009, but it was mostly D20 and a little 4e stuff.

Here in Afghanistan now, at my site there's not much going on, but I overheard some people at BAF talking about their game the last time I stopped in, so statistically, there must be a lot if I can hear about it in a couple hour passthrough.

Back in the rear, most my my game group was or is in.  Of the base 5 of us that have been around for the last 10 years or so, three of us are still active.


So you're in Afghanistan now?  Not to go off topic, but do you have an address so I can send a care package?  I was in the process anyway, but this just makes it easy.  At least I would know it would go to gamers.
D&D is not an "everyone gets a ribbon" game.  If you\'re stupid, your PC will die.  If you\'re an asshole, your PC will die (probably from the other PCs).  If you\'re unlucky, your PC may die.  Point?  PC\'s die.  Get over it and roll up a new one.

Panzerkraken

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July 31, 2012, 11:14:08 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;567015So you're in Afghanistan now?  Not to go off topic, but do you have an address so I can send a care package?  I was in the process anyway, but this just makes it easy.  At least I would know it would go to gamers.

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Panzerkraken

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August 01, 2012, 01:06:19 AM
Back on the main topic, there's some support for it while deployed as well.  When I was over here in 2002, I organized a large group game in my company that had the BC and CSM's support, we even played in the Task Force conference room after hours.  

They appreciated that we were doing something more... stimulating?  than sitting around the tents bitching about the food.  With nothing else to do, there were a lot of people who never expressed any interest in gaming in the rear who took part in a twice weekly game.  That was when Kandahar was just a collection of bombed-out buildings and tents, so I'm sure there's still a healthy set of gamers when there's better facilities available.
Si vous n'opposez point aux ordres de croire l'impossible l'intelligence que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit, vous ne devez point opposer aux ordres de malfaire la justice que Dieu a mise dans votre coeur. Une faculté de votre âme étant une fois tyrannisée, toutes les autres facultés doivent l'être également.
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