Warrior Ancient and Medieval Rules

Ewan,

Hope this was either a pun on your part or a friendly jab;-) You do
know that Bill attended Harvard and graduated Summa, right? He
puts a lot of us to shame, present company excepted of course
Don't let his seemingly benign questions fool you, Bill is a brilliant
man and Warrior player. He can't seem to get past playing these greek
armies tho.... LOL Now, if he fields Greek Byzantines and can get
the 'hang' of cavalry, we will all be asking him tactics questions! :-)

Chris Tebo

--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, ewan.mcnay@... wrote:
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> On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 hrisikos@... wrote:
> > I am not a game designer. As an academic, I do confess to trying
to prove
> > how smart I am more than most people, but I try to be careful about it
> > since I fear embarrassment more than I crave respect .
>
> Ah, what a lesser University can do...
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> > As you say, much of this is just human nature and the nature of this
> > imperfect medium of communication. However, I (personally, just
me) would
> > never think to ask Parker Brothers why the Monopoly guy wears a
monacle or
> > why BOTH Community Chest and Chance have board spaces. Just as I would
> > never write Avalon Hill to ask why they use a hex-grid map rather
than a
> > checkerboard or why the counters are square instead of round, or
why the
> > Herman Goering division in Anzio has an attack factor of 7 instead
of 5.
>
> That latter - well, check out talk.consimworld.com sometime .
More like
> "why doesn't goering start at 7 in '39, fall to 3 during the period
in '41
> when he was sick, then come back to 5 as eastern front veterans were
added
> but lower to 4 or 3.5 when they lost the tea-fields of India that he
> favoured?"
>
>
>
> > is or should be. At some point if we don't all agree that a
touchdown is
> > worth six points or that only the goalkeeper may use his hands, we
will
> > never have a real Super Bowl or World Cup. Again, that is just me
and my
>
> A 'real' Super Bowl. Hmm. Now there's a concept. OK, OK, I'm a little
> bored here. But England managed to square the India series - pretty
> impressive.
>
> ***
>
> OK, OK, on topic. Scott/Bill's notes on the lists are remarkable,
even to
> a schmuck like me with negative historical knowledge. Something similar
> for the rules would be great, but it's a different environment, and I
> suspect that such notes would probably cause more annoyance than they
> would assuage in terms of provoking disagreement on philosophy and/or
> conclusions. Personally, I honestly only care whether the Roman foot
> fights one or six ranks as far as it affects the range of viable armies
> and tactics; any resemblence to reality is purely a bonus .
>

[Bill Chriss]

--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, "ancientsgamer" <christebo@...>
wrote:
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> Ewan,
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> Hope this was either a pun on your part or a friendly jab;-)


Yes. Of course it was. Ewan and I have been doing the East Coast
version of the Texas v. Texas A&M thing for quite some time now
We have even spoken of doing an exhibition match in tuxes or
graduation gowns, and if I am eliminated as quickly from the NICT
this year as I expect, and if he is somehow unlucky, we might get to
do it!


You do
> know that Bill attended Harvard and graduated Summa, right? ;-)

You credit me too much, Chris. I have never been summa at anything.
But thanks for the kudos. You are quite right about my playing
style. I am scared of little metal horses. They always get me in
trouble on the tabletop.


-Greek

[Ewan McNay]

hrisikos8 wrote:
>>Hope this was either a pun on your part or a friendly jab;-)

I try not to insult people accidentally .

> Yes. Of course it was. Ewan and I have been doing the East Coast
> version of the Texas v. Texas A&M thing for quite some time now
> We have even spoken of doing an exhibition match in tuxes or
> graduation gowns, and if I am eliminated as quickly from the NICT
> this year as I expect, and if he is somehow unlucky, we might get to
> do it!

I thought that the latest iteration was me in kilt w/ Scots vs. you in
chiton with the Greeks? But anything that gets me a better return on
investment on that silly graduation hat is a good thing.

I just put the NICT into ink on the calendar. Who needs tenure anyway?

e

[Ewan McNay]

Could be worse - biomed science-stuff basically mandates, these days, at
least four years or so of postdoc penury before one can be considered for
a real job. I got lucky and managed to at least get some grants to make
it less penurious.

hrisikos@... wrote:

>>I just put the NICT into ink on the calendar. Who needs tenure anyway?
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> Me too. However, I am behind you on the tenure track. I just accepted a
> doctoral fellowship in History at UT Austin because it has become apparent
> that I must get the mytho-magical Ph.D. to get a real academic job, and
> that four other graduate degrees will not be enough.
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> -Greek
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[Bill Chriss]

> I just put the NICT into ink on the calendar. Who needs tenure anyway?
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Me too. However, I am behind you on the tenure track. I just accepted a
doctoral fellowship in History at UT Austin because it has become apparent
that I must get the mytho-magical Ph.D. to get a real academic job, and
that four other graduate degrees will not be enough.

-Greek

[Bill Chriss]

> Could be worse - biomed science-stuff basically mandates, these days, at
> least four years or so of postdoc penury before one can be considered for
> a real job. I got lucky and managed to at least get some grants to make
> it less penurious.
>
>

Wow. it is nough to make one wonder why we are doing this. In my case, at
least History allows me some legitimate excuse to paint toy soldiers!

Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the Harvard
liberal arts guy.

-Greek

[Dave Smith]

'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the Harvard
liberal arts guy.'

-Greek



<DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas State
of the East? Just curious.

Dave

[Jeff Zorn]

Nope, they refer to Harvard as the Berkeley of the East.
JZ (classes of 76, 00, 03 and 93)

At 01:05 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
>'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the Harvard
>liberal arts guy.'
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>-Greek
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><DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas State
>of the East? Just curious.
>
>Dave

[Ewan McNay]

I think Berkeley is accurately termed the UVa of the West; but Harvard is
I believe commonly referred to as 'that colonial institution in the other
Cambridge.'

Jeff Zorn wrote:

> Nope, they refer to Harvard as the Berkeley of the East.
> JZ (classes of 76, 00, 03 and 93)
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> At 01:05 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
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>>'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the Harvard
>>liberal arts guy.'
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>>-Greek
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>><DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas State
>>of the East? Just curious.
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>>Dave
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[scott holder]

This is cracking me up. Relating to this thread, CU (Univ of
Colorado, Boulder) is referred to as "Berkeley of the Rockies" or
it's more accurate name, SkiU.

And I think we've had a Yale vs Harvard game before in Warrior if
Bill Low and Ewan have met at one time or another.

And remember, All Dirt Roads Lead To Tech.

scott
CU, Class 83 and 85

--- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, Ewan McNay <ewan.mcnay@...>
wrote:
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> I think Berkeley is accurately termed the UVa of the West; but
Harvard is
> I believe commonly referred to as 'that colonial institution in
the other
> Cambridge.'
>
> Jeff Zorn wrote:
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> > Nope, they refer to Harvard as the Berkeley of the East.
> > JZ (classes of 76, 00, 03 and 93)
> >
> > At 01:05 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
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> >>'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the
Harvard
> >>liberal arts guy.'
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> >>-Greek
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> >><DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas
State
> >>of the East? Just curious.
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> >>Dave
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[Ewan McNay]

irobot00 wrote:

> This is cracking me up. Relating to this thread, CU (Univ of
> Colorado, Boulder) is referred to as "Berkeley of the Rockies" or
> it's more accurate name, SkiU.
>
> And I think we've had a Yale vs Harvard game before in Warrior if
> Bill Low and Ewan have met at one time or another.

Oh, a time or two .

Back in the UK, I used to play both wargaming (yes, that was a recognised
team sport!) and bridge for the university of Sheffield. We took great
pride in making Oxford or Cambridge drag their noble selves up to
Yorkshire to get beaten .

> Could be worse - biomed science-stuff basically mandates, these days,
at
> least four years or so of postdoc penury before one can be considered
for
> a real job. I got lucky and managed to at least get some grants to
make
> it less penurious.
>
>




Yep, it's the same in my area (population genetics). If you
want to teach in a small university/college you can sometimes get away
with a couple of years of postdoctoral work and 2-3 more years of
temporary/adjunct teaching (at slave wages). Of course if you want to go
for a research one institution you can do the 4 years of postdoctoral
work and forget about all of that teaching crap....it's just a
distraction from the important stuff anyway right .





Paul Wilson



P.S. I'm a product of Washington University the "Harvard of the
Midwest". Of course if you Google "Harvard of the Midwest" you get more
than 500 hits that include just about every university in the Midwest so
make of that what you will :-)



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[Bill Chriss]

These are all excellent suggestions. Now I know why Bill Low and I get
along so well I should have figured that one out before. To actually
answer the original question, I believe it was Ann Arbor that started all
this. The first t-shirt of this ilk that I remember seeing was worn by my
Roman law professor, Charles Donahue, and it read: 'Harvard, Michigan of
the East.' From my perspective, of course, it is the Texas of the East
(with a somewhat less prestigious athletics program).

-Greek






> This is cracking me up. Relating to this thread, CU (Univ of
> Colorado, Boulder) is referred to as "Berkeley of the Rockies" or
> it's more accurate name, SkiU.
>
> And I think we've had a Yale vs Harvard game before in Warrior if
> Bill Low and Ewan have met at one time or another.
>
> And remember, All Dirt Roads Lead To Tech.
>
> scott
> CU, Class 83 and 85
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> --- In WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com, Ewan McNay <ewan.mcnay@...>
> wrote:
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>> I think Berkeley is accurately termed the UVa of the West; but
> Harvard is
>> I believe commonly referred to as 'that colonial institution in
> the other
>> Cambridge.'
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>> Jeff Zorn wrote:
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>> > Nope, they refer to Harvard as the Berkeley of the East.
>> > JZ (classes of 76, 00, 03 and 93)
>> >
>> > At 01:05 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
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>> >>'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the
> Harvard
>> >>liberal arts guy.'
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>> >>-Greek
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>> >><DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas
> State
>> >>of the East? Just curious.
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[joncleaves]

Ok, Lesser university squad. let it go, please.

J

-----Original Message-----
From: Ewan McNay <ewan.mcnay@...>
To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:13:11 -0500
Subject: Re: [WarriorRules] Re: Lesser Universities


I think Berkeley is accurately termed the UVa of the West; but Harvard is
I believe commonly referred to as 'that colonial institution in the other
Cambridge.'

Jeff Zorn wrote:

> Nope, they refer to Harvard as the Berkeley of the East.
> JZ (classes of 76, 00, 03 and 93)
>
> At 01:05 PM 3/27/2006, you wrote:
>
>>'Perhaps we will meet in the NICT. The Yale scientist vs. the Harvard
>>liberal arts guy.'
>>
>>-Greek
>>
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>><DS> Greek, is it true that they refer to Harvard as the Kansas State
>>of the East? Just curious.
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>>Dave
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[joncleaves]

Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear. Please end the thread on universities or take it
elsewhere. Thanks for your support!

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Wilson <pwilson@...>
To: WarriorRules@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:52:07 -0500
Subject: RE: [WarriorRules] Re: Lesser Universities




> Could be worse - biomed science-stuff basically mandates, these days,
at
> least four years or so of postdoc penury before one can be considered
for
> a real job. I got lucky and managed to at least get some grants to
make
> it less penurious.
>
>




Yep, it's the same in my area (population genetics). If you
want to teach in a small university/college you can sometimes get away
with a couple of years of postdoctoral work and 2-3 more years of
temporary/adjunct teaching (at slave wages). Of course if you want to go
for a research one institution you can do the 4 years of postdoctoral
work and forget about all of that teaching crap....it's just a
distraction from the important stuff anyway right .





Paul Wilson



P.S. I'm a product of Washington University the "Harvard of the
Midwest". Of course if you Google "Harvard of the Midwest" you get more
than 500 hits that include just about every university in the Midwest so
make of that what you will :-)



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