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Terrorism as Tourism?

Just wondered how others might view this new offering on ‘experiences’: https://www.virginexperiencedays.co.uk/product/gunpowder-plot-experience-for-two-adults-two-children-peak?utm_campaign=1142818_2022-05-20_bau_gunpowder_plot&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Acorne%20Limited%20T%2FA%20Virgin%20Experience%20Days&dm_i=4SXJ,OHSY,2EZT8J,2ZVF9,1 I suppose as someone long interested in mass slaughter (i.e. warfare) I am perhaps least morally able to comment, but it does seem a bit bloody bizarre! At least it comes with a ‘Family Package’… What next, though – ‘The 9-11 Day Out […]

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The road to a liberal democracy – Brian Cameron

A few thoughts on aspects I’d be considering if I were designing a game on this topic. I’m wondering whether this needs to be a ‘gamey’ approach, not ‘real life’ – we could argue forever about the current state of play and how and why we got here and whether it’s good or bad.  When […]

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Preview: The Wedding Gift

General Briefing for The Wedding Gift The Wedding Gift is a classic committee game for up to seven players. It is set in a fantasy world with approximately 16th/17th century levels of technology (less gunpowder and with a bit of real divinity that manifests itself very subtly). The King of a nearby nation (Dael Riata) […]

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Virtual CLWG: Tip 1 Joining Virtual CLWG by Deborah Southwell

For many of us, participating in a virtual CLWG is a new experience. These general tips are offered as points to assist all of us to participate in the sessions smoothly. Your CLWG time and space at home Try to find a quiet space. Let others you live with know you are in an online […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period: The Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) (2001 – ongoing)

  GWOT: Afghanistan (2001-2014) Kajaki (2014) (Jon Casey) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3622120/?ref_=vp_back Kajaki Dam 2006. A company of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. A dried-out riverbed, and under every step the possibility of an anti-personnel mine. A mine that could cost you your leg – or your life.   Bluestone 42 (TV Series) (Jim Wallman) […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period: 1992 AD – 2021AD

  Also see Movies: Contemporary Period: Global War on Terror (GWOT) 2001 – ongoing Bosnia and Herzegovina War (1992-83) No Man’s Land (2001) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283509/?ref_=ttls_li_tt Bosnia and Herzegovina during at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period 1954-1967

  Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) L’ennemi intime (Intimate enemies) 2007) (Jaap Boender) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825248/ A drama following a French platoon during Algeria’s war of independence.   The Congo Crisis (1961) The Siege of Jadotville (2016) (Jaap Boender) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3922798/?ref_=ttls_li_tt Congo. Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a standoff with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries.   Six-Day […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period: Vietnam War 1955-75 and First Indochina War 1946-54

  First Indochina War 1946-54 The Quiet American (2002) (Deborah Southwell) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258068/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 An old British reporter vies with a young U.S. doctor for the affections of a beautiful Vietnamese woman   Vietnam War 1955-75   Go tell the Spartans (1978) (Philip Middleton) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077617/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period: Korean War (1950-1953)

  Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite (2016) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4939066/?ref_=ttls_li_tt A team of spies is sent into Incheon to gain intelligence on North Korean positions ahead of the invasion by UN forces.   A Hill in Korea (1956) (Jon Casey) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049302/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 1951 During the Korean War retreat in 1951, a small British recon group is surrounded by […]

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Movies: Contemporary Period: Cold War 1947-1991

  Strategic Air Command (1955) (Mukel Patel) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.   Fail Safe (1964) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted? […]

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