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What I Did in 2001


I never seem to have as much time as I'd like to update this website. Part of the problem is that I spend too much time staring at the air; the other side of the problem is that I'm doing this stuff:

Games Played

No computer games (Civ2 & kids games) or design time counted.

Title# games# wins



Attila 2 0
Backgammon 1 0
Battleline 1 0
Battleship 2 0
Blue vs Grey 1 0
Caesar & Cleopatra1 1
Candyland 2 0
Carabande 2 2
Carcasonne 1 0
Clifford's Birthday Party2 0
Clue Jr. 4 0
Corsairs 1 0
Dogfight 2 1
Dungeon Game, the 2 0
Franklin 8 2
Gin Rummy 6 4
Go Fish 4 1
Green Eggs & Ham 1 0
Kerplunk 2 1
Kid's Charades 4 1
Lord of the Rings 17 8
Lord of the Rings: The Search11
Madeleine 14 5
Maisy 2 0
Mille Bournes 1 1
Montgolfiere 16 8
Mousetrap 1 0
Mystic Wood 2 0
Pretty Pretty Princess7 2
Republic of Rome (Rise of Rome scenario)2 0
Samurai (Knizia) 4 0
Score Four 1 1
Settlers of Catan 6 5
Situation 7 2 2
Sorry 1 0
Spite & Malice 6 3
Suds 3 2
Thinkblots 1 1
Totaler Krieg! 1 0
Uno 2 0
Zero! (Down in Flames #3)2 0

Models Built

Fokker Dr.I (Eduard), von Richthofen's 152/17
Albatros D.Va (Eduard), Max Näther, Jasta 62
Fokker E.IV (ICM), representative
Albatros D.II (Pegasus), Lts Breitenberth/Hanstein, Jasta 16b
Pfalz D.III (MAC), Lt Alfred Lenz, Jasta 22

Books Read

Beowulf tr. Seamus Heaney
The Ginger Man JP Donleavy
Which Lie Did I Tell? William Goldman
Oxford Illustrated History of the First World War various
Goodbye to All That Robert Graves
Sagittarius Rising Cecil Lewis (2nd time)
Aeroplanes of the Royal Aircraft Factory Paul Hare
The Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester
Comics and Sequential Art Will Eisner
Warfare in Roman Europe AS 350-425 Hugh Elton
Pfalz Aircraft of World War I Jack Herris
The Swordbearers Correlli Barnett
Suspects Thomas Berger
Fokker Aircraft of World War One Paul Leaman
The Pity of War Niall Ferguson
The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart
Three Wings for the Red Baron Leon Bennett
U.S.S. New Ironsides William Roberts
Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron Peter Kilduff
The Hobbit JRR Tolkien (aloud, umpteenth time)
The Lord of the Rings JRRT again, umpty-umpth time
The White House Mess Christopher Buckley
The Hollow Hills Mary Stewart
Adventures in the Screen Trade William Goldman
The Last Enchantment Mary Stewart
The Nibelungenlied tr. A. T. Hatto
The Wicked Day Mary Stewart
MacAuslan in the Rough George Macdonald Fraser (2nd time)
The Smithsonian Institution Gore Vidal
Morgoth's Ring JRR Tolkien (sort of)
Invention by Design Henry Petroski
Family Business Vincent Patrick
The Demon-Haunted World Carl Sagan
Little Big Man Thomas Berger
The End of Order: Versailles 1919 Charles L. Mee Jr.
Graham Crackers Compiled by Jim Yoakum.
The Last Kaiser Tyler Whittle
Unexplained Mysteries of World War II William Breuer
The Return of Little Big Man Thomas Berger
Eagle Against the Sun Ronald Spector
1918: The Last Act Barrie Pitt
Fenwick Travers and the Years of Empire Raymond Saunders
The Zeppelin in Combat Douglas Robinson
Miracle at Midway Gordon Prange
The Last Empire (essays by) Gore Vidal
Incredible Victory Walter Lord
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling
Reinventing Comics Scott McCloud
Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone J. K. Rowling (aloud, 2nd time)

Other Stuff

A bout with pleurisy & pneumonia (fun! fun! fun!)
Townsend Family Reunion in Edisto Beach
Terrorist attacks make personal illness seem rather unimportant
Ending Weight: 200 lbs even -- it's diet time

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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