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What I Did in 2007


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 (Civ2/3 & kids games) or design time counted.

Title# games# wins



Battleship 5 5
Bohnanza 2 0
Cartagena 3 2
Cribbage 9 8
Empire of the Sun 1 1
Formula Motor Racing 1 0
Fluxx 6 2
Guess Who 8 1
Heroscape 3 2
Kahuna 1 0
Life 1 1
Lord of the Rings: Maggot's Farm10
Magic: The Gathering 5 2
Mississippi Queen 3 2
Montgolfiere 7 3
Oceania 2 1
Order of the Stick 1 1
Quoridor 2 0
Pirate's Dice 5 2
Rome: Imperium 1 1
Settlers of Catan Card Game1 1
Quoridor 6 2
Samurai 2 1
Shear Panic 3 1
Wiz War 1 0
Yu-Gi-Oh 7 6

Models Built

High Elves: Captain, Banner Bearer
The Shire: Pippin of Gondor, Merry of Rohan, 6 Ruffians, Frodo + Sam + Merry + Pippin (unarmed conversions), Merry + Pippin riding Treebeard, Sharkey, Worm
Rohan: Erkenbrand (ft + mtd), Captain (ft + mtd), Banner Bearer (ft + mtd), 1 Civilian
Gondor: 24 Warriors of Minas Tirith, MT Captain, MT Banner Bearer, Knight Bannerman, 9 Citadel Guard, Faramir (ranger), Damrod, 6 Rangers
Mordor: Ringwraith on Fell Beast, Witch King (RotK), orc captain, orc banner bearer, 24 orcs
Misc: Gandalf the White (ft + mtd), Gandalf the Grey (Khazad-dum), Aragorn (Weathertop), 5 Warg Riders
Terrain: Cabbage Patch, Burned Rohan house

Books Read

History of No 10 Squadron RNAS M. Westrop
Understanding Comics S. McCloud (again)
Three Wings for the Red Baron L. Bennett (again)
Jutland 1916 C. London
Midway 1942 M. Healy
The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part I L. Gonick
Somme 1 July 1916 A. Robertshaw
Incredible Victory W. Lord (again)
Shattered Sword Parshall & Tully (again)
The Rules of the Game A. Gordon
Truckers T. Prachett
Carrier Clash E. Hammel
Kaigun Evans & Peattie (again)
The Complete McAuslan G. M. Fraser
The Third Chimpanzee J. Diamond
Combined Fleet Decoded J. Prados
A Canticle for Leibowitz W. Miller Jr
The Thunderbolt Kid B. Bryson
The Order of the Stick: Dungeon-Crawlin' Fools R. Burlew (again)
Command & Communication Frictions in the Gettysburg Campaign P. Cole
Love in the Time of Cholera G. G. Marquez
Linguistic Reconstruction A. Fox
Good Omens Gaiman & Pratchett
From Cape Charles to Cape Fear R. Browning Jr.
Conquest: The Roman Invasion of Britain J. Peddie
All the Kaiser's Men I. Passingham
Clash of the Carriers B. Tillman
OotS: Dungeon Crawlin' Fools R. Burlew (Nth time)
OotS: On the Origin of PCs R. Burlew (Nth time)
OotS: No Cure for the Paladin Blues R. Burlew (Nth time)
The First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign J. Lundstrom
The First Team J. Lundstrom
Bait and Switch B. Ehrenreich (again)
British Mark IV Tank D. Fletcher
The Children of Hurin J.R.R. Tolkien (mostly)
The Dark Knight Returns F. Miller (again)
The Dark Knight Strikes Again F. Miller (again)
Pyrrhic Victory R. Doughty
Paths of Glory A. Clayton
Rules of Play Salen and Zimmerman
This Wheel's on Fire L. Helm (nth time)
OotS: Start of Darkness R. Burlew
Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows J.K. Rowling
Who is Teddy Villanova? T. Berger
The Family Trade C. Stross
Made in America B. Bryson
Last Call T. Powers
Le Morte D'Arthur T. Mallory (translation)
Arthur Rex T. Berger (nth)
Crime and Punishment F. Dostoyevsky
Collapse J. Diamond
Krakatoa S. Winchester
Everyman P. Roth
On Literature U. Eco
Foucault's Pendulum U. Eco (nth time)
Baudolino U. Eco
The Demolished Man A. Bester
Watchmen A. Moore
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Lloana U. Eco
The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis
Catch-22 J. Heller
I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets F. Hanks
Tom Strong A. Moore (etc)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen A. Moore (etc)
The Stuff of Thought S. Pinker
More Ripping Yarns Palin & Jones

Other Stuff

New Year's at the Kenten's. Kids bedtime 1:00, asleep around 3:00, parents around 3:30. Kids awoke around 8:00.
Piano recital for both kids
Michelle's first Strings concert
Michelle and Lori visit Savannah with the Girl Scouts
EdCon XIV w/Michelle; Jeffrey skips for a basketball game, scores 19 points
Jeffrey's basketball team (yellow) makes it to 2nd round playoffs
Jeffrey goes to basketball all-stars
Jeffrey spends a night on a submarine w/Boy Scouts
Spring Festival for both kids on piano; Michelle has difficult time with 2nd piece
Michelle and I spend a night on a submarine w/Girl Scouts...
...while Jeffrey goes on 1st skiing trip w/Boy Scouts and Lori
Spring Vacation to Gettysburg & Front Royal
Michelle earns her Girl Scout Bronze Star
Camping w/the Boy Scouts at Jamestown
Michelle gets strep throat twice in a month, allergic reaction
Jeffrey in 6th grade play "Mulan Jr"
Jeffrey graduates from Elementary School
Townsend family reunion in Daytona Beach
Jeffrey makes the basketball County league "B" team
Jeffrey's basketball team sweeps the Thanksgiving tournament 5-0
Michelle's 5th grade chorus does a Holiday show
Michelle's Intermediate Strings concert
Wings for the Baron is done!

Dave Townsend / townsend@patriot.net

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