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The good thing is that I own 2 seasons of Blitz Bowl board games, so I have the human team twice. So I can start it on one of the these two teams first and have the other 3 teams (1x human, 1x dwarf, 1x orcs) good if something goes wrong... And I'm really afraid cause the miniatures are soooooo small. But I did not hit the ORDER button yet...

Hey Corney. Thanks for your input on this. I surfed a bit more in the shop and put together this list: Overall we're talking about 65,86 EUR = 77,84 USD

Thats my goal: At the moment they look like that: I did some research and found a German internet shop. Now the hard thing to decide what to buy... My list looks like this: 1) Army Painter Hobby Set (includes 10 colors, side cutter and 3 brushes) 2) Vallejo Hobby Primer Premium Grey 3) Vallejo Premium Varnish Spray Satin 4) Army Painter Quickshade Strong Tone Ink 5) some kind of brush cleaner soap Unsure if it worth the money: a) Citadel Paining Handle => or use a wood stick or something? b) Citadel Water Pot => it's not more expensive than a good one from the hobby store or borough my daughter's? c) Wet Palette => use paper towels and baking paper instead?

Lahmacun gets to better when filling it up with kebab meat and goat cheese.

Nice! I think I have to check into an online store to see what I really need to get ready...

That's exactly the point I'm really afraid of... Having this great master piece painted figures in mind and ending with a miniature that looks like painted from my 3 year old boy in Kindergarden.

That food makes me so hungry... I wanna try out some of the dishes right away! As an old saying tells us: "Food is the sex of old age!"

Hey unit members. Beside PC gaming I'm a big lover of board games. I own a quite large collection of casual board games. Beside these spcasual titles there's one game brand I love as board and PC version: BLOOD BOWL! The versions of BB I own come wir unpainted mixtures as all Warhammer table top games. And here the problems starts... I think about starting to paint the miniatures like it can be seen in countless YT Tutorials videos. But these guys are all long-time painters and now I'm afraid to blow money and spent time just to riuny game miniatures with an awful paintjob at the end... What about you guys? Do you paint miniatures? Does anyone have some beginner tips and words?

Hmmmmm... I love food so I have to give this thread some bits: LOCAL: "Schwäbische Schupfnudeln mit Speckkraut" (Swabian Noodles with bacon sauerkraut) A really traditional swabian dish. "Schupfnudeln" are thick noddles made of yeast dough with some sweet-sour sauerkraut and bacon bits. Everything nice swiveld on the pan. "Schupfnudeln" are also called "Bubaspitzla" which translates to "boys small penis" because of their size and form... ;-) INTERNATIONAL: Best dish ever is just simple and clean "Pizza Napoli". Just plane after the original Neapolitan recipe with tomatoes, buffalo mozarella, a bit of basil and baked the wood stove with beechwood. A pizza lover that never had the chance to eat a pizza in Napels has never eaten a real pizza...

I bought an Amazfit GTS some weeks ago and I LOVE it! => Amazon.com Price atm = 134,99$ US It has all feature I need: - Watch (cool eh?) - Pulse - GPS - Alarms with vibration - 4,2cm AMOLED display - Fitness Tracker - Sleep Monitoring - Shows phone messages an calls on the display - hundreds of watchfaces to choose And the battery life is OUTSTANDING!!! When I use it in normal day use (display not motion activated, bluetooth connection on) it holds up to around 12-14 days! And the matching app is on iPhone too: App Store But I use mine with an Android Moto G5S, I'm not into Apple...

UPDATE ON MY LIST AS OF SEPTEMBER 2020. Had the feeling this needs some tweaking to the last changes in my mind and mood: 1: Day of Defeat I love the original cause that's where it all started for me.... 2: Among US I would LOVE to see a unit game night with this one... 3: Rocket League Great MP title, easy to learn, hard to master 4: Different Board Game Apps I LOVE board games and own a huge RL collection. Best ones on PC/Android: Carcassonne, Risk, Ticket To Ride, Splendor, Terraforming Mars 5: Diablo 2 A timeless classic ARPG 6: Star Wars Empire at War Star Wars RTS, nothing more to say... 7: Left 4 Dead 2 Killing zombies in a team feels so good 8: Company of Heroes Unfortunately I just own version 1 incl. DLCs 9: Blood Bowl 2 Love the hilarious gameplay but I suck playing 10: Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic DoD:s in the future and I'm a big SW fan...

Yeah. Have D2 installed on my PC for ages...

@Candy 1st MRB Yes sir, thew game could also create new players now thats it's going F2P

@Flores 1st MRB Interested in playing some matches? I'm not really deeply into it so I haven't build a perfect deck and stuff...

Attention Raiders: STEAM has a large Asmodee sale going on, so a lot of great PC board game apps are available cheap: https://store.steampowered.com/franchise/asmodeedigital

Is anyone of you into KARDS? Base Game ist free to play... And to mention: Rocket League is going Free To Play soon!

You are right! Classic title! What's the best way to play Catan online at the moment?

Just forgot: - Galaxy Trucker - Patchwork - Le Havre - Elder Signs: Omen (not MP either I think) Is anyone of you has a Board Game Arena Account? Getting interested in the Zerraforming Mats app, especially cause there are not 100 in-game add-ons available for real money... But I don't know the original board game. Or would be ok with buying Caracssonne for PC too, cause that's the game of my life. Fore and my wife. Just have the Android app now.

Hey Oake, that sounds great to me. I love board games and I own a large collection. Unfortunately I don't own most of the online games you mentioned. I could add in: - Carcassonne (my favorite board game of all times!!!) - Splendor - Ticket to Ride - Cotr Express - Small World 1 - Potion Explosion - Pandemic (has no online MP I think) - Mysteríum (has no online MP I think) I have all of them as Android app, not on PC... EDIT: I remembered that I own base versions of Ticket to Ride and Carcassonne cause they were both free on EPIC Games Store a while ago... But I don't have them installed atm.

Now that we're had a good meal and a fine glass of beer we can continue our sightseeing tour. Today I want to show you a rather medium sized city. You guys already know I live in Baden-Württemberg, near the border to Bavaria. And the city I'm talking about lied exactly on this border and consists of 2 independent cities which are grown together and live and breath like one: PART 6 - THE CITY I LIKE: ULM (& NEU-ULM) Ulm has a special place in my heart because of different private and job reasons. And I think it's one of the nicest and most beautiful citys in Southern Germany. So some basic facts: ULM NEU-ULM Inhabitants: ~126.000 ~59.000 Area: 118km² 81km² Height: 478m 471m Density: 1.064 / km² 729 / km² So here ar ethe placed to visit if you are in Ulm: 1. The "Ulmer Münster" As said before, Ulm has the worlds highest church tower with 161,53m. The construction was started 1377 and was finally finished in 1890. 2. The Fisherman's Quarter The are of the old town that lies directly at the Donau where all fishermen and tanners lived. Beautiful little streets with plenty of historic houses and restaurants can be seen. A must stop. 3. Das "Schiefe Haus" (the crooked house) The original half-timbered house from the 14th century got its current appearance of a five-storey house after several additions and renovations in 1443. It was used by the ship masters from Ulm. Today a beautiful hotel is hosted in there. The front has a slope of 9 to 10 ° which gave the house it's name. 4. Stadtmauer (city wall) Built in 1480, 72 meter long city wall with promenade and original elements from the 11th century. A walk on the city wall allows new views of the historic buildings on the city wall and is highly recommended. 5. "Nabada" This unique event is hard to describe,,, The word "Nabada" ia a swabian expression can can be translated with "swimming the river down". Once a year when the city annual city festival takes place the Donau is used by thousand s of people than bring their rubber boats ar even special constructed swimming objects to swim down the river.... You have to see it by yourself to believe! 6. Bundesfestung (the city fortress) The federal fortress Ulm in Ulm was - next to Landau, Luxemburg, Mainz and Rastatt - one of five federal fortresses and Europe's largest fortress. These fortresses were financed by the German Confederation (hence the name) and, in addition to numerous state fortresses, were expanded or rebuilt in the 19th century and completed in 1859. With a polygonal main wall of around 9 km, Ulm had the largest fortification of the 19th century. 7. Ratiopharm Arena Home of the local basketball team the Ratiopharm Arena hosts many sport and other events throughout the year. Visiting a home game of the basketball team is highly recommended, the atmosphere is absolutely crazy at every game cause both cities love their common team. 8. Magirus Magirus was a company from Ulm that manufactured equipment for fire brigades and commercial vehicles. Conrad Dietrich Magirus was the founder and first in command of the Ulm Volunteer Fire Brigade and was involved in the construction of fire fighting equipment. He is considered the inventor of the mobile fire escape. Magirus then founded his own company in 1864, which he called the C. D. Magirus Fire Brigade Props Factory. Today Magirus is world leader in manufacturing of turntable ladders and builds the world highest turntable ladder with a cage floor height of 68m. Although the grounds are closed to the public it is possible to book a visiting to the plant and the Oldtimer Club museum. Hope to see you one day in Ulm.

Hello Raiders, being new in the Quartermasters Office I searched the forum for some nice wallpapers and can't find much which is really up to date. So I decided to give it a go and made 3 wallpapers (1920x1080) based on popular (or you could call them classic) background pictures: SSgt. Flores gave me a helping hand and converted the pictures to VTF files. So these wallpapers can be used as Windows wallpapers and also as as DoD:S main menu background files. To use them in DoD:S just do the following (it works for me but it may depend on your resolution probably): 1. Download one of the VTFs below. 2. Make a copy of that VTF file. 3. Rename one file to "background01.vtf" and the other to "background01_widescreen.vtf" 4. IMPORTANT: Backup all existing files first! Than move both files to your custom file dod folder, e.g.: "...\SteamApps\common\Day of Defeat Source\dod\custom\my_custom_stuff\materials\console" and delete all files that have the same name (both with vtf or vmt ending) - DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST! 5. Start DoD:S and see if it works 6. If not you could try the same in "...\SteamApps\common\Day of Defeat Source\dod\materials\console" (ALSO DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP FIRST!) I'm learning this stuff so let me know if it works for you or not. Or tell me if you have any other input on this. Thanks in advance. Pfc. Markus Asal DoD-S Wallpaper Enemies MRB.vtf DoD-S Wallpaper Unit MRB.vtf DoD-S Wallpaper Band of Brothers MRB.vtf

So guys, after having some food, I think it's time having a drink. PART 5 - LET'S GRAB A BEER I don't want to get into brands or anything lik that, because it's a matter of taste. But probably some basics which could help you when choosing on a german menu or bar card. "Reinheitsgebot" German beer is brewed according to the "Reinheitsgebot" (let's translate it like German beer law), which permits only water, hops, and malt as ingredients and stipulates that beers not exclusively using barley-malt such as wheat beer must be top-fermented. You probably will see this text on any german beer bottle. There are 4 main beer types you can get in Germany and probably in other parts of the world too: 1. Wheat beers => my favorite: "Weizenbier" and "Weißbier" are the standard German names for wheat beer – "Weizen" is German for "wheat", and "weiß" is German for "white". You can get them unfiltered called "Hefeweizen" ("Hefe" is German for yeast) and filtered called "Kristallweizen" ("Kristall" means crystal clear). Normally wheat beers are much more famous in the South (Bavaria & Baden-Württemberg) than in the North. 2. Pale beers "Pilsener" = a pale lager with a light body and a more prominent hop character, it's the most popular style with around two-thirds market share. "Export" = a pale lager brewed around Dortmund that is fuller, maltier and less hoppy than Pilsner. "Helles" = a malty pale lager from Bavaria "Kölsch" = pale, light bodied, top fermented, beer which, when brewed in Germany, can only legally be brewed in the Cologne region. "Märzen" = medium body, malty lagers that come in pale, amber and dark varieties, traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest, served in the traditional 1-litre "Maß" mug. "Spezial" = a pale, full, bitter-sweet and delicately hopped lager. 3. Dark beers "Altbier" = a top fermented, lagered beer. It is brewed only in Düsseldorf and in the Lower Rhine region. The translation of this means "Old Beer". "Bock/Doppelbock" = a very strong, very full bodied lagers that uses dark coloured malts. "Dunkel" = dark lager. "Schwarzbier " = a bottom fermented, dark lager beer. 4. Unfiltered beers "Kellerbiers" are unfiltered lagers which are conditioned in a similar manner to cask ales. Always worth a try because they are kind of "handmade", often by small breweries. Prost!

@J. Miller 1st MRB Good morning 1st Sgt. I hope I'm alollwed to reply here althought not being in the Medical Office. In your config file, are there these 3 lines showing up: r_decal_cullsize "x" [Any decals under this size are not rendered] r_decals "x" [How many decals] mp_decals "x" [How many player sprays will be shown] Which numbers do you have in these lines? The default for the first line is 5 if I get it right... You could remove all these 3 lines one after another and give it a try. Please backup your config file first. Good luck. Pfc. Markus Asal

@Konig 1st MRB: I wondered about your last name since my BCT, but just was unsure if I should ask you about. Forchheim is around 175km away from where I live. Interesting that you have no Bavarian beers on your favorite list though. So if you're in the south I would recommend visiting 1. Ulm 2. Stuttgart 3. Nuremberg 4. Munich

So I think today I'm gonna cover one of the most important issue when traveling or visiting other countries: Food! PART 4 - WHAT TO EAT? This question is really hard to answer because I recommend it the same way with food as with beer_ Eat local! Means the food differs much depending on the area your in Germany. The Southern area of Germany, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, have what we call a “Deftige Küche”. This means it is very rich food with a lot of taste, meat and is usually quite heavy (= forget your diet). In Hamburg however you will find a lot of dishes with fish. Hamburg and the Northern parts of Germany are around the coast of the Baltic Sea and Northern Sea, which makes it the perfect place for freshly caught fish. But I think we can state some typical food you can find all over the country and probably you have heard or even tried some of them before: 1. Spätzle – Traditional Swabian Egg Noodles: Spätzle are a kind of pasta, but the dough only consists of eggs, flour, salt and a hint of sparkling water. Instead of sparkling water you can also use beer. Spätzle are original to the area of South-Western Germany, Baden-Württemberg, but can usually be found on the menu in any German restaurant. Be careful, Swabians are very proud of their Spätzle, so better not call them German pasta. The most famous way of preparing Spätzle as a main meal is to top it with a huge amount of cheese (mountain cheese for the taste and some Limburger for the consistency) which is called "Käsespätzle". 2. Schnitzel The most famous version of Schnitzel is definitely the Wiener Schnitzel. A Wiener Schnitzel is a thinly sliced piece of veal-meat, covered with flour, egg and bread crumbs and then deep fried in oil or a lot of butter. Another tasty version of this dish is the Schnitzel Wiener Art, which is basically the same but with pork meat. So be aware about the difference between a Wiener Schnitzel (veal) and a Schnitzel Wiener Art (pork). As the name intends originally the Wiener Schnitzel is an Austrian dish (Wien = Vienna). 3. Bratwurst Bratwürste are part of every German barbeque and also differ from area to area. The most famous Bratwürste are for sure the short and thin ones coming from Nürnberg. 4. Sauerbraten To prepare a Sauerbraten you will need some high quality piece of beef and a lot of time. The meat is put in the oven and cooked slowly in its juices for hours and hours. But the slow cooking in low heat will make the meat incredibly soft and tender. 5. Maultaschen Rumour has it that back in the days some monks, who were not allowed to eat any meat during feasting, covered some meat in a kind of a pasta dough so that God could not see that they are eating meat. This way the German Maultaschen were invented by some monks trying to sneak in some meat without getting caught by their god. No matter if that story is true or not, but believe us when we say that this Swabian dish is another fantastic thing to try while in Germany. Maultaschen are either boiled or fried and come with all kinds of stuffing like pork, beef or even a veggie option. 6. Leberkäse Of course another dish made of pork meat is Leberkäse. Leberkäse is usually rather served as a snack during the day rather than a real meal. Leberkäse like agiant sausage that is put in the oven for a long time, then sliced and served with white bread and sweet moustard. 7. Rouladen If you want to prepare them the traditional way you need some thinly sliced beef, put some moustard, onions, ham and a pickle inside, roll them up and put them in the oven to cook in a sauce for some hours. 8. Bratkartoffeln Slice up some boiled potatoes, slice them thinly, put them in a frying pan with a lot of oil, bacon and onions and fry them until they turn dark and crispy. Guten Appetit!