From Perry Cocke on Facebook about an hour ago:
Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The boards and boxes are in the house.
The counters are on their way to HQ.
Knock on wood, the last proof corrections for the rules, scenarios, divider, and Chapter H have been submitted, and the presses are about ready to roll.
The Forgotten War: Korea 1950-1953 is almost ready to be shrink wrapped (assuming the new compressor comes in).
When I was a young boy playing “army,” WWII still held pride of place, but the Korean War was fresh enough to be relevant. The Germans were on their way to being our new allies, but the Godless Commies were ever with us.
When I was 16, I stumbled across the book MASH by Richard Hooker and was enthralled. When I was 17, the movie MASH (which I ran to see the weekend it came out, although I was very much afraid it would screw things up) proved to be a resounding success and (I thought) a brilliant commentary on the Vietnam war. One of the reasons for that, was this song (the ruination of which I will never forgive the TV series, as successful as that was in its own right) that grabbed me right away. Later in life, when I learned how the movie had come about, it seemed an even more fitting metaphor for its times.
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
