It does, really, since General Nick Kunz, CSA and myself met up at Safeco Field last night for a ball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Minnesota Twins. First time meeting for each of us, and first chance I've had to know anyone in this Club face to face.
I had a blast - Nick and I had played a Talonsoft Shiloh battle a couple of years ago, and more recently we locked horns again at Atlanta - Rocky Face Ridge as I welcomed him to the CSA CoA job. Sort of a tradition DW and I started when we were each the newbie CoA folks. So we discussed both of those battles at length(RFR is ongoing, Shiloh Nick conceded to me - I played a dirty trick in the Shiloh battle by sneaking all of my cavalry along the trail at the edge of the river, popping up in Nick's rear areas!)[}:)]. We also talked about the Club in general, shared ideas, and just had a great time. Nick had met Bill Peters over the weekend, and I'm heading eastward to hopefully meet a couple of folks next month, so that got sounded out as well.
It truly was a fun evening. It was more about our shared hobby of this Club than it was about baseball - the game was playing out mostly in the background. Talking with Nick helped me remember and realize what it is I enjoy most about our group here - the people and having a shared interest in gaming and Civil War history.
I'm all the more looking forward to my trip to Virginia September 13-16, see my post on Peninsula battlefields, etc. Hoping anyone in the area that wants to get together drops me a line! I'm also looking forward to getting together with Nick again soon. Maybe a Silvertips hockey game up in his neck of the woods![:D]
Oh, the Mariners lost, 11-3. Yuk!
General Jeff Laub
Union Chief of the Army
ACWGC Cabinet Member
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