From: Wade Hinkle <whinkle@IDA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Grognard definition

Rising to Doug Murphy's challenge:

You are a Grognard if...

1.  You have ever been insulted by Ty Bomba or Rich Berg.

2.  You ever enrolled in a Continuing Education writing course to improve the
quality of your game reviews after Rich Erwin complained about them.

3.  You can tell what year an edition of AH Gettysburg is without looking at
the copyright.

4.  You have at least once tried to write double-blind simultaneous movement
rules for AH PanzerBlitz.

5.  There was never any doubt in your mind about the answer to the question,
"Do you love those games more than you love me?"

6.  You have moved at least once because you needed more gaming room.

7.  You named your first child by making a list of possibilities and rolling a
d-6.

8.  You picked your current girlfriend because she has impressive Terrain
Effects Modifiers.

9.  You fantasize about playing Grand Europa at ASL scale.

10.  You sleep with your unpunched copies of Terrible Swift Sword and Campaign
for North Africa because you couldn't bear to decide which one to save in the
event of fire.

If at least one of these characteristics applies to you, you are indeed a
grognard.  And may God have mercy on your soul.

Wade Hinkle