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Billy McKinley reporting in.

dhkendall wrote:I am so glad I didn't have to score this what with all the twists and turns!

I do, however, wish I had participated.

Had you played and come in last, you'd be Chester Arthur.

A TD win, and a chance to use Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter as an avatar...some guys get all the luck

Bamaman wrote:Who is that in your avatar? Franklin Pierce?

He does look rather similar to Handsome Frank. But I felt I needed a non-president to distinguish me from those who played and earned a rank. So my avatar is Alexis de Tocqueville, the Frenchman who published his 2-volume Democracy in America in 1835 and 1840.

Old Hickory reporting for duty.

Got any indigenous peoples you'd like me to persecute?

Bamaman wrote:

dhkendall wrote:I am so glad I didn't have to score this what with all the twists and turns!

I do, however, wish I had participated.

Had you played and come in last, you'd be Chester Arthur.

Even though I didn't play, I'm sure this would have been my spot, so, hey count me in on the fun!

The scoreboard says I have 40 points. With this avatar I was thinking my score should be Fourteen Points? Thanks for the game. It was a fun one and well thought out. I learned my lesson about bypassing potential helps.

Can I play?

Or am I too late?

Brian

bpmod wrote:Can I play?

Or am I too late?

Brian

Who are you?

opusthepenguin wrote:

bpmod wrote:Can I play?

Or am I too late?

Brian

Who are you?

Oops. Maybe I'm in the wrong place.

Eh?

I can't wait for TPH to show up in this thread with Charlemagne as his avatar, except it will actually be a picture of Garfield. (The cat, not the President)

opusthepenguin wrote:

Bamaman wrote:Who is that in your avatar? Franklin Pierce?

He does look rather similar to Handsome Frank. But I felt I needed a non-president to distinguish me from those who played and earned a rank. So my avatar is Alexis de Tocqueville, the Frenchman who published his 2-volume Democracy in America in 1835 and 1840.

And let me put in a plug for his work as one of the great 19th C political documents which still makes for some fascinating reading. While I'm about it, one of the great 18th C political documents to read are the Federalist papers by Publius (Madison, Hamilton and occasionally Jay). Not only do you get an armchair perspective on the thinking surrounding the drafting of the Constitution but there is an excellent parlor game in deciding who wrote which letter. There's nothing better for a cold S California night with a bottle of Auchentoshan at the ready

bpmod wrote:

opusthepenguin wrote:

bpmod wrote:Can I play?

Or am I too late?

Brian

Who are you?

Oops. Maybe I'm in the wrong place.

Eh?

A thousand pardons, Sir John. I didn't expect you so soon.

The old board was (I think) the only board where I've ever used an avatar... I'm happy to bow to board pressure once again.

This was the closest I find to a picture of Reagan that expresses the amount of respect I have for him.

opusthepenguin wrote:A thousand pardons, Sir John. I didn't expect you so soon.

I know, I know...

Last time it took me 91 years (give or take three days).

Sir John (Eh?)

U. S. Grant here.

Man, wish I played. I have a hankering to join in. Perhaps you have something that needs signing?

Bamaman wrote: In honor of my finish, I am incorporating FDR as my avatar for the next month and challenge everyone else (even Woof) to do the same.

Avatar tradition prevents me from doing that, but I'll meet you half-way.

Really good game. Congrats to the podium-istas and to Opus for a well-written and well-managed game.

ok fine but only for a little while!

ETA: the avatar used to look like President George HW Bush so downthread makes sense.