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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴

@panzerpete.bsky.social
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Socialist, amateur historian, wargamer, failed poet and painter, Permanent PA to a cat. E-Scooter Owner/Rider/Aficionado Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa

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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The biggest hobby impact that being diagnosed with COPD is that any kind of 3D printing, airbrushing or spray painting is completely out of the question. I'm going to have to focus on brush painting and even then there are going to have to be tradeoffs,
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
I would so be able to work with this logical progression in a courtroom. The use of "reasonable" in this context is hugely persuasive and valid.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Coming very late to The Bear. Holy shit this is good, but christ the episodes are short as fuck. Also hearing Eddy Vedder and Neil Finn's version of Throw Your Arms Around Me was an unexpected trest in the soundtrack (yeah I'm only on series 2). I needed something good this month.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
No, this is not a shawl, it's a zarape.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Started the Quit-Line process. This is something new to me.
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a soldier is kneeling down in a field holding a gun .
Alt: a soldier is kneeling down in a field holding a gun .
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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a group of soldiers are standing in a field holding guns and covered in leaves .
Alt: a group of soldiers are standing in a field holding guns and covered in leaves .
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
what do I do now?
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It's now that sort of day
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
There's nothing ever good about receiving a call from the doctor's office the day after your last visit regarding the results of your chest x-ray.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
It's been a while. Had a four day fever flu a couple of weeks ago that ended up causing me major respiratory distress last Sunday. Guess who has COPD, severity to be determined? Hell of a way to have your illusion of personal invulnerability stripped away. Time to quit smoking once and for all.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Post a song from the year you turned 12: So pleased I came across this particular version youtu.be/316mipUnA-M...
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
You give them far too much credit to think they'll have purged this out of their system...it's always lurking there,
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Things are really bad when when Iceland Cricket is throwing absolute shade. #AUSVIND
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Deer, meet headlights. #AUSvIND
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
after finishing this issue of LFT, we going full on Desert with LFT 15
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Things I was not expecting from the BGT: Australia to bowl Kohli back into Form #AUSvIND
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Poor old John's been on a bad streak lately in our games. actually for most of this series of LFT, he's not had any rub of the green, even in CC where I am a legendary failure.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
My opponent couldn't catch a break all game with his morale checks, failing many of them and box-carring more than few. While his Rally Phases were equally poor. My 10-2 couldn't seem to miss and there were several rate tears. This playing was decided by Turn 6 but maybe an outlier.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
FT250 Decimation quick and dirty AAR Played over two sessions with a total play time of ca. 8 hours Thoughts: The early game is tough on the partisans, low FP, no multi fire groups & facing 2 81mm Mtrs, 3 Brixias, 2 HMGs & 2 MMGs with decent leadership. #AdvancedSquadLeader #wargaming #VASL
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
There is a Solitaire Module (out of print and very expensive) BUT and this is huge BUT, it is effectively a very different game & most importantly you need to know how to play the game already to make use of the solitaire module effectively anyway. IMO SASL loses the cut and thrust of the game.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Some are saying Bumrah was bowling balls with the batters' names on them. I disagree, there were no names, just "To whom it may concern" #AUSvIND #Cricket
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
ASL is not something you pick up and play. It does require a substantial commitment in time and effort just to learn the game & even more to become a good player. There's a reason ASL is seen as a llfestyle game. It's not a good investment for casual gaming nor was it ever designed to be.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
That will allow you to determine if the game system is for you at a reasonable cost. If you do enjoy SK1, then you might want to buy SK2 and Sk3 to add Vehicles and Guns. After that you can either move to full ASL or remain in the SK system which TBH I dislike as it's an ersatz version of the game.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My experience is worthless because I started with SL and progressed through COI, CoD and GI in the 80s and then moved to ASL immediately in 1986. Howeer my opinion is that you get Starter Kit 1, play every scenario twice, learn how the rules work by playing but also read the rules thoroughly
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
So for a fair while we've been playing a house rule regarding SAN activations that has lessened the suck. Upon a activated sniper roll of one, the SAN is reduced by one permanently. This can end up with the SAN being eliminated. It reduces the chance of the SAN destroying the scenario.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My regular opponent & I have been playing ASL against each other for close to 35 years. In that time, we've played a lot of scenarios. 1 thing we are agreed on is that the Sniper rules suck so much of the enjoyment out of of the _GAME_ 1. #AdvancedSquadLeader #wargames #wargaming #VASL
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
3. Whack-a-Mole situations 4. Scenarios that allow Poison Pill HIPs to decide the game 5. Defences that are just an exercise in dice rolling
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
What I DON'T look for in an ASL scenario? 2/ 1. Designs that are rooted in the Cross of Iron - Crescendo of Doom Era of turn lengths 2. SSRs that betray the designer & play-tester's lack of familiarity with the actual rules #AdvancedSquadLeader #boardgames #wargames #wargaming #VASL
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
What I look for in a good ASL Scenario? 1/ 1. Mutual opportunities for attack and defence 2. Manoeuvre options on defence as well as offence. 3. Interesting setup options 4. Variable OBs 5. Clarity in VCs 6. no "hooks" and "tricks" #AdvancedSquadLeader #boardgames #VASL #wargames #wargaming
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
There have always been concerns about the quantity of scenarios in each product from the beginning and the timeframe in which they were released. Those concerns have become progressively more pronounced with each product release. The Kursk product suffered from some cookie cutter vanilla designs.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#AdvancedSquadLeader #boardgames #VASL #wargames #wargaming
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Le Franc Tireur Issue 14 Scenario: FT250 Decimation The setup for Saturday's game. Probably starting on VASL at 2PM NZT (1AM UTC). HIP units, fortifications and bore-sighted locations not shown of course.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
As the finite string of my ASL playing time decreases so too does the relevance of the old maxim that Poor ASL beats No ASL. I can measure my future with ASL as being under 500 more playings and that's being generous. #AdvancedSquadLeader #boardgames #wargames #wargaming
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Some to savour after the pretty poor showing that Poland in Flames has made (to the point where I am unlikely to go beyond the 50% of the scenarios already played - poorly balanced, some obvious playtesting issues, vanilla ASL situations. #AdvancedSquadLeader #boardgames #wargames #wargaming
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Tomorrow will be the start of my 20th playing of scenarios from Le Franc Tireur 14, the only one not getting played is self-evident from its name. Other than that, I can report the the scenarios I have played are generally some of the more interesting and varied in size, scope and situation. /1
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
two bricks came out of one of the garden retaining walls, but this is a 130 year old two storey wooden building so it creaked and groaned like a MFer but no structural issues. The wall partially collapsed in that huge storm last year, so the rebuild did very nicely thankfully.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
on my third cup of coffee now, and I'm reducing the bourbon component significantly after the first two. That one affected me more than I expected and I grew up here.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/10/2024
well that was a hell of a way to be told to get out out of bed. Phone woke me up bout 5 seconds before the quake hit. First time in a long time I've been concerned. That was not fun. Even in this building it felt nasty.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
Jesus, when they introduced the cashless card system in Aussie, a few people made book churning card values into cash...("Buy what I say to buy and I'll give you the amount you spent in cash at 90 cents in the dollar - Or else")
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
ummm most rents are more than half of the net benefit payment, including the accomodation allowance
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/08/2024
List 5 things you wanted to be growing up: - Soldier (always) - Legionnaire (Blame Frederick Forsyth) - Civil Servant (Blame Len Deighton) - Racing Driver (Blame Niki Lauda) - Cricketer (Blame Gary Sobers) Two of these happened, but not for long in one case.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
yeah already revised to 4.3
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 05/07/2024
well that removed any sleepiness #eqnz #wellington #poneke
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 3/20
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 17/06/2024
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 2/20
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 16/06/2024
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 1/20
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 16/06/2024
fav film from the year 67, 77, 87, and 97? 1967 - Cool Hand Luke 1977 - A Bridge Too Far 1987 - Some Kind of Wonderful 1997 - Welcome to Sarajevo
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
I'd agree except it exhibits far too much diversity to be representative of ACT
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
The only directions I want to see ACT moving in is The Sea or off a cliff, maybe up against a wall if they go way too far.
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Panzer Pete 🇳🇿 🛴 @panzerpete.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
my days at midnight hark back to it's opening in the late 80s and they knew even back then I was good for a minimum of 4 coffees any visit over an hour long. Nothings changed except I've reduced the sugar part. And I eat more vege options than previously
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