Front meeting of 16 November successful!!

Most of the principals were in attendance, However Ken Williams was unable to attend due to illness (get better soon).  Bob came and brought his mammoth (and boy do I mean  m a m m o t h) Normandy game.

Yep, that's Normandy, and the Lion's share of western France...

This monster is set at the battalion level, and as you can well see it's pretty well in depth.  Heck, just the landings alone (the uppermost-right mapsheet) would be an epic battle.  Sadly, we backed away from committing to that battle, but look forward to a report on it in the near future.

On to other fronts, the Komissar brought one of his ISU 122's to show off his barrel swaps.

ISU 122's, and fine big lads they are...

The original barrels were swapped out with metal tubing of roughly the same size.  About 1/4 inch longer than stock, they do seem more intimidating than normal... which is the intent.

Finally we come to the meat and potatoes of the meeting, the official announcement that Ken Williams will stand down as "Front Coordinator and STAVKA Representative".  Than post will now be manned by Beau Tanner.  Ken was beginning to become concerned that the position needed more attentions than he has been able to give, and it was agreed that Beau has plenty of energy, and a passion for the club and its mission here on the Palouse.

With that, the meeting broke down to its gaming phase, and we decided to give the old classic with a new twist "Axis and Allies" a spin.

Beau, Keith, and Bob plot world domination...

It became obvious pretty quickly that we had bitten off more than we could chew... but that has NEVER stopped us before!!  We went at each other like crazed dogs and as the final, soul-crushing turns ended the fighting around 4am... Beau and his Axis armies won the day.  But, as always with the Moscow Front, we live to fight again another day.

That's about it for the meeting.  All are in good spirits about Tanksgiving this-coming Saturday, the 23rd.  The trash talk and posturing are already starting.

-the Komissar