This hit home within days of the change of the calendar when using a piece of thick card I have been employing to primer figures....for 40 years now!
I remember buying cheaply (I must assume) the board game 'Alexander'. This was in 1978 in my junior year in high school. I never caught that particular bug and so have not acquired the taste for wargames using chits and hexes. Obviously I thought the board very sturdy and so it was put to "better use".
But FOURTY BLEEPING YEARS?! Ugh. It might well be the oldest thing I still own......
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| "Alexander" board section. I suppose I should take solace in that I did not deface the playing surface. |
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| The abused backside from 40 years of use albeit mostly covered in newspaper while being used |