European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday june 23, 1977 studying history. You wheel and Deal War it s the name of the game by Barbara staff writer Heidelberg Sis with Brilliant strategy daring and a Surprise Blitz i did in 1977 what Napoleon could not do in 1812 and Hitler failed to achieve m ii i Cap tured Moscow with my army in the dead of Winter. However. I lost my Homeland Ger Many in the bargain but such is life for War gamer. To aficionados of the Art the term War game is a Misnomer. To those who take their sport seriously history game is the better descriptive term but whatever they arc called the games Are Riding a wave of popularity. At a recent game Day at Patton bar Racks Here some 15 men gathered in the ballroom of the acc Center to plot to de stroy and to conquer the world. Combining elements the games Are not limited to men according to Richard la Adenauer one of the organi is of the event but no women up to participate on this Day. At one table seven generals arc engaged in a game a Lustnauer. An army Illustrator at t Sarteur Liq. Developed from two other sources. Called risk the game combined elements of two other games called risk and another table miniature soldiers of the assyrian and phoenician armies face one another l p on the stage of the Ball room a Lone Man sits surrounded by Thep graph Cinalia of latest love the game dungeons and a mythical creation involving i Ards. Warriors and druids escaping hmm dungeons while being pursued by several varieties of giants gnomes monsters and dragons. As wion As he had the game set up. Recruit ment of the player would Start and the Puiwa would b to n or or we i hear the weird War games think of the. Reenact mints of the american c Uil War. The Napoleonic t us Lars or tin bullies of world War ii. Ili Iwer. The games Are not limited tothe past one present Day game is Oil War american intervention a the per Sian and looking into the future is outreach galactic expansion in the30th la Adenauer said with a Roll of the Dice 5.000 men could be killed. But it s not for the enjoyment of killing that you play the game it s understanding How 5.000 men Are lost. It s studying history to see what happens if. They arc not morbid Paul Thomson an army lawyer from Kaiser Lautem. Is president of the Rhein confederation War game society a three year old organization with about 60 Active members. After you get into it it s fun. In these games you get to work with other people. You wheel and Deal. You Lake on your opponent and lady Luck. Usually you Don t take things personally. In some situations you have to fire your Best Friend but Youdon t take it War gamers risk All in " european a diplomacy contest. Sis Rob Cullen watching the can always Tell when the Caliper of play gets serious the Gleeful looks As grasping fingers greedily snatch the Dice and Roll. And the grinning face that says got you now Friend according to la Adenauer there Are two major divisions of gamers those who play strictly with Board games and those who employ miniatures. Said one gamer with an appropriate air of aloofness. Miniatures Are the True the people who play also can be divided into two groups those who like military Memorabilia and those who like history. Gamers also specialize. Thomson said you can t have a rating system for play Ersi because there Are too Many games. You can t play them All and be an expert. You can have a working knowledge of Many games but you would Only want to compete in a Gary r. Jones is the Dungeon master from the As his title suggests be is involved in the dungeons and dragons game. $100 or More Jones smiles when he tells you How a simple $10 game can end up costing $100 or More. In his Case the initial $10 bought the Basic Board game. After that he invested in the Rule Book supplements the Multi sided Dice and other boards. He plans to add to his game with miniatures. Those can run 35 each and according to Jones you would need 500 to fight a Good War. Like most of the games dungeons and Dragila can be a Long time in the play ing. How Long Jones assigned to Camp Bell Barracks Here Shook his head. Ill put it this Way it never stops. Some places Are still playing a game similar to this one three years Jones usually Dies t compete As a player in the game. He is the referee who interprets moves and rules to the other players. In this game 1 can be As Nasty As 1 want to be 1 get All the fun out of just building the game. My position is like playing dictate what Allied special forces show Mettle in realistic test Story and photo by George Korda bad tgi./. Germany some very Spe Cial forces took Purl in this year s opera Tion Alpine Friendship special forces units from six countries As Well As regular bund swear and army units. From Norway. Greece. France. Spain Italy and the United kingdom came specially trained teams for Alpine Friendship sponsored by the us army s special forces Del airborne Europe in bad till the operation was a month Long War game the plan was simple special forces detachment rum each country were to either k enemy la Aalia tons or assist Friendly units trapped behind the lines thy enemy in this Case were the 1stbn. 13th inf. 8th inf div and the 2nd Fin. 4h inf. A a Field arty brigade their Job As at a lessors was to ferret out the of trons and discover from captured prison ers the whereabouts and plans of other a units the whole operation was geared to be As realistic As said capt. Joseph Schneider of the special forces detach ment s is Section. Hie teams from Allied countries flew Uii the Way in. Parachute directly into their drop zones and went right to work. They had their assignments before they arrived All the Allied teams were on direct action missions which Means they Simu lated blowing up Power stations sabotaging Railroad tracks and destroying other installations that would be important to any attacker. The . Of teams were responsible for helping out the German units trapped behind enemy lines they also set up an escape and evasion system for Sakk fliers who were supposed to have been shot Down " Cpl Edmund Horn a German Soldier with the 2nd Geber is Mountain Pioneer in. Said training with the Green berets made him feel More confident about his ability to survive in combat the Green berets have been showing us How to destroy Bridges railroads and other important things by the fastest and safest he said. They have also shown us Tuff to fight off larger numbers of enemy troops by using ambushes i think that if War should come i will be a much better Soldier because of this training " Schneider said that the aggressor forces trying to capture the of units were really first u. Fran Biu of the us. Point out objective to German Cpl. Edmunt Horn. they want us bad. Sometimes our Guys have a tendency to get a Little cocky. They think they can t get caught. But right at the beginning of the operation a Bunch of our Guys were scarfed up captured. After that everyone was More on their toes audit made for a better he said the German police helped the aggressors find the of troops. Col John Martina commander of Spe Cial forces. Europe said exercises such As Alpine Friendship were excellent because they give a realistic scenario of what the special forces would be doing in wartime. We be got everyone against us Here he said the police aggressors and popu lation Are All looking for us. That s Good because it gives us a Chance to try out our techniques As we d really have to use them. We re also getting a Chance to work alongside our m sgt Mous ionis Christos. One of 14 Creek special forces soldiers at Alpine t Nen ship. Said the exercise was of byte i have made w Parachute jumps with the american Green berets. They Are excellent soldiers. Their tactics Are almost the same As ours the differences we find help us to learn and work together and some Day that might be important. We Are All special forces so As Well being allies there s a deeper Bond we Are comrades " a us Seu p
