European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 7, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3landlubber seeking pirate Bootye officer tries to peddle game devised As youth by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau for More than 35 years bands of pirates and seafaring merchants have plundered traded and raided at the Home of Richard Bailey. The retired army lieutenant colonel 55, now is introducing others to sea Rover a Board game he conceived when he was a teen Ager. With about $50,000 on the line Bailey is rolling the Dice on the firm belief that sea Rover a once played exclusively by family and friends a is entertaining enough to land on store shelves and sell like hot cakes. A i had this dream that once i had the game mass produced that i would show it to a few people and it would sell a said Bailey who works As a Field Secretary for the red Cross in Kaiserslautern Germany. Bailey recently sold 10 games at the welfare Bazaar at Ramstein a Germany. He Hopes to attend other bazaars at military installations and to publicize sea Rover possibly by holding tournaments at youth centers. About 300 games have been sold so far but Bailey needs to sell 10 times that Many just to recoup his investment. / a. A a it a got to get known a he said of his game. A people Arentt going to demand it unless they know about it no matter How great a game it  players of sea Rover assume the roles of either a merchant Prince or a pirate. While As few As two people can play the game its Best to have four at the Board. That a because four players Are necessary to have one pirate lurking about. A pirate is not recommended for games involving fewer than four people. Game participants throw two Dice and a move their ships to accumulate wealth and along the Way they engage in sea Battles build forts and meet with greatness or disaster a Bailey said. The Road to Victory is predicated on a players ability to Roll Well and move across the Board from City to City collecting Money and momentum. Players traverse the Board along predetermined paths and merchants tend to get Richer by engaging in Commerce not by fighting their Board mates. A pirate is precluded from trading. He finds Fame and Fortune by plundering forts and fighting. A if i want to win i prefer to be a merchant a Bailey said. A the pirate will generally not win but he makes a the game interesting for  playing time for four people is about two hours. A i thought it was incredibly interesting that this Man has been devising this game since childhood and since he Hai retired made it a reality a said air Force capt Greg w. Foster a Day shift commander for the 568th Security police flight in Kaiserslautern. Memorial rites held for Hanau Soldier. Hanau Germany a amps a a memorial service was held thursday afternoon at Pioneer Chapel in Hanau for a Soldier who died saturday. Staff set. Nathan l. Poinsette jr., a launcher Section chief assigned to Btry a 5th in 7th air defense arty regt died of an apparent heart attack in his Home on Pioneer Cavern. The 46-year-old Poinsette had been in the army for More than 19 years and was scheduled to retire next july. Poinsette graduated from Chicago vocational High school in 1962 and attended Illinois state University in Normal. He joined the army As an Antenna repairman in 1975. He became a Hercules missile Crew member in 1981 and a Patriot missile Crew member in 1983. He served with the 4th in 43rd air defense arty regt in Israel and saudi Arabia during the persian Gulf crisis. Poinsette is survived by his wife for Chiet daughters Leslie and Meseret sons Emmanuel Tedros and Nathan Iii and his parents Nathan and Margret Poinsette of Chicago. A Date for a funeral service which will be held in Chicago has not yet been set. 3?r a x a a. A. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a. A a is amps Kovlan Dougherty Richard Bailey exhibits sea Rover the Board game he invented at the Bazaar at Ramstein a Germany recently. A the basis of the game intrigues me and i plan on buying the game a Foster added. As a teen Beer Bailey said he had grown a sort of dissatisfied with the Board games on the Market and thought he could invent one that might some Day become a classic. The idea behind sea Royer grew out of Bailey a love of Board games and his fascination with the Captain Horatio Hom Blower series of books by . Forester. The series chronicles the exploits of a British a by Seaman in the 18th and 19tn centuries who joins the worlds greatest maritime Fleet As a midshipman and rises through the ranks to become an Admiral. By the time Bailey was 19, he had devised a game that closely resembles today s product. He took the  him when he matriculated to Yale introducing his College buddies to his creation. Over the years Bailey made some modifications but the game essentially has not changed. Bailey became so immersed in his creation that he worked on it whenever possible. When he was stationed at fort Behning ga., for example he took the game with him on his Florida honeymoon. A on my honeymoon i carved a set of ships for the game a he said with a laugh explaining that he was merely killing time while he and his wife waited out a rainstorm. Bailey is playing another waiting game t hese Days. Because of the Way he designed the game its  slide a sea Rover Board up against another and play with As Many As eight people. And yes that Means two pirates in fact the game surface can be cd tended As far As one desires. Bailey said he topped the entry in the guinness Book of records for the longest Board game in terms of size. Bailey assembled a band of merchants and pirates along a game Board that stretched More than 2,100 feet Topping the old record by about 100 feet he said. However guinness has yet to recognize the feat. There Are two versions of sea Rover the limited edition which Sells for $75, and the Basic game which costs $40. The difference Between the two is that the former is signed and numbered by Bailey. In addition the game Board and Money arc of a higher Quality. Only. 400 of the limited edition were made half Are in English and the other half in German. Bailey Hopes to have the game translated into French and Spanish someday. A if Anyango in intakes led in learning Moro about tha Gamo or buying it a fax can to sent Lobaj of by dealing 06381-47669. Oils de Germany Lake to 0 off Tho prefix. The country Coda is 49. $263.8 Ion Washington apr president Clinton signed a $263.8 billion defense spending Bill wednesday while making Clear he does not believe its terms limit his flexibility to Deal with events in Bosnia. The authorization measure which Clinton said will provide for a Strong National defense represents a $2.8 billion increase Over the 1994 fiscal year which ended sept. 30. Adjusted for inflation however that translates into a defense spending Cut of just under 1 percent the 10th consecutive real decline in the defense budget. In All 18 percent of the total Federal budget would go for defense under the new Law. Is included in the defense Bill for fiscal 1995 is authorization for another aircraft Carrier three guided missile destroyers and six c-17 air lifters. It authorizes development funds for the f-22 fighter a Marine corps v-22 tilt Rotor troop Carrier a new attack submarine and a new reconnaissance helicopter for the army. A a. A a a a a a / a. The Bill signed by Clinton encourages but does not order him to lift the International arms embargo Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. In a statement issued after the signing Clinton said he interprets the legislation As leaving a flexibility to calibrate our actions As events  setae soldiers honoured for Africa Mission Vicenza Italy a amps a the . Army a Southern european task Force has awarded medals to More than 300 of its soldiers who deployed to Africa for operation support Hope. The awards were for meritorious performance Between july 22 and sept. 16 in Rwanda Zaire and Uganda. The soldiers received the defense meritorious service medal the joint service achievement medal the army commendation medal and the army achievement medal. Soldiers who deployed to Africa also Are eligible for the humanitarian service medal to be presented at a later Date according to an army news re lease. ,. A. The awards were presented in Vicenza on sept. 30 by it. Gen. Daniel r. Schroeder . Army Europe Deputy commander and Brig. Gen. Jack p. Nix the setae commander