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THE BATTALION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1981
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Today is Monday, Oct. 5, the
278th day of 1981 with 87 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
first quarter.
The morning star is Mars.
The evening stars are Mercury,
Venus, Jupiter and Saturn.
On this date in history:
In 1960, an Eastern Air Lines
Electra crashed into Boston Har
bor, killing 61 people.
In 1965, Pope Paul made a 14-
hour visit to New York to plead for
world peace before the United
Nations.
Come on in —
the water's fine!
This Hereford cow cools off
Sunday afternoon in a farm
pond on Bird Pond Road,
south of College Station.
High temperatures have
been in the 90s during the
past several days.
Staff photo by Becky Swanson
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By ELAINE ENGSTROM
Battalion Reporter
Every weekend in the deep,
dark recesses of the Memorial Stu
dent Center, the world stops for
33 hours.
Battles are won and wars are
lost. Ships sink and planes are shot
down. Powerful beings make un
ending journeys through worlds
unknown to mere mortals.
organization, an expanded library
and an increased awareness of the
group s existence on campus, said
Gromets Chairman Don Gilman.
The Gromets will be working
with the MSC Free University to
establish a Dungeons and Dra
gons workshop as a fall short
course or a full course in the
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The Gromets, Texas A&M Uni
versity’s 100-member war gaming
group, is a sub-committee of the
MSC Recreation Committee.
“Gromets” stands for Game Repli
cation of Motivational Economic
Tactical Situations. The $10 yearly
dues gives members access to the
group’s extensive collection of
board games, books and hobby
magazines, as well as a 20 percent
discount on mail order games.
The Gromets have several
rooms reserved in the MSC where
they play war games and role-
playing games like Dungeons and
Dragons. During the fall semes
ter, weekend gaming hours are
shortened so members can attend
yell practice and the football
game.
Usual gaming hours are: Fri
day, 6 p.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday,
noon to 2 a.m. and Sunday, noon
to 11 p.m.
The group is eight years old but
membership has increased 50 per
cent since last year due to better
spring.
“We’re experimenting with
new ideas,” said Ann Barrier,
chairman of MSC Free Universi
ty. “It should be a good class.”
The Gromets also plan to play
war games “by mail” with Annapo
lis, West Point and the Air Force
Academy. “We’d also like to chal
lenge the University of Texas
group to a tournament,” Gilman
said.
The eighth annual Warcon, the
annual wargaming convention at
Texas A&M, is scheduled for Feb.
5, 6 and 7. People come from all
over Texas and the adjacent states
to be in tournaments and to buy
and sell war games.
Nick Schuessler, editor and
publisher of “The Journal of
World War II Wargaming,” said
approximately 100,000 war gam
ers live in the United States and
others live in Canada, Britain, Au
stralia and Germany.
The Austin-based journal pub
lishes book and game reviews,
articles about conventions and
editorial opinions on the art of
World War II war gaming.
Schuessler 35 has a n|
degree in English and now
for the Texas Education Af t,
He publishes the h*-montlil)jI
nal as a hobby. The journall■“n a3
circulation of approximately A e f
clubs from as far away as Hoit|j
and the Virgin Islands.
issue published in March ^
now a collector’s item.
Scheussler has been a wan nt
er for 20 years and says wareA ces
serves a useful purpose.
an undercurrent of aggresa®"-
America’s youth and war JStafc
provide a better release, he®™ ■
“No one gets killed in a warp
“Chess is nothing but asty® nsun
war game. Over the centuriei®* 5 £
appearance changed but the® atec '
flict of two forces is still there ®° ut ^
stigma of today’s war gamesliB wa y
their explicitness, not the l*? xas ;
conflict involved. K in ,
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Gilman says war games pro»oM e t
an opportunity to look at hiq|an S j
and discover why things l®^
pened in a particular way. Tl®
games require problem sol'^_
and management skills," hea [jT
"If playing war games givesyi
appetite for war, then watch
television would give you anf
tite for sdx and violence.” |
The next Gromets meedngl
be tonight at 7:30 pm in 330H
and is open to anyone interest I
in becoming a member ofthe 1 ®^™
committee.
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