Desired scans : Black Powder supplements Rank and File supplements Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements Hail Caesar! Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Army List Force on Force supplements Hind Commander At Close Quarters War and Conquest
Jose Allen
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ends after three days. 1776 – Battle of Long Island: In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under Howe defeat Americans under Washington. 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: The city of Toulon revolts against the French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize its port, leading to the Siege of Toulon. 1798 – Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht. 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France. 1813 – Napoleon I defeats a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden. 1832 – Black Hawk, leader of the Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities. 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (45mins), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. 1914 – Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat. 1916 – The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering World War I as one of the Allied nations. 1918 – Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil. 1922 – Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece. 1928 – The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by the first fifteen nations to do so. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it. 1979 – A Provisional IRA bomb kills Lord Mountbatten and three others while they are boating on holiday in Sligo, Republic of Ireland. Shortly after, 18 British Army soldiers are killed in an ambush near Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
Easton Thomas
It is 98 years since the Battle of Ambos Nogales, an engagement fought between Mexican forces and elements soldiers of the U.S. 35th Infantry Regiment, who were reinforced by the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. The American soldiers and militia forces were stationed in Nogales, Arizona, and the Mexican soldiers and armed Mexican milita were in Nogales, Sonora. This battle was notable for being a significant confrontation between U.S. and Mexican forces during the Border War which took place in the context of the Mexican Revolution and the First World War.
It occurred after the Zimmermann telegram during World War I, when the international border between the two Nogales was a wide-open boulevard named International Street. Several previous fatal incidents had occurred in this area, which helped increase international tensions and led to armed conflict. This included the claim of German military advisors as agitators with Villa rebels, claims of racism, and border politics. Tension increased when Mexicans were seen digging trenches on the hills overlooking the border. Things came to a head on August 27, 1918 at about 4pm, when shots were fired, wounding one American soldier and killing two Mexican customs officials. It began in a muddle of confused orders and misinterpreted actions; all that was needed to set off the tinderbox, and firing across the border became general.
Under heavy fire, the U.S. forces under Lt Colonel Herman crossed the border through the streets of Nogales, Sonora. Members of the 10th Cavalry advanced through a building in red-light district of the Mexican border town where many of the "fightened señoritas" recognized them, according to First Sergeant Thomas Jordan of the 10th Cavalry. Jordan remarked "I got a laugh when one them spoke to a trooper, saying 'Sergeant Jackson! Are we all glad to see you!' But we did not have time to tarry for the soldier to alibi his acquaintanceship."
Easton Fisher
As the violence escalated, the Mayor of Nogales, Sonora, Felix Peñaloza, sought to stop the shooting. He took a white handkerchief, tied it to his cane, and ran into the streets of his city hoping to quell the violence. As U.S. troops advanced, from their positions across the line, Peñaloza pleaded with them to put down their weapons. Despite later accounts to the contrary by US military personnel, an official note from the US Consulate in Nogales, Sonora, confirmed that a shot “from the Arizona side” felled the Mexican mayor. The mortally wounded Peñaloza was dragged into a nearby pharmacy, “where nothing could be done to save him.” He died a half hour later.
U.S. and Mexican sources differ on the success of U.S. troops taking the hills immediately to the east of the twin cities. U.S. sources indicate that the heights were taken by a combined assault of the 10th Cavalry and 35th Infantry. For their part, Mexican sources highlight the participation of the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry during the assault. It is also claimed that the Mexican townspeople of Nogales stopped the assault at the eastern end of the Nogales communities. Nevertheless, during the assault Capt. Hungerford was killed while leading the charge on the hill. Meanwhile, a few US civilians used their vehicles to shuttle troops toward the border, but only one US military vehicle crossed the border delivering supplies and retrieving the wounded. American militia that became involved, stayed on the American side, firing their weapons from the windows of their houses. An eye witness of the shooting claimed that the disordered involvement of US civilians in the border fight “didn’t help the progress of the ‘war’ any.” Late in the fighting, members of the 35th Infantry placed a machine gun on top of a stone building and fired into the Mexican positions. The capture of the heights and this machine gun fire encouraged the end of the fighting.
David Wood
With Peñaloza's death, panicked officials in the Nogales, Sonora, city hall and the Mexican Consul in Nogales, Arizona worked to bring about a cease-fire before further bloodshed. After initial contacts with Lt. Col. Herman were unsuccessful in ending the violence - the military commander in Nogales, Arizona, was wounded in the thigh during the fight - the local Mexican officials agreed to raise a white flag over the community's most prominent structure at the time, the Mexican customs house. About 7:45 pm, the Mexicans waved a large white flag of surrender over their customs building. Lt. Col. Herman observed this and ordered an immediate cease fire. Snipers on both sides continued shooting for a while after the cease fire, but were eventually silenced upon the efforts of their leaders on both sides.
The United States Army suffered three dead and 29 wounded, of which one died. A great deal of uncertainty surrounds the actual number of Mexican casualties from the incident. According to the United States Army official report, the graves for 129 Mexicans were dug. However, reports in various newspapers ranged from 30 to 130 dead and over 300 wounded in action.
The US government's investigation into the battle indicated that the origins of the violence were found in the resentment Mexican nationals felt from the US Customs officials' poor treatment and the sense of impunity that took place when killers went unpunished. Nevertheless, low-level rumors circulated of potential German involvement in this battle. Echoing the comments of some US participants in the battle, James P. Finley wrote in Huachuca Illustrated "found among the Mexican dead were the bodies of two German agents provocateurs." No further corroborating evidence - such as a description of these individuals' particular persons, belongings, or potential intelligence reconnaissance from Nogales residents - is presented by Finley or other authors who have written on the topic.
Nolan Rogers
Historians who have investigated the brief conflict have generally repeated the allegations at the expense of obscuring the social tensions that led to the battle. No actual evidence in terms of documentation apart from historical hearsay exists to validate the claim of German spies during the Battle of Ambos Nogales; the considerable amount of documentary evidence that does exist instead highlights a less sensational, but no less significant level of social tensions caused by years of revolutionary turmoil along the border and mass hysteria during a major global struggle against the Central Powers.
This has the potential for an epic WW1 skirmish, with a distinctly late-Wild West feel - that particular flavour you get with the Mexican Revolution. Players could even expand on the supposed German involvement for an alternate historical take. This is a great chance to field the famous Buffalo Soldiers in action, too.
>Desired scans : >Hail Caesar! Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Army List
You can take this one out, I uploaded it last thread. We only need the Germania campaign book for HC, and it'll be complete for now. Also, if any user happens to get a 10GBP coupon and feels like contributing, the Albiom Triumphant books have been on the list for a while now. If not, I'll probably get the first volume next month, but don't hold your breath.
Jaxon Martinez
Oh wow yes you did, thanks again. I remembered to delete the Bolt Action ones but missed that.
Hunter Butler
Hey if anyone wants to throw 5Core some bucks, they put out a pay-what-you-want pack.
Thanks for the tip, my last 1.5$ on my bank ccount went to him. Wish I could pay more, and now maybe I'll actually try one of Ivan's games...if it's half as good as you say it is, I won't be disappointed.
Ayden Parker
>Garth Ennis' Into the fucking trash it goes
Joshua Morgan
So what is the best ruleset for wargaming in the ancient period? i'm mainly interested in the successor period. i've heard mainly of DBA and Field of Glory. are those any good or do you have other suggestions?
Dominic Parker
DBA is geared towards competetive play, and FoG is recommended for reference table fetishist. If any of those are your things, they they are neat. Other than that, Hail Caesar, War and Conquest, Crusader, WAB, and another that's name I forgot but it's similar to WAB. My personal recommendation would be Hail Caesar because most books are in the folders, and if you want to expand into Pike and Shotte or Black Powder, the base rules are nearly the same.
Isaiah Morgan
To The Strongest might be a good option, I've heard decent things about it.
Michael Brooks
>Goblets and ancient coins somehow involved Please tell me thats part of the game mechanic!?
Isaiah Roberts
Apparently it uses playing cards or chits instead of dice, so I suppose you could make your own stuff for them (i.e. ancient coins picked out of a goblet).
Jace Smith
Sword and Spear is also quite nice.
Christopher Johnson
Folks, does anyone happen to know where I can download the old Airfix magazines with the conversion and modeling guides? Reading the Wargaming Compendium and based on that, some interesting stuff is included.
Nolan Hernandez
We have a couple of their books in our stash (Ancients and ACW, I think). Trying googling around something like 'airfix magazine pdf + 1976' and you'll get lots of results from places like Ebookee, Avax, Scribd etc. There's a torrent or two around as well.
Camden Gray
Thanks for the help, I'll check, and upload what I find to Mega, maybe others are interested too.
Jayden Taylor
What changed between editions?
Liam Wilson
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Joshua Parker
Read the description - apparently not much, but the newer edition is better edited plus much more pictures and eyecandy.
Luke Anderson
Friends, I am cheap, and I haven't read SAGA rules in quite some time. Which 4 point starter foot band is easiest (least subtle) to run without going joms?
Daniel Martin
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William Cook
BASED
Well folks, after an exhausting day of editing and finalizing... Ostfront is released. (on WargameVault) Currently have the 3 army books - Wehrmacht, Soviet Army and the Royal Italian Army.
I'll be editing and finishing off the US and British lists over the next few days, so most of the big factions will be in.
I'll put together some discount bundles when I work it out, so probably worth waiting if you're interested - /hwg/ has always been my support and inspiration, and I've been lurking here since it started, so I'd like to hook you guys up if anyone's looking for a comprehensive WW2 game at company to battalion level, with in-built map campaign.
My first week as a wargame publisher, I've published 5 rulesets, 3 30+ page army books, sold 30 units of rulesets and made $165USD. Pretty good start really. Top seller has been the Russo-Japanese Land wars game, followed by the NZWars game. Hopefully people get a lot of enjoyment out of these rules!
Ryan Reed
I'm not going to buy them because I have no interest in those conflicts, but I hope you do well man.
Oliver Rivera
Oh, cracking stuff, I guess its time to wait for a bundle then.
The thing I'm most pleased about is that we included a lot of units that aren't that common in other games. the NKL Aerosani is in, the T-28C is in Something like 3 different types of Panzer III and 4 types of StuG. Hetzer and Pz.38(t) are in, among many others.
Now I just need to find some 1/72 NKL Aerosani models...
Wyatt Phillips
you could probably do with some pictures which arent on a bed between unpainted models.
Sebastian Kelly
Thanks man, I'll pick it up as soon as I can and try it. Possible around the end of September, but it'll report back.
Daniel Gomez
Those men are ready to do some fights damn.
Are they Fins?
Jaxson Thompson
Nvm, didn't see the huge star on the right vehicle.
Tyler Fisher
I'd say they're probably soviets, I dont think the Finns used the Aerosani's could be wrong though. The vehicle saw wide usage in the Winter War so wouldn't be surprised if many were captured
HAH Agreed. I'd like to do some example videos for YouTube as well. Painting and basing all my infantry is a massive task... but one I must force myself to do at some stage. Thankfully my buddy has some nicely painted infantry I could use for the example images in the rules.
Great thanks! I'll sort out bundles and all the army lists will be finished by then
Managed to collect some epic WW2 photos along the way, in the search for cover images and background images
Elijah Williams
>Managed to collect some epic WW2 photos along the way, in the search for cover images and background images you have got the relevant permissions for them (presuming they are copyrighted)? I don't want you to get fucked by the law.
Hudson Walker
It seems like a cool game, but the bases he sells are damn stylish.
The holes are for optional magnets, but the real gimmick is the rough edges. They definitely look better than flat sides for some styles of game.
Grayson Jones
I can snap some pics of my stuffs you can use if you want.
Evan Green
Yep, sourced from creative commons archives. I definitely dont want to get law'd either.
Bentley Long
Very helpful, thank you.
As a side note, I'm planning out a buy list for Bolt Action, and as mentioned, I'm trying to strike a balance between "historically accurate" and "won't make for a miserable play experience due to everyone else min-maxing the shit out of their army."
Does anyone with Bolt Action experience have an opinion on the following? (OTO stands for "Other than officer/NCO")
Seems like a solid list - a play a similar one in Normandy, tho I usually take an armoured car in place of the Commandos, and Cromwell as a tank. So it's fine, and you'll enjoy it - it's balanced, have enough anti-armor and anti-personnel power.
Be sure to post progress pics!
Isaiah Walker
There's a new edition of BA coming in September that's supposed to nerf vehicles pretty heavily. What are you going to do if the Crusader is no longer viable?
Kevin Perry
>What are you going to do if the Crusader is no longer viable? What the actual fuck, this is /hwg/, not /40k/
Adam Miller
If that means you'll keep the cute tank even if its bad, thank you for your pure and historical love.
Adam Gomez
Crusader A CUTE!
Kayden Wilson
I'm not him, but a Crusader tank is a Crusader tank, doesn't matter the edition. A light cruiser tank which was the mainstay of the British armoured forces in Africa for the most part.
Sheesh, that's why I'll stay with 1st ed with maybe some modifications if needed. If it ain't broken, don't fix it, armoured rules were fine. How would they nerf tanks by the way?
Wyatt Richardson
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Nolan Long
>weaponized memes
Adrian Campbell
>rocket lawncher Never fails to crack me up.
Jose Garcia
>rocket lawnchair?
Julian Bailey
That's not funny; Wan Hu died from that
Caleb Green
Trying to figure out whether I want to run a Sengoku Jida era battle in Field of Glory:Renaissance (with their supplement for far east army lists), or in the dedicated system Killer Katanas 2. Anyone with experience in either system care to comment? The basing is incompatible. Killer Katanas 2 has a card system for turns and simpler rules, FoG has a "you go I go" system for turns and more charts.
Either way I'm planning on running it with Baccus 6mm samurai minis, they should be at my place in a few days.
Austin Gutierrez
Putting together a Bersaglieri platoon for Bolt Action, mostly based on historical TOEs. Figure I can use it to represent either the 5th Regiment with Centauro in Tunisia or the 8th Regiment w/ Ariete in the Western Desert. From what I can find, they /did/ use a triangular organization with three sections, so:
1 veteran 1st Lieutenant -1 aide
Bersaglieri Squad (veterans) -1 NCO w/ SMG -2 man LMG team -2 man LMG team -6 rifles
Bersaglieri Squad (veterans) -1 NCO w/ smg -2 man LMG team -8 rifles
Bersaglieri Squad (veterans) -1 NCO w/ smg -2 man LMG team -8 rifles -anti-tank grenades
AB41 Armored Car (regular) -light automatic cannon, coax MMG, real hull MMG, recce
L3 Tankette -2 hull MMGs
Total is 997 points.
Jonathan Powell
I'll admit it lawst it.
Reminds me of when my grandparents took me to Fort Jackson when I wa younger. They have a small museum there, and the lady that was showing us stuff was like "Hey, do you want to hold an antitank rocket?" Of course it was just an empty, but for a kid it was still awesome as hell. Thanks for the good re-memory, user.
Adrian Brooks
would anyone object if i had a unit of black troops in an ACW union black powder force
Charles Wilson
Well, I'll try to keep using the tank, because a Lightfoot-era list absolutely SHOULD have a bloody tank in support. If that doesn't work or I stop having fun, then I'll add a 4th section of Tommies, because a British platoon is *supposed* to have 4 sections plus an HQ element. So if anything, it'll be more historically accurate that way. Still, a Crusader is perfectly apropos in this list, so I'll give it a go regardless.
>How would they nerf tanks by the way?
From what I understand from my group's BA enthusiast, they're trying to reduce the number of people who are running loads of armor in lieu of infantry (ie, skew lists). In fairness, in BA you could take a platoon consisting of 2, 5-man rifle squads (inexperienced), a decent HQ, and a tank and flamethrower-equipped armored car. Then take ANOTHER platoon organized the same way. The game is supposed to be about infantry squads fighting with a maximum of one armored vehicle in support, so they're nerfing the ability for players to take vee-heavy lists, not the vees themselves (I gather).
And flamethrowers are getting nerf-batted hard, IIRC, because the current theme is to drop HE rounds from armor to put lots of pin markers on the unit (reducing their morale), then run up on somebody with a cheap flamethrower (or flame vehicle so it can't run out of ammo), torch the squad, and watch them fail their (reduced) morale check and be destroyed. It's not the way they wanted the game to be played, so they're fixing it to - theoretically - be more historical and less "game-y". Which I support.
Jace White
I'm pretty sure there really were black units. Find one, paint it accurately and with the correct markings and you are all set.
Carson Bailey
i play 3mm so >correct markings just means I paint the skin black and select an appropriate flag
Jordan Cook
Ok, that actualy doesn't sound that bad. Tho if I want to play Tobruk at home with tons of tanks, I don't think so Warlord employees will kick the front door to keep me from doing that
.Buffalo Soldiers...the Union army indeed had black regiments.
American Civil War isn't really my thing so this had better be worth it!
Gabriel Young
Just expect it to be a 7/10 warmovie with Morgan Freeman, which makes it a lot better.
Oliver Fisher
Once a friend of mine always got kicked out of a shopping mall for a singing along loudly and really badly with the chorus.
Gabriel Miller
>always almost
Asher Smith
Agreed, though I'll admit I prefer where they're going with it re: limiting vehicle spam. I have nothing against vehicle-heavy games, as long as it's casual and we know about it going in. I just really really hate having to play in a game where I bring a generic "take all comers" list against a guy playing half of the 2nd SS Panzer Division and my AT weapons are limited to a couple of PIATs, y'know?
I'll also say that if I was going to play Tobruk or Kursk, I wouldn't be playing a 28mm ruleset. I remember playing a 6mm Kursk in college with something like 500 tank minis *per side* on a 6'x12' table surface and it was GLORIOUS.
Ayden Butler
Does somebody here have "The flower of Chivalry"?
Looks interresting.
Grayson Price
That's why I'm glad we have a single club in our city and no stores with pickup games. We always organize games and agree on lists beforehand. Last time we played a good Bolt Action (mostly) tank game with 2k points of tanks and 1k points of infantry per side - the Germans won, but only by a small margin and it was definitely fun. If someone took 2k points of tonks against my 2k infantry without mentioning it, I'd be angry.
And for Tobruk, you could play a smaller action there with less stuffs, in a smaller scale...
Tell us more.
Leo Powell
Well it's more of a companion book about the middle ages, with orginisation tables of different armies, heraldry and ideas to have medieval campaigns and such. There are some rules inthere with some kind of 'Battlelust' mechanic that is different from morale in that it can still rise even if your troops are disheartened and all that, making them fight on to the death or do one last hopeless charge.
Juan Clark
That...sounds fucking awesome to be honest. I'll check it.
Asher Williams
As an american, the black regiments are pretty cool. You shouldn't have any problems with anyone unless they're Forrest-otaku or something.
Anthony Davis
Vikings. No doubt about it.
Jayden Howard
If they did, slap them with your kepi. Even the Confederates had colored units, even if they didn't keep them the entire war. 1st Louisiana Native Guard, for example.
William Sullivan
I think there is a 6mm dedicated system for that period called Banzai. Might be worth a look.
The problem with Glory is it's told from the wrong perspective.
Practically the whole movie save a few scenes are all from the point of view of Matthew Broderick when they should be from the point of view of the soldiers.
It's not a bad movie by any stretch but it could have been better.
Angel Hughes
How does Dux Britanium compare to Saga? I really only hear saga getting talked about...seems like the two games are trying to do broadly the same thing with slightly different geographic settings
Isaiah Roberts
How you considered playing Longstreet? Because that includes an option to play a Union general from an abolitionist family who can recruit large numbers of coloured infantry. Here's an Osprey for you anyway:
Technically "Buffalo Soldier" refers to the coloured infantry in the post-ACW period, fighting on the frontier and in actions like the OP. It was a nickname the Cheyenne gave them because like the buffalo, the USCT soldiers were black, frizzy-haired, and ferocious in battle.
Well put.
Elijah Walker
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Blake Foster
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Michael Barnes
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Gavin White
>anyone unless they're Forrest-otaku or something. You know, my fucking first names are Nathan Bedford, and Goddamn but I hate those guys, since they hear my name and think I'd one of then without fucking fail. Even ignoring the fact that I am 100% polska and theoretically catholic, I still hate those motherfuckers as much as I hate communists.There are two things that have reason to wear that flag, and they are reenactors and a certain Dodge Charger, and last I checked, those sumbitches ain't either.
On unrelated note, anyone around here own a copy of SPI's old The Next War? I got it from a family friend probably a decade ago and ain't ever played, so I'd like to hear other folk's experiences and suggestions, if there are any handy
Jose Rivera
Does anybody make a pack of windows for industrial type buildings? I want to make some out of card and having premade windows will make it a lot easier.
Josiah Wilson
forrst otaku?
Jason Thomas
Whoops, that would be at 28mm or similar scale.
Gavin Bell
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a confederate general, one of the best cavalry officers to ever live, and the founder of the Klan (though in later years he repudiated it and unsuccessfully tried to get congress to back him in his plan to raise a unit of cavalry and wipe the KKK out), and who eventually became an icon of the unrepentant hard-core neo-confederates, and a 'Forrest Otaku' would presumably be a particular subtype of that breed
Liam Rogers
>Nathan Bedford
I sort of blame Shelby Foote for romanticising the fellow so much, but I'm nowhere near qualified enough to argue the point.
>On unrelated note, anyone around here own a copy of SPI's old The Next War? I got it from a family friend probably a decade ago and ain't ever played, so I'd like to hear other folk's experiences and suggestions, if there are any handy
There isn't a single copy on Ebay currently; I found a finished auction from just last Friday where it sold for US $174.99. Ouch!
Hunter Torres
Not at all. Dux Brit is meant for campaigns and in an earlier period.
SAGA is more pick up/tourney play.
Logan Roberts
>I sort of blame Shelby Foote for romanticising the fellow so much, but I'm nowhere near qualified enough to argue the point. Honestly, it hasn't a thing to do with that. It's simply that my folks settled in an unnamed small town in an unnamed southern state, and since they were so excited to be american, decided to name their about-to-be-born son after the fellow who's statue was 'downtown' (as much as there was a downtown), not thinking that a man as has a statue of him would be anything but a proper american hero. They just turned out to be mistaken. >There isn't a single copy on Ebay currently; I found a finished auction from just last Friday where it sold for US $174.99. Ouch! Jesus, wow. That's quite a bit. If all the counters weren't sitting at the bottom of the box, horrifically mixed up, I'd scan it for you guys.
Cameron Parker
>They just turned out to be mistaken.
At least they didn't call you Forrest, imagine the fun you would have had when a certain movie was released
Josiah Phillips
Shelby foote is sucha shitty historian. Hes a confederate fanboy first and foremost
Levi Green
Sadly I couldn't find anything, but for 15$ it doesn't seem too bad.
Joseph Thompson
>At least they didn't call you Forrest, imagine the fun you would have had when a certain movie was released That is very, very true. At the worst, I was nicknamed 'natty ice' in college (Nathan becomes Nate becomes natty becomes natty ice), but it really would have been FAR worse if the third name had showed up. As is, it's mostly annoying when I have to use my full name for legal stuff, (the funniest moment was when I went to the DMV with a very close and very black friend of mind's sister to renew our licenses, since they expired two days apart, to the vast confusion of the good 'ol gal clerk, since we were side by side and yakking friendly the whole line-up), or when people see my diploma, but otherwise I just go by Nathan and everything is fine. Could surely be worse, it could be
Gabriel Thomas
Are you a member of the klan though?
Aaron Torres
How could you not after hearing their recruitment jingles?
