AAR 1

From: Cary Blood

Pete, Jodie, Norbert, JT, Phil, Jessica, Russ:

Thanks for a wonderful weekend!!! All of your hard work and preparation made this an unparalleled fun event!!!!! I agree with Bruce that the imperfect intel we all had made this campaign so real! Nothing can replace a good, fair, MALICIOUSLY NONTALKATIVE referee in a campaign like this!

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, numerous Germanic kingdoms tried to mimic the glory of the old empire--the middle ages' bastardized Latin term for this is:

IMITATIO ROMANI

Anything the rest of us mere mortals attempt to put together to promulgate such weekend-long campaigns is destined to fall short of the Panzeri-standard and must be termed:

IMITATIO JODICANI

At least us Germannic imitators can rest assured that in two years Pete and Jodie Panzeri will once again return to our world, and there will be little need for Imitatio! (come to West Point, Pete!!!)

Peucestes, servant of Pithon, diplomat of Pithon, scribe of Pithon, accountant of Pithon, swordbearer (wooden ruler) of Pithon (he fights/rolls better if he has something to swing around/play with--Oxyartes knocked him senseless in battle in Carmania because I forgot to give him his sword!), shieldbearer (clipboard with JodieCon packet) of Pithon, stratego and admirer of Pithon (hmmm....I should have pressed for higher pay!)