Gaming in the Military - Your Experiences?

[mmu1]

I've no military experience of my own, but the thread made me remember this story:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

Apparently, the Israeli Army considers playing D&D as a sign of having a weak personality, not being grounded in reality, and being susceptible to external influence. So if you admit to playing, it's off to a military psychologist for you to see if you can be trusted, or if you're only capable of holding the lowest levels of security clearance...

 

[Doug Sundseth]

I started role-playing as an AF dependent when I went to my first meeting of the Rhein Confederation Wargames Society in the fall of '76. We had moderately regular games with a mix of HS students and junior NCOs, though we were about as likely to play board wargames as RPGs. The group was both AF and Army, since Zweibruecken AB (USAF) was just across town from Kreuzberg Kaserne (USA).

 

[Harmon]

My second gaming group was comprised all of military brats. All of them joined the military and gamed while active (well except one, he left during basic).

Later I would supply my future brother in law with RPGs while he was aboard ship (no not that kind of RPG).

An email buddy of mine games, but only about half as much as he'd like.

 

[jdrakeh]

I should clarify that I've never been in the military, though I have been contracted out to the federal government for physcial security. In that time, I met and gamed with quite a few military folk (US Navy and US Army, mainly). The two games that seemed the most prevalent:

• AD&D 2e (particularly Birthright and FR)
• Shadowrun 3e