[jalisco555]

Brings back fond memories of a mis-spent youth (and I'm still occasionally mis-spending my time even now!).

[Kobyashi1942]

Great Post. I've been gaming since 1972 and I've never looked backed since then.

Just the geographical knowledge that all those years of gaming have given me has proven both profitable and personally rewarding.

I feel so sorry for all the people who can't handle a good wargame.

Last games played: Kharkov '42, War in the Pacific, Operational Art of War, Century of War.

Koby

[CatoRenasci]

Indeed. I spent many hours in the early 1960's playing Avalon Hill games. My favorites were the original 1958 Tactics and the original 1958 version of Gettysburg, the pre-hex, topographical map, the full tournament version in which you had movement by inches (you needed dividers), the ability to fire only in one direction at a time, differnt weighting of fires based upon whether one was attacking the enemy head on, in full or partial enfilade, etc., observation posts and hidden movement, etc. etc. Took at least an hour for each turn once things got moving, but a great gave. The railroad logistics game Dispatcher was also interesting, and Jutland was also good.

[Poohbah]

Grognard Bump!

Manual games recently played: Invasion: Taipei (PRC invades Taiwan, includes a very good cyberwar module), Vietnam Battles (actually two games: Hue City and Khe Sanh, I played the latter), and Napoleon's First Battles (I played the Marengo scenario--a very see-saw game).

Computer games recently played: The Operational Art of War, Century of War edition (20th Century operational-level conflict, very detailed treatment under the interface, you can design your own scenarios if you have a detailed enough order of battle and maps).

[Lazamataz]

Well, I'm ready for the future then.

Admiral (5th Dagger) Lazamataz, Commander of the Klingon Expeditionary Force, Star Fleet Battles (Task Force Games).

Motto: When you are down to your last E-4, THEN bug out. But not before.

[egarvue]

Mis-spent youth? As I explain to my wife, would she rather I hang out with my geek friends playing wargames, or hang out in a bar? The one thing I love about the wargaming community is the sense of community - I can walk into any hobby/game shop in the country, and immediately be at home.

[AppyPappy]

I played Mechwar 77 once. I spent much of my senior year in college playing Panzerblitz/Panzer Leader.

[Junior]

A miniature wargaming bump (boardgames are for sissies!).

[FreedomPoster]

Brings back fond memories of a mis-spent youth (and I'm still occasionally mis-spending my time even now!).

Ditto that. I still have a big pile of Avalon Hill and SPI games. Those of you, like me, who did the SPI thing in the '70's, know where Jim Dunnagin came from when you see him as an expert military commentator on CNN. I saw him once just after the terrorist atrocity, as well as during the Gulf War.

Anyone else play with the computer Close Combat series? Especially "A Bridge Too Far". Good stuff, especially in the all-infantry battles. Lots of vehicles tend to make the game get weird, due to vehicle unit AI (or lack thereof), but the infantry-only scenarios feel amazingly realistic.

[SAMWolf]

For WW II Tank sims, there is nothing that beats Panzer Elite!!

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Thank you Talonsoft. Operational Art of War Vol II. Greatest Wargame ever.

[bluetoad]

Sorry folks, Steel Panthers II is the defacto standard at a tactical level.

I already run the scenarios many times, and it don’t look good for the Taliban…

[BaBaStooey]

Kobiyashi Maru BUMP

[rb22982]

Speaking of war games, check out the free multiplayer online demo for Return to Castle Wolfenstein (WW2), the long awaited sequal to the first mainstream First Person Shooter, Wolfenstein 3d.

link here It's really good, but you'll need at least a 700 mghz computer, 128 mb of ram, and a decent video card and a stable internet connection for it to be fast. Oh its a 63 MB dl.

[GeekDejure]

Yikes!!! It's those dreaded P words... People. . . Public and Population !!!

So sayith GeekDejure pro bono !!!

As a population, the American public probably has prevaricators who have promptly provoked the proletariat to protest by professing to profit (punily) from the proximate project!

Hence, pro and con is pronounced to provide the poor proletariat with a prolixity of presumptions to pretend such profane profiteering is produced to procure and provide proprietary protection by proxy! And all without proof of prior protocol which proscribes the prosecution of progressive taxation!

Wherefore, there is promptly some probable cause to procure or produce the probative facts publico in this procedure, and NOT prohibit a peon geek's paltry profit margin from producing the process whereby ALL shall proclaim profit sharing pro facto... or would you prefer pro se probation and promulgated prolicide!

This proceeding is prompted to produce proper product pro forma, and propounded to promote pro rata participation... pro posse suo... pro solido!!! (e.g., Let's Roll !!!)

[testforecho]

Favorites: Diplomacy, Supremacy, Advanced Squad Leader, AD&D massed battle system (or whatever it was called), Axis and Allies, Age of Empires, Caesar III, Steel Panthers I,II,III, History of the World, etc, etc.

The last time my current gaming group played we stayed up till about 4:00 am. A lot of fun.

[Poohbah]

Wonder if this guy liked the GDW Chaco game, or the one in Command magazine.

Sadly, both outfits are now defunct.

[Freemeorkillme]

I'm surprised to see no mention of my favorite Close Combat: Operation Market Square Garden; Eastern Front(III); Battle of the Bulge(IV); and Invasion Normandy(V). I wholly recommend these to all real-time war gamers who love platoon-level, squad-level, etc games that will run on both Macs and PCs(yes, even on 2000 believe it or not).. enjoy the screams(das blut! das blut! und Wir geben uns!)