Traditional war game. A man's wargame :-P [Archive]

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Castout

11-16-10, 01:47 AM

I can't help but to continue to dig my board gaming hobby

So I'll be picking this on December

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic308871_md.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic445255_md.jpg

And order this for February/March 2011 shipment

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic404685_md.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/roh_kudus/pic587852_md.jpg

Both are award winning war game btw.
I don't feel that excited anymore at playing PC games much less console.
I was looking for relatively easy to teach and quality tactical war game when somebody mentioned these.

Anyone play these?

Sledgehammer427

11-16-10, 01:54 AM

I don't. but I'm certainly looking to get involved in tabletop wargaming. You must tell us how this game is, I'm definitely interested.

Castout

11-16-10, 03:03 AM

Well for a start unlike most war game this comes with mounted board. Furthermore I've been told the rules are relatively easy to teach.
There's almost no downtime in the game either and this is playable solo as well.

The series have claimed board gaming awards. I've heard nothing but praises for this one. I'll inform you when I got the game and tried it personally. Meanwhile I've convinced myself they are what I'm looking for in tactical war games.

Skybird

11-16-10, 06:35 AM

http://academy-games.com/games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru0-c1hegv8

the_tyrant

11-16-10, 06:44 AM

costume, board, dice, its quite like dungeons and dragons
I've played that once out of curiosity

otherwise the only wargame that I have played is chess

Skybird

11-16-10, 10:06 AM

Invented and used in Prussia, 200 years ago:

pics (http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-42723.html)

German article (http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeug/0,1518,625745,00.html)

I have posted it back then, but re-post it now, since it has been some time.

Edit:
I believed to remember that there was an English version of the text in international edition of Der Spiegel, it seems I was wrong, but I found another forum entry where they have translated the text:

English translation (http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/417427/article-about-the-history-of-wargaming-and-rpgs-on)

sharkbit

11-16-10, 02:09 PM

I still wargame with good old fashioned cardboard pieces and mounted boards.
My all time favorite is Advanced Squad Leader.

Excellent game but the rule book can be daunting at times. The basic rules can be picked up pretty easily though and you can be playing some of the basic scenarios quickly.

:)

Takeda Shingen

11-16-10, 02:13 PM

Castout, you don't actually dress up when you play, do you?

Castout

11-16-10, 06:09 PM

Castout, you don't actually dress up when you play, do you?

:D No I don't I don't have the luxury nor the friends who are willing to.

But we shot the loser by the end of the game if he was playing Soviet. Stalin did say not a step backward :O:

with this
http://musosguide.com/public_html/musos.wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/water_gun.jpg

Diopos

11-16-10, 06:16 PM

Castout, you don't actually dress up when you play, do you?

The real problem would be if he dressed up when NOT playing! :D

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Castout

11-16-10, 07:15 PM

The real problem would be if he dressed up when NOT playing! :D

.

Umm what do you exactly mean . . . . I can assure you whatever shame people think of me the shame is not mine. I could even help a certain nation in times of its crisis. Stupid people get listened to because they have money and power but nobody's going to steal my dream because my dream doesn't depend on stupid people or even any people whatsoever.:nope:. :O:

The only board game I have that made me to contemplate dressing up for the game is Arkham Horror but the base game is just too easy for my gaming group thus wouldn't be so much fun dressing up to add the already almost nonexistent suspense. Planning to get an expansion to add the game difficulty a bit but always ended up buying a different new game altogether.

Platapus

11-16-10, 08:06 PM

tater

11-16-10, 08:12 PM

I still have boxes of games like that. Waiting for the kids to get a little older.

raymond6751

11-16-10, 08:36 PM

I could never find any face-to-face gamers that enjoyed the games I wanted to play. I was forced to begin play by mail, finding opponents in such magazines as put out by Avalon Hill and GDW game companies.

I still find pbem as addictive as video games were. Today, few video games are worth a look.

A lot of people would play table-top if there were opponents, oh, and time.

:salute:

Skybird

11-17-10, 05:53 AM

Running such cosims as tabletops over long time (no matter whether PBM, AI or solo play) is fascinating, but is severly hampered by the immense space that is needed and gets blocked for the wholoe duration. This is where PCs are extremely helpful, this, and the sometimes epic background calculations needed. Nevertheless it feels good to use those pincers on those material counters scattered around on that solid printed map. :salute:

Diopos

11-17-10, 08:11 AM

Castout

11-17-10, 07:51 PM

I have plenty of good memories playing board games like that. With the right group, it was very fun.

You see kids, this is what we did before there were any personal computers. We actually got together with our friends and talked to their face.... using spoken words. And they talked back! It really happened.

And we were thankful.

Board gaming still exists today and it's even growing and getting better well except for the price. :DL And it's not necessarily a worse kind or inferior kind of gaming. It's for one certainly a much more expensive gaming. Personally I'd think the reward and enjoyment(fun) are higher or even much higher though depending on the chemistry of the people playing. They are a cheap and fun way to spend the weekend too(Blizzards would be a blessing for them). And they bring people, family or friends closer together. Well for one laughing together is so much more fun than laughing in front of our monitor alone.

Well I have almost never able to bring friends online to play online game with together so much so I've given up hope trying but the same people who would normally refuse idea of playing online game together could come asking for a board game session! They come in two, three or even more. I'd say they are liking board gaming much more than online(internet) gaming.

I could never find any face-to-face gamers that enjoyed the games I wanted to play. I was forced to begin play by mail, finding opponents in such magazines as put out by Avalon Hill and GDW game companies.

I still find pbem as addictive as video games were. Today, few video games are worth a look.

A lot of people would play table-top if there were opponents, oh, and time.

:salute:

Well for a start many play with their spouse or with their children.
Many others have regular gaming group to play with. Ya know old buddies . . .I played with friends, nieces and last night for the first time with the maids. I tried playing solo but it felt awkward because the only game playable solo that I have is Arkham Horror. and the playtime is about 3 hours. I always felt like an autistic person after about 40 minutes or so so I quit. None of my friends were a board gamer. In fact I introduced them to board game. And none of them are a wargamer either and I will try introducing them to Conflict of Heroes in December and already introduced them to Axis and Allies. I just would buy board game which I like without thinking whether it would be liked by my gaming group whatsoever. I do not wish to collect boardgames which don't hold my primary interest.

I'm thinking to get a boys orphanage a board game for them to play too.