Anyone play board war games?

[raymond6751]

The forum has thread topics for all kinds of games on computers. I'll bet a lot of subsim folks grew up with and a lot still play tabletop. What about miniatures?
There are always lots of miniatures displays and diaramas at games conventions that I have attended.

How about it? Do we need a discussion thread about popular hobbies that don't need any electronics except light bulbs? :D

[Sailor Steve]

I've read many posts over the years about members who play board games. I play mostly tabletop miniatures games, on a weekly basis. In fact I do those a lot more than I play any computer games these days.

[Buddahaid]

No but I remember some simplistic WW1 RFC and German air force board game from the 1960's that had these little plastic Fokker triplanes molded in red and I held them in my hands and had dogfights the likes of Mick Mannock and Verner Voss never dreamed of. :har::yeah:

[nikimcbee]

Shameless plug for Wings of Glory.

[August]

No but I remember some simplistic WW1 RFC and German air force board game from the 1960's that had these little plastic Fokker triplanes molded in red and I held them in my hands and had dogfights the likes of Mick Mannock and Verner Voss never dreamed of. :har::yeah:

I had one of those games. I don't think we ever played it as intended either.

As a teenager I was pretty good at Avalon Hill games though. I had Squad Leader, Afrika Korps, Panzer Leader and Wooden Ships and Iron Men.

[Sailor Steve]

Shameless plug for Wings of Glory.
I've read the rules for Wings of Glory and I find them extremely simplistic and boring. On a site for one of their games they actually take a jab at our system, saying "Wings of Glory is a game, not a complex flight simulator." There is only one set of rules that fits that description, and I play them every other week. :O: :D

[Aktungbby]

You ol' dog fighter!!! Milton Bradley DOGFIGHT 1963!! still have along-side my Avalon Hill Gettysburg and Fury in the West. Options were real simple: LOOP, ROLL, AND BURST; the play was so intense...I had to wash the Spandau powder off my cheeks!:O: poor Werner's DRI was of course blue and he ran into James McCudden's Squadron(all ace elite) 56 of SE-5's(your model) and was demised by Arthur Rhys-David after an incredible display of airmanship, damaging all 7 of his opponent's aircraft in the process. My sig, in tribute, below says all...PS: do not fly a Cessna 172 inverted; I'm not Voss and it ain't a DRI.:doh:

[Red October1984]

I play Axis and Allies with my friend occasionally.

I would really like to get into wargaming. But, none of my friends have the patience and I really don't think many of them have the intelligence for it. I hate to say it...but it took me ages to explain chess to my class. :shifty:

[August]

You ol' dog fighter!!! Milton Bradley DOGFIGHT 1963!! still have along-side my Avalon Hill Gettysburg and Fury in the West. Options were real simple: LOOP, ROLL, AND BURST; the play was so intense...I had to wash the Spandau powder off my cheeks!:O: poor Werner's DRI was of course blue and he ran into James McCudden's Squadron(all ace elite) 56 of SE-5's(your model) and was demised by Arthur Rhys-David after an incredible display of airmanship, damaging all 7 of his opponent's aircraft in the process. My sig, in tribute, below says all...PS: do not fly a Cessna 172 inverted; I'm not Voss and it ain't a DRI.:doh:

I found it a lot more fun to chase my friends around the house making machine gun noises. :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

I found it a lot more fun to chase my friends around the house making machine gun noises. :yep:
My friend Rocky's three sons did that until their mother told him to stop it. One day I was visiting and one the boys was sitting talking with us. One of his brothers popped around a corner, pointed his finger and whispered "Whick whick whick!" and ran off again. I looked at them quizzicaly and Rocky said "Squirt guns."

[Aktungbby]

If yer doin' it in the buff as an MG 34, don't overheat the barrel; Ma' Deuce can fend fer hersef' KTAM! KTAM! BUDDA! BUDDA! have A Hamm's with your Ageless Male so's ya don't hafta' change out the belt(or canister) at a critical juncture:doh: Jimmy Hendrix woulda had ta' rewrite 'machine gun' after that!:D

[gi_dan2987]

Risk, Axis & Allies, and you can't forget the classic Chess.

[Feuer Frei!]

And this thread is in GT because?

[Buddahaid]

You ol' dog fighter!!! Milton Bradley DOGFIGHT 1963!! still have along-side my Avalon Hill Gettysburg and Fury in the West. Options were real simple: LOOP, ROLL, AND BURST; the play was so intense...I had to wash the Spandau powder off my cheeks!:O: poor Werner's DRI was of course blue and he ran into James McCudden's Squadron(all ace elite) 56 of SE-5's(your model) and was demised by Arthur Rhys-David after an incredible display of airmanship, damaging all 7 of his opponent's aircraft in the process. My sig, in tribute, below says all...PS: do not fly a Cessna 172 inverted; I'm not Voss and it ain't a DRI.:doh:

Old and lame. Thanks for putting a name to that game! :up:

I play ROF just to fly the models mainly and it's worth every penny just for that in my world. The models are awesome and I yearn for some more 1914 early war types.

http://www.vintagetoysillustrated.com/vintagetoy/forsale/december/2011/MILTON_BRADLEY_MB_4302_AMERICAN_HERITAGE_DOGFIGHT_ AIR_BATTLE_GAME_WORLD_WAR_I_BOARD.JPG

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy207/Fredeboet/Board%20Games%20part%205/DSC04832_zps3a98819a.jpg

I do believe I had Fokker triplanes in my game but this is the box art and board. Gawd I feel old..... :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

Artistic license if ever; I don't recall Nungesser in a Nieuport 'bebe' ever getting the six-over on a all red 'diable rouge' of Manfred's, the Albatross III(v strut?) which was his main tally getter.

[MH]

And this thread is in GT because?
Right...
Its not about knives or goons….. aaa guns sorry.

[Feuer Frei!]

Right...
Its not about knives or goons….. aaa guns sorry.

Riiight, and you're a mod?
Aha.

[Jimbuna]

Right...
Its not about knives or goons….. aaa guns sorry.

Riiight, and you're a mod?
Aha.

If you want this moving just drop me a line or post a reply.

[MH]

N.p.nevermind.
I was just wondering how do you play board dogfight game....

[raymond6751]

Avalon Hill made two games, one of which was Panzer Leader, the other started with Panzer but I forget the title. (old timers disease)

Anyway, years ago I had an empty spare room and a gamer friend. We each bought a copy of each game, total 4 games. The spare room was filled with sectional map boards and hundreds of counters. The game lasted over a year.

[Dread Knot]

I have the old American Heritage game Battle Cry! to blame for a life long fascination to the ACW. (even though actual game play ended up bearing little resemblance to history) Whoever drew up the rail lines in particular, didn't do much research and rivers are missing altogether.

http://www.100tonsofstuff.com/images/Civil%20War/1538-8300638BattleCry1960CWgame.jpg

[Dread Knot]

Avalon Hill made two games, one of which was Panzer Leader, the other started with Panzer but I forget the title. (old timers disease)



PanzerBlitz. It was the really the first decent WW2 board game set in a tactical rather than strategic environment.

http://gregpanzerblitz.com/PB[1].jpg

[Jimbuna]

The last Avalon Hill board game I owned was Gulf Strike

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2076/gulf-strike

Possibly a complete list...if not, certainly comprehensive

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avalon_Hill_games

[TarJak]

PanzerBlitz. It was the really the first decent WW2 board game set in a tactical rather than strategic environment.

http://gregpanzerblitz.com/PB[1].jpg

I've got this one and Panzer Leader. Battle of the Bulge and Fortress Europa as well. PB and PL were excellent systems. The modular maps meant you could replicate a huge range of terrain.

[Dread Knot]

I've got this one and Panzer Leader. Battle of the Bulge and Fortress Europa as well. PB and PL were excellent systems. The modular maps meant you could replicate a huge range of terrain.

And at the time (1970s) all those jazzy unit vehicle silhouettes were a big graphic improvement over abstract Nato symbols. :up:

http://www.thewargamer.com/Scans/PanzerBlitzV283.jpg

[nikimcbee]

PanzerBlitz. It was the really the first decent WW2 board game set in a tactical rather than strategic environment.

http://gregpanzerblitz.com/PB[1].jpg


This.:up::woot:

[Jimbuna]

Thread moved.

[raymond6751]

Panzer Blitz! That's the one, Dread Knot. We had so much fun gaming with that and Panzer Leader. Time well wasted.

Playing those is what got me into writing rules for games. I wrote what I called then fire-counter-fire. It wasn't anybody's turn after the first shot. Then any unit that could see the hex that fired, could fire in return. Play just ping-ponged back and forth until all who could fire had done so.

I also wrote another rule allowing units to fire at half value and move half speed. That could be reversed as move half-fire half.

Those two rules got the game going like wildfire.

What fun. :rock:

[raymond6751]

I play Axis and Allies with my friend occasionally.

I would really like to get into wargaming. But, none of my friends have the patience and I really don't think many of them have the intelligence for it. I hate to say it...but it took me ages to explain chess to my class. :shifty:

There are wargames today designed for solo play. I just got one. GMT games published ''The Hunters" which is a WW2 U-Boat game. You are captain and sail one boat on missions. You have die roll generated missions, hits, damage, crew casualties, special missions, the lot. It plays fast and costs about $40 at their site. You won't see it in stores for a while as it is new.

Other similar solo games: Steel Wolves (U-Boat Operational), Silent War (same treatment for US Pacific sub war.) Many others. :up:

[Dread Knot]

Panzer Blitz! That's the one, Dread Knot. We had so much fun gaming with that and Panzer Leader. Time well wasted.

Playing those is what got me into writing rules for games. I wrote what I called then fire-counter-fire. It wasn't anybody's turn after the first shot. Then any unit that could see the hex that fired, could fire in return. Play just ping-ponged back and forth until all who could fire had done so.

I also wrote another rule allowing units to fire at half value and move half speed. That could be reversed as move half-fire half.

Those two rules got the game going like wildfire.

What fun. :rock:

There was a third installment in the series--The Arab-Israeli Wars that wasn't too bad either. Lots of quality versus quantity battles and open desert terrain. However, at the time of it's publication (1977) not a lot of the full data on the 1973 Yom Kippur War was in, so it was a bit inaccurate in that regard, but still lots of fun.


http://i.ebayimg.com/t/The-Arab-Israeli-Wars-game-by-Avalon-Hill-unpunched-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/iswAAOxyBgpSablX/$T2eC16JHJGsFFMlu285+BS,blWrOig~~60_35.JPG

[Red October1984]

There are wargames today designed for solo play. I just got one. GMT games published ''The Hunters" which is a WW2 U-Boat game. You are captain and sail one boat on missions. You have die roll generated missions, hits, damage, crew casualties, special missions, the lot. It plays fast and costs about $40 at their site. You won't see it in stores for a while as it is new.

Other similar solo games: Steel Wolves (U-Boat Operational), Silent War (same treatment for US Pacific sub war.) Many others. :up:

I've heard of these games.....They sound fun...

Money is the issue. That, and I really like board games I can play with friends on the odd blue moon when we want to.

[Father Goose]

I play Axis and Allies with my friend occasionally.

I would really like to get into wargaming. But, none of my friends have the patience and I really don't think many of them have the intelligence for it. I hate to say it...but it took me ages to explain chess to my class. :shifty:

The "dumbing-down" of America is succeeding Red.

Axis and Allies is a great board game as well as chess. Good picks. :up:

[Otto Harkaman]

Just started reading the rules for Avalon Hill's Bismarck. Someone going by JW62 has made a Vassal module to play the old board game on the computer and against opponents online.

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic181419.jpg

http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic127269_md.jpg

Bismarck Vassal module
http://www.vassalengine.org/mediawiki/images/thumb/5/56/Bis_screenshot.gif/800px-Bis_screenshot.gif

[raymond6751]

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[raymond6751]

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