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...1960CWgame.jpg

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

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

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

This.:up::woot:

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That's the one
 

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:

You can play solo
 

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:

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-Isra...Oig~~60_35.JPG

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.

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

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

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/mediawik...screenshot.gif

New board game - Subsim discount
 

Hi Subsim

I'm a member and a game designer. My new modern naval board game is available. It is both a download and print and a physical component game. You can get the rule book, print the map and counters, play, and then order the rest.

Until June 30, 24 Subsim members can have a $5 discount using this code:

https://www.wargamevault.com/browse....unt=964a847652

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:Kaleun_Applaud:

Close The Atlantic - World War Three
 

The boxed version of the game is now available.

https://www.bluepantherllc.com/produ...e-the-atlantic

A modern Battle of the Atlantic ! NATO vs Russia