'The General'
 

if there are any old lags like myself who have fond memories of Avalon Hill and it's magazine 'The General' I have just found a website which has ALL the 'General' issues on disk for £3.99. I have ordered it even if just to read some of the great games they published, I still have some

Anyone interested let me know If they want the address. It is in the UK


gavain2

Thanks
 

Gavain2,
I would be very interested in ordering four of these. War at Sea, Victory in the Pacific, and many more Avalon Hill games are in my 'bookshelf' right now. In the 80's The General carried many AH game 'variants' that are very difficult to obtain today. Thank you very much for this info.

Good news! Of course I remember 'The General'. I've been playing tabletop and board wargames since 1977. :sunny:

I still have most of my old issues of the General from between 1978 and 1992. :cool: Even though I no longer play the games I still find the historical information useful.

http://pyxis.homestead.com/Generals.jpg

:oWow, you're going waaaay back. I used to play those in the early 70s. I had Squad Leader, Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...eader_game.jpg

http://tonysebooks.com/images/panzer...bined_logo.jpg

I have no recollection of what happened to those games. Don't even remember how they were played. That's how long ago it was.:hmmm:

Raider M;
 

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Not sure if he has individual issues but look here:

www.tonysbooks.com or products@tonysbooks.com

As I said you can order a complete set for £3.99. I don't know where you are but I am sure you can buy these on the set!

glad it helped someone. I still play many boardgames also. If you want a solitaire U-Boat game look on 'boardgamegeek' at 'U-Boat Leader' by DAn Verssen. very good game! I have 4 of his. Any other info on his games I have let me know if you want some
gavain2

Is there a direct link to buy the disc. The price is great! :rock:

[edit] Never mind. I found a US source for a great price. :sunny:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...All-Categories

Memories
 

Hey, that's good so I'm not the only old fogie here. My pal has shown me his and it is absolutely complete

But yes, there is a direct link, Have I woken a 'sleeping giant' here??

gavain2

I've posted a couple of threads in General Topics about my grandkids, and I'm a long way from being the oldest member, being a fairly sprightly sixty-one. :sunny:

Very fond memories of AH games from back in the 70's. :yep:

Only war games I played in the early 70's I guess was picking up a stick and calling it a gun..bang bang....Kid's back then had to be creative.

Shouldn't this thread actually be in the General Topics forum, instead of Silent Hunter 4?

Yes, or possibly General Games. That said, the last time I mentioned that I was very loudly ignored. :sunny:

My copy came yesterday, and it's on my PC now. Everything is as advertised - the entire run of the magazine and a bunch of extras. No complaints here. :rock:

Exactly So
 

.................................................. .................................................. ...Yes, I'm enjoying mine also. Lots of memories of wonderful games, sadly all disappeared with the advent of Computer games.

I do also play many board wargames also, by the way I'm just a little older than you.


That's why I've recommended some very good gasmes by Dan Verssen Games over ther in the US, especially if one struggles now to find likeminded people for board games DVG games are all solitaire one and excellent


Gavain2

And A Happy New Year to you

But not by much. :D

I play more tabletop miniatures games, as I like to build and paint things. I've been slowly plodding along with my own naval rules for a couple of decades now. I have a friend who has developed what I consider to be the absolute best army and flight rules, as well as an incredible Grand Prix race game, none of them published, but much played. :sunny:

Outta all my old tabletop games, I still have The Luftwaffe left. Had quite a few of them from the old days. Loved France 1940, and The Blue Max. Had one that encompassed the The Pacific, but the name slips my memory.

Cool games, but difficult to find people who liked playing them. Dad and I would sometimes play them on cold winter afternoons.

What was cool though about computer games was that it didn't require having an opponent. And it's amazing how the AI has changed over the years compared o the old 486DX2 days.

Aside from the sub games, flight sims like Battle of Britain II WOV, and Over Flanders Fields have some of the best AI ever, and they keep getting better with every tweak.