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efraimkarsh · 01-18-09, 09:58 AM

1) Combat Mission BB (Barbarossa to Berlin: best game ever) & Combat Mission AK (Africa Korps, almost as good)
3) WINSPMBT (Camo Workshop, free) and WinSPWW2 (Camo Workshop, free)
4) SH3
5) Age of Mythology

I am new to the forum, I was just perusing, but got intrigued by this thread, since so few among you have chosen two of the games that I consider decisive: Combat mission (both CMBB, better, and CMAK, almost as good) and Steel panthers (in its free sequel that can be downloaded for free at Camo Workshop (http://linetap.com/www/drg/SPCamo.htm). So I decided to chime in. I realize that we are in a "naval games" subforum, but still...

Good games should be played for YEARS, not months and not weeks, and both Combat Mission and Steel panther (sequel) games offer this possibility in spades.

The combat mission series is imho, simply put, the best PC game for strategy and tactic bar none. I have spent more hours on this tactical and strategical simulation marvel than on any other game. The quick game generator with everything at random is a real joy in order to learn how to master equipment (or nationalities) you would never have chosen otherwise (you can of course pick and choose if you so prefer, but you'll learn less).

The older Steel panthers series have the fantastic possibility of allowing you to put whomever you want against whomever you want in any year of choice: playing -say- Danemark against South Corea in 1957 with borrowed russian tanks is quite a bliss :-)

So my advice is; do yourself a favour and try them out if you never did. Combat mission can be found for cheap on any second hand software shop, and has a tactical and strategical incredible depth, that you'll discover pretty soon; the camos steel panthers sequel can be downloaded for free and are a real joy (try a desert israel campaign in the fifties for instance).

I might also add, for those of you that care, that all the games above can be perfectly played in Linux (through wine, SH3 needs some finetuning, though, see http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...TestingId=7196).

Cheers!

01-18-09, 09:58 AM	#11
efraimkarsh Bilge Rat Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: European Union Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	1) Combat Mission BB (Barbarossa to Berlin: best game ever) & Combat Mission AK (Africa Korps, almost as good) 3) WINSPMBT (Camo Workshop, free) and WinSPWW2 (Camo Workshop, free) 4) SH3 5) Age of Mythology I am new to the forum, I was just perusing, but got intrigued by this thread, since so few among you have chosen two of the games that I consider decisive: Combat mission (both CMBB, better, and CMAK, almost as good) and Steel panthers (in its free sequel that can be downloaded for free at Camo Workshop (http://linetap.com/www/drg/SPCamo.htm). So I decided to chime in. I realize that we are in a "naval games" subforum, but still... Good games should be played for YEARS, not months and not weeks, and both Combat Mission and Steel panther (sequel) games offer this possibility in spades. The combat mission series is imho, simply put, the best PC game for strategy and tactic bar none. I have spent more hours on this tactical and strategical simulation marvel than on any other game. The quick game generator with everything at random is a real joy in order to learn how to master equipment (or nationalities) you would never have chosen otherwise (you can of course pick and choose if you so prefer, but you'll learn less). The older Steel panthers series have the fantastic possibility of allowing you to put whomever you want against whomever you want in any year of choice: playing -say- Danemark against South Corea in 1957 with borrowed russian tanks is quite a bliss :-) So my advice is; do yourself a favour and try them out if you never did. Combat mission can be found for cheap on any second hand software shop, and has a tactical and strategical incredible depth, that you'll discover pretty soon; the camos steel panthers sequel can be downloaded for free and are a real joy (try a desert israel campaign in the fifties for instance). I might also add, for those of you that care, that all the games above can be perfectly played in Linux (through wine, SH3 needs some finetuning, though, see http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...TestingId=7196). Cheers! Last edited by efraimkarsh; 01-18-09 at 10:17 AM.