Seeking a nice wargame. Any suggestions?

[WargamerScott]

Originally Posted by Skybird

We have had several chess threads with correspondence matches posted in GT forum at two different opportunities in the past years. Why haven't you never showed up?

I'm too much of a drifter. I always show up when it's too late.

I recently had a good game. Well...Fritz seemed to like it.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by WargamerScott

I'm too much of a drifter. I always show up when it's too late.

I recently had a good game. Well...Fritz seemed to like it.

I prefer the Fritz GUI, too, the 3D boards are the best arounds. Just to be sure: did you also use the Fritz engine (which version)? I have had many different engines in use under the Fritz GUI, currently I prefer Hiarcs, and Fritz. Rybka seems to be the strongest engine around, currently.

I'll give that match protocol some time later this night.

[WargamerScott]

I used Fritz 11. I don't really use the 3D boards because they are still liable to perspective errors when playing/analyzing.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by WargamerScott

I used Fritz 11. I don't really use the 3D boards because they are still liable to perspective errors when playing/analyzing.

Since I got a WS with 54 cm early last year, I can arrange the 3D board that it looks almost exactly the way like the chessboard I used with 4 cm per field when I put it on my table and sit normally at that table. even the size is the same. I have no problems whatever to take the virtual board for a real one. I use the "Staunton Wood" Set, and the "German Federal Design" that comes with Hiarcs.

[WargamerScott]

I've got to admit, that is pretty awesome!

[Blacklight]

Quote by Skybird
Originally Posted by Blacklight
REAL wargames are played on a table with a board that has a map covered in hexagons with 100000000 little carboard counters all over it and stacks of combat charts and rules.

I still had these residing on my HD, by chance:

Thing of beauty, that is ! That's also a nice looking Mephisto board there.

Not so! REAL wargames are played on a large table covered with green felt, cardboard buildings, lichen for trees, lots of miniature soldiers/tanks/ships/etc. and stacks of combat charts and rules.

Okay. I revise my former statement. REAL wargames are played on a board with a map covered in hexagons with 1000000000 cardboard counters all over them OR on a large table covered with green felt, cardboard buildings, lichen for trees, lots of miniature soldiers/tanks/ships/etc. and stacks of combat charts and rules.

I havn't wargamed with miniatures in a LONG time. I kind of got out of it because the mini's are expensive, and my wife won't let me have anywhere large enough to store the model scenery and stuff. Naval minis are the best I can do now because naval wargaming usually doesn't involve a lot of table scenery. Toss a couple of islands down and you're good to go usually. I cheap out and use counters for the ships.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

That's also a nice looking Mephisto board there.

I have collected all the objects of my passion from my youth, those magical machines that back then were out of reach for
the boy that I was. I have another 7 machines hidden in the cellar, some of the broken, unfortunately, but amongst them
some real collector's item like a Chafitz Sargon 2.5 ARB, a fidelity Avantgarde and a Novag Constellation Forte. But I do
not have the space to set them up in my appartment, all of them.

When I found and bought them one by one over the past 15 years, mostly at ebay, every time it was like christmas night
for the 15 and 16 year old that I was in the 80s.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by WargamerScott

I've got to admit, that is pretty awesome!

On the screen, in real life the squares at the top of the screen appear to have 3,3 cm per side, at the top, due to the "closer" perspective, they have 5,4 cm. That is in fact bigger than the Mephisto board, which has 4 cm per square.

Tournament size is considered to be 5 - 5,5 cm.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Skybird

On the screen, in real life the squares at the top of the screen appear to have 3,3 cm per side, at the top, due to the "closer" perspective, they have 5,4 cm. That is in fact bigger than the Mephisto board, which has 4 cm per square.

Tournament size is considered to be 5 - 5,5 cm.

Say wha? Who the heck cares how big the squares are? You chess-people are wierd.