RL Tabletop Subsim Gaming

Platapus · 02-07-22, 01:50 PM

ewww play games with other humans?

You mean actually interacting with *people*?

(honestly, I don't understand where people come up with this stuff)

mapuc · 02-07-22, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

ewww play games with other humans?

You mean actually interacting with *people*?

(honestly, I don't understand where people come up with this stuff)

The board games I put up can be played by one player.

Markus

Skybird · 02-07-22, 03:47 PM

Played cosims in my youth, but cosims in Germany are suspicious, so I lacked playing partners and focussed mainly on solo play. Third World War series by GDW worked well that way, the Strike games by Victory Game less so. The Assault games by GDW I wanted to like, but there were unpassable limitations. Thank God the first Steal Beasts was published not much time later. Flight Leader by Avalon Hill was another darling game, I mean I belong to the generation watching Top Gun in the cinemas, so how not to like this game?

Only very rarely I was able to play with/against human players.

There were dedicated solo games, Ambush!, and Tokyo Express (which I reviewed for Subsim.com: LINK). The "AI" system in Tokyo Express worked surprisignly good and was elegant in design, I still think good of that system. Still a lot of management work, but not as bad as Gulf Strike and Aegean Strike, their workload was incredible. Oh, I forgot, the Fleet series by Victory Games, I had the Atlantic and the Mediterranean module, these handled quite well in solo play although not being designed for that. I liked them: greetings from Red October on the big screen...

I still have them all, somewhere. And I wish somebody would turn Flight Leader into a 1:1 computer conversion with good AI. I would pay a fortune for that.

However, my by far biggest tabletop love is chess

, but I have lost competence in it. Too many years with too little game practice.

lesrae · 02-07-22, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Played cosims in my youth, but cosims in Germany are suspicious, so I lacked playing partners and focussed mainly on solo play. Third World War series by GDW worked well that way, the Strike games by Victory Game less so. The Assault games by GDW I wanted to like, but there were unpassable limitations. Thank God the first Steal Beasts was published not much time later. Flight Leader by Avalon Hill was another darling game, I mean I belong to the generation watching Top Gun in the cinemas, so how not to like this game?

Only very rarely I was able to play with/against human players.

There were dedicated solo games, Ambush!, and Tokyo Express (which I reviewed for Subsim.com: LINK). The "AI" system in Tokyo Express worked surprisignly good and was elegant in design, I still think good of that system. Still a lot of management work, but not as bad as Gulf Strike and Aegean Strike, their workload was incredible. Oh, I forgot, the Fleet series by Victory Games, I had the Atlantic and the Mediterranean module, these handled quite well in solo play although not being designed for that. I liked them: greetings from Red October on the big screen...

I still have them all, somewhere. And I wish somebody would turn Flight Leader into a 1:1 computer conversion with good AI. I would pay a fortune for that.

However, my by far biggest tabletop love is chess

, but I have lost competence in it. Too many years with too little game practice.

A great answer my friend, I'll look into a few of those in a bit more detail, as a DCS F14 'pilot' Flight Leader sounds interesting.

Skybird · 02-07-22, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by lesrae

as a DCS F14 'pilot' Flight Leader sounds interesting.

Flight Leader:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3711/flight-leader
Customer reviews in the smallprint.

Skybird · 02-07-22, 05:12 PM

And now I am wondering...

https://www.allvideoclassicgames.com...sta-xp-install

02-07-22, 01:50 PM	#1
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	ewww play games with other humans? You mean actually interacting with people? (honestly, I don't understand where people come up with this stuff) __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-07-22, 03:47 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Played cosims in my youth, but cosims in Germany are suspicious, so I lacked playing partners and focussed mainly on solo play. Third World War series by GDW worked well that way, the Strike games by Victory Game less so. The Assault games by GDW I wanted to like, but there were unpassable limitations. Thank God the first Steal Beasts was published not much time later. Flight Leader by Avalon Hill was another darling game, I mean I belong to the generation watching Top Gun in the cinemas, so how not to like this game? Only very rarely I was able to play with/against human players. There were dedicated solo games, Ambush!, and Tokyo Express (which I reviewed for Subsim.com: LINK). The "AI" system in Tokyo Express worked surprisignly good and was elegant in design, I still think good of that system. Still a lot of management work, but not as bad as Gulf Strike and Aegean Strike, their workload was incredible. Oh, I forgot, the Fleet series by Victory Games, I had the Atlantic and the Mediterranean module, these handled quite well in solo play although not being designed for that. I liked them: greetings from Red October on the big screen... I still have them all, somewhere. And I wish somebody would turn Flight Leader into a 1:1 computer conversion with good AI. I would pay a fortune for that. However, my by far biggest tabletop love is chess , but I have lost competence in it. Too many years with too little game practice. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 02-07-22 at 03:57 PM.

02-07-22, 05:12 PM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	And now I am wondering... https://www.allvideoclassicgames.com...sta-xp-install __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 02-08-22 at 07:18 AM.