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Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 1:04:43 AM   
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So: Favourite

1. comp wargame ( the on the that gave/gives the most pleasure)

2. Boardgame

3. RPG

4. Tabletop

5. In the bath (keep it clean boys!!)

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 4:01:08 AM   
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1\ I still play Panzer General (The DOS Version) Pound for Pound (Sterling) it has given me the most fun, so much so I will be playing it again tomorrow

2\ Risk - playing against my wife and children who always gang up on me

3\ Phantasie 3 on the ATari ST kept me up far too late at night as did Dungeon Master, I still play these too

4\ None really..coz didnae have no one tae play wif..... BUT I still play Starfleet Battles don't know if that counts.

5\ Torpedo Run: Played with a Bar of soap as the Torpedo and a Plastic Aircraft Carrier as the target. I end up often uas calling for the wife to retieve the soap from behind the bathroom door, I mannaged to get it down the Loo once too


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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 8:08:42 AM   
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2. Axis and Allies and Battle Football ( with my son )

3. Gold Box - Pool of Radiance - man that was fun back on my 64 in HS

4. and 5. don' know..


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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 10:48:26 AM   
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2. The Civil War by Victory Games

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5. Classified

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 2:00:49 PM   
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1/ Harpoon II

2/ WiTP

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2/ Luftwuffe

3/ Panzer Leader

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/27/2006 6:58:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Favorite isn't much different than best is it? lol I mean if it's your favorite it's more than likely the best, just seems Spock logical to me. ;)

But, just to mention some other great wargames for favorites

Favorite computer wargame

Combat Mission Series

Favorite board wargame

Swords and Sorcery

Favorite RPG

DAGGERFALL (nothing will ever be as good as this again sniff sob whine) lol

Favorite tabletop game

STOP THIEF and/or DARK TOWER

Favorite in the bath???? You pervert! lol No I remember I used to play race the army men, boats whatever around the tub by pulling the water back on one side and see which one made it back to the drain first. lol

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/28/2006 5:31:45 AM   
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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/28/2006 10:47:36 AM   
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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/28/2006 3:18:02 PM   
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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/30/2006 7:23:50 AM   
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Boardgame -- Musket and Pike (old SPI game dealing with tactical warfare in the 1500s and 1600s)

RPB -- I've only played D&D, but Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne looks very interesting.

Tabletop -- Man of War (Warhammer at sea)

In the bath -- Frogman (when I was about 6 and able to actually swim to the bottom of the tub with a snorkel and frogman's mask.


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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/30/2006 11:19:21 AM   
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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 3/31/2006 11:38:02 PM   
RIRed2005


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Status: offline 		Don't know if it qualifies as a "wargame" at this forum, but I continue to play Cavedog's "Total Annihilation" to this day...

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/1/2006 12:29:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		OMG RTS game a WARGAME!!! Get the tar and feathers guys time to run this one out on a rail like the good ole days. ;)

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/1/2006 2:54:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		1. Comp wargame: CaW, WiR, the V4V series - anyways before I realised the AI was braindead...never such innocence again

2. Boardgame: Hmm, St.Nazaire, an AH solitaire game - my mates thought real-boardgames-for-men-not-pansy-risk was to complicated/boring!

3. RPG: CRPG - Planescape: Torment. RPG - WFRP

4. Tabletop: Ehh - Bloodbowl, propably - also dabbled in WH40K and WFB

5. In the bath: What bath?

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/1/2006 2:56:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		OMG Daggerfall a RPG!!! Get the tar and feathers guys time to run this one out on a rail like the good ole days. ;)



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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/1/2006 3:02:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Sorry Ravinhood...

TA was way ahead of it's time... I know, it's RTS...

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/4/2006 8:11:36 PM   
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ORIGINAL: ravinhood

OMG RTS game a WARGAME!!! Get the tar and feathers guys time to run this one out on a rail like the good ole days. ;)

You got something against RTS? TA's my favourite RTS too but I wouldn't name it my favourite (war)game though it comes close.

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/5/2006 2:12:09 AM   
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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/18/2006 4:22:35 PM   
Hard Sarge


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but I may be seen as a little bais

Steel Panthers was great

PACWAR and WIR (LOL I still find sheets of weekly kill totals under things)

(and that was before the remakes, which made them better)

LOL bathtub games ? I too busy reading when I get a chance to get into the tub to play games



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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/19/2006 1:40:37 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

You got something against RTS?


Don’t blame ravinhood ,he is just one of the many victims of the RTS crimes.

The developers turned RTS into a four letter word ,not war gamers.

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/19/2006 3:56:47 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen
You got something against RTS?

Anyone who indulges in RTS is not a wargamer and is a traitor to the cause of keeping wargaming alive.

"RTS" itself is a blatant lie, because anything that takes place in "real time" would take too long to be a playable game. "RTS" just describes game engines that allow the game to play while the poor wargamer has to sit and fiddle with his dingy - i mean, "joystick" - in order to try and keep up with events that are being depicted in a time flow so much faster than real time that the player cannot keep up with the computer's superior informatiion crunching speed.

Just imagine Napoleon - "Jeez, I gotta figure out in ten seconds how to counter Charles's apparent thrust at my left flank, a move that took two days in reality, whatever that used to be before I became a RTS general."

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/20/2006 10:00:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

Anyone who indulges in RTS is not a wargamer and is a traitor to the cause of keeping wargaming alive.

In that case I'm traitor and I'm sure I'm not only one around here.


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ORIGINAL: pasternakski

"RTS" itself is a blatant lie, because anything that takes place in "real time" would take too long to be a playable game.
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Just imagine Napoleon - "Jeez, I gotta figure out in ten seconds how to counter Charles's apparent thrust at my left flank, a move that took two days in reality, whatever that used to be before I became a RTS general."

What game are you referring to? Is it Fields of Glory by MicroProse? How about Total War and Close Combat series? I thougth those games are reasonably close of real time and not too long either.

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Even though games like Command & Conquer and Total Annihilation aren't realistic (in time or otherwise), they are fun to play and that is most important thing of any game.

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/21/2006 1:23:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Favorite wargames:

1: Close Combat 1
2: Rest of close combat series
3: UV/WitP
4: Crown of Glory
5: Pirates -- the original when I had a commodore 128
6: Birth of America
7: Battles of Napoleon
8: Darklands by Microprose

I'd say these are my favorites. Some I no longer play but the memories of some are very good.

Board games:

Advanced third reich
Axis and allies

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/21/2006 8:11:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sid Meier's Gettysburg! was my favorite wargame ever. Of course it was RTS, but then all the best wargames are.

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/21/2006 10:23:29 PM   
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quote:

1. comp wargame ( the on the that gave/gives the most pleasure)

2. Boardgame

3. RPG

4. Tabletop

5. In the bath (keep it clean boys!!)


1. Mech Brigade or Imperialism 2
2. Titan
3. Wizard's Crown or Baldur's Gate 1 or 2
4. SFB
5. Can't remember that far back

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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 4/27/2006 5:48:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very difficult to say just one...

1. TS's Battleground series - it was the search to find out if the games were ever going to be updated that lead me to Matrix...

2. AH's ASL

3. have yet to delve into this genre

4. FASA's BattleTech by default; only tabletop I've earnestly played

5. "Battlefleet" - had a nice collection of plastic warships as a kid...

Ask me tomorrow and numbers 1 & 2 will be different. Avalon Hill broke me into war gaming when as a ten year old I found "Gettysburg" in my Aunt's hallway closet; now a sentimental favorite. As soon as I figure out how to maneuver a &*%$ phalanx around a battle field, TS: ATG has the potential to move up the charts...


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RE: Favourite wargame ever? - 5/7/2006 11:07:28 AM   
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