rhondabrwn
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Joined: 9/29/2004 From: Snowflake, Arizona Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Yohan I would go with Battleground Gettysburg when it is re-released. Not too complex, relatively easy combined arms and no production. Hehe... I seem to recall Rhonda and I have discussed the matter before, but I would personally recommend HPS' 'Civil War Battles' games (particularly "Campaign Gettysburg") ahead of the Battleground Series - unless the re-release will change the BG games a lot more than I suspect it will. The HPS games are essentially refinements of the BG engine (same author), but with better and smoother combat mechanics, a campaign system and many more scenarios. Not to mention, IMHO, being a lot more fun to play. The only thing BG will have in its favour IMHO is price, the ACW games being bundled. Well, I didn't want to steal too much thunder away from the Matrix re-issue vs the HPS Campaign series. The BG series does have the better graphics and I'll be buying the new release to enjoy that aspect of the game. I love the HPS campaign approach which is what I've been playing lately. However, given the size of the maps and the lengthy movement to contact, those puppies will be a very, very long PBEM. I actually haven't tried any of the shorter scenarios in any of my HPS games. No, I still stand by BG Gettysburg as a great PBEM game and I'm looking forward to getting the cleaned up version. I really do hate the HPS graphics and only tolerate it because of the superior gameplay and campaign approach.
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