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Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 3:51:09 PM   
skrewball


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Status: offline 		I know this is a Random question, but I am curious to how many Matrix Games everyone owns and plays. They have such a wide variety that I find myself continually wanting to buy more and more (Maybe get some sort of loyalty discount )

Currently I own:

Uncommon Valor
WITP
Flashpoint Germany
Forge of Freedom
Carriers at War

In the upcoming weeks I think I am going to buy Harpoon and one of the American Revolution Games

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 3:58:52 PM   
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I was going to buy Harpoon3 yesterday, but after researching it, found this little gem:

http://www.harpoonhq.com/?page_id=15

No Poon for Whipple for a while.
Kind of a shame as I REALLY love that game series since having purchased the original paper version for the '86 West-Pac.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 4:07:53 PM   
castor troy


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bought that game about the Napoleonic era also but sold it two days later on ebay... I´m happy with WITP though...

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 4:13:07 PM   
Terminus


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Edit: It's 16, actually. I can see I forgot to register Battlefront.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 4:13:13 PM   
cantona2


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Status: offline 		TOAW
WitP
Uncommon Valour
Koruson Pocket
Battlegrounds
Conquest of the Aegean

waiting for the new one on bombing the riech

guys, TOAW is highly recommended

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 4:23:25 PM   
tocaff


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WPO
WITP
Seems I have an appetite for naval warfare. 


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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 6:48:52 PM   
anarchyintheuk

 

Posts: 3921
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From: Dallas
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WitP
BoA
AACW
Spartan/GoT
Crown of Glory
Campaigns on the Danube
Legion Arena
For Liberty

Will be getting: Guns of August, new BoB/BtR

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 7:10:27 PM   
Mike Solli


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Status: offline 		WitP
WPO
Forge of Freedom
Crown of Glory

I play WitP and dabble with Forge of Freedom when there is no WitP turn in my inbox.

Edit: Oh yeah, UV too.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 7:16:39 PM   
Johnny Sheff

 

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From: United Kingdom
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WITP
Birth of America
Battles In Normandy
WPO
Battles in Italy
Steel Panthers General's Edition
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Carriers at War
Starships Unlimited
TOAW 3
Korsun Pocket
Campaigns on the Danube
GG WAW
Crown of Glory

Quite a few of these I picked in Poland (my gf is Polish, I'm British) on trips over there to see her family. On average I paid 20 zloty a game which is about £3.70 or roughly $7. I was like a kid in a sweetshop when I walked into Media Markt one day in the town of Kielce and saw all these Matrix games available for the price of less than two beers. I bought them all! The most I paid was around 45 zloty for Birth of America (or "Narodziny Ameryki") as it's called in Polish. This is about £8-£9 or $16-18. Either way much cheaper than the prices Matrix charge for their own games.

The Polish company is that publishes them appears to be Nicolas Games and many of the Matrix titles are in Nicolas Games' "Wojny Bitwy Kampanie" series. In fact for 20 zloty I got a double bargain as on the cover it says in Polish that the game box contains a surprise and in each of the games I bought there was another free game. So I got Crown of Glory twice!

The only drawback to this bargain-fest appears to be that some of the serial numbers cannot be registered with the Members Area. It says the serial numbers are already taken. I can install them and they run fine but cannot register all of them. Some are OK, some aren't. I don't think that there is anything illegal in these games, at least I hope there isn't. I bought them from a large electronic/electrical shop (Media Markt) which I had never heard of before but appears to be quite a big deal on the European continent. I'm not overly concerned about not being able to register all of them as they run fine and were the best bargain I've ever experienced!

Now all I need is to find the time to be able to play any of them








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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 7:32:05 PM   
bradfordkay

 

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Status: offline 		Steel Panthers World at War
Uncommon Valor
War in the Pacific
War Plan Orange
Birth of America
Carriers At War

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 7:35:49 PM   
Gem35


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Joined: 9/12/2004
From: Dallas, Texas
Status: offline 		WitP
WPO
CoG
AACW

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 9:17:54 PM   
grumpyman


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Status: offline 		Witp and Forge of Freedom.  I have been so busy with Witp I haven't played Forge of Freedom yet.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 9:25:03 PM   
Dixie


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Uncommon Valor
War in the Pacific
Flashpoint Germany
Carriers at War
Guns of August


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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 10:29:47 PM   
Grotius


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Status: offline 		Around 14, I guess. These days mostly I play WITP, Forge of Freedom, and AGEOD's American Civil War. Here's the full list:

WITP
Uncommon Valor
Forge of Freedom
Crown of Glory
Carriers at War
Battles in Normany
Korsun Pocket
Steel Panthers World at War
Gary Grigsby's World at War
GGWaW II
Birth of America
AGEOD's American Civil War
Highway to the Reich (I guess CoTA isn't a Matrix game? I own that too)
Pacific War (the original one)

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 10:40:16 PM   
rockmedic109

 

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Status: offline 		Only Eleven.  I guess that makes the most of any publisher in my computer career.  Off hand the most of any other publisher is Sierra with 8, though it's been ten years since I bought anything from them.

Uncommon Valor
WITP
Forge of Freedom
Korsun Pocket
Carriers at War
ACW
Battles in Normandy
SPWAW
GG WAW
Harpoon 3
HTTR


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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 10:51:56 PM   
Halsey

 

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WITP

Already own the older Battleground and Campaign series and TOAW.
Already own the Horse and Musket series.
Already own BTR and BOB.
No need to repurchase what I already have.

Guns of August looks interesting.
As it's the only WWI game around.
Waiting for feedback and initial patches before I consider a purchase.

Waiting for Empire in Arms.
Great boardgame.
Can a computer simulation recreate it accurately?

I would purchase the HTTR series, if it had a campaign option.

Same for the BII series.
Expand it to encompass the War in Europe, and I would definitely be interested.


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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 11:09:47 PM   
Canoerebel


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Status: offline 		I only own UV and WitP

But I'm waiting for Matrix to acquire the sad remnants of Avalon Hill so that I can match all gazillion AH wargames in my closet with new computer version.  Imagine:  Here Come the Rebels; Advance Third Reich; Rising Sun; Richtoffen's War; Panzer Blitz; Panzer Leader; 1776; Tobruk; and on and on. 

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 11:31:30 PM   
Gem35


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Status: offline 		Grotius, You own both AACW and FoF, which one do you think is better?

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/24/2007 11:49:40 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Gem35

Grotius, You own both AACW and FoF, which one do you think is better?

I own both and am acquiring a liking for both - they have different approaches and I just wish i had more time in my life to play them both and WITP. Overall I probably have over 10 Matrix Games, but these are the only three I play - others I was disappointed with, though COTA looks good but I just don't have time for it and breathing as well.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 5:54:19 AM   
Grotius


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Grotius, You own both AACW and FoF, which one do you think is better?

I think Roger said it well: they're both very good games, with different strengths and weaknesses. AACW has a tremendous leadership system, a decent AI, and an epic scope that brings to mind WITP. If you get hooked on the grand campaign, the game really sucks you in with just-one-more-turn addictiveness. FoF has tactical battles, state governors, technology upgrade choices, and a bit more diplomacy. Some people don't like the tech features of FoF, but I think it's fun to develop new weapons and to choose which rifle a unit's going to use. Both games have enthusiastic and responsive developers who continue to support the games after release.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 7:55:18 AM   
afspret


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From: Hanahan, SC
Status: offline 		Currently I have UV, WitP & WPO.

Am thinking about getting Carriers at War.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 8:30:17 AM   
bradfordkay

 

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Status: offline 		"The only drawback to this bargain-fest appears to be that some of the serial numbers cannot be registered with the Members Area. It says the serial numbers are already taken. I can install them and they run fine but cannot register all of them. Some are OK, some aren't. I don't think that there is anything illegal in these games, at least I hope there isn't."

It looks like they are illegal copies, at least those whose serial numbers cannot be registered due to being already taken.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 2:06:14 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Whipple

One: Witp

I was going to buy Harpoon3 yesterday, but after researching it, found this little gem:

http://www.harpoonhq.com/?page_id=15

No Poon for Whipple for a while.
Kind of a shame as I REALLY love that game series since having purchased the original paper version for the '86 West-Pac.

Whipple


OOh - thanks - i was actually considering buying that - i'll wait for a bit.

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 2:49:38 PM   
saj42


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WPO
UV
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Original Battleground Series 1 & 2

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 3:01:01 PM   
Zecke


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UV
WITP
WPO
Campaings on the Danube
Birth of America
World at WAR

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 3:40:04 PM   
Vetamur

 

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Status: offline 		I own three.. WITP, Normandy, and WPO..

almost bought Carriers at War yesterday.. then read the forums.. and decided against. Then went to Birth of America.. and wasnt sure...


Does anyone have a recommendation on a game with GOOD AI? My schedule is making it increasingly difficult to do PBEM..

thanks

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 3:48:51 PM   
USSAmerica


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WitP
and the original, GG's Pacific War.

I'm very interested in Harpoon 3 and GG's WaW, but I haven't spent a single minute playing anything but WitP since I got it last December. 

I think I would enjoy Flashpoint Germany as well.  A long, long time ago I used to play SSI's Reforger '88 and really loved it. 

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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 5:31:01 PM   
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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/25/2007 5:33:43 PM   
Yava


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RE: Slightly OT: How many Matrix Games do you own? - 7/26/2007 3:06:37 AM   
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SPWaW (Including all Mega camps)

I already own BOB/BTR, CAW, and Reach for the Stars but I doubt any will still run on XP

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