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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/4/2010 10:32:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		My first were on C64 but since I had only tapedriver there was only few wargames. Lords of Chaos was kind of fantasy squad based but lots of fun. Then there was som turn based american civil war game cant remember name. The one true wargame I played most was crusade in the west.

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 7:08:15 AM   
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Sid Meiers Gettysburg on the PC and Panzer General 2 on PS1 really got me into wargaming though...

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 7:31:48 AM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 12:58:48 PM   
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but seriously - I remeber buying a copy of S&T magazine with Kampfpanzer and being totally hooked. That year for Christmas my understanding parents gave me a copy of Jedko's Russian Campaign.

In terms of computers - the original Carriers at War for an apple IIe (yep i'm that old) - put out by Messrs Trout & Keating of SSG !

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 2:02:14 PM   
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First "real" Wargame Dogfight

First Serious Wargame Panzer Leader

First Computer Wargame Steel Panthers.

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 5:34:23 PM   
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Victory in the Pacific - Avalon Hill    I LOVED this game, played almost every weekend for a couple years...mostly solo.

The second Game I got was:

Squad Leader - Avolon Hill   This game is completely responsible for me still being addicted to men and tanks on hexes. (got Crescendo of Doom and Cross of Iron modules also)

Third Game I got:

Wooden Ships and Iron Men -  Avolon Hill   I really, liked this game also.


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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 8:25:26 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/5/2010 9:34:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		In terms of table top games, I was really into Warhammer 40.000k epic. That had really tiny miniatures so there could be huge battles.

Computer games, not really sure what it was called, but it involoved building lots of tanks. It came out around 1994-1995. It was really good!

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Plastic airfix soldiers and a marble


I take the side with the marble had the advantage?


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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/6/2010 11:26:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'd set one side up at one end of the room and the other at the other side...using cover i.e a table leg etc etc....a small marble was for small arms...a big marble was arty...sort of played hot seat style...

Once I got to about 11 or 12 the battlefield moved outside in my mates back garden...then we used things like aerosol canisters and a match for flame throwers etc (dont try this at home kids)....very dangerous...and many melted soldiers....

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/6/2010 1:08:54 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/6/2010 3:42:57 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/7/2010 5:46:38 AM   
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The first wargame I ever played probably involved a plastic model of the Guns of Navarone which they used to sell at the toy stores. Good times...



Best war set I ever had. God, I had some vicious battles with that!

I also had The Alamo made with metal sections too!

I never realized just how a bunch of war mongers my generation was back then!

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/7/2010 5:55:17 AM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/7/2010 9:58:04 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/7/2010 10:29:24 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/8/2010 12:43:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		My first wargame, there were three. The old Avalon Hill game Luftwaffe got me interested, then the old ziplock game Starfire, then the boxed game Starfleet Battles. I quickly progressed into Airforce, Airforce/ Dauntless and the Squad Leader series. I still have em all too. Great times, I really miss the old Avalon Hill.

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/8/2010 7:48:29 AM   
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When we were playing war outside with plastic weapons,this one kid dipped his plastic Thompson mg in yellow dog **** and won,cuz we all ran as he chased us.

That's hilarious

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/9/2010 1:00:04 AM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/9/2010 6:57:19 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/9/2010 8:51:03 PM   
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not really a wargame as such...but combat was involved...Car Wars and it's expansions Truck Stop and Sunday Drivers....



I LOVED Truck Stop! That expansion was so cool!

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/14/2010 9:39:51 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/15/2010 2:00:32 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/15/2010 2:45:08 PM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/15/2010 8:14:54 PM   
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The first war game I played was Risk. I still love that game, I can play it for weeks at a time.



Every once in a blue moon I'd get lucky enough to conquer North America in the first couple of turns. After that it was just a matter of time before the rest of the world came under my heel!

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/17/2010 12:28:09 AM   
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First pre-pc game was B-17 Bomber on the old Intellivision system. Boooommbbs Awaaaayyy...

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/17/2010 5:24:53 AM   
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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/17/2010 10:26:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Zakhal

My first were on C64 but since I had only tapedriver there was only few wargames. Lords of Chaos was kind of fantasy squad based but lots of fun. Then there was som turn based american civil war game cant remember name. The one true wargame I played most was crusade in the west.



Pretty much the same trajectory here. Loved Crusade in the West!

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/18/2010 11:17:25 PM   
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WRG 6th and 7th Ancients (Miniatures rules), I think. It was a 'while' ago now!

You must be a youngster. 6th edition was the current version when I stopped playing miniatures. I started with the original version 40 years ago. Authors were both in WW11 and one of them ran the wargames club I joined.
1st board game Avalon Hill's D Day where static German divisions really could not move.

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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/18/2010 11:19:08 PM   
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heh.






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RE: What was the first wargames you played? - 10/18/2010 11:26:55 PM   
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I am only listing the moment I played a proper game of each category (I messed about before but I don't count those):

First Wargame:
Airfix commandos vs germans using Lionel Tarr's rules from Donald Featherstone's book Wargames (1970)

First Board Game:
Avalon Hill's Gettysburg (1974)

First Computer Wargame:
War in Russia on the Atara 800. Played that a lot! (can't rember the date)


Me too except 1st boardgame was AH's D Daywhich must have been 60's

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