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Hertston -> RE: Need a new wargame... (5/22/2008 1:10:18 PM)
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I haven't got Winter War so can't comment on that, but I would say that of the five I have played it has been the two Vietnam games I enjoyed most. The reason is that for a relatively straightforward IGOUGO engine it actually handles helicopter operations very well, and the scenarios that depend on it are the most entertaining. I assume the same is probably true of Soviet/Afghan as well.
One good thing about the HPS stuff is that the older games are retrofitted to include improvements introduced in later games, so they are never dated. At least relatively, of course, the basic engine is a decade old. As to other recommendations I'm surprised nobody has mentioned TOAW3 yet? There's a lifetime of gaming in there, and it's not exactly expensive either. If you find you like Squad Battles, the best-of-the-rest from HPS would be the Civil War Campaigns series and 'Modern Battles' series IMHO. WW2 is done rather better by Panther and SSG.
Basically, you won't find a bad wargame here; Matrix know the hobby far too well to publish rubbish. It really comes down to exactly what sort of game you want, and reading the descriptions and glancing through the forums will tell you that. Say you wanted a WW2 Pacific game. War in the Pacific is one of the five best wargames ever published IMHO, but you need vast amounts of spare time free to do it justice. Carriers at War may not be quite 'as good', but it's far better suited to my lifestyle, and may be to yours for all I know! You won't see Tin Soldiers mentioned much in recommendation threads simply because ancients aren't that popular and the games didn't sell that well. But those who like them REALLY like them, and I for one was seriously pissed that Koios moved on to WW2 (yawnnn....) for seemingly purely commercial reasons. Tin Soldiers ACW or Napoleonics would have kicked serious ass. Anyway, I digress. You get the picture.
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