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RE: I Need a Game - 3/3/2010 3:39:18 PM

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ORIGINAL: Juggalo

East Front or West Front by Talonsoft, maybe?

Check it out:
John Tiller's Campaign Series

The more I think about it, the more I think it was this series that I was referring to.

I remember having my own core group of units and bringing them from scenario to scenario. Having the core units always made a person a little more careful in planned operations. It seemed to add just a little touch of immersion in that it was necessary to be concerned about a little more than achieving the raw objectives.

I had lots of fun with that series.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/3/2010 5:08:46 PM

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Okay, well, I bought John Tiller's Campaign Series but I still intend to buy one more game. Right now I'm leaning to...well...I'm not sure...

If you would, you guys can start PMing me your addresses, because when my wife finds out I've bought two or more computer games this month, I'll probably need to come live with one of you guys. Just FYI there.

I still welcome your ideas on the other game(s).

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/4/2010 2:17:36 AM

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You know, you CAN play ASL over the internet. Grognards will tell you there isn't anything that compares to it.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/4/2010 4:20:46 AM

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You know, you CAN play ASL over the internet.� Grognards will tell you there isn't anything that compares to it.

They'll be wrong of course. There are many things that compare to ASL... like memorizing all volumes of the Encylopedia Britannica, amongst others. *grin*

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/23/2010 7:21:44 PM

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As soon as Panther Games Bulge game arrives (which should be soon) I say buy that without a shadow of a doubt.

The campaign series game you bought was an old game...the Panther Games engine is the future in my opinion for PC wargames....I hate RTS games but this is different plays at a nice speed...loads of tension and feels realistic...

Buy it you wont regret it....very few who have bought thier previous games have been dissapointed...infact I havent heard of anyone not liking the series.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/23/2010 8:47:59 PM

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As soon as Panther Games Bulge game arrives (which should be soon) I say buy that without a shadow of a doubt.

...loads of tension and feels realistic...

.... Buy it you wont regret it....very few who have bought thier previous games have been dissapointed...infact I havent heard of anyone not liking the series.

What he said. The Panther games (HttR, COTA, the upcoming "Battle for the Bulge") display pretty much the crown of operational (realistic) wargaming, imho. Actually there are rare comments from people who did not fully grasp the pausable continuous-time element and the fact that the player is not forced to micromanage each and every unit (he can, if he wants to, though), thanks to the brilliant player (and enemy) AI. So with this engine, the player can actually focus on the main objective/task (just like a rl general). Get this game.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/23/2010 9:38:53 PM

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The Airborne Assault games strike me as what computer-wargaming ought to be. They free us from hexes and turns, stuff that us old-timers could only dream about back in the 1960's. Both the friendly and "enemy" AI are quite good. And while I'm frankly ambivalent about the effect that computerization has had on my hobby, I have nothing but kudos to shower on this handful of titles from Panther Games.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/25/2010 6:02:08 AM

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I like your 8 gigs of ram.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/25/2010 9:06:19 PM

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I had a game called airborne assault I think. Is this what you are talking about. Issue orders to the HQ and the subordinate units are ordered automatically.
It had the blandest map. I've seen more detail on a tablecloth. Made it hard to like..

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/25/2010 9:14:23 PM

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ORIGINAL: ezz

I had a game called airborne assault I think. Is this what you are talking about. Issue orders to the HQ and the subordinate units are ordered automatically.
It had the blandest map. I've seen more detail on a tablecloth. Made it hard to like..

That was their first ever game...the later games are so much better...check out their forums...the Bulge game is the top thread in the coming soon forum...

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/25/2010 10:45:05 PM

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I had a game called airborne assault I think. Is this what you are talking about. Issue orders to the HQ and the subordinate units are ordered automatically.
It had the blandest map. I've seen more detail on a tablecloth. Made it hard to like..

I think you might have "judged a book by it's cover" there. Unfortunately, you gave up on one of the best PCT games with the best command structure currently on the market. As far as I'm concerned, I can't think of anything immediately springing to mind that comes close to it's excellence.

However, I too was in the same boat as you...with the same game. I bought Airborne Assault:Red Devils Over Arnhem and promtly took it back to the shop. I then found it very cheap and bought it again, thinking I might have missed the point, and I had.

The games excellence is not in the art (though in a 2D strategy game, they aren't too bad either - CotA maps are beautiful).

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/26/2010 12:56:09 AM

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Panzer General Forever.....Free and harder than the original. You got to get it if you spent alot of time on PG.

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RE: I Need a Game - 3/26/2010 1:56:08 AM

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ORIGINAL: KGrob

Thanks guys. Wow. Great responses. And I thought reading a few responses here would make things easy for me. But instead of narrowing things down, you guys are going to make me do some research (that's actually a good thing that more possibilities exist than I realized).

I continue to welcome other thoughts. It'll be a few days before I decide. Probably Thursday or Friday.

Again, thanks.

Or you could buy them all like some of us do. Of course that's not wise. It's better to buy one game and immerse yourself than to buy a bunch and never play them.

Get out of my mind! That is exactly what I do.

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RE: I Need a Game - 4/18/2010 2:56:25 PM

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Be sure to take a look at Advanced Tactics. The game design is brilliant, including production, research, etc. There are many additional scenarios available as well.

I also own TOAOW III, as well as SSG titles.

It's all good, but didnt want you to overlook AT, since it's huge, and includes production and research, but scenarion design is flexible and doesnt automatically have to include them.

ie; Scenarios can be designed to play much like SSG titles, without production and research, but with reinforcements, for example.