Anyone else fancy these games too.....
Recently I got hooked on Highway to the Reich by Matrix games. Based on the 1944 Arnhem campaign. It has a very creatively designed engine and troop order management is exceptional= given its detail it's very easy to learn.

Curious to know if you have favourites... and if any other old farts here used to play the strategy board games with chit pieces and dice> like Advanced Squad Leader.

I was a big fan of the Close Combat series. Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far was the best.

Yeah, I was hooked on that too in MSN games zone.... A zillion maps! Did you ever play Close Combat 3 and 4 after #2? Those were good follow ups.

I loved all the old Close Combat series as well. Bridge Too Far was probably my favorite... the later titles were still good and the graphics got better, but they didn't have the simplistic approach as 1 and 2. I got annoyed w/the weapon accuracy in the later titles too.

Overall, Panzer General gets my vote as best "accessible" wargame. Gary Grigsby's War in Russia and Pacific War get my vote for best wargame PERIOD. (also, considering they came out before windows...



Lead

I never made it to number one on the ladder, but got to I think 13 or so. I played the number 1 guy a bunch of times and he always kicked my ass, even on maps I made! I did have a popular map out for a while, but it all seemed to die so quickly. I didn't get the third game (i think), but did get the 4th one, Battle of the Bulge I think it was...

anybody here ever play Steel Panthers?

In the Russian front version one annoying thing that happened on occasion was an Elephant or a jsu152 not only killing an enemy tank but setting of a chain reaction destroying near-adjacent tanks too,lol.


Wow, not too shabby BG! My favourite time there was in the chat area and some of the CC clans were pretty outrageous too-good and bad



Nope- but always wanted to it try back then.
So none of you older farts like me were ever into tabletop wargames- like Advanced Squad Leader, Axis and Allies, Stratego etc.,?

Panzer Generals for me.

tabletops-axis and allies and of course ,risk.

Yeah axis and allies ,risk,silver baillonette that one is about vietnam though!!

i got favourites let me think oh yeah cod 1 cod 2 and cod uo and moh frontline and some more

Cross of Iron, your right Panzer Generals is one of the best. I still play it from time to time.

Hearts of Iron and in the old days I remember Harpoon............

I used to play axis and allies almost everyday. I also have to agree that panzer general was probably one of the best WWII games since it was so easy to play. I also have started playing axis and allies miniatures, Only problem is it is like a card game and you have to spend quite a bit of money to get more units. Just a big money maker for them.

I was hooked on axis and allies board game... My favorite PC is Hearts of Iron 1 and 2...

Axis and Allies hands down!

no way the The Russian Front was the best. panzer gen was a good one 2

I was playing Duke Nucem, Dune II, Harpoon, Gunship 2000.

Combat for the Atari 2600. Does that count?

If it's WW2 strategy it does.

I used to strategize how to manipulate my parents into letting me stay up all night to play it.

...and they won anyway,,,,

War games? OK lets see if you guys remember any of these. My first war games were all by Milton Bradley. Battleship (standard & electronic), Sub Search http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/1551, Carrier Strike http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2444, Chopper Strike http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2446 & Tank battle http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2598. Later on there was Stratego and Risk. I purchased a copy of Panzer Leader by Avalon Hill http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/2639 but never could find anyone who wanted to play. About that time video games came along and I never looked back. I played Panzer General on Panasonic 3DO and then Panzer General 2 (my fav) on PC. Am I the only one who hated Panzer General 3?

man I have a Panasonic 3DO lol, i play it some times.

Right now I am still playing "War in the Pacific" by 2by3 games,
published by Matrixgames.com I started just before Christmas
and am now up to June 5, 1942 playing day by day. BUT with
"Silent Hunter IV" slated to come out this week, I may be sinking
those Japanese Merchants all by myself....

JIM

Other than Stratego, Battleship and and mainstream stuff like that, my first game was a copy of the 1965 Avalon Hill 'Blitzkreig' game. Anyone rember that? This game opened my 11yo eyes to a whole new gaming dimension. Squad Leaader follewed then onto others.

I too liked the Close Combat games.

UO, hands down!