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Old March 27, 2003, 01:27   #1
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Board Games
I know a few of you still play these

I got 3 more Civil War ones today (I had bought the first in the series back in '92)

and I am thinking that I would like to get some more, but do not know what ones rae arround

I have a lot of ASL and SL (WW2, platoon level)
I have some Civil War (the pieces are regiments and bridages)
and I have a few odds and ends

what I would really like is some of the type that I played when I was younger, like Africa Korps and D-Day

so anyone have nay recommendations?

Id on't feel like fighting Ebay for the old classics

oh, and for why boardgames are better than computer games?

you just feel stupid taunting the computer after a victory

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Old March 27, 2003, 01:30   #2
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oh, and for why boardgames are better than computer games?
you just feel stupid taunting the computer after a victory
You should play MP games then... then you get the best of both worlds. The ease of playing on a computer, and the fun of taunting humans
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it is much better to their face

lan parties are good though

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Old March 27, 2003, 01:38   #4
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oh, and I mostly play MP now (for strategy)

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Depends on what you want. Scale (ASL is squad level, while Europe in Flames is Army/Corps IIRC), period (Urg vs Oog to starships), complexity, realism, etc.
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I have a shelf full of Avalon Hill games... And every Friday night, people come over to play board games. But we usually end up playing the more simple games like Rail Baron, because we are just getting together to have a "few" drinks and be friends. Even a short senario from Panzer Blitz is asking to much of a bunch of drunks
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what I would like is soemthinglike Ddayor Africa Korps

you know, higher level than squad leader

WW2

not extremely complex

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I have a shelf full of Avalon Hill games... And every Friday night, people come over to play board games. But we usually end up playing the more simple games like Rail Baron, because we are just getting together to have a "few" drinks and be friends. Even a short senario from Panzer Blitz is asking to much of a bunch of drunks
yah, I mostly play simpliar games too (not because of drunkeness though)

like Settlers and Axis and Allies

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what I would like is soemthinglike Ddayor Africa Korps

you know, higher level than squad leader

WW2

not extremely complex

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Avalon Hill's Stalingrad is a classic. Panzer Blitz and Panzer Leader. Thrid Reich.
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but is it sometihng I can find in a store?

Ebay is too annoying for me

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I dunno. Try it at your local stores.
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Pssst*

War in Europe. War in the Pacific. Old SPI titles.

See you in a few years.

We once set up WiE with WitP supply and equipment rules. Took a night for the first phase of the invasion of Poland. Didn't get much further...
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RPGs. with healthy number of friends, there is a surprising amount of squad-based tactical thinking that must be employed, tho the home made tactical grid maps arent as good as those professional board gaem ones...
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And personally, I love "The Republic of Rome" by AH. It's tremendously complex and difficult to play, but very intriguing.
CAUTION: Play only with very good friends and still be sure to wear a bullet-proof jacket. This game proved to be more emotionally outraging than Diplomacy!
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those two are my favorites and went under misc (Republic of Rome and Civilization)


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From Avalon Hill I would say:
Russian Campaign
Fortress Europa
Anzio

...all use a similar game system...but I doubt their easy to get hold of anymore.

You could try Totaler Krieg.
http://www.kumquat.com/cgi-kumquat/funagain/06709

I've heard good things about this...the pacific version might be finished by now as well.

It's a reasonably simple system.

"And every Friday night, people come over to play board games."

You lucky, lucky man...I haven't had the time (or space) to do that for years. Can't remember the last time I managed to actually set up a board game of any sort, let alone an old AH one.
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War at Sea and Victory in the Pacific are both good Avalon Hill beer and pretzel type games. The Russian Campaign is also quite good, but is a little more time consuming. For those weekend game-a-thons I quite liked Third Reich, but you need a few good and dedicated players to make it interesting.

I used to play a bit of Squad Leader (with expansions) with my friends, and it can go pretty quickly if you choose a manageable scenario and everyone already knows the rules. Of course Diplomacy is fun, though again time consuming. Kingmaker for some reason was very popular when I was in high school, and I have played many games of it. It was pretty fun admittedly. Ah, those golden years.
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I have a shelf full of Avalon Hill games... And every Friday night, people come over to play board games.
That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.
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That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.
That's because you are a pathetic geek, but don't worry - we all are.
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War in Europe. War in the Pacific. Old SPI titles.

See you in a few years.

We once set up WiE with WitP supply and equipment rules. Took a night for the first phase of the invasion of Poland. Didn't get much further...
We played WiE in college. Our Strategic War Gaming Club would set it up every Saturday and play a few turns. The major powers had multiple leaders with each given a certain task... offense, defense, production, airforce... and the minor powers had a single leader.

We played for almost a full year, with the war coming to end in spring of 1943... The Germans lost

While it was a pain to set it up and tear it down every week, it was a blast.
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"Weapons and Warriors" is the ish... It's not really a board game, it's more of a "set guys up and shoot them with little orange balls" game. I enjoy board games though. Hey Ming! You think we could organize a Chicago 'Poly meet with board games?
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That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.
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I used to play a bit of Squad Leader (with expansions) with my friends, and it can go pretty quickly if you choose a manageable scenario and everyone already knows the rules. Of course Diplomacy is fun, though again time consuming. Kingmaker for some reason was very popular when I was in high school, and I have played many games of it. It was pretty fun admittedly. Ah, those golden years.
yah, I know that (on squad leader)

and I play some Diplomacy (And I have kingmaker)

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That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.
I get my friends to play with me ~twice a year, not more.
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