What was the first wargames you played?

[RocketMan]

First War game I played was Panzer Leader, probably sometime in 1975 or 1976 and I have been playing War Games ever since, which is about 35 years now. Man I am getting old .

[tprice]

The first war game I played was Risk. I still love that game, I can play it for weeks at a time.

[sitito]

Clash of steel and fields of glory......[&o]

[ilovestrategy]

ORIGINAL: tprice

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!

[105mm Howitzer]

First board game was Diplomacy, played in my High School Geo-Games Club. We were paired up with a teacher, and despite such niceties as disciplined meetings and such, things got out of control still, like when I followed the German delegate to the bathroom, then stole his briefcase from under the stall so I could retrieve the "secret" papers he had taken from the Russian player ( I was playing England) He came roaring out of the loo not quite prepared, and stumbled around a bit, but by then, I was gone.
First pre-pc game was B-17 Bomber on the old Intellivision system. Boooommbbs Awaaaayyy...

[RocketMan]

Intellivision. Now that brings back a lot of fond memories. And I remember B-17 Bomber as well. That was a great game.

[cantona2]

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!

[sillyflower]

ORIGINAL: Hertston

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.

[sillyflower]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

heh.

HAPPY MEMORIES!

[sillyflower]

ORIGINAL: Joe Black

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

[Zakhal]

ORIGINAL: cantona2

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!

Actually it was Crusade in Europe


The game was brilliant for its time. It had the entire map of france (and ardennes) and the interface was very easy to use. All you had to do was click division/brigade and then click its destination. Then you just waited. The game was not turn based but realtime. Very very slow realtime though. I played the game to death back then.

[jomni]

I like the Vietnam version of that game.

[anarchyintheuk]

First board games: Luftwaffe, Blitzkrieg and Panzer Blitz
First computer games: Dambusters, Carriers at War? and Legionnaire

[Perturabo]

A WWII operational wargame on C64 set in Ardennes, I don't remember the name.

[Titanwarrior89]

Squad leader and Rise and Fall of the third Reich.

[gabeeg]

AH Victory in the Pacific I believe was my first board game...or it might have been Wooden Ships and Iron Men or Squad Leader. I got them all in the same year.
Computer War game...I believe it was called "Sink the Bismark" or something like that on the Apple II

[Perturabo]

This was my first board wargames:
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3464/melee
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3466/warpwar

[michael1776]

Great topic!

Table top Wargaming:

Chess (the game that started it all for me, and still has me hooked)
Stratego (much better than checkers!)
Star Fleet Battles (endless hours of fun in my college dorm room)
AH ASL
Axis and Allies
Attack!

PC Games:

Panzer General
Steel Panthers

These two games will forever be favorites.


MJ

[fvianello]

PanzerBlitz by Avalon Hill, but my first true love was Advanced Third Reich

[marjur]

My first one was Conflict in Vietnam by Microprose

Conflict in Vietnam

After that, it was Decision in the Desert and Crusade in Europe, and... NATO Commander... Everything for ATARI 800XL [:D]

NATO Commander

Do you know that NATO Commander was partly written in BASIC? Actually, you could list its code.



It's a blast from the past...