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Might get Zombicide..co op and zombies..just damn expensive..

ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast

ORIGINAL: wodin

Arctic thats a shame...damn..I thought it was a Co Op game full stop and the Zombies where AI controlledthrough a game mechanic.

Can you recommend any other games I could get her? I was thinking Arkham but I read it's abit complex?

Hmmm...how old is she and does she play many board games?

Arkham has a fair amount of rules overhead, BUT it's actually pretty simple from a turn to turn basis. The most important thing is that at least one player knows how to run the Mythos phase (which is where gates and monsters appear and move). So long as one person can do that, it's a great game.

Does anyone else think that todays games give less content than their forfathers?

As an example;

Panzerblitz, made in 1970. Contains the contents to create most battles from the entirety of the Eastern front (41 - 45).

'Panzer' from GMT games. Contains the content to simulate similar battles from 43 - 45. Expansions sold seperately. And this is one of the more content filled Panzerblitz knockoffs I have found out there.

Just noticed this when looking around to see if their had been a successor to Panzerblitz that would be good to buy.

Just noticed this when looking around to see if their had been a successor to Panzerblitz that would be good to buy.

Panzer Leader!

Your correct, some game companies on some games do sell you less for more. Smaller boards. Covering a smaller portion of the battle/campaign, so they can sell you another future copy that covers the rest of the battle/campaign. Computer games company's do it all the time.[:-]

ORIGINAL: SapperAstro

Does anyone else think that todays games give less content than their forfathers?

As an example;

Panzerblitz, made in 1970. Contains the contents to create most battles from the entirety of the Eastern front (41 - 45).

'Panzer' from GMT games. Contains the content to simulate similar battles from 43 - 45. Expansions sold seperately. And this is one of the more content filled Panzerblitz knockoffs I have found out there.

Just noticed this when looking around to see if their had been a successor to Panzerblitz that would be good to buy.

GMT games can't be faulted. The quality is top notch. They look after their customers. Panzer at present is getting rave reviews. When you think these games are a touch more expensive than a PC game or even the same price for what you get you can't complain...

I can play maybe once a year because of family but my board game is Star Fleet Battles. I'm not sure if that counts as a war game or not. It's all combat though.

ORIGINAL: ilovestrategy

I can play maybe once a year because of family but my board game is Star Fleet Battles. I'm not sure if that counts as a war game or not. It's all combat though.

I used to play that when I was kid.[:)] I came up with all kinds of new rules to give it a more grand strategy feel and we made our own ships and counters. The Klingons were always my favorite to play.

Just bought a copy of "Nations at War:  Valmy to Waterloo".  Quarterly turns. From compass games.  The only problem is a ship S-l-o-w.[>:]

Lately I have been getting into solitaire board war gaming. I am finding it sometimes more fun to fight against the board AI. Than against a computer AI that is sometimes predictable.
 
Recently I just got done with a game of The Barbarossa Campaign by Victory Point Games in which I loss to the board AI that was on a roll, and was pushing me back killing all my Panzer units. I really felt like cheating, but I didn’t because it was kind of fun watching my front line collapse to the Russian steamroller.
 
Also other solitaire war games that I like are No Retreat by VPG&GMT games and, Field Commander Napoleon by DVG.

Gazala (with errata) by the long vanished People's War Games. 1st class..........David Bolt was (is??) a great designer/developer. A grognard's grognard.[8D]

Rob.

I remember the game, sold it a few years a go but never played it.

ORIGINAL: Deathtreader


Gazala (with errata) by the long vanished People's War Games. 1st class..........David Bolt was (is??) a great designer/developer. A grognard's grognard.[8D]

Rob.