Best Strategic Games by Wars / Era ?

[Eugen Ritter von Schobert]

Yeah

[DonCzirr]

Strategic War in Europe

Playing around with this while my wargame fund builds back up.

It's abandoned like all of WI's titles - but it's quick and fun - like Time of Fury Lite.

Wait till it goes on sale on Steam - I think I picked this up when it was like 3.99 USD. Definitely worth it at that price.

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: DonCzirr

Right - I've seen such things before. not my cup of tea either.

It would be cool if Slitherine and one of its Devs would swoop in, get the rights and modernize / enhance 3rd Reich with AI etc


Such a classic deserves to live on "in style".

I've been dreaming of a real computer treatment of 3R or A3R since I bought the original AH computer release in 1995. Come on Matrix!!! [&o][&o][&o]

[coachi]

Ancient - field of glory II

Medieval -= have only played Crusaders king although I don’t like that that much.

Napoleonics - Total war napoleon - just the battle part

WWi - never played.

WWII first in combat mission games - ai is great multiplayer is great - loads of scenarios and the realism - one mistake it’s over / TOAW series - pick one.

Modern - Harpoon 3 (haven’t played for years - Combat mission - see above - TOAW IV (see above) - have flashpoint - loved the mechanics - just never got the game down.

[DonCzirr]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

ORIGINAL: DonCzirr

Right - I've seen such things before. not my cup of tea either.

It would be cool if Slitherine and one of its Devs would swoop in, get the rights and modernize / enhance 3rd Reich with AI etc


Such a classic deserves to live on "in style".

I've been dreaming of a real computer treatment of 3R or A3R since I bought the original AH computer release in 1995. Come on Matrix!!! [&o][&o][&o]

Yep - I would like to see a fairly straight forward implementation - with good graphics - not adding flashy animations - but just in such as way

that the counters and map look as close to the original board game as possible.

Maybe throw in some air, sea, tank and infantry sounds (they could probably recycle some of the Matrix game sounds they already developed) - and take a stab at a decent AI.
Maybe Vic and his crew could handle that. His Decisive Campaigns games have comparatively good AI performance vs most

wargames.

[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: Neilster

For WW2, once the AI is implemented, it will be hard to beat Matrix World in Flames, although it is a fairly daunting game for beginners. The system, derived from the award-winning paper and dice game, is fantastic. It has lots of chrome but much of that can be turned off if you want a simpler game.

Cheers, Neilster

I'm following this game since 2013: it is finally entering in pre-alpha stage right now.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

ORIGINAL: DonCzirr

Was hoping to share and learn if anyone has other candidates:

Ancients - not too much here atm - Legion by Slitherine was fun but now is dated. Aggressors shows a lot of promise.

Musket and Pike Era - there seems to be some AGEOD stuff available. I had tried one "Rise of Prussia" but really
could not "connect with it" Is it worth it to stay the course and learn it ? Better options in that period?

Napoleonics - Empires in Arms is firmly on my list as I loved the board game - and the guys here seem to be doing
a great job keeping it alive. Other titles seem to have flaws either with battle systems or no diplomacy etc - Any other
favorites out there?

WWI - Commander the Great War. Love this game. Mostly getting my butt kicked - but still a great gaming experience.


WW2 - I had Time of Fury etc but all of that support was dropped - so I am thinking Strategic Command WWII War in Europe is the best
bet here. I had Fury's older stuff and enjoyed it somewhat - but the squares (instead of hexes) feature turned me off.


Any other favorites / interesting titles to recommend ?

warspite1

World War II strategy? The conversation starts and ends with World In Flames.

And then the conversation moves on to War in the Pacific: Admiral's Edition. For the treatment of the other side of the globe there is no better.

[DonCzirr]

WiTP does look amazing - but also a bit overwhelming for those that (between work and family) have very limited gaming time.

Definitely on the my Retirement play list.

To fill the gap with beer and pretzels, I was playing OOB Pacific but I found that I had to drink way too much beer to make it interesting.

Maybe Hubert and the SC guys will come out with a Pacific strategic game with their new engine.

I'm tempted to buy the older SC game with just the Pacific but I really hate the squared based maps ... still might go for it though.

Mulling ....

[DonCzirr]

Anyone have both Wars of Napoleon and Victory and Glory ?

And perhaps a preference between the 2 ?

I'm really on the fence with these so would appreciate any input.

[JReb]

I recently took a look to see if they fixed any of the issues with this game but it appears no. I do not recommend WON. Do not know about V&G though.

From the Ageod WON forum June 7th. Check it out. http://www.ageod-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=368&t=52610

"It is obvious that it is advisable not to play the great campaign in the current state of the game.

This is a question for those responsible for its development and updating.

Is WoN abandoned?"

[DonCzirr]

Thanks JReb ... yes that does not look too promising.

I found this on the Victory and Glory product page:


http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03 ... bearskins/

V&G Review

The reviewer actually compared it to WON and gave high marks to V&G.

It's too bad about WON - looks like it had a lot of potential.

[jack54]

Well I'm almost an Ageod fan-boy but never purchased WON.I was really afraid it would be too much for the engine.

V&G can be fun but I'm not sure for how long. Area based movement and then chits are move to a battle board. I boot it up once in a while but not often. Similar system as Hannibal: Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War but in my opinion not as good.


(If Ageod interest you but you're not sure, I don't recommend starting with any of their large games...it's easy to be overwhelmed, their Ancient games IMHO are very good. (AJE, Birth of Rome and Hannibal: Terror of Rome).

On a smaller scale I have really enjoyed The English Civil War and on a not so small scale Thirty Years War (but I keep starting over... I never finish)

[DonCzirr]

Thanks for the tips jack.

V&G is just $9.89 USD right now over at Steam - so that seems like a safe gamble.

AJE / Birth of Rome are also around the same price - so now, seems like the right time to strike ! [;)]