HPS Campaign Series is still one of my favorites. Big beautiful maps and lots of units. They cover about a dozen battles now. Playing against the AI is boring but I love email games.
You should check out the new title by HPS then : First Blitzkrieg its part of the total war in europe which will as I read cover the whole of Europe parts of africa at the 10 km hex level I believe with a master map, I bought the game last week and it has a really really good AI plus you can pbem too ofcource.
If you haven't gotten it yet, Highway to the Reich is a great game. Some of the best AI out there. Just wish there were more maps and more varied OOB. Market Garden has been beaten to death.
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I also have been contimplating buying Empire at War as Darth Vader is my hero [&o][&o][&o][&o][&o]
A buddy of mine wants me to get civ 4 but I could never get the hang of civ 3 so its probably a waste of cash for me to get that.
I've been trying to decide between HPS' First Blitzkrieg and Schwerpunkt's Anglo-German War '39-45.
The First Blitzkrieg appears to be the first in a series, which series will cover the whole war but TFB apparently doesn't - at least from what I read on their website and the Wargamer's review.
AGW '39-45 appears to have a full campaign, so is it the ETO version of WITP? It does include a very simplified naval aspect, but it cuts off the Iberian and African coasts (apparently, Ike's troops appear on teh western edge as reinforcements at appropriate times).
Papyrus put out a series of great racing sims. My favorites were Grand Prix Legends (1967 F1), NASCAR Legends (1970 - Superbirds, Daytona Chargers and Talladega Torinos), and NASCAR 2004. Another driving sim I have really enjoyed is Rally Trophy (great choice of cars).
I'll always remember the thrill of battling Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarbrough and Bobby Isaacs in NL. For a kid who grew up in the 60's and 70's in the southeastern US, these guys were gods. As an eleven year old kid I got to sit in Petty's driver's seat after the race. I don't think that I had a bigger thrill until I discovered sex...
GPL has a huge fanbase and has been modded to the extreme. Someone out out a GPL 1965 mod that uses the 1.5 litre formula of '65 - which cars are mmuch easier to handle than the 400hp 3.o litre cars of '67. I recently read that there are over 100 tracks available through the mods for GPL...
I've been trying to decide between HPS' First Blitzkrieg and Schwerpunkt's Anglo-German War '39-45.
The First Blitzkrieg appears to be the first in a series, which series will cover the whole war but TFB apparently doesn't - at least from what I read on their website and the Wargamer's review.
AGW '39-45 appears to have a full campaign, so is it the ETO version of WITP? It does include a very simplified naval aspect, but it cuts off the Iberian and African coasts (apparently, Ike's troops appear on teh western edge as reinforcements at appropriate times).
Papyrus put out a series of great racing sims. My favorites were Grand Prix Legends (1967 F1), NASCAR Legends (1970 - Superbirds, Daytona Chargers and Talladega Torinos), and NASCAR 2004. Another driving sim I have really enjoyed is Rally Trophy (great choice of cars).
I'll always remember the thrill of battling Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarbrough and Bobby Isaacs in NL. For a kid who grew up in the 60's and 70's in the southeastern US, these guys were gods. As an eleven year old kid I got to sit in Petty's driver's seat after the race. I don't think that I had a bigger thrill until I discovered sex...
GPL has a huge fanbase and has been modded to the extreme. Someone out out a GPL 1965 mod that uses the 1.5 litre formula of '65 - which cars are mmuch easier to handle than the 400hp 3.o litre cars of '67. I recently read that there are over 100 tracks available through the mods for GPL...
I remember GPL when it came out...but I could never track down a copy.
I've been trying to decide between HPS' First Blitzkrieg and Schwerpunkt's Anglo-German War '39-45.
The First Blitzkrieg appears to be the first in a series, which series will cover the whole war but TFB apparently doesn't - at least from what I read on their website and the Wargamer's review.
AGW '39-45 appears to have a full campaign, so is it the ETO version of WITP? It does include a very simplified naval aspect, but it cuts off the Iberian and African coasts (apparently, Ike's troops appear on teh western edge as reinforcements at appropriate times).
Papyrus put out a series of great racing sims. My favorites were Grand Prix Legends (1967 F1), NASCAR Legends (1970 - Superbirds, Daytona Chargers and Talladega Torinos), and NASCAR 2004. Another driving sim I have really enjoyed is Rally Trophy (great choice of cars).
I'll always remember the thrill of battling Richard Petty, David Pearson, Cale Yarbrough and Bobby Isaacs in NL. For a kid who grew up in the 60's and 70's in the southeastern US, these guys were gods. As an eleven year old kid I got to sit in Petty's driver's seat after the race. I don't think that I had a bigger thrill until I discovered sex...
GPL has a huge fanbase and has been modded to the extreme. Someone out out a GPL 1965 mod that uses the 1.5 litre formula of '65 - which cars are mmuch easier to handle than the 400hp 3.o litre cars of '67. I recently read that there are over 100 tracks available through the mods for GPL...
I remember GPL when it came out...but I could never track down a copy.
I got my copy through ebay for 1 EUR here in Germany.
Yup. Can't beat Doom 3 at night with lights off. Truly freaky at times.
You can say that again. just got it and it is can be un-nerving at times
So that's why your turns are taking so long lately.... [:D]
I was revisiting some scary games my self, running Silent Hill via playstation emulation on my PC, just finished the first one, starting on Silent Hill 2 this weekend. I have all four sitting here. Love scary games in the dark with headphones. oooooo...scaaaarrryyy
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Ron, Tropico is one of my favorites as well. Thing is, I'm a pansy - I can never seem to bring myself to try the evil dictator option. The end result is that when I do run into games where I need to make heavy use of the military, it often proves that they aren't too loyal...
Thanks for the heads up. I am gonna give it a try.
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HPS Campaign Series is still one of my favorites. Big beautiful maps and lots of units. They cover about a dozen battles now. Playing against the AI is boring but I love email games.
You should check out the new title by HPS then : First Blitzkrieg its part of the total war in europe which will as I read cover the whole of Europe parts of africa at the 10 km hex level I believe with a master map, I bought the game last week and it has a really really good AI plus you can pbem too ofcource.
