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ORIGINAL: pauk
ahhh... we were young....

I cant beleive you resurrected this......[X(]

True, however, a lot of old names are MIA.....[:(]

56, at it since Tactics II

Btw, to you old Gettysburg players:  Don't you think attacking Heth's Division on both flanks with Gamble and Devin's Cav Brigades on the 1st turn to get 2-1 odds was just a mite gamey?
 

Just turned 40 on April 18th - the same date that Doolittle bombed Tokyo.

The first wargame I owned was Avalon Hill's MIDWAY. I then ventured into their Squad Leader plus its expansion games. Then it was World In Flames, SPI's Pacific Theater and European Theater. The first PC wargames I played was High Command and Task Force 1942.

I'd better stop now...starting to feel old.

TOMLABEL

38 and will be 39 in one month.

Started with SSI games on cassette tape on an Atari 800. That was the definition of frustration. Start a 30 minute upload only to have the tape hiccup 29 minutes and 38 seconds into it. [:D]

I´m 38. Started with SSI games in late 80´s (Carrier Force and War in South Pacific)

56....first wargames were Milton Bradley's "Civil War" and AH's Uboat...XMAS 1961 was the best ever!!!

Bah - except for VSWG you're all old farts. [:'(]

I'm only 37. [;)] Can't remember my first wargame, but I played a hell of a lot out of Squad Leader (and ASL when it came around) as well as Flat Top.

Gee this is an old thread. I posted in the beginning when i was 57. now I'm 59 and going on 60. Everyone has to repost!

ORIGINAL: ctangus

Bah - except for VSWG you're all old farts. [:'(]

I'm only 37. [;)] Can't remember my first wargame, but I played a hell of a lot out of Squad Leader (and ASL when it came around) as well as Flat Top.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrt. Only kinda old, just turned 40 last month. 37 when I posted. Mice ate my copy of Flat Top

Geez Angus, you're just a rock's throw down the road from me...

This is a really old thread. I was 57 when I first posted now I'm 59, going on 60! Time for everyone to repost

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrt. Only kinda old, just turned 40 last month. 37 when I posted. Mice ate my copy of Flat Top

I think I still have mine, buried in a closet.

Geez Angus, you're just a rock's throw down the road from me...

Where in CT are you?

ORIGINAL: Naskra

56, at it since Tactics II

Same here....

ORIGINAL: ctangus

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrt. Only kinda old, just turned 40 last month. 37 when I posted. Mice ate my copy of Flat Top

I think I still have mine, buried in a closet.

Geez Angus, you're just a rock's throw down the road from me...

Where in CT are you?

Outside Putnam. I work 20mi W of Boston.

Perpetually 39(actually 42), played Tactics II, Squad Leader + the next two modules, Coral Sea Campaigns or something, VG:Vietnam, there was one game about modern day east-west Berlin and the Soviets and a few others I can't remember.

Okay, I'll up. I'm 57 and began wargaming on AH DDay 1960 when I was 11/12 - I got it for my 12th birthday. Got serious out of the NAV and began on France '40, Bismarck, and then got into the original Squad Leader before we found Wooden Ships, Iron Men. We still drag that game out and play it, although we have to consult the rules more often because of BAM (Biologically Aging Memory) Clutter.

ORIGINAL: Admiral DadMan
Outside Putnam. I work 20mi W of Boston.

That is close. Your work most be somewhere near Marlborough?

If you'd ever be interested in some old-fashioned, head-to-head, boardgaming let me know. I think all I have left is ASL & Flat-Top, but those were both classics.

ORIGINAL: RevRick

Bismarck

I had a lot of fun with that. I don't recall for sure if that was the first wargame I ever played, but certainly the first naval wargame. I always sank it & Prinz Eugen both, but I only played it head-to-head, with a pro-British bias. [:)]

Geez, Its been over two years since I posted on this thread! Now I'm 50. Just got my AARP card![:D]

ORIGINAL: Mark VII

48, first game was AH Afrika Korps back in 1972, quickly followed by AH Midway, which was my first game owned.

" This is a really old thread. I was 57 when I first posted now I'm 59, going on 60! Time for everyone to repost "


Hmmm.... I didn't realize that your brain had gone so far as to prevent the use of simple math! [:'(]