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RE: What got you started on this hobby?
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2015 9:50 pm
by Strike Eagle
After playing "Secret Weapons over Normandy" and "Call of Duty 2 Big Red One" when I was in elementary, WW2 has been my biggest interest.
RE: What got you started on this hobby?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:09 pm
by rustysi
Did any of you subscribe to Avalon Hill's 'The General?'
Yep. S&T's mag too, a game in every issue.
RE: What got you started on this hobby?
Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 3:52 pm
by Coach Zuck
1st Real War game was PANZERBLITZ, all the way back in the 7th or 8th grade! Followed quickly by PANZER LEADER & THE ARAB ISRAELI WARS.... all using the same basic rule system.
Subscribed to the GENERAL and owned a ridiculous # of Avalon Hill games; WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN (WSIM) was my favorite and I almost never lost!
By 9th grade I believe I was battling Floyd G (Tracker boy) in Avalon Hill's VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC. By 10th grade we had moved on to SPI's WAR IN THE PACIFIC which we tried multiple times!