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Ah yes, still got both, still collecting dust...They were truly aerial war classics. ( how about those mid-air collisions, eh?)
By the by, it's Vercingetorix, he lost at Alesia.[;)]

ORIGINAL: Double Deuce

I haven't seen them mentioned but I loved the AirForce/Dauntless games. Richtofen's War was good as well. As far as best though, I'd have to go with ASL. [;)]

ORIGINAL: Rainbow

If you loved Star Fleet Battles, there's a new streamlined game by the same company, called Federation Commander. Rules are much shorter, games are much quicker, and it's quite good.

Thats good to know! Thanks!

The reminiscing about "Sniper" brought back a funny memory for me. My buddy and I played the hell out that game around '80 or so, and in one game I insisted that I could leapfrog a flamethrower shot over my soldier and into a building. He disagreed, violently, and we nearly came to blows over it. Looking back (with 27 years of wisdom added) I think I am prepared to admit that he was right. But part of me still believes a prone soldier could survive a jet of burning liquid passing above him! Joking aside, Sniper was a great game and I wish I still had it, along with the other 100 or so boardgames that got tossed along the way.

ORIGINAL: Twotribes

ORIGINAL: Hertston

It's hard to disagree with SL/ASL (or indeed chess!)... but I actually played an awful lot more Starfleet Battles.

I LOVED Starfleet battles. I always played the Klingons, absolutely sucked at it, but damn was I Brave. For those not in the know in that game the majority of the Klingon weapons are inferior to Starfleet weapons, your usual enemy. And your shields are not up to par for the required charge you have to make to bring your phaser 2's into killing range.

I still have around 100 board games rotting in my garage. I love war games.

Phaser 2's and disrupters FTW! [:D]

Back in the 80s, I was a WWIII freak. I think I must have bought just about every related title. Favourites, in special order:

GDW's Third World War series.
Same publisher's Assault series.
Nato Division Commander
The Next War
Tac Air
Victory's Fleet series especially 2nd Fleet
Harpoon
Air & Armor
Air Strike
MBT
AIW
Firepower
Nordkapp/BAOR/Fifth Corps
Flight Leader

I want them ALL back. Sob.

ORIGINAL: MikeBrough

Favourites, in NO special order:

While not really a board game, one I spent a lot of time with was Challenger. We used 1/300 scale miniatures, and laid out the battle field on a ping pong table. 1"=50yards scale. we used squad leader mapboards inverted to simulate hills.
I still have a Russian armored division gathering dust in the garage, along with an Israeli brigade, British and French battallions.
Great fun there, somehow having one of your lead figure tanks flipped over as a wreck after taking a TOW missle was more heart rending then a squad leader counter.