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[RevRick]

What you mean, Kemo Sabe?

ORIGINAL: kaleun

We're really old farts to remember that game I guess.

We're really old farts to remember that game I guess.

To be a really old fart you have to go back before even Pong, to when all war games were played on cardboard with die cut pieces, or, even older, made up in your mind. I got my first copy of the first AH D-Day when I was 12 Does that mean that my proper title should be "Ancient Flatulent One" or are there those even more ancient who would make me a pretender to the title. (And I still use emoticons!)[:D]

[kaleun]

[&o]Oh Mighty flatulent. We lesser younger mortals faint in the aroma of your great flatulence[&o][&o]

[jhdeerslayer]

I still have my old copy of AH's Bulge game bought in like 1970 I think for $5.00. So crude but that type of game is the origins of what we have today.

[RevRick]

and had to repack about three boxes of the old board games - including my all time favorite board game - Wooden Ships, Iron Men." Can't tell you how many hours Sam and I spent sinking HMS and USN and, pardon me, Frog ships. The box is almost in tatters, and we still have our original computations (by pencil and paper) specs for a USN 74 for that game. EGAD!

I really like BoB (the original one), and France '40 as well.

But, I really wish Matrix would take a look at "Action Stations" by Zimm. That is an oldie goldie with horrible interfaces and graphics by today's standards which really grabbed me. The entire premise is that one commands a ship or TF in a battle with only the information available in the CIC to guide the action. No eye of God view, or any such thing, just lookout reports and primitive radar date. Got royally surprised one time by finding myself commanding USS Washington trying to flank a smoke and fire screen with radar shot out and wound up at 4000 yards broadside to a wounded Yamato. Now THAT was exciting. I am very glad the Yamato's FC system was dinged up, or it would have been a very short and violent action at that point. That was a "cerebral" game instead of a "shooter."

[pad152]

Pacific War Games from Gary Grisby and company, Witp will be the 5th pacific war game!

Guadalcannal Campaign (The first monster wargame)- Apple II 1984?
War in the South Pacific - Apple II
Pacific War - IBM/PC
Uncommon Valor - IBM/PC
War in the Pacific - IBM/PC

[Sonny]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

What you mean, Kemo Sabe?

ORIGINAL: kaleun

We're really old farts to remember that game I guess.

We're really old farts to remember that game I guess.

To be a really old fart you have to go back before even Pong, to when all war games were played on cardboard with die cut pieces, or, even older, made up in your mind. I got my first copy of the first AH D-Day when I was 12 Does that mean that my proper title should be "Ancient Flatulent One" or are there those even more ancient who would make me a pretender to the title. (And I still use emoticons!)[:D]

Oh my God. You're getting there Rev. - my first game was AH's Gettysburg back in....well way back there.[:)]

[Slick91]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

To be a really old fart you have to go back before even Pong, to when all war games were played on cardboard with die cut pieces, or, even older, made up in your mind. I got my first copy of the first AH D-Day when I was 12...

Now you're talking!

My classic war game collection most of which are solitary game because the small town I grew up in did not have many people to play with:

Air Force (Avalon Hill)
Air Force Dauntless Expansion Kit (Avalon Hill)
Air Strike (CDW)
Air Superiority (CDW)
Ambush! (Victory Games)
Ambush! - Move Out! (Victory Games)
Ambush! - Purple Heart (Victory Games)
Ambush! - Silver Star (Victory Games)
B-17: Queen of the Skies (Avalon Hill)
Battle Hymn (Victory Games)
Battle Hymn - Leatherneck (Victory Games)
Carrier (Victory Games)
Carrier Strike (Milton Bradley)
Firepower (Avalon Hill)
Fortress Europa (Avalon Hill)
Gunslinger (Avalon Hill)
Harpoon (CDW)
Harpoon's - Captain's Edition (CDW)
IDF (Israeli Defense Force) (Avalon Hill)
Magic Realm (Avalon Hill)
MBT (Avalon Hill)
NATO (Victory Games)
Open Fire (Victory Games)
Pacific War (Victory Games)
Patton's Best (Avalon Hill)
Shell Shock! (Victory Games)
Sixth Fleet (Victory Games)
Tokyo Express (Victory Games)
Vietnam 1965-1975 (Victory Games)

Any of these bring back memories? [&o]

[jhdeerslayer]

Many! I still have a few of these around. Victory Games always did a good job.

[DaveConn]

Sorry, you can't claim "classic" status for the AH versions of Airforce / Dauntless and the expansion kit! The "originals" of those were Battleline games, that I spent countless hours playing with a group of friends in college in the mid-70s. (I REALLY am old!). Our group was even one that playtested the expansion kit aircraft. Those were the very old days.

--Dave

[Fallschirmjager]

The next GG game announced better be an update to WiR [:@]

[dwesolick]

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

The next GG game announced better be an update to WiR [:@]

Amen, brother. A simulation of the entire Eastern Front...at regimental level!!!![8D]
It's the only game that might distract me a bit from WitP.

[Becket]

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

The next GG game announced better be an update to WiR [:@]

I hear you on that! My dream game: the Eastern Front with the scope, scale and complexity of WitP.

[kaleun]

Yes, we need a new version of that one.
Actually, it could include a west front & Med too.[;)]

[Fallschirmjager]

ORIGINAL: dwesolick

ORIGINAL: Fallschirmjager

The next GG game announced better be an update to WiR [:@]

Amen, brother. A simulation of the entire Eastern Front...at regimental level!!!![8D]
It's the only game that might distract me a bit from WitP.

Your sick
Corps level like the original would suite me just fine

[RevRick]

Action Stations - Wooden Ships, Iron Men with steam and armor plate (cept for tin cans, of course!)

[kaleun]

So when's the download available?
[:)]

[2Stepper]

ORIGINAL: RevRick

Action Stations - Wooden Ships, Iron Men with steam and armor plate (cept for tin cans, of course!)

Ahh, "Wooden Ships..." I think I have a mint or "near" mint condition version of that game about the house. LOVED it. Don't know why some days, but I did... same was true with the old Pacific War game by Victory games... Have that too... Much as I TRIED to play that on my own, having an AI to game with even will be a treat since this game will BASICALLY be a computerized version of the same thing... only better. [8D][:D]

[hithere]

The 2 games that got me hooked were Command H.Q. and Carrier Strike. I was in the Army and bought a 386/DX 66 with a 25 MB hard drive. It was the most smokin' computer in my company. I think I paid about $1600. (about 2 months pay for a E-2)And Command H.Q. acually had multi-player support so me and a friend started playing one Sat night.....We paused it for PT that Monday morning. I also used to play alot of Germany 84 for the ?Commandor 64?......
.......(in the voice of Homer)
aaarrggghh...wargames...aarrgggghhhhh

[madmickey]

this was posted 5/25/2004

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

We are shooting to have this ready for sale at Origins (Matrix will be there). This is still possible. We are very close. For quite some time now we've been aiming for the code to be done by the end of May and that is still possible. Ask us again in 10 days and we'll know a lot more.

Asking again over 10 days has gone by.

[Becket]

ORIGINAL: madmickey

this was posted 5/25/2004

ORIGINAL: Joel Billings

We are shooting to have this ready for sale at Origins (Matrix will be there). This is still possible. We are very close. For quite some time now we've been aiming for the code to be done by the end of May and that is still possible. Ask us again in 10 days and we'll know a lot more.

Asking again over 10 days has gone by.

And more information has been posted since then, as well. [:'(]

Check the sticky from Joel on 6/2