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Do you remember a company that made games in the 80's called Yamamato or Yamato Games. They made alot of games that came in album cover type packaging. "Fast Attack Boats" was one I remember, but they also had one that was a U.S. vs. Japan beach landing. I was wondering if there was anywhere i could get some of these games. I loved them when I was in high school.

Howdy

Unknown games to me..but as a wargamer you managed to awake my interest

Publisher's name seems to be Yaquinto games. Some info can be found here: http://www.volcano.net/~themaverick/alb.html And there seems to be few of their games for sale on ebay.

"Trust the Google. The Google is Your Friend"

Voriax

TheChin....no...sorry no info on the games...but love your quote, ..I say it alot at work.
Huffy

Wow, perfect! Thanks bunches! Boy does that game list bring back memories, I forgot how many of those games I had. I lost them all when I was in the Air Force and they were stored in my mom's basement which got flooded. I also lost Jutland, Submarine! and some other Avalon Hill games. The only survivors: Flat Top and Luftwaffe. A crying shame.

try this site for a list of all the games/companies I've ever heard of: http://grognard.com/index.html
Enjoy!

Huffy: Yeah I love that quote also, someone here sent me an email saying that is was originally attributed to Genghis Khan (I think).

Snake: GREAT site! Make me want to search out other Grognards in my area and push some cardboard!

Chin - By now, if you have visited the Grognard site (how did you miss it all these years?), you will have found that "Fast Attack Boats" was published by Yacqinto in 1980. You might find a copy for sale - somewhere on the net.

Don't feel bad about losing the games. When I moved to Michigan I took what I thought was everything I owned for ASL, which is darn near every module published. Well, I did take the modules. And the counters - thousands of them. Somehow, though, I didn't bring the rules.

I don't play ASL these days, if I ever do I'll have to find an auction site for the rules. Duh .....

Bing

Hey Bing, there is an active miniature gaming segment in southern Michigan. It is a bit go a pain to drive to them, but it is worth it IMHO. You might be able to pick up the rules at a convention.

Email me if you want me to dig up convention info.

Haupt

Thanks, Haupt. I never do down there - southern Mich that is. Never know what can happen. Love it here in the frozen north: Gaylord.

Bing

Hello, thechin.
If you like cardboard games and Spwaw, you must try all of the Tactical Combat Series (TCS) by "The Gamers". And a game named "PanzerGrenadier" by Avalanche, a wonderfull game at platoon level.

The Chin (and any others),

I have a wargame collection (board wargames) of over 100 titles and I am looking to sell most if not all of them. Some are quite rare and most have not even been punched. This is not a fire sale and I don't "need" to get rid of them. I just don't play them anymore and they would be better served with someone enjoying them rather than collecting dust on my shelves. This offer is for the serious wargamer, so if you want some of the old classics, please contact me at david.a.davenport1@jsc.nasa.gov

Iron Cross

I remember Yaquinto Games very well. The guys who started it are from my home town of Atlanta, Ga.

They did a lot of very neat ones, including Fighting in a French Fort, the series of three air games, beginning with Air Force, which AH finally took over and many others.

It was a very good little gaming company. Alas, so many have come and gone!

Wild Bill

Originally posted by Wild Bill:
I remember Yaquinto Games very well. The guys who started it are from my home town of Atlanta, Ga.

They did a lot of very neat ones, including Fighting in a French Fort, the series of three air games, beginning with Air Force, which AH finally took over and many others.

It was a very good little gaming company. Alas, so many have come and gone!

Wild Bill

I think you are mixing companies here, Airforce, Dauntless, and AF/dauntless expansion were from Battleline Games. The same folks who did Circus Max, Flattop etc.

Yaquinto did Ironclads, Ironclads exp, the one with the Greek heros where each player is a Greek god, and Timewar amoung others.

I got rid of my boardgame collection (over 300 games) a couple of years ago and had most of each of those companies games.

If I remember my wargame company history, Heritage was the predecessor of Yaquinto, they were based in the Dallas Tx area.

Why no company can come up with a way to clone Ironclads in a computer game is beyond me. The last era where ships closed up and blasted away at each other is much more interesting to me than launching airstrikes or vollying ssm's.
thanks, John.

I know what you mean, I never really got into Harpoon on the computer. The detail of it was fascinating but I guess modern missle-based warfare just doesn't make for good game play.

I hear they are redoing it once again.