Free war strategy games thread gold

[cpdeyoung]

Yes. I first met PB/PL as a tactical game from SPI. I was stunned when I played a friend of my brother. I had never seen anything like it, and loved it.

The game at Origins looks like fun. It looks like the Soviets and Allies are, well, allies.

I became a lifetime subscriber to S&T, but my issues seem to have dropped off. [:)]

Chuck

[bayonetbrant]

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

Yes. I first met PB/PL as a tactical game from SPI.

It was Avalon Hill, not SPI.

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

The game at Origins looks like fun. It looks like the Soviets and Allies are, well, allies.

IIRC, the green / red were just 2 different formations for some house rules around comms / radios. Not necessarily a nationality thing, but that would certainly be the default assumption.

ORIGINAL: cpdeyoung

I became a lifetime subscriber to S&T, but my issues seem to have dropped off. [:)]

You can blame TSR for that one, but you need a time machine to do so.

[candymika]

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[RFalvo69]

ORIGINAL: bayonetbrant
You can blame TSR for that one, but you need a time machine to do so.

Actually TSR returned from the grave some months ago.

https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dunge ... x-returns/

I know that it was at once surrounded by some brouhaha regarding gender identity, gun violence and other topics stunningly unrelated to gaming. I'm also happy to report that I don't know anything more.

[bigus]

Not sure if this has been posted but how about TripleA?
Grand Strategy.

https://triplea-game.org/

[cpdeyoung]

@bayonetbrant

About the Avalon Hill vs SPI.

This was the game I was referring to, Tactical Game 3. This was my introduction to the game that would be marketed by Avalon Hill as panzerblitz.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162 ... cal-game-3

[Kuokkanen]

War Selection looks like a replica of Age of Empires or Empire Earth. What is available for free is a tutorial, sand box without enemy civilizations, and multiplayer of one type. More content is either behind pay wall or under work. So it looks like game's business model is the same as with Command Ops 2 and Order of Battle: game is free, but scenarios/campaigns cost $$. Otherwise game looks like a decent RTS.

[mainsworthy]

https://iamnumber4.itch.io/strategic-se ... ies-go-bad

just finished it, added save load and updated combat system