How Long Have You Been Playing Wargames?

Reg · Post by **Reg** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 7:44 am

<in reply to KG Erwin regarding modern games>

I think that both cardboard and PC games have their place. I have about a dozen games within reach of where I am sitting but I usually end up playing a PC game (provided they are real wargame like SPWaW or UV) for the convienience factor . I seem to have such a busy lifestyle these days and the bunch of mates that used to come round on Friday night with their six pack of beers just don't have a Pause or Save Game button......

Klinkenhoffen · Post by **Klinkenhoffen** » Tue Mar 23, 2004 10:25 am

Hi, I started in 1985. Dauntless and Airforce, air to air combat in the Pacific and Europe.

Then progressed to the Europa series, Western Desert, Torch and Near East in the late eighties. I bought but have never played Scorched Earth and Fire in the East.

I discovered the original Squad Leader in 1990 and have just moved into Advanced Squad Leader in the last few months.

My first computer wargame was Steel Panthers 1 back in 1996? , and here I am in 2004 still playing Steel Panthers 8

Klink

lexxan · Post by **lexxan** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:10 am

1981, same first boardgame: unforgettable!

Fatkat · Post by **Fatkat** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:11 am

Panzer Leader and Squad Leader back in the 70's was the start of tactical wargaming
for me, but does anyone remember a board game from those day's called "Summit"?
I have searched the net but can't find any info on this game, use to play it all the time back in those day's but over the years lost touch with it. Can anyone help?

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:48 pm

Looks like we have a history here...I think wargamers are diehards and to one degree or another, just keep playing and playing.

Interesting to read of each one and his initiation into the hobby.

WB

vahauser · Post by **vahauser** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 4:19 pm

I started with the old Avalon Hill Gettysburg and Tactics II back in the 60s. I played a zillion games of PanzerBlitz and Panzer Leader in the 70s. In the 80s I worked for a company called GR/D which produced a series of games called Europa, and so I mainly played Europa games until the early 90s (after I finished assisting with the design and production of Second Front). In the mid 90s, Steel Panthers was released and I quit Europa and began playing Steel Panthers. I've been playing SP games pretty much constantly for the past 9 years, and counting.

crazyivan · Post by **crazyivan** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 10:02 am

my first games were of corse board games from avalon hill my favorite which i still have is operation babarossa and a huge game callled drag niecht ostan the whole russian german confilct on 4 fold out maps and more than 1500 counters..........then the comador computers and omigas in earl builds of tank war fare etc yep been gaming for24 years quite young really........................[&o]

scaguy · Post by **scaguy** » Fri May 28, 2004 6:49 am

In 1977 at the age o f thirteen i bought AH's SUBMARINE and PANZERLEADER. They were quickly followed by tactics II, third reich, MBT, B-17, Flight leader, Circus Maximus, airforce, Squadleader and add ons, asl+... and many more! Had friends who played too! I was Lucky! then i got a copy of Panzer Strike for the c-64. Holy cats! we played by mail! sent cassette data tapes. LOL. Those were amazing times. I credit having read all the verious rule books as a direct impact on my increased grammer grades.

M4Jess · Post by **M4Jess** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:54 am

Has anyone here ever played "The Longest Day" by AH?

my gosh what a monster!

It took me a year to play it!

Jess

Fallschirmjager · Post by **Fallschirmjager** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:05 am

My first wargame was CC2
I had played a few stratedgy/wargames on my SNES and Playstation but I guess my actual first wass CC2 It came in a microsoft game pack along with 4 other games (cant remember the others)
I played it to death and the hobby gathered momemtum.
Now 50% of my game purchases are wargames.

Wilmore · Post by **Wilmore** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:06 am

I too started with 1914, I loved that game. I musted have played it 100 times. If we only new what we had to look forward to.

Mynok · Post by **Mynok** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 4:29 am

I've played TLD, along with many others. Too few against human opponents. Wargames are my raison d'etre.

waynec · Post by **waynec** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 2:55 am

since 1962 when i got a copy of tactics 2 from my church. fondly remember sacrificing both amphib and both para units to try to capture the BIG nuke. that would be 42 years (including some 1-1 scale with the army)
went through battle of the bulge, afrika korps, jutland (still have them). and then came panzerblitz and spi.

m10bob · Post by **m10bob** » Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:44 pm

Not counting chess,I believe it was AH's "Midway",1959-1960??
Always military in my upbringing,Army family......

robot · Post by **robot** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:50 pm

Guys it seems we have enough time playing war games. That if we stacked the days and years. We would reach back to the stone age. When the first kid there played with rocks.

I myself would put in the stack nearly sixty years. Thats if you counted me lining up a deck of cards with the spades as Germans and the clubs as the Italians. Where the other side was Diamonds were the British and the hearts was USA. Loved the USA even then.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

11Bravo · Post by **11Bravo** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 1:45 pm

Started playing in the '70's I think with a board game by Avalon Hill called Panzer Leader.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 9:59 pm

Now that is a real die-hard wargamer, Robot! [;)]

WB

Smeghead · Post by **Smeghead** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:57 pm

Well Avlon Hill games for me were the 1st I recall. (Panzer Leader, Battle of the Bulge and Third Reich)

Europa games name them and we played them, as late as last year (favorite all time: Fire in the East)

Squad Leader of course
ASL - not as much as SL, coud not find as many opponents.

Various other ones, but those are the ones that bring a good memory and more.

[:)]

heintz28 · Post by **heintz28** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 2:50 am

ahhh. you guys bring back memories.
I had a Uncle that gave me AH's Jutland in 71? ... it was downhill from there[:D]

I still think back about the all night(hell all weekend) Third Reich games in High School
sometimes that board got thrown across the room.... So many great rule disputes.[:'(]

Then there was Tobruq, Blitzkreig, Afrika Korps, Bulge, ...< my eyes are getting watery>
[:(]

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 3:25 am

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