Any wargamers here?

[Thorgrimm]

Here is a list of my all time favorites.
1. War in Europe, SPI
2. Rise of the Roman Republic, GMT
3. The Europa Series, GDW & GRD
4. Starship Troopers, Avalon Hill (the old version)
5. The Naval War Series, Avalanche Press
6. Federation & Empire, Amarillo Design Bureau
7. Empires of the Middle Ages, SPI
8. World in Flames, Australian Design Group
9. SS America, 3W
10. March to Victory, GRD The WW1 Europa Series


Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Justus II]

My favorites were(are):
Third Reich (Avalon Hill)
The Civil War (Victory Games)
Star Fleet Battles (Amarillo Design Bureau)
War & Peace (AH)
1776 (AH)
The Arab-Isreali Wars (AH) Based on Squad Leader

Haven't seen Federation and Empire mentioned in a LONG time! That was a great game, but I could never get anyone else to play it. By the time it came out, I was out of college, where most of my Star Fleet Battles opponents were. I played one partial game against a friend, and had several attempts to play it solo, "role-playing" the opposing sides. I just always thought it was a great concept, even if some of the starbase battles were somewhat tedious.

 

[Thorgrimm]

Justus II did you know that F&E has had 5 expansions over the years? the last one released was in February. It was called Advanced Operations.


Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Justus II]

Wow! 5? I remember one called Total War, IIRC, that was going to have updated carrier and PF rules, I think. And also add the ISC (they were my favorite race to play in SFB!). Anyway, I haven't played in so long, I thought ADB actually was going out of business or something, or maybe it was Task Force Games. Anyway, obviously I've been out of the loop, I will have to look into it. Do they have a website active?

 

[Thorgrimm]

The expansions were,
1. Carrier War
2. Marine Assault
3. Special Operations
4. Advanced Operations
5. Combined Operations.
I have them all. The next one in line is the ISC War.

Here is the ADB official website. A little light on the F&E stuff. I mainly use it for product updates. It was Task Force Games that went belly up.

http://www.starfleetgames.com


Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Justus II]

Thanks, I'll definitely have to check it out. Especially the ISC War!

 

[Thorgrimm]

Justus II I apologize, i should have mentioned it was 2005 when the ISC War was planned on being released.



Cheers Thorgrimm

 

[Justus II]

OK, thanks. I found the website, a little confusing, I wish there was a better description of the different expansions. I guess I will have to read through the discussion boards, looks like they are still active, and good to see some of the same names still involved (Steven Cole, Petrick). I have BOXES of SFB stuff in the garage, hundreds of photocopied SSDs and binders of rulebooks, erratta, etc., which I'm sure is now all hopelessly out of date. I will have to pull out the F&E stuff I have, I know I have some of the previews of the expansions that were in earlier Captains Logs, looks like that's still being published also.

(Great, now you got me started, like I have time for ANOTHER game!!! )

 

[wlievens]

I like board games, but I hardly ever play because I know very few people who share that hobby!

My girlfriend doesn't like boardgames it :-(

I also like tabletop wargames, but not the really complicated ones. I haven't played much more than Warhammer Skirmish, though.

My two favourite board games are El Grande and StarQuest (or Space Crusades as it's known outside Europe, I think).

 

[YNCS]

Originally posted by wlievens
I like board games, but I hardly ever play because I know very few people who share that hobby!

That's my problem. Whenever my brother visits me or I visit him, we'll spend several hours playing Advanced Squad Leader. Unfortunately, my brother lives 1000 miles/1600 km away, so we don't see each other too often.