Board Games

[notyoueither]

Pssst*

War in Europe. War in the Pacific. Old SPI titles.

See you in a few years.

We once set up WiE with WitP supply and equipment rules. Took a night for the first phase of the invasion of Poland. Didn't get much further...

[Kramerman]

RPGs. with healthy number of friends, there is a surprising amount of squad-based tactical thinking that must be employed, tho the home made tactical grid maps arent as good as those professional board gaem ones...

[Wernazuma III]

AH's Civilization of course!

And personally, I love "The Republic of Rome" by AH. It's tremendously complex and difficult to play, but very intriguing.
CAUTION: Play only with very good friends and still be sure to wear a bullet-proof jacket. This game proved to be more emotionally outraging than Diplomacy!

[Jon Miller]

those two are my favorites and went under misc (Republic of Rome and Civilization)


Jon Miller

[Tolls]

From Avalon Hill I would say:
Russian Campaign
Fortress Europa
Anzio

...all use a similar game system...but I doubt their easy to get hold of anymore.

You could try Totaler Krieg.

http://www.kumquat.com/cgi-kumquat/funagain/06709

I've heard good things about this...the pacific version might be finished by now as well.

It's a reasonably simple system.

"And every Friday night, people come over to play board games."

You lucky, lucky man...I haven't had the time (or space) to do that for years. Can't remember the last time I managed to actually set up a board game of any sort, let alone an old AH one.

[Sikander]

War at Sea and Victory in the Pacific are both good Avalon Hill beer and pretzel type games. The Russian Campaign is also quite good, but is a little more time consuming. For those weekend game-a-thons I quite liked Third Reich, but you need a few good and dedicated players to make it interesting.

I used to play a bit of Squad Leader (with expansions) with my friends, and it can go pretty quickly if you choose a manageable scenario and everyone already knows the rules. Of course Diplomacy is fun, though again time consuming. Kingmaker for some reason was very popular when I was in high school, and I have played many games of it. It was pretty fun admittedly. Ah, those golden years.

[Tingkai]

Originally posted by Ming
I have a shelf full of Avalon Hill games... And every Friday night, people come over to play board games.

That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by Tingkai
That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.

That's because you are a pathetic geek, but don't worry - we all are.

[Ming]

Originally posted by notyoueither
War in Europe. War in the Pacific. Old SPI titles.

See you in a few years.

We once set up WiE with WitP supply and equipment rules. Took a night for the first phase of the invasion of Poland. Didn't get much further...

We played WiE in college. Our Strategic War Gaming Club would set it up every Saturday and play a few turns. The major powers had multiple leaders with each given a certain task... offense, defense, production, airforce... and the minor powers had a single leader.

We played for almost a full year, with the war coming to end in spring of 1943... The Germans lost

While it was a pain to set it up and tear it down every week, it was a blast.

[Sava]

"Weapons and Warriors" is the ish... It's not really a board game, it's more of a "set guys up and shoot them with little orange balls" game. I enjoy board games though. Hey Ming! You think we could organize a Chicago 'Poly meet with board games?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Tingkai
That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.

Hey local geek

Drop me a line when you feel like it.

[Jon Miller]

Originally posted by Sikander
I used to play a bit of Squad Leader (with expansions) with my friends, and it can go pretty quickly if you choose a manageable scenario and everyone already knows the rules. Of course Diplomacy is fun, though again time consuming. Kingmaker for some reason was very popular when I was in high school, and I have played many games of it. It was pretty fun admittedly. Ah, those golden years.

yah, I know that (on squad leader)

and I play some Diplomacy (And I have kingmaker)

Jon Miller

[Wernazuma III]

Originally posted by Tingkai


That's pretty sweet. If I ever suggested to my friends that we spend a Friday night playing board games they would look at me like I was some pathetic geek.

I get my friends to play with me ~twice a year, not more.