Bookshelf Games.

[lord of the mark]

A line of board games by 3M. 1960's-1970's. I owned Mr. President http://www.gamepile.com/3m24.html

, a card game of US presidential politics, and Feudal
http://www.gamepile.com/3m08.html , a cross between chess and a wargame.

[Urban Ranger]

Acquire is great fun. I think the copyright was bought by AH.

[lord of the mark]

Mr friends and i spent hours on Mr. President. Feudal not so much, though I like the way it looked - the closest ive come to miniatures gaming, I guess.

[Jon Miller]

feudal was decent

I still enjoy a game of aquire, although I can't remember the last time I lost

Jon Miller

[Barinthus]

I loved this series called Gamemaster I think by AH... I'm not sure if I got the title right, it had games like Fortress America, Shogun!. and of course the infamous Axis & Allies. I had them all except the Roman one. I'd love to get my hands on that one to complete the collection.

[Jon Miller]

Shogun is great, would like to have it

Axis and Allies is all right, but a little simple

Jon Miller

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Shogun is great, would like to have it

Axis and Allies is all right, but a little simple

Jon Miller

so we're on to AH games now. Quite alright - i looked at their website, they still mention Acquire.

AH games I remember owning were 1914, AfrikaKorps, and "After the Holocaust" (a civish post nuclear war boardgame)

[Jon Miller]

africakorps was great

I love the SL and ASL franchise

as well as Republic of Rome, and the Civilization and Advanced Civilization board games (I have something like a ~75% winning percentage and have played ~50 games)

3rd Reich was also good (never played a full game though), as was battle of the bulge

Jon Miller

[Barinthus]

Oh yeah I have AfrikaKorps, 3rd Reich and battle of the bulge too .

[lord of the mark]

i actually got a neighbor kid to play afrikakorps occasionally - just simple enough for the masses. With a very elegant supply system, I think. I found it in a box in the basement the other day, its still a nice game.

[Barinthus]

Oh yeah, in those days of computer gaming, it's very difficult for me to find someone who's willing to play out a good old fashioned boardgame especially those more 'complicated' such as wargames. Most people, if they do play boardgames, often prefer something more simple such as Clue. Nothing wrong with that but I yearn for old days where my Napoleonic armies win the day at Waterloo .

One good game - Diplomacy And oh how can I forget Alesia?