old war games board games

[Rasputin]

I was always an avid AvalonHill Games Lover , my first played being D-Day and then Barbarossa.

Ultimately i moved onto Third Reich and then Advanced Third Reich,

Anyothers here who played these type of games,

[Jon Miller]

yep

still would like to, but have not much in the past year

JM

[lord of the mark]

i got started on Avalon Hill, then graduated to SPI. My high school was located less than 2 miles from the SPI HQ in NYC, and this was in the '70s, when SPI was in top form. I still have a few games in a box in the basement. About a year ago i dug up the 1914 (AH), Afrika Corps (AH) and Sinai (SPI). All remain interesting - Afrika Corps is a more elegant design - the Dunnigan designs are interesting too, of course.

[Brundlefly]

I never played those games, but I did play a sci-fi game by Avalon Hill based on Frank Herbert's novel "Dune" that I really liked.

[Standup]

I'm slowly rebuilding my collection thanks to the wonder that is ebay. Recent purchases include Squad Leader and the two expansions and Third Reich.

Thinking about buying the new version of SPI's Empires of the Middle ages by Decision Games. $100 plus postage from the US though. Still thinking.

Decision seem to have picked up the rights to a lot of the old SPI games.

[gjramsey]

I loved playing the Third Reich. One game was good for a couple months during the summer break.

Also played Squad Leader but didn't spend as much time playing it.

[Spaced Cowboy]

My two were Panzer blitz around 1970.

[Spaced Cowboy]

And World in flames in the '90's

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
i got started on Avalon Hill, then graduated to SPI. My high school was located less than 2 miles from the SPI HQ in NYC, and this was in the '70s, when SPI was in top form. I still have a few games in a box in the basement. About a year ago i dug up the 1914 (AH), Afrika Corps (AH) and Sinai (SPI). All remain interesting - Afrika Corps is a more elegant design - the Dunnigan designs are interesting too, of course.

never played any spi games, i think i got addicted to avalon hill and regarded them as the bst (rightly or wrongly)

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by Standup
I'm slowly rebuilding my collection thanks to the wonder that is ebay. Recent purchases include Squad Leader and the two expansions and Third Reich.

Thinking about buying the new version of SPI's Empires of the Middle ages by Decision Games. $100 plus postage from the US though. Still thinking.

Decision seem to have picked up the rights to a lot of the old SPI games.

i just got a copy of third reich from Ebay to replace a very worn and few counters missing version, i finally found a friend who is interested to learn so hoping to get him up t ospeed soon. I long for the day i can play third reich with 5 players not just 2 !!!

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by gjramsey
I loved playing the Third Reich. One game was good for a couple months during the summer break.

Also played Squad Leader but didn't spend as much time playing it.

my games with my brother were usually lmited to a weekend, i think nearly all our games were completed by playing fiday night, al lday saturday and nearly all sunday.

the long time to complete is usually what puts others off learning them

[Jon Miller]

I have two very old copies of third reich (1st edtion), and one much newer one (the avalanche one) (not sure if any of them are advanced third reich)

I also have the majority of ASL modules (Actually, only half), all the SL modules, and a bunch of other games

I would really like ones like Africa Korpsa nd DDay

I really love Civ the board game also (once had a record that was something like 45 wins 10 losses, currently it is like 46 and 19)

Jon Miller

[Standup]

just got a copy of third reich from Ebay to replace a very worn and few counters missing version, i finally found a friend who is interested to learn so hoping to get him up t ospeed soon. I long for the day i can play third reich with 5 players not just 2 !!!

Found more than two or three never really worked because of varing abilities. Also the France/USA player can get bored and Italy depends too much on Germany. Most of our multi player ended up in fights over the rules.

Other favourites include Vietnam (campaign game started about 15 years ago - we generally manage a couple of turns each summer), Atlantic Wall and Freedom in the Galaxy.

[Rasputin]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I have two very old copies of third reich (1st edtion), and one much newer one (the avalanche one) (not sure if any of them are advanced third reich)

I also have the majority of ASL modules (Actually, only half), all the SL modules, and a bunch of other games

I would really like ones like Africa Korpsa nd DDay

I really love Civ the board game also (once had a record that was something like 45 wins 10 losses, currently it is like 46 and 19)

Jon Miller

i own the 4th edition rules of third reich.

Advanced third reich was also done by avalon hill.

The avalanche series of games were new ones created by the original designer of Avalon hills Third reich. He obviously didnt like the Advancd Third Reich editions so made his own.

[Jon Miller]

I must not have advanced third reich

I played the avalanch version once recently (a year ago) with 4 players

it was a bit weird though because the war didn't really start, and I (as Britain and France) didn't want to spend the money to declare it

so germany and italy picked up some small nations (and russia attacked turkey)

but my frenids are not really that intense, they are more axis and allies players for th emost part (although they would sort of like a game of similiar depth where everyone starts in nearly equal footing and than can pick sides and do diplomacy and the like) (they liked diplomacy, but I think what they would like most is diplomacy but with axis and allies combat)

Jon Miller