old war games board games

[Rasputin]

I own diploamcy but nev4er played it

[duke o' york]

I used to play it at CFC, but haven't bothered here, because the Stories forum seems almost dead. I did enjoy it, although I wasn't great at the tactical planning - just the diplomatic stuff! Kitten of Chaos (or however his name is spelled) was great for posting turn updates in character.

[joncha]

You should join the Eventis dip game when the current one wraps up (which should be any day now).

[Paddy]

is it as good as the board game ?

[ZargonX]

there is the board game world championships in August (has everything from Axis and Allies to ASL) in maryland as well

I'm an avid A&A'er and have lived in Maryland my whole life and never heard of this

[Brundlefly]

did anyone mention 'rail baron'? that was a great game. cant believe it goes for an avg of $70 on ebay..

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Brundlefly
did anyone mention 'rail baron'? that was a great game. cant believe it goes for an avg of $70 on ebay..

Rail Baron was awesome! I loved playing that game.

I should swipe my brother's copy and make some money.

[Urban Ranger]

Just hold on to your copy for another 10 years. It will worth 20 times as much.

[lord of the mark]

i assume these prices are based on excellent condition?

My old copy of 1914 with the map torn into 4 sections, and some units missing, is probably not worth much?

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Just hold on to your copy for another 10 years. It will worth 20 times as much.

thats what they thought about baseball card collections during the early 90's rise in collectibles trading... now those cards are worth half what they were then... if you want to sell rail baron, now is the time, i think. if you wait much longer, the people who remember rail baron will find that there brains are too slow to play the game anymore and it will be forgotten..

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by duke o' york
This is a bit OT, but I got Settlers of Catan for Christmas from my brother "in law" (we're not married!).
It's really good, and I was wondering if anyone else at 'poly had played it/heard of it.

I've got Settlers of Catan. Civ with random production yields, heavy commodity trading and no units. It's a cult of a game, and can even be played by casual gamers. People who wouldn't normally go near a wargame or a civ-game can pick it up straight off.

I used to love Kingmaker, and played a lot in the eighties. I first played it as a kid in the mid seventies and fell in love with the heraldic counters. The castle names in the game have stayed with me for ever. Two days ago my GF and I drove through Masham in Yorkshire. "Scrope had his castle here, according to Kingmaker", I reminisced.

Kings and Things was a wierd but fun fantasy wargame with silly units (Killer Squirrel) and a random hex-board, like Settlers of Catan.

I also played Sniper from SPI. A unit was an individual soldier, and what I remember most were the 'panic' rolls, that if failed would make him run off in a random direction.

[Urban Ranger]

The heraldic counters in Kingmaker are great, although the game itself, um, leaves much to be desired. We had, however, a variant called Drinkmaker. It's a drinking game. "Oops, the king gets killed. Chug!"

Kings and Things is a fun, chaotic, and mindless little game. The units are downright wacky.

lotm - I guess so

[lord of the mark]

POTM was over at a friends house, and it turns out that a group of them were playing Diplomacy!!! (the board game, not the Paradox offering) She told me she was Russia, and that she and Austria were fighting Turkey and Italy, until Turkey got bored and left (cause Turkey was an 11 YO) then she betrayed Austria and joined with Italy to take apart Austria.

Needless to say I was fascinated - shes never been very interested in strategy games, other than the historical tidbits (like EU2 or Vickie events, or the maps) but she seems to have gotten into the interpersonal aspects of Diplo, with its deals and betrayals

Also says something maybe about gender and gaming. Hard to get women to care about weapons stats, but give them a simplified combat model, and an emphasis on scheming.....

[Rasputin]

hope POTM doesnt read that

[Jon Miller]

I have noticed that girls are much more interested in Diplomacy/Civ (the Avalon Hill board game.. which needs rerelaesed) and Settlers of Catan than they are war games..

In fact, I have found similiar numbers of women and men who like these nonwar strategy games.. while it is mostly men (worst than physics even) who like war games..

JM