Advanced Tactics Gold VS. TOAW3

[aaatoysandmore]

My vote goes to Advanced tactics gold as you will get unlimited play value out of it with all the random generated stuff. I always felt TAOW3 was more complicated and too busy with graphics for my tastes.

[gradenko2k]

TOAW isn't really that difficult to pick up - you can almost play it like a hex-and-counter boardgame, just paying attention to the attack-defense strengths printed right on the counter and the supply/readiness indicator to make your tactical decisions, and 99% of the controls are accessible from the right-click context menu.

[Twotribes]

I play ATG, it can be any scale you want, it has numerous scenarios including ones made by the community and more added all the time, it can be played by email and has a great random game ability plus a great editor.

[Trugrit]

I own TOAW3 and WITP:AE and have played both.
I’ll stick with my recommendation of WITP:AE but be aware that it can consume your life.

You can do your own research on these games online.
Game play Vids of both games are available on youtube.

I wish you all the best,
K

[cpdeyoung]

The fine scenario "Global Domination 1938" for ATG gives you a large scale WW2 experience. I am delighted by this scenario and there are multiple PBEM games going on right now. The AARs for these games will give you a feel for the scenario. I find the strategic, and operational, aspects of this scenario to be very fulfilling. The naval game is well developed, and important.

I have not played TOAW but it seems quite popular with its adherents. One thing I wish to address is the "historicity" of ATG. In the historic scenarios the authors have worked hard to ensure authenticity. Both TOAW and ATG have talented scenario designers, and this makes a big difference in the value of these games.

Chuck

[Pariah]

ORIGINAL: rosseau

Funny, most of the grognards here would laugh at Battle Worlds Kronos, but it requires more skill and thought than Panzer Corp, imo.

I figured as much. It is a shame because the game engine is awesome. It is better than Panzer Corps, for sure. I think it (Battle Worlds Kronos) is a rip-off (with major improvements) of another game called Massive Assault 2.

[aaatoysandmore]

A couple of oldies but goodies from my Commodore 64 days are Germany 1985 and RDF 85. Both games feel before their time to me and the graphics actually stand up pretty well for wargame graphics. You can run them with DosBox if you get the PC versions. You'll need C64 emulators to run them in commodore 64 versions (with better graphics).