Which wargame has done it best?
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Which wargame has done it best?
Ohhhh this should be fun.
Yes, I'm actually expecting wargamer drama here I suppose.
I'm restricting this to digital. There's just way toooo many board games a lot of us might have never had to chance to see or even hear of.
In my opinion, I think I'm going to be fielding the opinion, that Advanced Tactics or The Operational Art of War deserves the crown of best overall, all in one package can provide a wargamer with more total all-encompassing, can simulate anything better than any other product satisfaction.
Yes, we have the greats out there, that are clearly incredible, but they are either massive undertakings of time, or they are setting specifically limited, of they are too tactical, or to strategy end of the spectrum.
I've always said, if you have TOAW, you own what we seem like most of the board games of the 70s and 80s in one box.
Yes, I'm actually expecting wargamer drama here I suppose.
I'm restricting this to digital. There's just way toooo many board games a lot of us might have never had to chance to see or even hear of.
In my opinion, I think I'm going to be fielding the opinion, that Advanced Tactics or The Operational Art of War deserves the crown of best overall, all in one package can provide a wargamer with more total all-encompassing, can simulate anything better than any other product satisfaction.
Yes, we have the greats out there, that are clearly incredible, but they are either massive undertakings of time, or they are setting specifically limited, of they are too tactical, or to strategy end of the spectrum.
I've always said, if you have TOAW, you own what we seem like most of the board games of the 70s and 80s in one box.
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Exlains why I buy em more than I play em.
Play with Barbies 05% of the time.
Play with Legos 10% of the time.
Build models 20% of the time
Shopping 60% of the time.
Exlains why I buy em more than I play em.
RE: Which wargame has done it best?


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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
Advanced tactics is the best dramagame[:D] of the world because you can add what you want in your composition of division.

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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
The original Steel Panthers got the digital ball rolling for me. Before that it was all analog. Still have the disk. I should bronze it. Easy to play. Hard to master. Loads of replay time. And omg the drama. I still recall Veber going off about how an 88 can't possibly be an effective AT gun because it was an AA gun. For months! [:D]
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I’m not sure about the universe-Einstein
Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?
A: A stick.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity and I’m not sure about the universe-Einstein
Q: What do you call a boomerang that doesn’t come back?
A: A stick.
RE: Which wargame has done it best?
You need to take the best of the boardgames that you liked and put them into a computer game. What else good are computers other than to save space and take on some of the calculations/resolutions and dice rolling? But for some reason the good to great games of the past aren't so much getting this treatment, rather we are getting tons of flimsy/buggy/overthought games. Plenty can post here offering up compromises, but thirty years on and there is no game that can do it right. It's pathetic I tell you, and I'm fed up with it, and I'm prepared to do something about it ... join with me!
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One of the Steel Panthers games. I leave arguing about SPWAW and WinSPWW2 to others.
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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
V for Victory series [&o]
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Plenty can post here offering up compromises, but thirty years on and there is no game that can do it right. It's pathetic I tell you, and I'm fed up with it, and I'm prepared to do something about it ... join with me!
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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
Impossible question to answer, but the reference to Advanced Tactics is probably mine. Check out the god of wargaming's progress on his new game: https://www.vrdesigns.net/. My only concern is that it does not appear to be using the combat system of AT or Decisive Campaigns.,, but it is Vic so you know it will be great.
RE: Which wargame has done it best?
You need to take the best of the boardgames that you liked and put them into a computer game. What else good are computers other than to save space and take on some of the calculations/resolutions and dice rolling? But for some reason the good to great games of the past aren't so much getting this treatment, rather we are getting tons of flimsy/buggy/overthought games. Plenty can post here offering up compromises, but thirty years on and there is no game that can do it right. It's pathetic I tell you, and I'm fed up with it
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Age of Rifles for 19th century
Campaign Series should be included for WW2 tactical. Can't go wrong with TOAW or SP for older games though.
For newer games Advanced Tactics, Flashpoint Campaigns or Field of Glory 2.
Campaign Series should be included for WW2 tactical. Can't go wrong with TOAW or SP for older games though.
For newer games Advanced Tactics, Flashpoint Campaigns or Field of Glory 2.
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Mrs Wargamer; no drama here - just curiosity. What do you mean by the word best?
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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
Steel Panthers WW2/MBT
TOAW
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RE: Which wargame has done it best?
Steel Panthers
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