Posted on 10/18/2020 12:31:05 PM PDT by rfreedom4u
I believe the reasoning for the stacking rule was that you could put more troops on land than on boats.
I still have both Outdoor Survival and Richtofen’s War!
Played Gettysburg (1961) with my dad ~60 years ago. Played Risk and Midway (1964) with various high school buddies. I played Blitzkreig (1965) against myself at one time.
Used to play squad leader 35 years ago, then got married and started a family. Wifey, “you spend how many hours playing that stupid game?”. One of my first “yes dear” moments.
Ever play Tactics II?
I have seen this and other “Family” skits on UTube, and they are hilarious.
Gosh, you did say strategy but nobody yet has mentioned GO!!!!
It is ALL about strategy. I know, its a bit old but still makes one think about 3 or 4 moves ahead. I don’t play it anymore but did a lot in my 30s and 40s.
“Sorry” :)
My brother is a big fan of Euro rail pick-up/drop-off games, so he liked Merchant of Venus. I also got him to play Blackbeard a few times many years ago. We played Magic Realm a lot as kids.
-PJ
Used to play that. Still have the computer version which is really poorly done
I used to play them, before computers. Now I play the computer equivallents.
Right now I think the Chicoms are playing GO and we’re playing chutes and ladders.
Great game, I played the Fantasy Flight version a few times.
I play various games by Vassal. Downtown with a guy in Wales, 2nd Fleet and Flying Colors with a high school buddy in Birmingham and various ASL online games. There is a large online community on VASSAL for most of the AH games.
Still most prevalent, though less frequent now: Wooden-piece Risk at single digits with brother and parents, late night with work buddies and/or roommates, then with children and grandchildren. Their next generation will be ready in a few years.
Otherwise, we mostly played cards, but tried almost anything else.
All those and now axis and allies online through steam
WSIM was great, loved that game. Also had Jutland, and you needed a pretty big table for that one.
Yes, I have many board games, mostly Euro strategy games. Through The Ages is my all time favorite, I’ve played it literally thousands of times in person and online.
Twilight Struggle is a game up many people’s alley on this board, I would think. About the cold war and made by GMT. It’s on google play. High difficulty.
I have loads of games, I’m not going to list them all. I was in a board game club in my town that was highly active until the COVID stopped it all.
It’s funny most of you are naming War simulations, because I love those, and those appeal to conservatives. It’s just the way it is, and Euro games appeal to lefties. I like Euro games, I’m not a left-winger, but you have to go with what people will play with you, and most board gamers around here are liberals. In fact, www.boardgamegeek.com is filled to the brim with left-wingers, it’s rather annoying.
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