Your favorite AH games
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- All 3 Red Alert games w/ their add-ons.
- Resistance 1&2
their could be some others i like but i can't think of what they wre at the moment.
- Resistance 1&2
their could be some others i like but i can't think of what they wre at the moment.
-Red Alert, Fallout, Paradox's...
- Lionheart : Post-apocalyptic/demoniac/Renaissance world...
- Return to castle wolfenstein
- Falkestein (it's not a computer game, but RPG)
- Lionheart : Post-apocalyptic/demoniac/Renaissance world...
- Return to castle wolfenstein
- Falkestein (it's not a computer game, but RPG)
Yes, I agree. One of my favorites is the Roman Empire ("Imperium") map, which is amusing for much the same reason the USA map is...the medieval lords are just totally out of place there.
They actually came out with a Lords of the Realm III a couple of years ago. I was thinking of buying it...have you or anyone else tried that one?
I heard about it, but all the reviews I read on it said it was a horrible game, with none of the charm of the original...
Diplomacy, both in its standard form, and in all its myriad variants. The best board game ever invented, and you create your own history as you play.
I prefer Machiavelli over Diplomacy, mainly because you have many many more options for game play, but overall, you are very right sir. One of the best games ever.
I played Machiavelli once, and found it to be too horribly swayed by the random elements of plague and famine. It's a bit ridiculous when a totally dominant and winning position can be negated by random events like that. Of course, this was the game by the original publisher... I heard that when Avalon Hill took the license and revamped the game, they toned down those random events a lot.
Since we're also discussing Board Games, let me add a few to my list...
--Kingmaker, from Avalon Hill...really captures the cut-throat, backstabbing atmosphere of the War of the Roses era.
--Axis and Allies. Alternate WWII. 'Nuff said.
--Gettysburg, by Avalon Hill. Also self explanatory.
--A House Divided, GDW's strategic level simulation of the Civil War.
--Kingmaker, from Avalon Hill...really captures the cut-throat, backstabbing atmosphere of the War of the Roses era.
--Axis and Allies. Alternate WWII. 'Nuff said.
--Gettysburg, by Avalon Hill. Also self explanatory.
--A House Divided, GDW's strategic level simulation of the Civil War.
Seconded.
And I also liked Iron Storm (shame it fell so qucikly into obscurity).
The final, AH-themed installment of IL-2 Sturmovik wasn't bad either.
And I love any strategy game where you can alter history.
The old game, ACES OF THE PACFIC, had a "1946" campaign set during the invasion of the Japanese Home islands. It allowed you to fly Japanese Nakajima J9Y Kikka jets against F-80 Shooting Stars. It was very cool. Anyone else ever play that?
Never played it, but heard of it.
The first time I read about the Kikkas on the wiki, I went : "Whoa ! Japanese Schwalbes !"
Despite the bugs and the slapdash way it was finished, Iron Storm is still one of my favorite games of all time. Hell, it's the closest I've ever seen anyone come to describing what the eternal world war Orwell described in 1984 would look like on the ground.
There's apparently a spiritual sequel called Bet on Soldier floating around. I tried to play it once, but my system wasn't up to the challenge, and I had some issues with the game mechanics.
That's another one I liked, particularly for Capt. Malashenko's story arc. Sure he was a hidebound ass, but he was a tragic hidebound ass.
Incidentally, I'm going to be getting Crimson Skies and Return to Castle Wolfenstein through Amazon in the next few weeks, so we'll see how much fun I have with those.