tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post183175640174791439..comments2024-03-18T21:49:42.814-04:00Comments on Borepatch: On my misspent (gaming) youthBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66338794509634999092011-11-10T13:03:49.543-05:002011-11-10T13:03:49.543-05:00Now I need to go look in my basement to see if I h...Now I need to go look in my basement to see if I have any unpunched old S&T games. #1 Son's tuition keeps coming up ...<br /><br />;-)Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-76251740749336184912011-11-10T11:57:12.673-05:002011-11-10T11:57:12.673-05:00Over the course of several moves, I lost all my bo...Over the course of several moves, I lost all my board games, figuring I'd never play them again...<br /><br />One day, around '02 or '03, I decided that I would use the magic of Ebay to repurchase my youth.<br /><br />You do not EVEN want to know what unpunched copies of some of the classics from AH,SPI, and GDW are fetching these days.<br /><br />I have real military bolt-action rifles that cost less than I paid for a copy of <i>Fifth Frontier War</i>...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-77323419973053536192011-11-09T00:47:28.631-05:002011-11-09T00:47:28.631-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jeff Hardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10968842718514010544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-49855604979924700262011-11-08T22:53:08.191-05:002011-11-08T22:53:08.191-05:00Instead of Strategy I, I played AH's Blitzkrie...Instead of <i>Strategy I</i>, I played AH's <i>Blitzkrieg</i>. Not as variable as S1.<br /><br />Much of my wargaming migrated to miniatures rules, played with cardboard proxies 'cause I didn't have the patience to paint.<br /><br />And on <i>Warp War</i>, if you do some searching you can find a print-and-play version with rules out there on the Internets.RobertSlaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642530076378579530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-91858484693062423452011-11-08T21:47:09.612-05:002011-11-08T21:47:09.612-05:00Oh, how I loved those old war games. I've stil...Oh, how I loved those old war games. I've still got a number of them in my storage shed.<br /><br />I started out with Tactics II and then Jutland with its little cardboard range sticks and angle of fire gauges.<br /><br />Panzer Blitz was a great game. I loved the T-34s.<br /><br />My all-time favorites were the Fleet series from Victory Games, even though many a time American carrier planes pounded my poor, little Russian squadron under the waves.<br /><br />Ironclads was also an extremely fun game.ambisinistralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-62307078763088907712011-11-08T21:28:36.381-05:002011-11-08T21:28:36.381-05:00NMM1AFan, I really enjoyed Warp War. I may even h...NMM1AFan, I really enjoyed Warp War. I may even have it somewhere in a box in the attic.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-23109796229338404072011-11-08T21:24:25.300-05:002011-11-08T21:24:25.300-05:00Still got the Avalon Hill Starship Troopers, just ...Still got the Avalon Hill Starship Troopers, just like Squad Leader but with Bugs.<br /><br />I remember a nifty little board game called Warp War.<br /><br />Regards,<br />NMM1AFanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-13280034282782812262011-11-08T17:11:39.879-05:002011-11-08T17:11:39.879-05:00My first wargame was PanzerBlitz in 1976-77 timefr...My first wargame was <i>PanzerBlitz</i> in 1976-77 timeframe. I also had a subscription to S&T (which was bi-monthly, if I recall). Learned about some historical periods I wouldn't have otherwise. Would love to do some <i>Panzer Grenadier</i> sometime -- in some ways the successor to <i>PanzerBlitz</i>. I have the two North Africa sets for it.RobertSlaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01642530076378579530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-76750987360530775872011-11-08T13:25:26.350-05:002011-11-08T13:25:26.350-05:00BTDT - but Afrika Corps started me off and I did o...BTDT - but Afrika Corps started me off and I did own War in the Pacific. All 12 or so maps of it....The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-22978274079546405762011-11-08T12:01:26.896-05:002011-11-08T12:01:26.896-05:00You have to have someone/some-people with whom you...You have to have someone/some-people with whom you play these games, right...? I always enjoyed looking at the the cover artwork in the Hobby Shop, and wondered what it would be like.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-22570685344728601352011-11-08T11:35:19.402-05:002011-11-08T11:35:19.402-05:00Pong? Pong anyone?Pong? Pong anyone?Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66875793660149480962011-11-08T10:41:53.329-05:002011-11-08T10:41:53.329-05:00You know, a modern take on those intrigue games wo...You know, a modern take on those intrigue games would be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Universalis_III" rel="nofollow">Europa Universalis</a>. My freind the history major is always telling me about how he struck a deal with the King of Spain to take out the Prussians, or somesuch.bluesunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995973825892791271noreply@blogger.com