OT : Your Wargame Memory

[Captain Kwok]

1. Empire
2. Empire
3. Risk
4. None
5. No
6. Risk
7. Teens
8. Not often, maybe started around 10?

[Possum]

1. What was the lst wargame you ever played?

Avalon Hill's 1914

2. What was the lst wargame you ever owned?

Avalon Hill's 1914

3. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever played?

Avalon Hill's 1914

4. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever owned?

Avalon Hill's 1914

5. Do you still have the lst game you ever played?bought?

No

6. What is your favorite Board WarGame?

Mech War 2, by Mark Herman, published by Simulations Publications, inc

7. How Old were you when you played your lst wargame?

11 years old

8. Do you play Chess? If so what age did you start playing?

I was seven, at the Boys' Club, when I first learned to play chess.

[Trantor]

1. What was the lst wargame you ever played?
Jutland, by AH. It was the only wargame I played with my father before he passed away. I later found out that Jutland was designed by Jim Dunnigan.

2. What was the lst wargame you ever owned? Jutland.

3. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever played? Jutland. Were you talking about PC games above? If so, my first PC wargame was "Knights of the Desert" by SSI.

4. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever owned?
Jutland.

5. Do you still have the lst game you ever played?bought?
I still have my copy of Jutland. The first game I bought was Afrika Korps (AH), and yes, I still have it.

6. What is your favorite Board WarGame?
Third Riech, (AH), Strategy I (SPI)

7. How Old were you when you played your lst wargame? 9y, but my Dad help me learn the rules.

8. Do you play Chess? If so what age did you start playing? I used to, can't find anyone who will play anymore. I was around 6 I think.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I checked Yahoo, looks like there's plenty of internet chess games.

[mac5732]

bump

[kalthalior]

1. Battle of the Bulge by AH
2.- 4. ditto
5. The counters & main box the are long gone; I have the manual, OB & CRT sheets and all the peripheral stuff.
6. Fortress Europa by AH; Panzer Blitz by AH close second until HS when I got the Third WW series from SSI.
7. I think I got Bulge at a garage sale when I was 8 or 9.
8. Haven't played in several years, started before I was in school, maybe 5? Mom bought me a plastic travel set and taught me how the pieces move.

[thorfrog]

mac5732 said:
OK, so lets see how everyone's memory is . Below are a list of questions, See how many you can answer

1. What was the lst wargame you ever played?

2. What was the lst wargame you ever owned?

3. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever played?

4. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever owned?

5. Do you still have the lst game you ever played?bought?

6. What is your favorite Board WarGame?

7. How Old were you when you played your lst wargame?

8. Do you play Chess? If so what age did you start playing?

PS. Chess and Checkers do not count for these questions other then for #8.

My answers
1.Germany 1985 C64
2.Colonial Conquest C64
3.Tactics II
4.Tactics II
5.no
6.tie between Axis & Allies and Supremacy
7.10
8.no

[PvK]

1. What was the lst wargame you ever played?
Depends on the definition of Wargame.
Looking at question 3, I guess you mean on a computer here, so, er...
Super Trek on the University of Washington Unix mainframe?
Sea Battle on the Intellivision?
Tanktics on the Atari 8-bit computer?


2. What was the lst wargame you ever owned?
Sea Battle on the Intellivision?
Tanktics on the Atari 8-bit computer?


3. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever played?
Again, depends on the definition of Wargame.
I'd tend to answer Tactics II, by Avalon Hill, though I played other games about war before that.


4. What was the lst wargame Board Game you ever owned?
Tactics II I guess.


5. Do you still have the lst game you ever played?bought?
Yes.


6. What is your favorite Board WarGame?
Hmm. Apples and Oranges. Probably have to say GURPS tactical combat with hexes and my own house rules.


7. How Old were you when you played your lst wargame?
Tactics II was like ... 9 years old.


8. Do you play Chess? If so what age did you start playing?
Rarely these days. Not sure when I started - 6 years old?