historical wargames

pertinax

well there was/is gettysburg now theres waterloo www.breakawaygames.com. its not available in europe except for a few shops selling it here and there by mail order.
patched up waterloos nice the gameplay is good what with inhapitable buildings, cavalry charges and retreating to squares.the graphics are still a bit mouldy but then how man games are there like this.

TwoShedsJackson

You can get Sid Meier's Gettysburg and SM's Antietam in a pack from www.firaxis.com , both of which are v good. Crap graphics and that, but great strategy.

If you don't mind extreme depth go for The Operational Art of War series, the second vol has 3 great scenarios that cover the Arab-Israeli conflicts superbly.

azezil

wooohoooo panzer general in ur face hitler i took stalingrad n held it! hee hee

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nesf

Hmmm, Panzer General? Great gameplay, but it's not really a wargame in the same terms as the one above, it doesn't strive for realism or in-depth tactics. Still excellent for killing a few hours, esp when you realise you can turn those damn animations off!

Magwitch

FOG "Fields of Glory" was great fun, Nepoleonic era warfare. The Game play was excellent and the graphics were neat (if not realistic). I got months out of it replaying battles and trying new tactics.

Magwitch

Anyone played "Age of Sail"? I have "Wooden ships, Iron men" and though it was great (got alot of play out of it in Multi-player) but am looking ofr a new historical "Galleon" wargame. I have played the Turcan games (found the commands a bit fiddly to work).

Any recommendations?

pertinax

is that age of sail 2 you mean i didnt get it cause the reviews werent great. but that probably means it was a good game.

[VpR]jimmad

Anyone here play any of the closecombat range? great gameplay and features.. ive got a bridge too far, the russin front, battle of the buldge and invasion normandy and im unbeatn ;p accepting challenges although ive not played in a bout 6 months

pertinax

i have all those cc game too, last time i tryed to play invasion normandy some 12 year old lined up 8 tanks against me and said but it's realistic, i said something i wont say here to that.