THIS made me cry - REALLY!!!!

[The Buddy Love Show]

Moms was cleaning out her house and gave me a couple of bags of some of my old stuff. Inside were two games from Avalon Hill; Panzer Blitz ans Panzer Leader. These are strategic simulation boardgames that recreate historic battles. Basically games that stretched the mind and the imagination and required lots of thought.

Wanting to relive my youth, when I was smart ( and i mean fucking brilliant) I decided to look up Avalon Hll. THEY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT UP BY HASBRO and no longer doing the wide variety of strategy games anymore. I despaired because it seems that this type of game - along with Chess, Go -Maku and hell checkers are being shunned in fvor of electronic toys most of which require little thought and no imagination.

I cried for the future.

i did some research and found some new small publishers and will explore but i really was upset when i realized that the intellectual pursuits of yesteryear are being slowly abandoned. And I wept ( not like a punk ass pussy mind you , but in frustration at what we are losing - and it as just teary eyes...cause I AINT GAY)

If anyone can hip me to any strategic gaming publishers please feel free.

now back to being the same fuckhead i usually am

[mdpm99]

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[shannoneileen]

awww... Magus...

it's nice to have sweet, fond memories from time to time...

i wish that i could help you... but all of the strategic games i know of, are on playstation... graemlins/conf44.gif

[upliftdisco365]

Originally posted by Shannon_Shawan:

i wish that i could help you... but all of the strategic games i know of, are on playstation... graemlins/conf44.gif Priceless.

[Cheddar]

Chess, the ultimate game to help you develop the skill of covering your ass.

[The Buddy Love Show]

Its not really my past that upset me - i'm not that maudlin its that it seems to me that higher order intellectual pursuits are falling off the radar screen...Hell the only way I can get a game of chess these days is to go on yahoo - and thats so impersonal

[Cheddar]

Originally posted by 1343:
Chess, the ultimate game to help you develop the skill of covering your ass. I remember when John Crockett used to whoop me online.

[MarkK]

DId you ever play the board game Panzer General. In college we would have marathon (24 hour) sessions of plaing that game. It was great.

Miss those days of all that free time!

[The Buddy Love Show]

Originally posted by MarkK:
DId you ever play the board game Panzer General. In college we would have marathon (24 hour) sessions of plaing that game. It was great.

Miss those days of all that free time! I used to play PanzerBlitz and Squad leader and also Ogre ( small, cheap fast and fun)

[upliftdisco365]

Originally posted by 1343:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 1343:
Chess, the ultimate game to help you develop the skill of covering your ass. I remember when John Crockett used to whoop me online. </font>[/QUOTE]You're still my mellow, Chedds.

I play a lot online, too (on EA/Pogo as AftrHrsDisco). I'd love to dole out a little abuse on some of you DHP'ers sometime. Get at me and let's set something up.

[D J 1 3 8]

"good at chess = bad at life"

quote from some movie...

[jimmymack-2000]

I used to play Panzer Leader and Axis and Allies. Magus, a lot of that stuff is up on eBay regularly; also, I do believe there are still some manufacturers of "pencil and paper" strategy games. I'll see if I can dig up some URLs...

[MYOR]

Hey Magus,

I'll ask my lil bro, his is into all those board game (D&D) and one other one I've seen him playing(forgot the name) which is a strategic battle game, where an army tries to over come the other I think there is up to 4 players(4 Armies) and if you like you can unite forces with another army to beat ur mutual opponent, until of course its up to you two and then you guys have to battle each other.. Anyway I will try to find out for you..

Also he is trying to get a board game he has invented published so he might have some ideas

[Skip Intro]

I remember playing one a long time ago called Stratego. It was a cival war game and from what I remember kind of complicated though I was young at the time and was playing with my bother, 8 years my senior.

[Fletch]

YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!!!!

[The Buddy Love Show]

Originally posted by Fletch:
YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[Fletch]

As far as chess goes, my brother and I had a whole lot of Bobby Fisher books back in the 70s, and used to play chess all the time.

[Fletch]

Originally posted by Mykhal:
I remember playing one a long time ago called Stratego. It was a cival war game and from what I remember kind of complicated though I was young at the time and was playing with my bother, 8 years my senior. Stra-tee-gooooooooooo!!!!

[ December 04, 2003, 10:08 AM: Message edited by: Fletch ]

[The Buddy Love Show]

Still looking for info...I would definitely like to find a set of the game Squad Leader

http://www.decisiongames.com/index.htm

[lola desire]

not as much of a full on strategy game but,... remember Master Mind...

i used to trip on the dude (with the woman at his elbow) on the box, kinda looked like Dr. No or some other James Bond movie-type, evil character.

http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/00/fb/39/e1_1.JPG

[KragShot]

Originally posted by St Magus the Reviled:
Moms was cleaning out her house and gave me a couple of bags of some of my old stuff. Inside were two games from Avalon Hill; Panzer Blitz ans Panzer Leader. These are strategic simulation boardgames that recreate historic battles. Basically games that stretched the mind and the imagination and required lots of thought.

Wanting to relive my youth, when I was smart ( and i mean fucking brilliant) I decided to look up Avalon Hll. THEY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT UP BY HASBRO and no longer doing the wide variety of strategy games anymore. I despaired because it seems that this type of game - along with Chess, Go -Maku and hell checkers are being shunned in fvor of electronic toys most of which require little thought and no imagination.

I cried for the future.

i did some research and found some new small publishers and will explore but i really was upset when i realized that the intellectual pursuits of yesteryear are being slowly abandoned. And I wept ( not like a punk ass pussy mind you , but in frustration at what we are losing - and it as just teary eyes...cause I AINT GAY)

If anyone can hip me to any strategic gaming publishers please feel free.

now back to being the same fuckhead i usually am Magus, my brother, here I am to save the day!

First off, a large number of the old Avalon Hill games are being reprinted by Hasbro, so you'll be able to get them soon.

However, there are several companies who still make the good stuff.

Mayfair games makes a lot of good games but also imports, translates and licenses them from other countries. The most popular of them being the Settlers of Catan series.

Flying Buffalo has been in the business since Viet Nam and their owner, Rick Loomis is still in the game.

Steve Jackson Games makes a lot of good games as well as some damn funny ones.

Then there are a lot of small game manufacturers out there. When's the last time you've been to a game shop, man?

There's some good stuff out there.

KragShot

[KragShot]

Originally posted by St Magus the Reviled:
Still looking for info...I would definitely like to find a set of the game Squad Leader

http://www.decisiongames.com/index.htm Try this company. They specialize in older or used copies of games.

www.titangames.com (http://www.titangames.com)

KragShot

BTW, if you do contact Titan Games, ask for Marcus and tell them that Beryl Turner (me) sent you!

KragShot

[ December 04, 2003, 12:18 PM: Message edited by: KragShot ]

[Friday]

Originally posted by Fletch:
YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!!!!! graemlins/rofl.gif I am still the proud owner of this game!