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United Kingdom

wales

I love this game the addition of minis made me go out and buy everything in stock off a dealer.

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:02 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Computer games I have that allow you to fly in ww1:

Knights of the Sky on Amiga (also on PC)
Red Baron on PC (free download for 16 col dos version)
Red Baron II/3d on pc (free servers)
Dawn of Aces on PC or Mac (free download...pay to fly on servers)
CFS3 mod "Over flanders Fields"..... just downloaded mod
SDOE mod "open plane" not sure of official name .... just downloded mod
First Eagles on pc.... not tried this

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:06 pm
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Gary C

(ghcstr)

Belgium

My favorite WWI flying ace game is Wings by Cinemaware.
In the Amiga version of course.

Edited Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:29 am
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:28 am
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Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Go to cinemawares website and you will see that Wings is now a free download...great game with a great story, i loved it to bits and played it all the way through to the end. But sadly its not actually a very good sim, does not mean its not worth playing however.

To play if you dont have an amiga pick up amiga forever/winuae and play loads of cinemaware games available for free from the website

links of use

http://www.winuae.net/
http://www.amigaforever.com/
http://www.cinemaware.com/vault.asp?vault=games

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:07 am
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Dick Hunt

(DSHStratRat2)

United States
Ovid
Michigan

This particular type of game--where you're the pilot of an airplane--challenges one significantly when comparing its board game version with computer games of its ilk.

The board game version is always a turn-by-turn game of strategy, for obvious reasons. You have time to plan each move in advance, etc. The computer games that have you piloting planes, however, are nearly always some form of flight simulator. The strategy in a flight simulator is very different because it's a "real time" sort of thing where you're constantly forced to react to the moment and think fast, literally "flying by the seat of your pants."

Neither version is inherently "better," because the one you prefer depends entirely upon your tastes. I'm just pointing out that they're nearly always two very different types of games.

One advantage that computer versions of plane piloting games nearly always have is that they're better at taking a plane's altitude into account. Games like Wings Of War or Ace Of Aces are great fun to play, but they usually give you a two dimensional representation of a game theme where there are really three very important dimensions. Ace Of Aces did have an optional rules system for taking the relative altitudes of two combatants into account, but it was a hassle to use.

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2. Board Game: Wings of War: The Dawn of World War II [Average Rating:6.95 Overall Rank:634]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Wings of war goes to ww2

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:14 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

To many to mention but check out

Overlord (old dos game)
Screaming demons over europe (now with ww1 mod)
Combat flight sim 1/2/3 (cfs3 now with ww1 mod)
IL2

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:15 pm
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Jasper B

(Venga2)

Netherlands
Leiden

Also good:

Aces over Europe
Aces over the Pacific

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3. Board Game: Dune [Average Rating:7.63 Overall Rank:91]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

The classic story of dune

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:10 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Dune.... i thought Amiga version was better, richer bass soundtrack
Dune II
Dune II Cd rom multimedia version... the best verion with clips from film
Dune board game on PC.... excellent, now I can play a game I never could find or afford

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4. Board Game: BattleTech [Average Rating:6.92 Overall Rank:489]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Wibble....I just bought intro box set as I loved playing this with my cousin back in the day.

I got into the computer games first, then found out my cousin owned the board game a few months later

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Edited Thu Oct 4, 2007 12:39 pm
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:23 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Someone help me here!!!

Couple of games came out and I think one was called mech warrior...anyway it was great and you could hook up two pc's via a nul modem cable and shoot each other to grainy low res bits

Edited Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:25 pm
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:25 pm
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Twinge

United States
Berthoud
Colorado

trebormills wrote:

Someone help me here!!!

Couple of games came out and I think one was called mech warrior...anyway it was great and you could hook up two pc's via a nul modem cable and shoot each other to grainy low res bits

There's probably at least 2 dozen BattleTech games.

The oldest 3 I know of are MechWarrior (1), Crescent Hawk's Inception, and Crescent Hawk's Revenge. All great games, I have them all =)

I don't remember MechWarrior 1 having any multiplayer options, but it might. Otherwise MechWarrior 2 definitely does, as it was one of the first big Internet games.

The board game version... is pretty dull IMO. I did manage to kill one of my 2 mechs in the second round the one time I played though -- Jump-jetted over into a small lake, failed the skill roll and fell down, landing squarely on my ammo casing which ruptured and destroyed the whole Mech.

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:22 pm
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Geo

(GeoMan)

Greece

Marousi

Twinge wrote:

The board game version... is pretty dull IMO. I did manage to kill one of my 2 mechs in the second round the one time I played though -- Jump-jetted over into a small lake, failed the skill roll and fell down, landing squarely on my ammo casing which ruptured and destroyed the whole Mech.

Moments like this make Battletech interesting!

Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:37 am
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Count Ringworm

(Ringworm)

United States

Iowa

there's also a FREE java based battletech as well:
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main

you can play it solo or online. it's pretty fun, really duplicates the feel of the boardgame, rather than the roleplaying aspect found in those other titles, if that's your thing.

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Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Mech warrior 4 looks awesome!!! And it contains one to....thats an awesome mech that is.

Just ordered cheap of ebay a triple pack with mw4, mw4 black knight and mw4 Merc...then downloaded mekpaks from community website. So many meks to play with once installed on my pc. I also have mech commander gold on its way as well. plus downloaded megamek java thingmebub as above

Yum

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5. Board Game: Arkham Horror [Average Rating:7.56 Overall Rank:71]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

they are coming to get you

got into books then rpg and finally board games. Of course i then found out about some pure hpl games for dos that I had missed

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Edited Thu Oct 4, 2007 12:41 pm
Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:27 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Alone in the Dark
silent hill
cofc: Dark corners of the earth

almost any horror game in fact

For pure hpl-
Shadow of the comet (runs ok on dosbox as far as I can tell)
Prioner of Ice (seems ok on dosbox but having trouble with this one at moment due to a puzzle that has me stumped)
cofcdcote as mentioned above

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Alvin C

(Tyndal)

Australia
Adelaide
South Australia

trebormills wrote:

Alone in the Dark
silent hill
cofc: Dark corners of the earth

Is this a haiku?

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Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Tyndal wrote:

trebormills wrote:

Alone in the Dark
silent hill
cofc: Dark corners of the earth

Is this a haiku?

Is this a haiku?
I do not know
But maybe it is

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6. Board Game: Dungeon! [Average Rating:5.90 Overall Rank:2782]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Having started gaming (apart from cards an monolopy) in 1979 with AdnD it was obvious i would give this game a go

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:30 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Bards Tale
Dungeon master (sorry atari fan boys amiga version was better)
Morrowind
Elder scrolls
Ultima

and many many more

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:31 pm
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Lexingtonian

(Curtis Anderson)

United States
Unspecified
Massachusetts

and Rogue

Posted Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:58 pm
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pt mck

(pt_mck)

Canada
ottawa
ont

Neverwinter Nights

ninja

Posted Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:31 pm
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Subhan Michael Tindall

(subhan)

United States
Portland
Oregon

Akalabeth!

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7. Board Game: Warhammer Fantasy Battle [Average Rating:6.69 Overall Rank:743]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I played the original version with the skelton getting smaked by a hammer

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:17 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I dont want to buy warhammer figures... no I dont think that figures nicely sculpted...must resist dark side....

tell you what why not play any fantasy strategy game or for warhammer fun

Warhammer mark of chaos.... sons of sigmar rejoice

Warhammer fantasy rpg also pretty good

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8. Board Game: Warhammer 40,000 (fourth edition) [Average Rating:6.48 Overall Rank:1285]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I remember rogue trader, I own 2nd edition, I own far to many dark angels and orks

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:21 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Well all I will say is this

Dawn of War

well ok maybe you could try fire warrior
or for old skool
space crusade

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:22 pm
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Twinge

United States
Berthoud
Colorado

Dawn of War is alright, but to me no RTS has ever compared to good ol' Total Annihilation =)

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:24 pm
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9. Board Game: Civilization [Average Rating:7.57 Overall Rank:87]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Loved it, never finished a game as it took to dam long and weekend ran out

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:36 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Civ on Amiga AGA was nice but

Free copy freeciv on most linux distros rocks

I am sure you can insert random games like Age of empires etc

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:37 pm
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10. Board Game: Doom: The Boardgame [Average Rating:7.01 Overall Rank:366]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Never heard of it....was it a game on pc once?? I dunno

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:41 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Castle wolfeinstien
Doom
doom rerelease renamed slighly better here slighter worse there add on expansion new box versions
Quake
Quake ...see doom rerelease
Castle wolf...see above

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:42 pm
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Twinge

United States
Berthoud
Colorado

Frag is the game for the FPS genre of games really - it really is a board game version of an FPS, probably moreso than Doom the boardgame.

Personally, I cannot play Doom engine games anymore; the fact that I can't look up and down drives me crazy.

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:28 pm
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Aaron Tubb

(Aarontu)

United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina

Twinge wrote:

Personally, I cannot play Doom engine games anymore; the fact that I can't look up and down drives me crazy.

In fan made Doom engines, like jDoom, you can jump and look up and down and it's 3D. Really makes the whole Doom I and II games worth playing again.

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Dick Ruck

(Crabro)

United Kingdom
Brighton
East Sussex

Aarontu wrote:

Twinge wrote:

Personally, I cannot play Doom engine games anymore; the fact that I can't look up and down drives me crazy.

In fan made Doom engines, like jDoom, you can jump and look up and down and it's 3D. Really makes the whole Doom I and II games worth playing again.

I'll second that - I have!

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11. Board Game: Risk [Average Rating:5.62 Overall Rank:6464]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Played this every weekend for 3 years. I still like it but dont own it and prefer other things these days

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:44 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

try looking at top of screen see anything familar?? wait for the ad for risk to appear

Also see clones
Diplomacy...only kidding
ummmmmm well there are others....

ok lets move along here as my brain has shut down

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Twinge

United States
Berthoud
Colorado

Tons of computer games loosely or strongly based on Risk. Fracas is a pretty good one.

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:29 pm
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Michael Hellyer

United States
Aurora
Illinois

I miss my Apple IIe "Lords of Conquest."

Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:47 pm
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Richard Irving

(rri1)

United States
Salinas
California

PlayMe1 wrote:

I miss my Apple IIe "Lords of Conquest."

Then you should its true board game progenitor, Risk, but Borderlands.

Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:07 am
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Jason Tuttle

(tuttleboy)

United States
Logan
Utah

Empire...best Risk like computer game...EVAR!

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12. Board Game: World of Warcraft: The Boardgame [Average Rating:6.63 Overall Rank:733]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Dont own it never played it but some people like it apparently

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:47 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Pc game apparently so good people need to go to rehab to recover from broadband failure

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:48 pm
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13. Board Game: 4th Quarter TouchDown Football [Average Rating:0.00 Unranked]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I used to play for real at a uk based squad. No idea if this particular game is any good but I need to speak about pc games

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:52 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

10 yard fight.... fun but a bit naff old arcade game
Madden.... not bad liked the 3do version
Joe montanna.... on gamegear not bad for a handheld
NFL2k... buy a dreamcast buy this game

many of these games also on Xbox, ps2, Xbox 360 and no doubt wii and ps3. Never bothered with PC versions apart from MAME for 10 yard fun

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Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Prompted by wings comment (see famous aces).....

you might also want to check out TV Sports football by cinemaware...grab winuae and free game download. Was very good in its day

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:09 am
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14. Board Game: Ticket to Ride [Average Rating:7.49 Overall Rank:74]

Michael Hellyer

United States
Aurora
Illinois

Great as a boardgame, as a computer game, and head-to-head 24x7 on line. I started with the boardgame and of course still prefer it, but for solo nights, the pc and internet versions are great.

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:49 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

loads of raves about this game so I may have to check out pc game and see if I fancy going the board game route

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15. Board Game: Puerto Rico [Average Rating:8.26 Overall Rank:3]

Michael Hellyer

United States
Aurora
Illinois

We fumbled through our first boardgame of Puerto Rico somewhat confused, but then we played a couple games on pc, everything clicked very quickly, and we learned the rules and game mechanics faster than you can put colonists to work in the sugar fields. Made it easy going back to the boardgame.

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Posted Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:52 pm

16. Board Game: Tigris & Euphrates [Average Rating:7.88 Overall Rank:15]

Michael Hellyer

United States
Aurora
Illinois

There's no pc version of T&E that I'm aware of, but the pc download version can really help with learning the rules. I'd plodded several times thru the boardgame rules trying to get the hang of it, but playing a couple times with the pc download version made things much clearer. I definitely prefer boardgame versions, but for learning, the pc/on-line versions can be very useful.

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17. Board Game: Glenn Drover's Empires: The Age of Discovery [Average Rating:7.69 Overall Rank:48]

Cindy

(CinMel)

United States

Virginia

Both my husband and son love this computer game, so I went out and bought them the board game. Now the 3 of us can play it together.

(Still haven't opened the board game yet, but I will. Just have to pry them off the computer first.)

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18. Board Game: Shogun [Average Rating:7.69 Overall Rank:45]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Read the book, saw the tv series...also loved monkey and that other one..umm..whats it called...water margin???

Havent seen this yet but looks good, similar to shogun by mb?

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:26 am

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Total War Shogun (oh yes)
leads to
Total War Med
Total War Rome

also rpg wise
Bushido
Sengoku
Legend of the 5 rings
Falling Blossoms
Mountain Witch

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:28 am
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19. Board Game: Commands & Colors: Ancients [Average Rating:7.90 Overall Rank:24]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Picked this up recently along with a huge amount of HAT 20mm plastis ancients. Hmmm painting figures.

Took ages to stick on labels so I just listened to podcast whilst doing it and time flew by.

Expansions available soon...maybe

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:31 am

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Total war rome with expansions
Total war Alexander <--- go back in time and kick beardie butt

Some new things I remembered:
Centurion Defender of Rome for the amiga (command your armies and take over italy)

Edited Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:06 pm
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:32 am
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20. Board Game: Twilight Imperium [Average Rating:6.72 Overall Rank:1102]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Another game I have not owned

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:34 am

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

On apple mac there was a space conquest game..cant remember its name. think it was Space conquest. anyway I am sure a clone exsists on Linux distros now. or was it the other way round??

Could always say
Elite (bbc)
Elite 2 (amiga)
Wing commander (pc and amiga and even sega cd)
Freelancer (pc)

Wing commander gets nod due to lion dude on box looking similar

also see traveller rpg

Edited Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:43 am
Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:36 am
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Aaron Tubb

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United States
Fuquay Varina
North Carolina

Closest PC game match to this is Master of Orion or, possibly, Galactic Civilization.

Posted Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:23 am
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Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Thanks for the nod...master of orion was one of the games I was thinking of but could not remember the name.

On amiga for traveller fans
Megatraveller 1 and 2 worth a blast

Posted Tue Oct 2, 2007 5:29 pm
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21. Board Game: StarCraft: The Board Game [Average Rating:7.37 Overall Rank:159]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I think this box looks rather large

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:45 am

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

Several games for PC but my exposure comes from a port of pc game to a GP2x

An open source linux handheld games console. Also runs many other pc games including quake, amiga stuff and many many games consoles

Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:46 am
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22. Board Game: Panzer Command [Average Rating:7.11 Overall Rank:2180]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

One of many wargame style boardgames

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:48 am

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I picked panzer command as again for the gp2x there is a clone...however the text is so small I cant play it.

Many other games exsist on pc and are always worth a go

Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:49 am
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23. Board Game: Napoleon: The Waterloo Campaign, 1815 [Average Rating:7.24 Overall Rank:544]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I am sure there are many napoleonic board games out there

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:02 pm

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

The first game I came across was waterloo on the amiga...slow and simple today but amazing back in the 80s

Imperial glory is a more recent, and pumped up graphically, take on the same theme

Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:04 pm
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24. Board Game: Memoir '44 [Average Rating:7.56 Overall Rank:64]

Robert Mills

United Kingdom

wales

I could also have gone for ASL here

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Posted Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:07 pm

Robert Mills