tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post6355388670161089253..comments2024-03-06T09:17:21.385-07:00Comments on Wargames and Railroads: Games that Define UsHeislerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-36341874132991356272013-07-16T04:53:39.861-06:002013-07-16T04:53:39.861-06:00Awesome post! What a Nostalgic feeling thinking an...Awesome post! What a Nostalgic feeling thinking and some of that games! Thanks and Regardsy8http://y8space.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-57681526970790861182012-06-06T02:46:11.262-06:002012-06-06T02:46:11.262-06:00I'm going to be honest and say that most of th...I'm going to be honest and say that most of those games will have passed me by. Although I distinctly remember some of the Avalon Hill stuff kicking around my family home, with my dad being a big historical wargamer. Thanks for the read. It's always interesting for me to see what games have shaped people in the hobby and why. <br /><br />CheersFrontline Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09110901356802705087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-59133867207364382042012-06-05T21:05:10.689-06:002012-06-05T21:05:10.689-06:00Blitzkrieg is one of those games I own but have ne...Blitzkrieg is one of those games I own but have never actually played. Probably because by the time I was anywhere that had games to sell I had moved on to Panzer Blitz and its ilk.Heislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-73008560969275924572012-06-05T20:50:59.745-06:002012-06-05T20:50:59.745-06:00For me, the gateway game was Blitzkrieg (Winter, &...For me, the gateway game was Blitzkrieg (Winter, '73 -- next year will be 40 years, eek!!). I was pulled into a game by new friends in Cheyenne (we had just moved there after my dad did a year remote in Thailand). I bought my copy in a Hallmark store in downtown Cheyenne. That style of grand strategic game is still probably my favorite, though the itch is currently being scratched more by Civ V than by boardgames.<br /><br />At the time, my Junior High was on split shifts, so I generally got home from school right after noon. We used to play something nearly every afternoon. While Blitzkrieg was the start of the addiction, we probably played more Panzer Blitz/Panzer Leader and Richthofen's War. Better games that were faster to set up and that could be finished in a day.<br /><br />That fall we visited my grandparents in Mesa, AZ and I convinced my parents to take me to a hobby store that carried games, where I picked up my first SPI games, the best of which was probably Sniper. Simultaneous movement, sub-tactical gaming that was remarkably innovative for its time.<br /><br />After seeing that SPI was a legitimate game company, I paid more attention to the ads that they used to run in the backs of quite a few different magazines. I saved my money and bought a subscription to Strategy and Tactics. The first game that I got was Wolfpack, which really wasn't much good. But the second game was Sixth Fleet, a brilliant modern sim that was worth many replays.<br /><br />Moderns plus tanks brought us to Mech War '77, another game that we played many times.<br /><br />It wasn't until we moved back to Germany in '76 that I got into roleplaying (white box D&D). I overheard two other students talking about a new wargame in class and got a chance to try it at a Rhein Confederation Wargames Society meeting a week or so later. RCWGS was supported by MWR money and had travelling meetings at bases and posts all over central West Germany. Not only were they my first exposure to roleplaying, but the group was originally a miniatures group, so it was also my first exposure to miniatures gaming.<br /><br />D&D was a bit of an obsession for quite a while, but Runequest and Champions became my real roleplaying homes. Models that met my need for complexity and realism (or "realism") and games that rewarded the kind of obsession that only a teenager can lavish on recreation.<br /><br />Like Kris, gaming shaped quite a lot of my life. I met my wife through LARPing, stumbled into a job as editor of the Games Quarterly Catalog because of gaming, which led to a job as a tech writer and my current job as a tech writing supervisor and photographer.Doug Sundsethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848091504066560951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-53768655798650478382012-06-05T18:51:12.490-06:002012-06-05T18:51:12.490-06:00I want to see your list Fran!I want to see your list Fran!Heislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-18588272672394030952012-06-05T18:35:08.760-06:002012-06-05T18:35:08.760-06:00I thought your's was a pretty darn good list t...I thought your's was a pretty darn good list too. I think I have played everything on your list at one time or another. Just different games have different influences and you are right, its the diversity that really makes it so interesting. I'm hoping to see a few more lists out there.Heislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-65751953601265247512012-06-05T18:13:56.990-06:002012-06-05T18:13:56.990-06:00That's a great list Kris. I honestly haven...That's a great list Kris. I honestly haven't played a single one of those games. I love that there is so much room in this hobby for people to come together from such different backgrounds.AHunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08148857673973402238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-20577022006188623802012-06-05T17:41:00.179-06:002012-06-05T17:41:00.179-06:00Figures you would have, you youngsterFigures you would have, you youngsterHeislerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825061407797980077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410167761570537191.post-35966813665294577382012-06-05T16:40:19.180-06:002012-06-05T16:40:19.180-06:00Some of those I played as well but more the later ...Some of those I played as well but more the later stuff.....The Angry Lurkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01227314379603418332noreply@blogger.com