I mean, just in the past year I have seen a crap-ton of new ones. Well, not really "new"... they're still simulations of all his famous battles, yet published by new companies and using different or new mechanics.
While I appreciate a good Napoleonic wargame, I think they are being overdone. The market is flooded with them, all of varying degrees of complexity and detail.
Hmmm... now where is my copy of Waterloo...
It bothered me that it had rules about cavalry moving through swamps only on roads or something and there was only one swamp on the entire map and no road was going through it. I had no idea what that rule was even for.
Anyway, I've seen way more WW2 wargames in my cousin's collection than any other conflict, but that might just be his preference. I remember him talking a lot about new versions of "Washington's War" being released.
I've seen just one Vietnam wargame in his collection though. Guess that's particularly unpopular
I think I have one at home. An old one, never played. It was simply called "Napoleonic Wars".
It bothered me that it had rules about cavalry moving through swamps only on roads or something and there was only one swamp on the entire map and no road was going through it. I had no idea what that rule was even for.
Anyway, I've seen way more WW2 wargames in my cousin's collection than any other conflict, but that might just be his preference. I remember him talking a lot about new versions of "Washington's War" being released.
I've seen just one Vietnam wargame in his collection though. Guess that's particularly unpopular
I have seen a number of Vietnam games, and have even played a few.
I was not terribly impressed with the mechanics of the games. Some of them are pretty good though, if the reviews and play-throughs are correct.
Washingtons War- I have watched some reviews and playthroughs of it, but the game doesn't really interest me, it's not really my "style".
Well yeah! I would say the majority of historical simulations are from WWII, as it was the largest war of the 20th century! And had a large number of battles!
Most of my collection is dominated by WWII as well.
However, I like the "what-ifs" and more modern era games. Some of my favorites are Yom Kippur, Russo-Georgian War 2008, and Balkan Storm. Balkan Storm is a hypothetical "what-if" game. The aggressor (either Germany or Russia) against the Coalition. The cool thing is that most countries are neutral at the beginning of the game and either side has a chance of winning that country to his side (and getting that countries military units to use).
Currently, I am studying and playing a First Afghan War game, Brits versus the Afghans in the 1800s. There are a couple of more books I want to read about that war, and I have a few games on the subject. One is a light game, with easy rules, and the other is a larger, more detailed game.
I prefer the heavy, detailed games, but finding opponents with the patience and brain-power to play is difficult.
There was this one wargame group that I contacted- GASP (Gaming Association of Southwestern Pennsylvania), but they made a big deal out of me being a smoker... before I even met them face-to-face! So I told 'em to bugger off.
I think I have one at home. An old one, never played. It was simply called "Napoleonic Wars".
It bothered me that it had rules about cavalry moving through swamps only on roads or something and there was only one swamp on the entire map and no road was going through it. I had no idea what that rule was even for.
Now that I think about it, there were probably a number of scenerios that all used the same ruleset. So while there might not have been roads through swamps in the game you had, there might have been in a different game in the series.
Now that I think about it, there were probably a number of scenerios that all used the same ruleset. So while there might not have been roads through swamps in the game you had, there might have been in a different game in the series.
I came to the same conclusion later but back then I was bewildered.
Now that I think about it, there were probably a number of scenerios that all used the same ruleset. So while there might not have been roads through swamps in the game you had, there might have been in a different game in the series.
I came to the same conclusion later but back then I was bewildered.
Heh...
Sometimes I still have to read a ruleset a number of times before everything "clicks".
And honestly, some wargames are simply difficult, with detailed situations, situational exceptions to rules, etc.
I was recently solo-playing a Caesar in Gaul game and kept consistently kicking ass as the Romans. That caught my attention, but I didn't think too much into it. So, one day, I had to sit on the throne and took the rules with me... you know, for reading material. It was then and there that I discovered I wasn't using the supply rules... which is why I was doing so well with the Romans.
So, playing it again, using the supply rules, the Romans aren't so bad-ass.