What's on your table right now?

[Cyrano]

Certainly every COIN game yet released (and those proposed for release) are wargames.  You're a weird kind of pedant if you can call TS a wargame and not the COIN games, as I've seen argued.  I was, largely (not entirely), set free from my love of miniatures by Paddy Griffiths who argued that the greatest mistake wargames ever made was fetishising miniatures.  Much the same could be said of hexes and counters.

[Nefaro]

Certainly every COIN game yet released (and those proposed for release) are wargames.  You're a weird kind of pedant if you can call TS a wargame and not the COIN games, as I've seen argued.  I was, largely (not entirely), set free from my love of miniatures by Paddy Griffiths who argued that the greatest mistake wargames ever made was fetishising miniatures.  Much the same could be said of hexes and counters.

What's "TS"?

[smittyohio]

Twilight Struggle

[Nefaro]

Twilight Struggle

Thanks.


I've still never played TS, nor Labyrinth.

But I consider both those, and the COIN series, as Political "Warfare" as much, or more than, the traditional kind.   Military-Politico Wargame? 

It still has very Euro-centric mechanics.  Which doesn't necessarily disqualify it as a "Wargame", IMO.  I'm certainly not one of those with a rigid classification of the subject (i.e. "must have hexes & counters!!").  ;D

[panzerde]

But I consider both those, and the COIN series, as Political "Warfare" as much, or more than, the traditional kind.   Military-Politico Wargame? 

It still has very Euro-centric mechanics.  Which doesn't necessarily disqualify it as a "Wargame", IMO.  I'm certainly not one of those with a rigid classification of the subject (i.e. "must have hexes & counters!!").  ;D

+1. Definitely wargames, regardless of the Euro mechanics. I'm just not typically excited by Euro mechanics or the political aspects of games like this.  I don't really enjoy base building games either, or even stuff like Civ. Completely valid games, often easily classed as wargames, but not my thing.


A lot of wargamers have certain periods that they tend to enjoy or not enjoy. There really isn't a historical (or even SF) period I don't enjoy. What I don't enjoy are certain mechanics or games that focus on politics and diplomacy as much or more than the military part of things.

[ArizonaTank]

Pursuit of Glory, over Skype with opponent 3000 miles away.  Allenby is ready to crush the Turks in the south.

[BanzaiCat]

These just arrived this week...though work continues to kick my ass and make it impossible for me to even open them up!



I'm going to savor the moment when I do get to finally open them...which is really sad, actually, but considering how much time I've had for games lately...essentially zero...Silent Victory should be a LOT of fun and allow me to blow off some steam from being all work and no play.

Derek over at SingleHandedWarfare convinced me to finally buy Firefly: The Game, after his video review of it. The people I've gone to game night with more than a year ago are coordinating a get-together tomorrow and...and...I think I'm going to NOT work and go! They said they have Firefly plus one expansion and the guy's wife said they had plenty of folks that love the game and to teach it, so it sounds like a win-win for me. FINALLY. GAMING.

[Nefaro]

Sounds like fun B_C!   O0

[Cyrano]

This is, by turns, the fault of Doug and Enterprise Games...the former having told me of the latter...

[BanzaiCat]

Holy hell, Cyrano!

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:)

Turning Point: Stalingrad is a great game, though.  O0

[bbmike]

Spoiler tags would also work. You know, if we had 'em.  ::)

[Barthheart]

Are ya bringing any with ya to Origins?  :D

[panzerde]

I will probably bring the In the Trenches games from Tiny Battle, and Red Poppies Ypres. If I get the upgrade kit, I'll probably throw in Won By the Sword.

[Cyrano]

Well, I gather we'll be demoing some fine, fine COIN so perhaps you, me, and Doug tear each other up at "Triumph and Glory"?

Dibs the Soviets.  I wish to be fickle.

[Barthheart]

Sure! I'll take the Brits.  :)