What's on your table right now?

[Barthheart]

[BanzaiCat]

Barth wins!  :D

[Nefaro]

While you lot stock up with the latest and the greatest, and nothing wrong with that  :bd: , I managed to find this Victory Games classic from 1991 

Flashpoint: Golan is a game about a possible fifth Arab-Israeli war. It uses a highly interactive sequence of play. The map contains the Golan Heights and the surrounding area. The major combatants are; Israel, Syria and Jordan with possible intervention by US or Soviet Union forces.

A gorgeous map by Charles Kibler, a ruleset that was at the time considered a top simulation of modern warfare, what's there not to like  :)

I remember thinking that a very attractive game at the time, after opening it.  Oh my, how things have changed.

Curious: are you referring to ruleset, or what? I have not yet gotten into the rules in depth, so haven't formed an opinion yet. Anything particular stand out to you in them, in good or bad?

:)

I've not played Flashpoint: Golan since the late 90s. 

That said, I thought the map was very attractive at the time.  I recall liking the counters back then, too, despite being what you'd typically get.  I think it was just the number font or NATO symbols seemed a just a bit more crisp than other wargames I'd owned by that point.  *shrug*  They probably look rather drab today.

As for the game mechanics, I do remember being impressed with them.  They were different enough to stand out of the crowd a bit.  Again, I don't know how it holds up, nowadays, but if I happened upon a used one in a store I'd still consider picking it up (my old copy has been long gone). 

[Crossroads]

^^ Yes, that's pretty much how it pans out. The map is a thing of beauty, in two interlapping parts. 

Counters have stood the test of time less so, both the material and the art are a bit meh for current standards. Additionally, they were cut in a manner the cruft needs to be cut from the center of the edges, not from corners, so counter clippers won't help me out here 

As for the rules, I'll have a go at them over the weekend I hope, can't comment on them quite yet.  O:-)

[GJK]

If you say "ASL" three times, GJK will come storming in...that's twice now.

Somebody mention GOD's wargaming gift to us mere mortals?   8)

[Bison]

Somebody mention GOD's wargaming gift to us mere mortals?   8)

I must have missed the discussion about Combat Commander.   :bd:

[GJK]

Somebody mention GOD's wargaming gift to us mere mortals?   8)

I must have missed the discussion about Combat Commander.   :bd:

You have to hold the right card in order to play that discussion.  ;)

[Bison]

Somebody mention GOD's wargaming gift to us mere mortals?   8)

I must have missed the discussion about Combat Commander.   :bd:

You have to hold the right card in order to play that discussion.  ;)

Yes but the fields give me a cover bonus unless I miscalculated the season again.

[Cyrano]

Hush, now.  I can't hear you over the sound of my 12# Gribeauval battery.

All this current-events rubbish.

Really.

[BanzaiCat]

Here's some cards, courtesy of mirth:

[mirth]

That doesn't actually work.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Drink harder.

[mirth]

Drink harder.

Lord knows I've tried.

[Cyrano]

Quitter.

[Nefaro]

Quitter.

Rehab is for Quitters.