Favorite old SPI game

Epee1 · February 25, 2012, 07:18:26 PM

War in the East? Columbia block game or SPI? I have the Columbia block game. I love that system, but it ain't SPI.

bob48 · February 26, 2012, 07:03:14 AM

Yep - the original SPI 'War in th East', 3 map 'monster game' was part of a set, 'War in Europe' being the other part. I think Decision Games are doing a re-print.

Operational level with unit production cycle - pretty basic system, mainly Div level, but good fun. Came out in the late 1970's - I actually made the trip to SPUK near Manchester to pick my copy up, round about 1978 (ish) if memory serves me right.

magnus · February 26, 2012, 05:55:53 PM

SPI games it would have to be a toss up between The Art of Siege and The Conquerors.

Both which I now have back in my possesion.

LongBlade · February 26, 2012, 10:28:14 PM

Quote from: magnus on February 26, 2012, 05:55:53 PM
SPI games it would have to be a toss up between The Art of Siege and The Conquerors.

Both which I now have back in my possesion.

I would like to add Art of Siege to my collection despite the fact that I don't play many boardgames any more.

eyebiter · April 02, 2012, 06:06:40 PM

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Arctic Blast · April 06, 2012, 12:22:28 AM

Quote from: eyebiter on April 02, 2012, 06:06:40 PM
Ambush

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1608/ambush

I actually just ordered a used copy of this (as part of a gigantic game order). Very much looking forward to playing it!

bayonetbrant · April 06, 2012, 05:54:16 AM

Quote from: eyebiter on April 02, 2012, 06:06:40 PM
Ambush
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1608/ambush

Yes, but Ambush isn't really an SPI game... Technically is was Victory Games

Pinetree · April 06, 2012, 06:34:41 AM

Quote from: kwsrv on February 14, 2012, 09:00:32 PM
The Central Front Series was my favorite.

Me too. BAOR was my favourite of the series.Loved all the different nations.

bob48 · April 06, 2012, 06:37:02 AM

And the 'Friction Point' was a very nice game mechanic.

ericmwalters · May 03, 2014, 08:27:36 PM

Tough to decide on what my favorite old SPI game is. There are those titles I played a lot of of, such as PANZERGRUPPE GUDERIAN and NAPOLEON'S LAST BATTLES, but also games I wanted to play more of but didn't, such as CITYFIGHT and FIFTH CORPS.

How do I decide?

DennisS · May 03, 2014, 10:53:33 PM

Quote from: J P Falcon on February 01, 2012, 08:53:02 PM
The Creature that Ate Sheboygan!

Well, seriously, I have to say that with SPI I played the more unusual titles, like Invasion America and Middle Earth-War of the Ring, to death.
But my actual favorite was the monster game Wacht am Rhien which I had set up on a couple of Ping Pong tables.

You're killing me! I played this so much, I memorized the critters. My favorite was the huge spider...you could block off the streets, and really do some damage!

DennisS · May 03, 2014, 10:55:04 PM

Quote from: Epee1 on February 16, 2012, 08:32:02 PM
Air War was good, but complicated IIRC.

I think I played an Ancients game from SPI that I enjoyed, but forget the name at the moment. Gettin old.

Air War was so complicated that you could crash on takeoff..for a boardgame! Crazy complex.

bayonetbrant · May 05, 2014, 04:59:45 AM

I played the TSR re-release of Air War, after the rules were supposedly "cleaned up" and it was still a giant ball of fail.

bob48 · May 05, 2014, 06:06:35 AM

Cobra was pretty good, but I spent a lot of hours playing Wacht am Rhein and War in the East.

Nefaro · May 05, 2014, 02:52:58 PM

Quote from: bayonetbrant on May 05, 2014, 04:59:45 AM
I played the TSR re-release of Air War, after the rules were supposedly "cleaned up" and it was still a giant ball of fail.

I've dipped a toe into the rules for Birds of Prey which seems rather alien. But from the past scuttlebutt, Air War's rules was in a league all it's own.