I have asked this before - so sorry for the repeat.
Any Falklands War games out there? Particularly ones currently in print/for sale in the UK and with land/sea/air warfare?
I know about The Falklands War by Close Simulations and Where There Is Discord by Fifth Column Games - though I can't seem to find either in print or for sale. Amazingly the third print of Where There Is Discord is sold out!
In print? Doubt it.
You hit the big two already.
Ring of Hills is just ground combat, so not quite what you wanted.
There is this: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3161/port-stanley-battle-for-the-falklands
Thanks.
I should've mentioned solitaire as well ;D
I'll just keep my eyes open for Where There Is Discord...maybe one will come up at a not too ridiculous price.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 05, 2013, 05:17:18 PMI'll just keep my eyes open for Where There Is Discord...maybe one will come up at a not too ridiculous price.
if you find a second one, let me know!
There's a PC game from Shrapnel. I know you asked in boardgaming but I thought I'd offer in case you weren't aware.
Doesn't Command have a Falklands scenario? I don't own the game (yet... ) so I cannot confirm this though.
Quote from: Staggerwing on November 05, 2013, 07:32:57 PM
Doesn't Command have a Falklands scenario? I don't own the game (yet... ) so I cannot confirm this though.
Yes it does - a couple in fact I believe. But I'm just not into Command's interface yet...maybe one day. Plus the Falklands scenario(s) are air/navy only. I was hoping for a nirvana of a game having both - and whilst Where There Is Discord only has a "final phase" abstracted it looked impressive enough and had good enough write ups to be on the want list.
Quote from: LongBlade on November 05, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
There's a PC game from Shrapnel. I know you asked in boardgaming but I thought I'd offer in case you weren't aware.
Yeah, I know. I tried the demo once, but it's look just didn't grab me - and I do need to like the look of a game in order to enjoy it.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 05, 2013, 06:37:46 PM
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 05, 2013, 05:17:18 PMI'll just keep my eyes open for Where There Is Discord...maybe one will come up at a not too ridiculous price.
if you find a second one, let me know!
Will do - and if I find a first one that's too expensive, I'll let you know then too ;)
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 06, 2013, 02:32:09 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on November 05, 2013, 07:22:23 PM
There's a PC game from Shrapnel. I know you asked in boardgaming but I thought I'd offer in case you weren't aware.
Yeah, I know. I tried the demo once, but it's look just didn't grab me - and I do need to like the look of a game in order to enjoy it.
Shrapnel is (in)famous for not focusing on production value. The game by all accounts is excellent but if you can't get past the looks and UI that's a problem.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 05, 2013, 05:06:27 PM
I have asked this before - so sorry for the repeat.
Any Falklands War games out there? Particularly ones currently in print/for sale in the UK and with land/sea/air warfare?
I know about The Falklands War by Close Simulations and Where There Is Discord by Fifth Column Games - though I can't seem to find either in print or for sale. Amazingly the third print of Where There Is Discord is sold out!
You can set up naval scenarios for it in Harpoon 4 (the board game). There's even a revised Harpoon scenario book thing: South Atlantic War.
On the computer, Dangerous Waters can do some Falkland stuff.
There was also a Strike Fighters mod covering the Falklands in 1982-style.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 05, 2013, 05:06:27 PM
I have asked this before - so sorry for the repeat.
Any Falklands War games out there? Particularly ones currently in print/for sale in the UK and with land/sea/air warfare?
I know about The Falklands War by Close Simulations and Where There Is Discord by Fifth Column Games - though I can't seem to find either in print or for sale. Amazingly the third print of Where There Is Discord is sold out!
Ask and ye shall receive: http://iwantthisgame.com/index.php/discover/10-table-top-game/17-ring-of-hills 8)
Thanks very much LB. LnL too!
It does look like I'm going to have to have two games for The Falklands Conflict if I want navy and army involvement.
However I'll have to "favourite" the page just now...I'll be busy playing Blood and Bridges and RAF Battle of Britain at the moment
I believe Harpoon 4 also had a ground combat rules expansion, and the Falklands expansion supports it. Although I'm sure the ground combat is more abstracted than other wargames that focus on it.
I dunno - I've not spied the ground rules, although I've seen some of the scenario data related to it and the unit info was detailed down to the common equipment and somewhere around a squad or platoon base level. Seemed like it was just a few general map 'zones' for a point-to-point type of map system though.
edit: Of course, you would probably need the cold war version of the base H4 set to start off with. All that stuff would add up quick, I'm sure.
I have the final version of Harpoon...but as much as I tried to get into it (which knowing me wasn't that hard!), it just never clicked with me.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 07, 2013, 10:43:08 AM
I have the final version of Harpoon...but as much as I tried to get into it (which knowing me wasn't that hard!), it just never clicked with me.
It's rules set isn't the easiest to learn. The organization of the rules in H4 seems more scattered than the old v3 ones from GDW and
those weren't always the clearest either.
https://store.lnlpublishing.com/heroes-of-the-falklands
Man, I went round and round with the dev of Where There Is Discord years ago. They said they sent me a review copy, weeks go by and it doesn't arrive, and follow up emails go ignored. I even, a few years later, contacted one of the designers on BGG, whom said he'd forward my message, and poof, no reply after that. WTF?!?
Mrs. thatcher's War by White Dog Games is close to publication.
http://www.whitedoggames.com/falklands
Quote from: avrotim on October 05, 2017, 12:20:32 PM
Mrs. thatcher's War by White Dog Games is close to publication.
http://www.whitedoggames.com/falklands (http://www.whitedoggames.com/falklands)
:bd:
Just looked at it. Nice cover, decent map, counters uglier than an incestuous West Virginia meth-addicted backside-of-the-mountain high school dropout.
That red background for the Brit counters is a bit much.
Tim's cover art is very nice.
Hmmm... has a PnP options...might get that if the price is reasonable.
Will it come with a discount to an optometrist once those British counters finish ruining my vision?
Quote from: mirth on October 05, 2017, 12:51:10 PM
That red background for the Brit counters is a bit much.
It's not so much the color red as the loose white flash around the Harrier graphics. :hide:
A little snippet I found on Carl Fung's blog at BGG: (https://boardgamegeek.com/blogpost/69732/multi-man-publishing-notification-regarding-civil)
QuoteAnd in a reply on Facebook, the reply under MMP said: "Some of the topics look very interesting (Goose Green?) - we hope it works out too." Goose Green is my submission that I sent to Lee Forester years ago. It's on the fight at that location in the Falklands War in 1982. Yup, TCS goes modern and British Paras against Argentine conscripts.
Ben the game designer did up the graphics for Mrs Thatchers War counters, so they don't have quite the same style as the maps. I did make up some colorized images of the planes (but not the choppers) for him as his originals were simply black and white. He did ask me if I was interested in making up all the counter art too but when he asked I was really swamped with other work and had to say no.
the game has now been released, BTW.
Quote from: avrotim on October 19, 2017, 08:48:30 AM
the game has now been released, BTW.
$43 US seems entirely reasonable and I'd consider getting it to support a Falklands game, but a month or more for the shipping time is a bit long to wait.
Quote from: mirth on October 19, 2017, 08:57:52 AM
Quote from: avrotim on October 19, 2017, 08:48:30 AM
the game has now been released, BTW.
$43 US seems entirely reasonable and I'd consider getting it to support a Falklands game, but a month or more for the shipping time is a bit long to wait.
Like you don't have a bazillion other games still in shrink to play. ::)
Quote from: bbmike on October 19, 2017, 09:20:11 AM
Quote from: mirth on October 19, 2017, 08:57:52 AM
Quote from: avrotim on October 19, 2017, 08:48:30 AM
the game has now been released, BTW.
$43 US seems entirely reasonable and I'd consider getting it to support a Falklands game, but a month or more for the shipping time is a bit long to wait.
Like you don't have a bazillion other games still in shrink to play. ::)
That's hardly the point :P
And almost all of them are out of the shrink!
>:D
You can try my falkland game for peoples General, it contains all important battles. www.peoplesgeneral.de
Ist Freeware and works as standalone.
But the best is John tillers Falkland-game.
Quote from: JudgeDredd on November 07, 2013, 10:43:08 AM
I have the final version of Harpoon...but as much as I tried to get into it (which knowing me wasn't that hard!), it just never clicked with me.
If you want to play harpoon, then you have to deal with Herman the Hun. I was part of that fiasco perhaps 20 years ago. Ranks right up there with Derek Smartt.