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on: July 14, 2021, 01:34:44 PM
There's a Twitter thing bouncing around right now tagging lots of people and asking them to list 5 games that made them the gamers they are today.  While clearly wargame-focused, a lot of people have listed RPGs and even an occasional Euro or two.  Plus Sebastian include Risk: Game of Thrones, because of course he did.


Our Twitter acc't got tagged 2 different times, but while I'm the main dude running it, it's not my personal account and is instead supposed to represent the site as a whole.  So let's see if we can't come to some sort of consensus amongst the group here and try to get ourselves down to 5 or 6.


Here's what I listed for "us" as a group, but will quite happily accept suggestions to change and swap.  BUT, it's not just what influenced you individually.  Think about the group as a whole and what you might see as our aggregated list that best encapsulates our whole community.

So while ModQuad 1 & 2 are very important for me, I'm pretty sure I'm the only one here in the group that applies to.

Similarly, NLB wasn't a big deal to me, but I suspect it was to quite a few folks here.  But if I'm wrong, that's fine - let's change it!

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Reply #1 on: July 14, 2021, 02:22:28 PM
I'd say, for me:

  • Third Reich
  • Ambush!
  • Squad Leader (not ASL)
  • Axis & Allies
  • Mosby's Raiders

It's difficult to quantify an exact set of five titles for me, but these were all impactful for me in the 80s when I came into my own and finally had my own buying power (limited, but mine) to purchase games on my own.

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Reply #2 on: July 14, 2021, 02:54:41 PM
I'm pretty old school, so I'd say:

Risk
Battle of the Bulge/Stalingrad/Afrika Korps/Blitzkrig/France 1940 (similar mechanics, different battles)
Midway
Panzer Blitz/Panzer Leader
Advanced Squad Leader

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Reply #3 on: July 14, 2021, 03:03:16 PM
Wacht Am Rhein (SPI)

Battle for Stalingrad (SPI)

SL (as BC said, not ASL)

Sonewall (S&T)

Cobra (S&T)

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Reply #4 on: July 14, 2021, 03:14:18 PM
Risk
Squad Leader
Luftwaffe
Panzer Blitz
Third Reich 4th Ed.

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Reply #5 on: July 14, 2021, 03:22:35 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 14, 2021, 01:34:44 PM
Here's what I listed for "us" as a group, but will quite happily accept suggestions to change and swap.  BUT, it's not just what influenced you individually.  Think about the group as a whole and what you might see as our aggregated list that best encapsulates our whole community.

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Reply #6 on: July 14, 2021, 03:24:19 PM
I might ought to abstain here; in my formative years I was broke and couldn't afford these fancy games y'all are listing. As in...

1. Cerberus: The Proxima Centauri Campaign

2. Asteroid Zero-Four

3. Star Fleet Battles (Why, yes, I'm from Amarillo. Why do you ask?)

4. The Siege of Constantinople

5. Fletcher Pratt's Naval War Game (This is the one that got me back into wargaming and into miniatures.)

So, yeah. Go, Team Napoleon's Last Battles!

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Reply #7 on: July 14, 2021, 03:25:52 PM
The Siege of Constantinople (S&T) was not a bad game at all.

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Reply #8 on: July 14, 2021, 04:04:11 PM
1.  D&D (1e)
2.  KS
3.  "Grand Tactics" -- a homebrew set of Naps rules
4.  Panzer Leader
6.  DBA

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Reply #9 on: July 14, 2021, 04:29:00 PM
Squad Leader
Harpoon
Twilight: 2000
Sword and Flame minis rules
Dawn Patrol


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Reply #10 on: July 14, 2021, 04:39:56 PM
Third Reich
Panzer Blitz/Panzer Leader
AD&D (gave me a love of RPG and fantasy gaming).
Civ (starting with I, the first computer game that I updated my computer for)
Panzer General (the game that made me buy a new computer, lol!)

Somewhere, somehow, I woke up in the wrong timeline. I'm pretty sure this isn't even my dimension.

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Reply #11 on: July 14, 2021, 04:52:54 PM
Quote from: mcguire on July 14, 2021, 03:24:19 PM


3. Star Fleet Battles (Why, yes, I'm from Amarillo. Why do you ask?)



Oooh, that's a good one.  I should've added that to my list over Dawn Patrol.....Hmmmm.....I also played a tonne of Phoenix Command and Car Wars as well.....


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Reply #12 on: July 14, 2021, 05:42:47 PM
Brant:

Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 14, 2021, 03:22:35 PM
BUT, it's not just what influenced you individually.  Think about the group as a whole and what you might see as our aggregated list that best encapsulates our whole community.

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Reply #13 on: July 14, 2021, 07:07:01 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 14, 2021, 03:22:35 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 14, 2021, 01:34:44 PM
Here's what I listed for "us" as a group, but will quite happily accept suggestions to change and swap.  BUT, it's not just what influenced you individually.  Think about the group as a whole and what you might see as our aggregated list that best encapsulates our whole community.

How is it even possible for individuals to think about what influenced other to play anything?

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Reply #14 on: July 14, 2021, 07:07:59 PM
Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on July 14, 2021, 04:52:54 PM
Quote from: mcguire on July 14, 2021, 03:24:19 PM


3. Star Fleet Battles (Why, yes, I'm from Amarillo. Why do you ask?)



Oooh, that's a good one.  I should've added that to my list over Dawn Patrol.....Hmmmm.....I also played a tonne of Phoenix Command and Car Wars as well.....

Oh yeah, Car Wars we played that to death back in the day.

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