The first war game? (Poll)

[kmead]

First wargame: In the sandbox (literally) at age 2 using lead W Britians and SAE troops and handmade Panther tanks with my Dad in 1963

First board wargame: Blitzkrieg and later Panzerblitz in 1972?

First computer wargame: I think it was called Ambush, a top down map with Xs and Os for your troops @ 1984

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[Guest Michael emrys]

First board game: "Stalingrad" by Avalon Hill. 1964.

First Mac game: "Victory at Sea" by 360 Pacific. 1994.

Before that was a game called, I think, "Tanks" that was being offered at a party by a couple of Stanford hackers on a LAN of some kind. Even had joysticks. Around 1977.

In 1974 at UCLA I played a game called "Lord Baron" on a mainframe via teletype.

Michael

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[Randl]

FIRST REENACTMENTs - My brothers and I recreating "Combat" and "Gallant Men" in the back yard.

FIRST MINIATURES - Green army men and tanks out in the dirt.

FIRST 5&10 WARGAME - Milton Bradley's "DogFight"

FIRST ELECTRONIC WARGAME - Parker Bros. "Codename: Sector" a self-contained computer game of Submarine pusuit.

FIRST CONSOLE TV WARGAME - Nintendo "Silent Service"

FIRST "REAL" BOARDGAME - Avalon Hill's, "D-Day"

FIRST COMPUTER WARGAME - Will Hutsell's "Civil War Battleset"

And the good times are still rolling

[Roborat]

First boardgame was panzerblitz and panzer leader, bought together (mid 70's). I even ordered an extra set of units and maps so I could have more pumas and panthers, and build massive maps on the garage floor. Also had a Stategy and Tactics subscription, which came with little games. Still have them all, although never played the games much, they were usually outside my area of interest.

First computer wargame was that take over the island game on the intellivision, I forget the name, also had B17. Also had Bolo, on the Apple IIe, weird little tank game in a maze, was a riot to play, don't know if I would consider it a wargame though. Got hooked on Empire for the Amiga, still play it now.

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"With cat-like tread, Upon our prey we steal;

In silence dread, Our cautious way we feel." -G&S

[Silver Fox]

Boardgame-Tactics II

PC - War in Russia C64

[mscano]

Avalon Hill's Blitzkrieg and Squad Leader back in 1977.

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If it bleeds, we can kill it.

[Michael Dorosh]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Roborat:

First computer wargame was that take over the island game on the intellivision, I forget the name, also had B17

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UTOPIA!

[jake bullet]

MMMMM battlefield germany zx spectum 1984/85 i think

team yankee (the board game ) god nows when this came out

[Wayne]

Chess.

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Blessed be the Lord my strength who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight.

[Strat]

Tyco Army set, early 60's. Had two sets of plastic soldiers. One set was Army vs Germans and the other set was Marines vs Japanese. Both sets had there own unique armor and infantry, plastic tanks and soldiers. At 7 or 8 years old, I got extreme enjoyment from setting up battles in the dirt then kicking everything down. Ha.

Strat

[Guest MantaRay]

First Wargame(if you consider it a wargame): Stratego. I used to sit in my room for hours making plans on pieces of paper. I had great setups too.

Then Axis and Allies, even bought the PC version. I still whip my little brothers in it occasionally. =}

PC: D-Day by Impressions. We would now laugh at it if it was released today, but I loved it.

Panzer General is what got me into computers though, solidified by Doom.

But the ultimate wargame in history is Chess. I have been playing that as long as I can remember. Still the only game that I will play till i die.

Ray

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[Hawk]

Computer: "A bridge to far" and "Operation Tunisia" (ZX Spectrum, 1983?)

PC: "Sun Tzu's Ancient art of War" (1986?)

Board: AH's "American Civil War" (IIRC, 1988?)

Hawk

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Our's is not to reason why, our's is but to do and die!

[Beer_n_Pretzels]

My First wargame was Terrible Swift Sword, 1st edition. I think it was released in 1977...

My first miniatures game was Warhammer 2nd edition.

My first Roleplaying Game was DnD 2nd edition

Not as grizzled as some of the Grogs around here

[Wisbech_lad]

Board wargame - Chess

First non-abstact one - Kingmaker (and I still play it)

First computer wargame - V for Victory series (1991?)

[Mace]

Introduced to 1/72 miniatures in 1971, my first year of high School!

My first boardgame was SPIs 1941 ... platoon level armoured combat in France.

First computer wargame was SSI's Kampfgruppe (or was it Panzergruppe) <shrug>

Mace

[Berlichtingen]

Napoleonics using Charles Grant's rules ('bout one step up from Little Wars)

[Berlichtingen]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Diceman:

Micro Armor on a ping-pong table using of all things "Tracktics" as rules. Possibly the worst armor rules ever written.

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ROFL! Been there, done that

[scoop88]

Board games:

Gettysburg (AH) in 1964, followed in rapid succession by a slew of AH games: Afrika Korps, Tactics II, Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Stalingrad, Midway, U-Boat, Bismarck, 1914, Blitzkrieg, Guadalcanal, etc.

Also had B-17 Bomber for Intellivision. In fact, i still have the system and the games boxed up in the basement. Used to play that game every night when I got home from working the 3 p.m.-11:30 p.m. shift. The wife would complain about these voices waking her up saying "that was close." In all the times I tried, I never made it back from the ball bearing works in eastern Europe.

Would love to see "B-17" updated for Playstation 2!

[Guest wwb_99]

By the time I came along, boardgaming was nearly dead and computers were taking off.

First Board wargame I bought: Avalon Hill's Luftwaffe. I was too young to play it, but the box was cool. Unfortunately the cat pissed on it, so it had to go.

First Computer Wargame: Panzer General. It is a game about war, is it not?

First Real Computer Wargame: Steel Panthers. Blew everything else away, until CM at least.

Oldest Wargame I own: V for Victory Series. Started getting interested in the operational art. Bought the set for $17 soon after.

WWB

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Before battle, my digital soldiers turn to me and say,

Ave, Caesar! Morituri te salutamus.

[Lindan]

First Tabletop: Space Marines from GW. ~88

First Boardgame: Chess, 1979

First Real Boardgame: Columbia's Bobby Lee (~1990), Still like the 'block' games.

Console: Combat (Atari 2600)

Atari ST: Universal Military Simulator (you could even make your own battles)

PC: Steel Panthers

Does anyone remember 'Bloodtree Rebellion" ? I bought it some years ago but never played it, only read the rules. Is it worth the try?

[Holdit]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by MantaRay:

But the ultimate wargame in history is Chess. I have been playing that as long as I can remember. Still the only game that I will play till i die.

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I'll go along with that.

[Hiram Sedai]

Board - Stratego

Console - Nectaris

Computer - Combat Mission

Real Life - NTC (National Training Center)

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Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal

[GeoffP]

I owned 'Luftwaffe' first, but only played it once. So, AH 'War at Sea' was my first frequently-played tabletop wargame.

'Patton vs. Rommel' was the first computer game.

How far we've come.....

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"Enough, Sir, no more of that, the die is cast and if there are fifty sail I will go through them"

Adm. Sir John Jervis 14-Feb, 1797

[GeoffP]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by wwb_99:

First Board wargame I bought: Avalon Hill's Luftwaffe. I was too young to play it, but the box was cool.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Exactly what happened to me

[mensch]

First board game:

"1940" I think I was the only one on this planet that bought the thing.. *sigh* 1984

First computer war game:

"ancient art of war" mac 1986?

First table top:

Warhammer Fantasy Battle GW 1988

First live renactment:

Soldiers/capture the flag, with my friends in Edmonton, Alberta.. god that was fun, man I miss those guys running around the place shouting "budda budda budda"... 1978

First real War game:

Manouvers with my unit in summer training GGHG. late 1989

First battle of the minds and wit:

my wife (but shes winning, you can't win against your wife - for all those who are married will know this, how? well lets see you get out of this question... "honey do I look fat?" - check and mate!)

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