Game time or shame time?

[Owen Byrne]

Its been a long time since I dragged out cardboard maps and dusty old
counters, dude.
I'd prefer a decent computer-based wargame. I have TOAW2 and its pretty
good....
http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/toaw2.asp

Owen

> On Fri, 3 May 2002, Robert Harley wrote:
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> --]Actually, I've already enjoyed as much of this as I can stand.
> --]
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> You dont get it, do you? I have asked you to step up and show your self
> proclaimed skill at tactics/ strategy/geohistorical accumen by using any
> one of a dozen established simulations. These are freindly games that
> simulate various histroical/geopolitical/tactical events. If you need help
> in finding these simulations you can take a look at www.consimworld.com or
> grognard.com or even countermoves.blogspot.com
>
> We could tackle a Korean flavored historical situation..
> http://www.gmtgames.com/crko/gmtcrko0.htm
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> or we could battle over the pretty much any pre gun poweder era conflict
> with Ancients, this being a freely available game..
> http://www.net-gate.com/~mpnagel/ancients/ancients.htm
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> or we could take on the Roundheads in the battle of Winceby..
> http://www.magweb.com/sample/sced/5wincrul.htm
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> or something on a smaller scale, like the fight of Edson's Ridge..
> http://pbem.brainiac.com/erpbem.htm
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> or if your new to wargame simulation we could start out with a simpler
> game aimed at the fledgling gamer, Battle For Moscow comes to mind....
> http://grognard.com/bfm/game.html
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> or if you wanted something smaller we could do any one of the 11 newly
> created microgames entered into the Microgame Desgin Contest of 2002...
> http://countermoves.blogspot.com/
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> Rather than take up the call and show that in practice you are as good as
> in thinking you yawn, make a very weak statement and then proclaim you are
> above it all and walk away.
>
> Is this Robert Harley's Maginot Line?
>
> What are you afraid of, that in putting your supposed knoweldge to a
> challenge you will fall down and go boom? Maybe its just these
> simulations are beyond your scope of understanding.
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> Here is your chance RH, a chance to show that you are indeed as good as
> you say, a chance to show that you are not all talk. Are you? Are you that
> damn good?
>
> Step up, you have nothing to loose and perhaps and enjoyable game to
> learn. Step up, if you can. Or is it Game Over before it even starts?
>
> Time to play the game.
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> -tom
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