What are your favorite Games and why

[Fleet Command CC]

I thought this would a nice topic, just to find out what everyone favorite games are. :cool:

Mine are has follow Fleet Command, Star Trek Armada 2, X2 The Threat and X3 Reunion, GCB and GCB2. They are my favorite because of the mod ability of these games and that I can add my own model's to the games. :D

[clacton2]

I thought this would a nice topic, just to find out what everyone favorite games are. :cool:

Mine are has follow Fleet Command, Star Trek Armada 2, X2 The Threat and X3 Reunion, GCB and GCB2. They are my favorite because of the mod ability of these games and that I can add my own model's to the games. :D


Hi Fleet,
My all time favourites are as follows:
Panzer General II and III, Pacific General, Mechwarrior III and IV and expansions, Fleet Command, Dangerous Waters, Matrix games - War Plan Orange, Carriers at War and Uncommon Valour, Medieval Total War I and II, and all HPS and NWS games.
They are mostly old games, but I still enjoy them.
Jon :)

[Fleet Command CC]

Hey clacton2

Thanks for your input niceone. :)

There are some cool old games you got their, I like Medieval Total War and Mechwarrior, but I was never much good at playing them, :( other than that they are great games. ;)

[Von Smeed]

Steel Panthers 1 & 2 (love to play this at the cabin on an old 486/66)

Blitzkrieg Series (thousands of user made mods and new maps, and bought 2 expansions from NWS)

Combat Mission Series (always great and enjoy adding new mods)

I have hundreds of games, but these are the ones that never seem to leave my hard drives at home.

[Fleet Command CC]

Steel Panthers 1 & 2 (love to play this at the cabin on an old 486/66)

Blitzkrieg Series (thousands of user made mods and new maps, and bought 2 expansions from NWS)

Combat Mission Series (always great and enjoy adding new mods)

I have hundreds of games, but these are the ones that never seem to leave my hard drives at home.

Hey Von Smeed

Thanks for your input niceone. :D

I've not play these games would you recommend me give them a go?

[Kyle Holgate]

These are a few of my favorite things...

Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates (yep, old one but I had it on my drive longer than anything)
Action Stations (still the best surface warship simulation)
Oblivion (ok, yes - an RPG :o)
Red Baron (ah, those were the days. Wish they made a new version that was identical as far as game play but updated graphics to today's standard).
Aces of the Deep
Steel Panthers (WW2 and MBT)
Warship Combat (of course!)
Wizardry series (another old one)
Carrier Force (yep, one more oldie)

And since you said games, not just computer ones... Squad Leader series, Advanced Squad leader, Panzerblitz (and Pzleader), War at Sea (the original AH game from long ago), Bismarck (Avalon Hill again) and last but not least... Sorry!

[Scott Chisholm]

Hmmm....the old "Stuck on a Desert Island" question?

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum...
WCDB
SAS
Simcity 4 Deluxe
Civ IV
Carrier Strike
Neverwinter Nights

And, on the table top....

Naval Warfare WWI and WWII
The Fantasy Trip/Tunnels and Trolls
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Munchkin
Attack Vector: Tactical
Ogre/GEV
Scrabble

[old_pop2000]

Hmm! Good question.

Steel Panthers- All versions
The Operational Arts of War - All versions
Medieval War II
1602 AD
1701 AD
Defending The Reich
Tobruk '41
Connections
Age Of Mythology
War Over Vietnam
Blitzkrieg-Both versions
:D

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hmmm....the old "Stuck on a Desert Island" question?

Railroad Tycoon II Platinum...
WCDB
SAS
Simcity 4 Deluxe
Civ IV
Carrier Strike
Neverwinter Nights

And, on the table top....

Naval Warfare WWI and WWII
The Fantasy Trip/Tunnels and Trolls
Settlers of Catan
Ticket to Ride
Munchkin
Attack Vector: Tactical
Ogre/GEV
Scrabble

Scott:

I'm a big fan of OGRE/GEV, those games got me back into gaming in 1979-80. THe Fantasy Trip was a fun beginners RPG, but I prefered the percentile and skill based system of Runequest, although I was never a Glorantha fan. Battletech has been probably my most heavily invested game in terms of supplements, minis, etc. Too bad I rarely have time to play anymore.

[Scott Chisholm]

Scott:

I'm a big fan of OGRE/GEV, those games got me back into gaming in 1979-80. THe Fantasy Trip was a fun beginners RPG, but I prefered the percentile and skill based system of Runequest, although I was never a Glorantha fan. Battletech has been probably my most heavily invested game in terms of supplements, minis, etc. Too bad I rarely have time to play anymore.

Ed,

There is supposed to be a new OGRE/GEV offering sometime next year. I think it's supposed to be a reprint/update of the original game with larger, more sturdy counters (possibly plastic playing pieces). SJG's been a bit vague, but they do seem to be committed to new products. They just released a new Oger miniature, the "Ninja" from the miniatures rules, and revamped the minis rules. We'll see.

A company called Dark City Games is publishing TFT/GURPS-compatible solitaire modules ala the old MicroQuests. They cover the "Ancient" world (fantasy and Roman), Sci-Fi, and the Old West. The modules are very well done, with full color playing pieces. The adventures tend to be a bit more sophisticated than TFT. More Orb Quest/Grail Quest than Master of the Amulets or Death Test. None of the tongue in cheek you'd find from Tunnels and Trolls.

I've never played Runequest or Battletech; I focused my scarce resources on TFT and T&T.

[john964]

Scott:

I'm a big fan of OGRE/GEV, those games got me back into gaming in 1979-80. THe Fantasy Trip was a fun beginners RPG, but I prefered the percentile and skill based system of Runequest, although I was never a Glorantha fan. Battletech has been probably my most heavily invested game in terms of supplements, minis, etc. Too bad I rarely have time to play anymore. For me My favorite computer games are

Diablo II
Age of Sail II
Age of Empires II
StarCraft I&II
Starfleet Command I&II
Star Trek Armada I&II
Harpoon

For Board and Table top
Wooden Ships & Iron Men
Basic and Advanced Squad Leader
Jutland
Fire and Fury
Rally Round the Flag
Command At Sea
Fear God and Dread Naught
Harpoon
Warhammer 40k Sea of Blood
Over the Top
Micro Armor WWII and Modern
BattleTech

[Fleet Command CC]

These are a few of my favorite things...

Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates (yep, old one but I had it on my drive longer than anything)
Action Stations (still the best surface warship simulation)
Oblivion (ok, yes - an RPG :o)
Red Baron (ah, those were the days. Wish they made a new version that was identical as far as game play but updated graphics to today's standard).
Aces of the Deep
Steel Panthers (WW2 and MBT)
Warship Combat (of course!)
Wizardry series (another old one)
Carrier Force (yep, one more oldie)

And since you said games, not just computer ones... Squad Leader series, Advanced Squad leader, Panzerblitz (and Pzleader), War at Sea (the original AH game from long ago), Bismarck (Avalon Hill again) and last but not least... Sorry!

Hey Kyle Holgate

Thanks for your input niceone. :)

Some great games you have got, I think I have only play Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates from your list, the graphics are a bit old now but its still a good moddable game.

Whatever your favorite games are, it doesn't matter on the format. :cool:

[Fleet Command CC]

Hmmm....the old "Stuck on a Desert Island" question?

Hey Scott Chisholm

I like that "Hmmm....the old "Stuck on a Desert Island" question" LOL.:D

Thank for your input niceone. :cool:

[Fleet Command CC]

Hmm! Good question.

Steel Panthers- All versions
The Operational Arts of War - All versions
Medieval War II
1602 AD
1701 AD
Defending The Reich
Tobruk '41
Connections
Age Of Mythology
War Over Vietnam
Blitzkrieg-Both versions
:D

Hey old_pop2000

Thanks for your input niceone. :D

I have only played Blitzkrieg and Medieval War II which they are good games.

[Fleet Command CC]

Scott:

I'm a big fan of OGRE/GEV, those games got me back into gaming in 1979-80. THe Fantasy Trip was a fun beginners RPG, but I prefered the percentile and skill based system of Runequest, although I was never a Glorantha fan. Battletech has been probably my most heavily invested game in terms of supplements, minis, etc. Too bad I rarely have time to play anymore.

Hey ED Rotondaro

What are the OGRE/GEV games? You've lost me with these games. :confused:

[Fleet Command CC]

For me My favorite computer games are

Diablo II
Age of Sail II
Age of Empires II
StarCraft I&II
Starfleet Command I&II
Star Trek Armada I&II
Harpoon

For Board and Table top
Wooden Ships & Iron Men
Basic and Advanced Squad Leader
Jutland
Fire and Fury
Rally Round the Flag
Command At Sea
Fear God and Dread Naught
Harpoon
Warhammer 40k Sea of Blood
Over the Top
Micro Armor WWII and Modern
BattleTech

Hey john964

Thanks for your input niceone. :D

You've got a lot of favorite games their cool. :cool:

Star Trek Armada 2 is probably the best Star Trek game out there, :) have you done any modding to the game or added any new graphic model's?

[Kyle Holgate]

Hey john964

Thanks for your input niceone. :D

You've got a lot of favorite games their cool. :cool:

Star Trek Armada 2 is probably the best Star Trek game out there, :) have you done any modding to the game or added any new graphic model's?

Never did try Starfleet Armada. I did forget one game that was a favorite back when I had opponents - Star Fleet Battles (the board game). Back when I was in the Navy I played a LOT of that, and that's part of the reason I liked SFC - very similar. I was into the online gaming in SFC, fighting human (well, Klingon, Romulan, etc) opponents. Got my moneys worth out of that game for sure.
The games that have the longest life are the ones that are moddable by the "fans". SFC is still going though with fewer followers, and they're still doing online wars with dozens of players on at once. It just finally got to monotonous for me, though I did have fun the last time I went online. Everyone thought I was a newbie...bwah hah hah - Slaughtered a Federation Dreadnought with a Lyran Battlecruiser, heh heh.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hey ED Rotondaro

What are the OGRE/GEV games? You've lost me with these games. :confused:

Fleet:

OGRE/GEV are two small board games originally published by Metagaming back in the late 1970s. They were designed by Steve Jackson, the owner of SJ Games today. They cover futuristic armored combat. The Ogre was a large robotic tank with many different weapon systems (based on the Bolos from Keith Laumer's sci-fi). The other forces were more conventional units, tanks, missile carriers, hovercraft, howitzers and infantry. GEV was an expansion to the system that added new units, and more detailed rules. Both games plus several supplements are still available from SJ Games and for awhile there was a deluxe boxed set with metal miniatures.

[john964]

Fleet:

OGRE/GEV are two small board games originally published by Metagaming back in the late 1970s. They were designed by Steve Jackson, the owner of SJ Games today. They cover futuristic armored combat. The Ogre was a large robotic tank with many different weapon systems (based on the Bolos from Keith Laumer's sci-fi). The other forces were more conventional units, tanks, missile carriers, hovercraft, howitzers and infantry. GEV was an expansion to the system that added new units, and more detailed rules. Both games plus several supplements are still available from SJ Games and for awhile there was a deluxe boxed set with metal miniatures.
One of the funnest Steve Jackson games was CarWars. Talk about road warrior. Motorcycles with mini-guns in the sidecar. Limos with SAM's in the trunk and 20mm vulcans under the hood.

[Ed Rotondaro]

One of the funnest Steve Jackson games was CarWars. Talk about road warrior. Motorcycles with mini-guns in the sidecar. Limos with SAM's in the trunk and 20mm vulcans under the hood.

John:

Yeah I remember that one. Started out interesting but rapidly got silly. In fact SJ Games seems to be more interested in humorous titles than in serious games, but if that's what sells, then more power to them.

[Saffron]

Computer (in no particular order)

Medieval Total War II
Fleet Command
Fighting Steel (now defunct)
Civ IV (though they limited city expansion too much)
I used to love Starfleet Command and the beautiful ship mods until someone stole my disk.
WCDB
Everquest 2

I played ST Armada before, but there weren't enough ship types for me, and the lack of automated special abilities made it difficult to keep up with.

Table Top Games:

Gulf Strike
Victory Games Fleet series
Squad Leader and its expansions
Task Force
War at Sea/Victory in the Pacific
Midway
Shadowrun
And I've recently gotten involved in a D&D game ... though it's 4th Edition, which I don't care for much. The game now plays like an MMO. That's what happens when people design games for the lowest common denominator.

Oh, I almost forgot ... Harpoon (table top version). Nothing like commandeering grandma's old dining room table while they're on vacation, putting in all the leaves, getting out the rulers, protractors, data sheets, dice, Doritoes, pizza, and then going to town.

[john964]

Computer (in no particular order)

Medieval Total War II
Fleet Command
Fighting Steel (now defunct)
Civ IV (though they limited city expansion too much)
I used to love Starfleet Command and the beautiful ship mods until someone stole my disk.
WCDB
Everquest 2

I played ST Armada before, but there weren't enough ship types for me, and the lack of automated special abilities made it difficult to keep up with.

Table Top Games:

Gulf Strike
Victory Games Fleet series
Squad Leader and its expansions
Task Force
War at Sea/Victory in the Pacific
Midway
Shadowrun
And I've recently gotten involved in a D&D game ... though it's 4th Edition, which I don't care for much. The game now plays like an MMO. That's what happens when people design games for the lowest common denominator.

Oh, I almost forgot ... Harpoon (table top version). Nothing like commandeering grandma's old dining room table while they're on vacation, putting in all the leaves, getting out the rulers, protractors, data sheets, dice, Doritoes, pizza, and then going to town.

Saffron try Larry Bond's other Admiralty Trilogy games like Command at Sea and Fear God & Dread Naught

[Von Smeed]

Hey Von Smeed

Thanks for your input niceone. :D

I've not play these games would you recommend me give them a go?

You can order the Steel Panthers games from right here at NWS with all updated content.

Both Blitzkrieg and the Combat Mission games are in "boxed" sets that include 3 full games in each set and can orderd online from here (NWS) .

[Mike Malanaphy]

These are a few of my favorite things...

Star Fleet Command: Orion Pirates (yep, old one but I had it on my drive longer than anything)
Action Stations (still the best surface warship simulation)
Oblivion (ok, yes - an RPG :o)
Red Baron (ah, those were the days. Wish they made a new version that was identical as far as game play but updated graphics to today's standard).
Aces of the Deep
Steel Panthers (WW2 and MBT)
Warship Combat (of course!)
Wizardry series (another old one)
Carrier Force (yep, one more oldie)

And since you said games, not just computer ones... Squad Leader series, Advanced Squad leader, Panzerblitz (and Pzleader), War at Sea (the original AH game from long ago), Bismarck (Avalon Hill again) and last but not least... Sorry!

HI Kyle,

Some great old ones there.

Computer:

Harpoon Classic and Harpoon III
Action Stations
Fighting Steel
Silent Hunter III and IV though both are cranky
Steel Panthers 1 and 2
Complete Carriers at War
Panzer Commander
Red Baron
X Wing
Fallout Brotherhood of Steel
Dangerous Waters
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
M-1 Tank Plattoon II
Steel Beasts
Combat Mission series
Railroad Simulator (Love the add ons for 50's-50's diesels)
Panzer General

Board: (haven't played in years though)

Panzer Blitz
Panzers Commander
Arab-Israeli Wars
Midway
All from Avalon Hill

In the closet, I still have all the major navies of WW II in 2400 scale minatures and most of the Japanese Fleet from the Russo-Japanese war in 1200 scale. The wife keeps threatening the clean out my closet so I may have to put a lock on it. : )

[Fleet Command CC]

Fleet:

OGRE/GEV are two small board games originally published by Metagaming back in the late 1970s. They were designed by Steve Jackson, the owner of SJ Games today. They cover futuristic armored combat. The Ogre was a large robotic tank with many different weapon systems (based on the Bolos from Keith Laumer's sci-fi). The other forces were more conventional units, tanks, missile carriers, hovercraft, howitzers and infantry. GEV was an expansion to the system that added new units, and more detailed rules. Both games plus several supplements are still available from SJ Games and for awhile there was a deluxe boxed set with metal miniatures.

Thanks ED Rotondaro I was just curious what the games were, they sound great niceone. :)

[Fleet Command CC]

I played ST Armada before, but there weren't enough ship types for me, and the lack of automated special abilities made it difficult to keep up with.

Hey Saffron

Thanks for your input niceone. :cool:

About Star Trek Armada have you tried any of the mods for STA? These mods add loads of different ships class and lots more special abilities.

[Fleet Command CC]

You can order the Steel Panthers games from right here at NWS with all updated content.

Both Blitzkrieg and the Combat Mission games are in "boxed" sets that include 3 full games in each set and can orderd online from here (NWS) .

Hey Von Smeed

Thanks I will check them out niceone. :cool:

[Jittery]

Solitaire.

it comes pre-loaded and rocks. Im sorry but some of the best games are the simplest :P. When i was working in my old shift work job i took all the night shift i could and worked 6 days a week to pay off the loan a the time. Solitaire got me through that :D

Its like the age old one of what is the best food for when your driving. You can have Snickers, Mar's Bar etc. But McDonalds sort of has it cornered these days.

A list of other games in no order at all:

Fleet Command
Harpoon
Day of Defeat
Counter Strike (back 2002 era)
Minesweeper
Hearts

[Mart]

Though I would find it hard to go back to them now, my favourite games of all time would be the large number of text adventures I played, from either Infocom or Level 9.

They used to take up about 150k of disc space, and were utterly brilliant.

Cheers

Martin :)

[Christian Schwietzke]

The best games ever - IMHO only, of course - are Star Control II, and X-COM UFO Defense.

Then there are some others that I either still play regularly, or used to player all the time in their days:

Populous
Civilization 1, 2 and 3
Colonization (the original one - although the remake is good, too)
Pirates (the original one - although the remake is VERY good, too)
Alpha Centauri
War in the Pacific
Industrial Giant 2
Transport Giant
Caesar 2 and 3
Zeus
All of the Total War series
All of the Great Naval Battles series
Master of Orion 1 and 2
Several of the X-COM remakes
Battle of Britain and 12 O´Clock High

[Von Smeed]

I bought 12 O'clock high years ago right before TalonSoft went belly up and never even opened the game, just shelved it.

May have to dust it off sometime.

[Christian Schwietzke]

I bought 12 O'clock high years ago right before TalonSoft went belly up and never even opened the game, just shelved it.

May have to dust it off sometime.

You should. At least if you have the time to devote to it... like most such games it is not for casual players.


Oh, and I forgot a few games last time:
Railroad Tycoon I and II (never played the later ones)
Master of Magic
First Emperor
Jagged Alliance I and II
Carriers at War
Pacific War
War in Russia
Carrier Strike
Ultima 5
Elder Scrolls 3 and 4 (i.e. Morrowind and Oblivion)
Dungeon Keeper
Harpoon

[Scott Chisholm]

You should. At least if you have the time to devote to it... like most such games it is not for casual players.


Oh, and I forgot a few games last time:
Railroad Tycoon I and II (never played the later ones)
Master of Magic
First Emperor
Jagged Alliance I and II
Carriers at War
Pacific War
War in Russia
Carrier Strike
Ultima 5
Elder Scrolls 3 and 4 (i.e. Morrowind and Oblivion)
Dungeon Keeper
Harpoon


Railroad Tycoon II was nearly the downfall of my marriage. Just as frustrating as a mistress, but without the threat of a paternity suit! :D

[Christian Schwietzke]

Railroad Tycoon II was nearly the downfall of my marriage. Just as frustrating as a mistress, but without the threat of a paternity suit! :D

I had the good fortune of having, at that time, a girlfriend who really loved trains (though not as much as she loved me), so she understood and shared that passion. She was also studying history at the time, focussing on Roman history, so you can guess what happened when I introduced her to Caesar 2... ;)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Railroad Tycoon II was nearly the downfall of my marriage. Just as frustrating as a mistress, but without the threat of a paternity suit! :D

You're nuts! Of course I should talk, I play WCDB every day and my wife just shakes her head.:D

[Mike Malanaphy]

You're nuts! Of course I should talk, I play WCDB every day and my wife just shakes her head.:D

Hi Guys,

I met my wife when I first got into computer gaming through my friend with his Apple MAC. I was thinking about getting acomputer, but thought it was a lot of money for something to play games on (They're not games, they're simulations!). She chimed in and said, "if your really want it, you should get." She rues that day! : ) But it's cheaper than a Harley for a mid life crisis. I originally bought it for "Harpoon", but the local Egghead was sold out so I settled for "Redstorm Rising". My first experience with vaporware was waiting for "Carriers At War" to come out as it was delayed almost a year.

I love "Railroad Tycoon II" more than III. I'd like to buy the new "Carriers At War", but it only has the original sceanrios rather than the other two installments. "Half Life" and "Half Life 2" were a lot of fun as was "Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel" I always wondered how computer games were cheaper than their console bretheren, being more complicated and selling in much smaller numbers. Those console companies are making a killing.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hi Guys,

I met my wife when I first got into computer gaming through my friend with his Apple MAC. I was thinking about getting acomputer, but thought it was a lot of money for something to play games on (They're not games, they're simulations!). She chimed in and said, "if your really want it, you should get." She rues that day! : ) But it's cheaper than a Harley for a mid life crisis. I originally bought it for "Harpoon", but the local Egghead was sold out so I settled for "Redstorm Rising". My first experience with vaporware was waiting for "Carriers At War" to come out as it was delayed almost a year.

I love "Railroad Tycoon II" more than III. I'd like to buy the new "Carriers At War", but it only has the original sceanrios rather than the other two installments. "Half Life" and "Half Life 2" were a lot of fun as was "Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel" I always wondered how computer games were cheaper than their console bretheren, being more complicated and selling in much smaller numbers. Those console companies are making a killing.

Mike:

Let me guess, your wife was selling computers? You know what I find so funny about PCs? Each time I buy one I spend less money and get more machine. Hell I'm almost ready to buy a laptop to take on vacation for working on digital photos and keeping up with my email. The prices these days are just unbeatable. Now why can't cars be like that?

[admiralscheer1916]

WCBC - The only tactical naval wargame for the first half of the 20th. century I've come
across in the last five years. Reminds me a bit of the old "Battlewagon" board
game.

The Guns Of August - The only strategic WWI wargame for the PC I've seen.

Age Of Sail - An old one, but for sailing warfare I've yet to see it topped.

Title Bout II - The best boxing sim I've ever seen.

Dave Koch Football, Baseball, and Basketball - The most accurate team sports sims out
there.

Quest Hockey - See above but for hockey.

TNM Wrestling - Just for giggles!

Shredder Chess - About the most powerful playing software you can buy.


Looking forward to:

NAW/WCBC upgrade
SAS WWII and AWWI
Ageod's Wars In America
Ageod's American Civil War
World In Flames
Ironclads - American Civil War


Admiral Reinhardt Scheer, Kaiserliche Marine

[keschofield]

....
Dave Koch Football, Baseball, and Basketball - The most accurate team sports sims out
there.

...

Herr Admiral,

I'll vouch for David Koch sports as well. I use to play A.P.B.A. football years ago. Their PC version of the game was so bad that A.P.B.A. finally pulled it off the market and have never replaced it.

I searched high and wide for a replacement and stumbled upon DK Sports. Boy am I glad I did. Not only are his games excellent, but he is a great guy and very easy to deal with. He bends over backwards to keep his customers satisfied. Only other person I've seen that matches Chris for dedication to customer service.

[Mike Malanaphy]

Mike:

Let me guess, your wife was selling computers? You know what I find so funny about PCs? Each time I buy one I spend less money and get more machine. Hell I'm almost ready to buy a laptop to take on vacation for working on digital photos and keeping up with my email. The prices these days are just unbeatable. Now why can't cars be like that?

Hi Ed,

No, I wish she was so I could get an employee discount. :) Your right about prices. I paid $1900.00 for my first 386SX in 1990, about the same for my 486DX a couple of years later, and a little less for my Pentium 4 gig from 3 years ago. monitor prices are down too...I currently use an NEC 17" LCD my got for about $700.00 about 5 years ago...woudl love one of those $399.00 24" wide screens from Costco. Wonder if Sant a shops there? :)

[admiralscheer1916]

Herr Admiral,

I'll vouch for David Koch sports as well. I use to play A.P.B.A. football years ago. Their PC version of the game was so bad that A.P.B.A. finally pulled it off the market and have never replaced it.

I searched high and wide for a replacement and stumbled upon DK Sports. Boy am I glad I did. Not only are his games excellent, but he is a great guy and very easy to deal with. He bends over backwards to keep his customers satisfied. Only other person I've seen that matches Chris for dedication to customer service.

Absolutely! The games are pricey but WELL worth it and Dave really cares about his customers and giving them the best quality product for the money. A shout out to Tom at Quest Hockey: He bends over backwards for his customers and it's just him running the business. Great guy!

Poet

[Fleet Command CC]

Hi Ed,

No, I wish she was so I could get an employee discount. :) Your right about prices. I paid $1900.00 for my first 386SX in 1990, about the same for my 486DX a couple of years later, and a little less for my Pentium 4 gig from 3 years ago. monitor prices are down too...I currently use an NEC 17" LCD my got for about $700.00 about 5 years ago...woudl love one of those $399.00 24" wide screens from Costco. Wonder if Sant a shops there? :)

Mike Malanaphy

Why not just buy a HDTV, you will get the best of both worlds then, a high res TV and a high res monitor.
I bought a 32" Samsung HDTV :) back 2006 and I have never look out back, then I upgrade to a 50" Samsung :cool: last year, now I'm think about getting a 60" :cool. The only problem I have found is you just want to keep going bigger, but I guess you can see that from what I have said above.

[Warship NWS]

Just to put in my few cents.. my favorite publisher by far is HPS. Being a classic wargamer for nearly 30 years their games remind me of great board games I used to, and now getting back into again, play. Take your pick of their designs.. I own nearly all of them.

I also play a lot of BF2142 and BF2. Other favorites includ Empire Earth 2 Gold, Rise of Nations Gold, TOAW3, Harpoon3, Starfleet Command Series, the original Gunship from 1984, Railroad Tycoon 3, Railroads, Civ 4 Complete, Red Baron 3D, Supreme Commander, Star Wars Battlefront Series, SW Empire at War, and so on. I have a collection of around 100 titles but the above are what I have played recently.

Thanks.

[Von Smeed]

Although most of my gaming time is with the games we publish (cdv USA) as I have grown very found of our WW2 RTS games, and the Napoleonic RTS games we also publish, I still find myself drawn to the Combat Mission games from Battlefront when I need that tacticle WW2 fix.

Von

[Warship NWS]

To Von,

If you like the CM series you should really give the HPS Squad Battles series a try. Excellent AI, very good combat mechanics, the ability to pick up weapons, etc.. overall a great series.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hi Ed,

No, I wish she was so I could get an employee discount. :) Your right about prices. I paid $1900.00 for my first 386SX in 1990, about the same for my 486DX a couple of years later, and a little less for my Pentium 4 gig from 3 years ago. monitor prices are down too...I currently use an NEC 17" LCD my got for about $700.00 about 5 years ago...woudl love one of those $399.00 24" wide screens from Costco. Wonder if Sant a shops there? :)

Hi Mike:

I have a 17" flat panel on my home PC and we were just upgraded to 20" flat panels at work. That's about as wide a display as I need unless I want to watch movies on my PC. Dell probably has some decent prices on 24" wide screens especially with the holidays coming up.

[Von Smeed]

To Von,

If you like the CM series you should really give the HPS Squad Battles series a try. Excellent AI, very good combat mechanics, the ability to pick up weapons, etc.. overall a great series.

Yes, I have my share of HPS games...very good games indeed!

I should have had a bank account at Matrix Games a few years ago.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Mike Malanaphy

Why not just buy a HDTV, you will get the best of both worlds then, a high res TV and a high res monitor.
I bought a 32" Samsung HDTV :) back 2006 and I have never look out back, then I upgrade to a 50" Samsung :cool: last year, now I'm think about getting a 60" :cool. The only problem I have found is you just want to keep going bigger, but I guess you can see that from what I have said above.

Fleet:

Where do you have room for 60" LOL!:D

[Ed Rotondaro]

To Von,

If you like the CM series you should really give the HPS Squad Battles series a try. Excellent AI, very good combat mechanics, the ability to pick up weapons, etc.. overall a great series.

Chris:

Is that a first person shooter or more like Squad Leader? I tried Call of Duty on my kids Wii and had a lot of trouble getting used to the game mechanics (although my 9yr has no problem at all).

[Warship NWS]

Chris:

Is that a first person shooter or more like Squad Leader? I tried Call of Duty on my kids Wii and had a lot of trouble getting used to the game mechanics (although my 9yr has no problem at all).

Go here; HPS Squad Battles Series (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/squadbattles.html)

[john964]

Chris:

Is that a first person shooter or more like Squad Leader? I tried Call of Duty on my kids Wii and had a lot of trouble getting used to the game mechanics (although my 9yr has no problem at all).
Ed, when my mom bought her first computer at age 60, about 8 years ago. She had to have her grandaughter age 7 at the time. How to use it.

[Fleet Command CC]

Fleet:

Where do you have room for 60" LOL!:D

My living room, the only problem is getting the TV into the House, because 60" will have to go up a fight of stairs. :(

[Fleet Command CC]

Just to put in my few cents.. my favorite publisher by far is HPS. Being a classic wargamer for nearly 30 years their games remind me of great board games I used to, and now getting back into again, play. Take your pick of their designs.. I own nearly all of them.

I also play a lot of BF2142 and BF2. Other favorites includ Empire Earth 2 Gold, Rise of Nations Gold, TOAW3, Harpoon3, Starfleet Command Series, the original Gunship from 1984, Railroad Tycoon 3, Railroads, Civ 4 Complete, Red Baron 3D, Supreme Commander, Star Wars Battlefront Series, SW Empire at War, and so on. I have a collection of around 100 titles but the above are what I have played recently.

Thanks.

Hey Warship NWS

Thanks for your input niceone.

Empire Earth 2 Gold, Supreme Commander, two great games their that I should have added to my list,
I modded the hell out of them :D:cool::D, have you done any modding to them Warship NWS?

[Warship NWS]

Too busy directing other projects, running an online store, and working on WC:NAW to be modding much of anything. ;) Star Trek Legacy just had a major mod put out for it though .. damn good one too.

[Von Smeed]

I wish I had the time to do some modding also. Working for a game publisher has limited my time in the last 10 years to only being able to play through games of my choice, but I was able to mod some skins for the Combat Mission series a few years back, and 3 of my scenarios are in the Combat Mission: Anthology Pack.

We are getting to old Warship!;)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Go here; HPS Squad Battles Series (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/squadbattles.html)

Thanks boss! Just what I need, more distractions.;)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Ed, when my mom bought her first computer at age 60, about 8 years ago. She had to have her grandaughter age 7 at the time. How to use it.

John:

It's always good when the younger generation starts pulling therir weight and helping out their parents and grandparents. The stuff my nieces and nephew know how to do on a PC makes me feel inadequate. Fortunately the good people at NWS and it forums have helped me on the roda to recovery. I can even write queries in MS Access now! (Thanks to my boss who is a savvy programmer).

[Ed Rotondaro]

My living room, the only problem is getting the TV into the House, because 60" will have to go up a fight of stairs. :(

Fleet:

Good luck with that! Do you use a wireless mouse and keyboard? My wife and I were discussing the logistics of having a display that big while being far enough away to enjoy it. Just curious.

[Mike Malanaphy]

My living room, the only problem is getting the TV into the House, because 60" will have to go up a fight of stairs. :(

Replace one of your windows with it. : )

[Ed Rotondaro]

Replace one of your windows with it. : )


Mike:

Now I understand why you were an officer! You are the man!:D

[Warship NWS]

We are getting to old Warship!;)

Know the feeling my friend. The worse thing you can ever do is realize your mortal. ;)

[Fleet Command CC]

Too busy directing other projects, running an online store, and working on WC:NAW to be modding much of anything. ;) Star Trek Legacy just had a major mod put out for it though .. damn good one too.

That's a shame, your a very busy chap then I guess, keep up the good work running these great web sites. :)

[Fleet Command CC]

I wish I had the time to do some modding also. Working for a game publisher has limited my time in the last 10 years to only being able to play through games of my choice, but I was able to mod some skins for the Combat Mission series a few years back, and 3 of my scenarios are in the Combat Mission: Anthology Pack.

We are getting to old Warship!;)

Your only has old as you feel. ;) Well I still feel like a little kid and I always think I will. LOL :D:D

[Fleet Command CC]

Fleet:

Good luck with that! Do you use a wireless mouse and keyboard? My wife and I were discussing the logistics of having a display that big while being far enough away to enjoy it. Just curious.


Yeap a Logitech S510 Cordless Desktop, they work a good 5 Meters away from the USB / PS/2 wireless receiver. Also I have just bought a Logitech 2400 Desktop 2.4ghz Cordless Keyboard And Optical 1000dpi Mouse, but it doesn't seem to be has good as the S510. :(

[Fleet Command CC]

Replace one of your windows with it. : )

Now that sound like a good idea, what you have said has given me a idea I could take the window out and have the TV lifted though the window with a crane. LOL :D;):D

[john964]

Your only has old as you feel. ;) Well I still feel like a little kid and I always think I will. LOL :D:D
As I stated in another post, to quote my Great Uncle Jake, "Growing old is manditory, growing up is optional.

[Warship NWS]

That's a shame, your a very busy chap then I guess, keep up the good work running these great web sites. :)

My average week involves about 50-60+ hours for operations.. a heavy week can hit around 70-80+ hours. ;)

[Von Smeed]

Know the feeling my friend. The worse thing you can ever do is realize your mortal. ;)

Yep, and the funny thing is I turn 55 this month and back in the 50's I was playing with my plastic soldiers every chance I had digging trenches in my mothers flower beds, pushing cardboard counters around in the 60's with my AH games on the kitchen table, and then in the 80's to present, clicking on PC screens...and still moving my soldiers and tanks around, less the battle sounds I had to make with my mouth years ago!

Von

[Warship NWS]

Yep, and the funny thing is I turn 55 this month and back in the 50's I was playing with my plastic soldiers every chance I had digging trenches in my mothers flower beds, pushing cardboard counters around in the 60's with my AH games on the kitchen table, and then in the 80's to present, clicking on PC screens...and still moving my soldiers and tanks around, less the battle sounds I had to make with my mouth years ago!

Von

Plastic soldiers.. toy ships, tanks, planes.. the wargames of the young kids. ;)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Yeap a Logitech S510 Cordless Desktop, they work a good 5 Meters away from the USB / PS/2 wireless receiver. Also I have just bought a Logitech 2400 Desktop 2.4ghz Cordless Keyboard And Optical 1000dpi Mouse, but it doesn't seem to be has good as the S510. :(

Fleet:

Do you do tech for a living? If not you should be. I wish I had somebody nearby to give me some tips whenever I run into problems with my PC system.

[Ed Rotondaro]

My average week involves about 50-60+ hours for operations.. a heavy week can hit around 70-80+ hours. ;)


You need to roller balde more!

[keschofield]

Don't forget soldiers, tanks, planes, ships, etc. cut out of comic books, newspapers, and magazines. That's what got me started. I used to have shoe boxes full of whole militaries for dozens of nations created that way. Great fun!

[Warship NWS]

You need to roller balde more!

And you need to use the forum spelling checker more..;)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Yep, and the funny thing is I turn 55 this month and back in the 50's I was playing with my plastic soldiers every chance I had digging trenches in my mothers flower beds, pushing cardboard counters around in the 60's with my AH games on the kitchen table, and then in the 80's to present, clicking on PC screens...and still moving my soldiers and tanks around, less the battle sounds I had to make with my mouth years ago!

Von

Von:

You're a man after my own heart. My boys (11 and 9) are into Heroscape and use my metal battletech mechs and vehicles as part of the game. They have creamed about dozen of them that way.:rolleyes: Oh, happy birthday (you got me by two years).

[Von Smeed]

Von:

You're a man after my own heart. My boys (11 and 9) are into Heroscape and use my metal battletech mechs and vehicles as part of the game. They have creamed about dozen of them that way.:rolleyes: Oh, happy birthday (you got me by two years).

Thanks for the birthday wish Ed.

I only have a daughter who is 20 now and works at a legal firm as she goes to college, but she did enjoy playing MoH and CoD on her playstation 2 a few years back. I'm sure she played them in my behalf, as my wife always lets me know when a WW2 program she spotted on the TV is upcomming yet if she watches them with me she falls asleep.;)

My wife has attended some of our (cdv Software Entertainment) showcasing of games which is nice as we have a great time at the event talking to gamers, and then enjoy fancy dinning, expensive hotels, etc, with the other cdv staff...so it's nice to have a great wife and family that do get involved in my love for wargaming.

[john964]

Plastic soldiers.. toy ships, tanks, planes.. the wargames of the young kids. ;)The biggest advantage to these is batteries and imagination not included.

[Ed Rotondaro]

And you need to use the forum spelling checker more..;)


I'll check yer spellin' and grammar yougin'! Respect yer elders. Which button is the spell check, I've never been able to find it and get it to work.

[Ed Rotondaro]

Thanks for the birthday wish Ed.

I only have a daughter who is 20 now and works at a legal firm as she goes to college, but she did enjoy playing MoH and CoD on her playstation 2 a few years back. I'm sure she played them in my behalf, as my wife always lets me know when a WW2 program she spotted on the TV is upcomming yet if she watches them with me she falls asleep.;)

My wife has attended some of our (cdv Software Entertainment) showcasing of games which is nice as we have a great time at the event talking to gamers, and then enjoy fancy dinning, expensive hotels, etc, with the other cdv staff...so it's nice to have a great wife and family that do get involved in my love for wargaming.

Von:

That is a good thing. My wife likes the simple game of Battleship on the PC and she did manage to watch me and a friend duke it out in Battletech game. See much prefers Soduku (I bought her a gameboy and the game for mother's day a few years back).

[Fleet Command CC]

I'll check yer spellin' and grammar yougin'! Respect yer elders. Which button is the spell check, I've never been able to find it and get it to work.

Hey Ed Rotondaro

Have you tried the Google tool bar spell checker, also the one on the forum is where their is (ABC) and a tick under them.

[Jittery]

Hehe,

I grew up in rural Victoria next to state forest and we used to buy bags upon bags of plastic soldiers from the reject or seconds shop and line them up in the bush and have battle's. We once set a hill on fire when we thought it would be a good idea to have special effects like the movies. Its so funny looking back remembering how much trouble i got into for that because my younger brother was balling his eye's out. Parents thought i had hurt him or something, but he later told them he was upset because we had burnt all his toys and he had nothing to play with. Those were the days :rolleyes:.... i still got in trouble even after he admitted that !! :mad:

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hey Ed Rotondaro

Have you tried the Google tool bar spell checker, also the one on the forum is where their is (ABC) and a tick under them.

Fleet:

Thanks, you really are a brick as the British would say!:)

[Ed Rotondaro]

Hehe,

I grew up in rural Victoria next to state forest and we used to buy bags upon bags of plastic soldiers from the reject or seconds shop and line them up in the bush and have battle's. We once set a hill on fire when we thought it would be a good idea to have special effects like the movies. Its so funny looking back remembering how much trouble i got into for that because my younger brother was balling his eye's out. Parents thought i had hurt him or something, but he later told them he was upset because we had burnt all his toys and he had nothing to play with. Those were the days :rolleyes:.... i still got in trouble even after he admitted that !! :mad:

Jittery:

So I'm not the only guy who burned down the woods? Good to know LOL!

[Von Smeed]

Hehe,

I grew up in rural Victoria next to state forest and we used to buy bags upon bags of plastic soldiers from the reject or seconds shop and line them up in the bush and have battle's. We once set a hill on fire when we thought it would be a good idea to have special effects like the movies. Its so funny looking back remembering how much trouble i got into for that because my younger brother was balling his eye's out. Parents thought i had hurt him or something, but he later told them he was upset because we had burnt all his toys and he had nothing to play with. Those were the days :rolleyes:.... i still got in trouble even after he admitted that !! :mad:

LOL!

I was really into model building in the 60's and even worked at a hobby shop part time in my high school years. When I was around 15 I had a shelf full of WW2 ships that my mother accidently bumped knocking most of them to the ground. Instead of fixing them I took both models of the Bismarck and the Hood, a box of wooden matches, and hid behind our garage and relived a battle of these two ships, burning holes into the superstucture, and starting fires. When I was done I went into the house and about 10 minutes later my sister ran into the house yelling " there is fire and smoke coming from the garage!". I ran out with my mother and although I was punished for playing with matches...only the Bismarck and Hood were still burning and smoking behind the garage!

Those were the good ol days!

Von

[Fleet Command CC]

Fleet:

Thanks, you really are a brick as the British would say!:)

Hey Ed

No probs, glad I could help. :)

[keschofield]

LOL!

I was really into model building in the 60's and even worked at a hobby shop part time in my high school years. When I was around 15 I had a shelf full of WW2 ships that my mother accidently bumped knocking most of them to the ground. Instead of fixing them I took both models of the Bismarck and the Hood, a box of wooden matches, and hid behind our garage and relived a battle of these two ships, burning holes into the superstucture, and starting fires. When I was done I went into the house and about 10 minutes later my sister ran into the house yelling " there is fire and smoke coming from the garage!". I ran out with my mother and although I was punished for playing with matches...only the Bismarck and Hood were still burning and smoking behind the garage!

Those were the good ol days!

Von

My dad and I destroyed all my old ship models (they were'nt built very well so no loss) in a fun way. We divided up the ships between us. Then we took turns with my bb gun shooting at each others ships. Great fun.