"The game you played most in your life?" Topic

As the title says, of all the wargames/RPG's/boardgames, what's the one you played most often in your life?

Let's keep this related to "Wargaming/RPG" though, so no Monopoly or the likes, but 'Wargaming related' boardgames are fair game.

Avalon Hills "Tactics II"

GDW's "Blue Max" using 1/144 scale miniatures is definitely at the top of my list.

Classic Deadlands.
Or
some version of Car Wars.

Does Drinking games count???

Blitzkrieg, Command Decision, DnD

Spoof

Galaga – oh wait- you specified wargames/RPGs/Boardgames. In that case, RoboRally (1st edition).

Whoops, and D&D.

Probably 40K; 1st & 2nd ed, then when 3rd came out, and after one game of it, we played a 1st/2nd hybrid.

I wish I'd discovered Galaga way back in the heyday of Heritage minis!

Chess

Probably Panzer War, though Ship O' the Line would be a close second. Maybe WRG 6th after that.

Miniatures game – Fire & Fury
RPG – D&D (Alot of hours piled up in high school)
Boardgame – Axis & Allies

The overall winner would probably be D&D since I remember playing solid for entire weekends. I've easily eclipsed that in overall miniature wargames time since but not with a single ruleset.

Empire, both versions 3 & 5. Past History.

Currently, IABSM.

Tractics

Fire and Steel

Dungeons and Dragons

It would have to be either TSATF, Command Decision' or Johnny Reb. For RPGs it would be Champions.

Gorkamorka, 40k.

Oddly, I've painted far more historical figures than I have Warhammer figures…

Volley and Bayonet for miniatures, UpFront for 'board' games and Traveller for RPG

DBA.

If the category were broad enough to include it, Settlers of Catan.

Miniature wargames – Command and Colors combat and movement system variously converted to suit different periods.

Board games – Settlers of Catan.

That's easy.

#1 AD&D
#2 1st Edition 40K Rogue Trader
#3 Traveller

Both were the result of youth and free time. I play a lot more things now, but my average games played curve has nose dived as the variety of games curve has climbed.

D&D

Crossfire
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Tim

Chivalry and Sorcery
Both RPG and Wargame

Much to my shame (since it is a boardgame) I would have to say Avalon Hill's ASL. I played it once or twice a week for about 8 years.

Although I haven't played in 30 years, the answer is still:

D&D

For boardgames, very easy, Advanced Squad Leader. It was the only thing I played for about 5 years before getting into miniatures. Played 2-3 times a month face-to-face and solitaire games in between.

For miniatures, probably Fire & Fury, with Shako a close second.

Squad Leader (SL before the "A")
Johnny Reb II

Since then its been a mix.

D&D and Battletech.
It will take some time before I eclipse those two.

Column, Line and Square

Rick

In the last ten years, by total number of games played.
1. Armati
2. Shako
3. Battle for Empire
4. Fire and Fury

My top five of the last eight years, all by TFL.

1) I Ain't Been Shot Mum – WW2(350+ games)
2) Le Feu Sacre – Napoleonics (100+ games)
3) Bag The Hun – WW2 aerial (50+ games)
4) Algy – WW1 aerial (40+ games)
5) Up Your Cara al Sol – Spanish Civil War (30+ games)

My gaming group seems to only play TFL stuff now.

In The Grand Manner,
Crossfire,
Space Hulk (what a game!)

John

Hmmm, for historical miniatures, probably Shipbase III.

For non-historical miniatures, MAATAC or possibly Generic Legions.

For board wargames, probably Ogre.

For RPGs, definitely AD&D first edition, followed by Traveller first edition.

For computer wargames, most definitely iPanzer '44. Played well over a thousand games of that and still not bored with it.

For board games I would say-Squad Leader

For RPG- D and D hands down

For Minis- Warhammer 40k, although FoW is catching up

Operation Warboard I should think,

(long long ago in a galaxy far far away)

1. Risk (including variants): Current favorite
2. Chess (lifetime; don't play much at all anymore)
3. D&D (because of high-school and college years; not anymore )
4. Traveller (because of high-school and college years; not anymore )
5. (Tie) Search for the Emperor's Treasure & Battle Masters
6. Battle Cry: Current favorite
7. Memoir '44: Current favorite
8. Pirateer (Played almost once a week for about 5 years; not much anymore)

Catching up:
Space Hulk
Warmaster/Bo5A

Also rans (games with multiple plays, but not dominant):
The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Feudal
Ogre
Dungeon
Stratego & Ultimate Stratego
Mattel's Electronic D&D (son likes this)
Qui-Gon's Last Duel (son likes this)
Marvel Heroscape (son likes this)

For computer games it would be Sid Meier Gettysburg/Antietam. Probably the greatest wargame simulation around!

Battleground WWII (tabletop)

Ground Control (video game)

Brian

Close call between..

Volley & Bayonet…
and
DBA…

Lots of good times with each..

Joe Collins

Advanced Squad Leader, followed by Richthofen's War and the Air Force/Dauntless

An old game called Warlords that is probably out of print. It was out of print when I learned it. It came back into print for a while and I have a copy but I don't see around anymore.

It was a dark ages game with a little fantasy/magic in it. Quick to learn and play.

Most fun I ever had in any games I played.

As a youngling, Johnny Reb 2, TSATF both FFL and FIW. And most recently our variant on Warhammer LOTOW and Alamo for Indian Mutiny: link

Japanese Art of War. I wrote them so I ran them quite often.

Next would be a mixed bag of ACW/WWII/Old West rules. Not sure really what comes in second.

DBM hands down although Grande Armee comes close. Right now a fair amount of TW&T and Flames of War too.

In order of most to least played, even though I'm not currently playing any of them except Warhammer Fantasy.

1. WH40K, 3rd and 4th Ed.
2. Mordheim
3. Warhammer Fantasy
4. Battlefleet Gothic
5. Chronopia
6. Star Wars Miniatures Battles
7. Numerous others played more than 5 times.

As we used miniatures in D&D, you could probably put it right up there around number 1. It's really to hard to tell if it or WH40K were played more.

D&D. Nothing else is remotely close.

Battletech. Then Necromunda. But WAB is getting closer.

The most common, over my lifetime, were/are: Traveller, The Sword and the Flame, and Star Grunt.

1813c and Rally 'Round the Flag.

D&D in all its variants, including computer game spinoffs that have D&D-derived mechanics.

1) Tunnells and Trolls
2) Runequest
3) Solo game books by Jackson / Livingston esq…

and yep, still playing them 30 years later.

D&D (and the various editions/ basic and advanced variants thereof) for sheer number of game hours logged, with Call of Cthulthu in second place. Don't really play RPGs any more, though.