"Best Richard H. Berg Game Design?" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 25 Aug 2017 6:37 a.m. PST |
Which of his games do you recommend? |
| Scott MacPhee | 25 Aug 2017 8:01 a.m. PST |
Any of the Great Battles of History series. Dead of Winter. Glory Series. Pax Romana. |
 aegiscg47  | 25 Aug 2017 8:49 a.m. PST |
Pax Romana is brilliant, but a four player game is going to take a few gaming sessions. His GBACW system has now morphed into some very impressive games that are put out by GMT, with more in the pipeline. |
| BattleCaptain | 25 Aug 2017 9:33 a.m. PST |
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| Mick the Metalsmith | 25 Aug 2017 9:43 a.m. PST |
Pax Romana is the worst he made, if just for the treatment of islands as death traps and the ease of totally destroying invaders by denying places to them for retreat. The ancient World Series are his best. I am a big fan of Manchu too. |
| 14th NJ Vol | 26 Aug 2017 3:34 p.m. PST |
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| Ceterman | 26 Aug 2017 4:44 p.m. PST |
So, out of 5 replies, one says Pax Romana is THE BEST, one says Pax Romana is THE WORST. Just like the answer to EVERY question ever asked on the internet! I'll go with, Pax Romana is dead in the MIDDLE of every Berg game ever designed. Although I've never played it. |
| Old Contemptibles | 26 Aug 2017 7:53 p.m. PST |
Terrible Swift Sword (his masterpiece)
South Mountain
Bloody April
SPQR
Battles of Waterloo
Vera Cruz
A Gleam of Bayonets
War of the Rings |
| Old Contemptibles | 26 Aug 2017 8:04 p.m. PST |
Is this a list of his best games or what we would recommend? May not be the same. |
| Elenderil | 21 Oct 2017 11:07 a.m. PST |
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| McLaddie | 22 Oct 2017 5:56 a.m. PST |
I always thought that it was ironic that TSS won the award for Best Tactical Game when it came out even though it didn't portray ACW tactics well at all. The mechanics behind the stacking rules, for instance, made no sense historically. The reasoning behind them, as explained in MOVES magazine, was even more wonky. |
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