warwell | 22 Jul 2018 2:52 a.m. PST |
In responding to a previous topic TMP link I posted a link to a series I did on my blog about the games that influenced me the most link So what game influenced you the most? |
mrwigglesworth | 22 Jul 2018 3:41 a.m. PST |
Mine has to be first edition D&D. Pzgeneral introduced me to it around 1975-1976 and I never looked back. |
robert piepenbrink | 22 Jul 2018 3:56 a.m. PST |
Hmm. Column, Line and Square for national characteristics and unbalanced equality, DBA for quick play and stand removal. After that, it's about a toss-up between Charge! and the collected works of Aelred Glidden. |
Pictors Studio | 22 Jul 2018 4:10 a.m. PST |
I was born around 1975-1976. |
Extrabio1947 | 22 Jul 2018 4:27 a.m. PST |
"Charge" and "The Wargame" |
Wackmole9 | 22 Jul 2018 4:47 a.m. PST |
D&D & Diplomacy, Both made me a more social and engaging person. |
redbanner4145 | 22 Jul 2018 4:55 a.m. PST |
AH's D-Day, introduced me to wargaming. |
myxemail | 22 Jul 2018 5:07 a.m. PST |
PanzerBlitz, original Squad Leader, and Empire III. Two of the three I am still willing to play Mike |
Chalfant | 22 Jul 2018 5:36 a.m. PST |
D&D probably, the red basic set…
After that, Battletech. For historical gaming, I think the system that I was first really interested in, and had an impact later, was the Yaquinto Panzer / 88 / Armor series. But that was after the fantasy an sci-fi interests. Chalfant |
95th Division | 22 Jul 2018 5:45 a.m. PST |
Avalon Hill's Gettysburg and Battle of the Bulge |
14Bore | 22 Jul 2018 5:51 a.m. PST |
Saw a little of a game of Napoleonic with maybe 4 – 6 guys a side at the Norfolk Campaign HQ 1981, next day went from a D&D player to a Napoleonic collector. |
Dynaman8789 | 22 Jul 2018 6:02 a.m. PST |
Squad Leader. The back cover description lured me away from sci-fi and the gameplay hooked me in. |
DisasterWargamer | 22 Jul 2018 6:08 a.m. PST |
Diplomacy But the miniatures games that hooked me was the courier version of Died for Glory |
parrskool | 22 Jul 2018 6:26 a.m. PST |
courier version of Died for Glory……. I think I still have that. Was it printed on blue paper? |
Major General Stanley | 22 Jul 2018 6:52 a.m. PST |
Empire III. Once upon a time it was all we played! |
robert piepenbrink | 22 Jul 2018 7:24 a.m. PST |
I was born around 1975-1976. Pictor's, that's an unusual game. Can you tell us more about it? |
magical monstrous steve | 22 Jul 2018 7:42 a.m. PST |
Chain reaction. The simple method by which control is (rather realistically) taken from the player during stressful situations has informed many of my game design decisions. |
wrgmr1 | 22 Jul 2018 8:00 a.m. PST |
Not a specific game, but in 1973 our local hobby shop brought in CnC micro armour tanks and vehicles. Never looked back. |
Ceterman | 22 Jul 2018 8:05 a.m. PST |
I came of age during the 50th Anniversary of WW1. That's when I began actually learning stuff & remembering it. My most influential, Board Game, kid's game that is, has to be Milton Bradley's DOGFIGHT. My most influential Bookcase, Proper Wargame has to be Richthofen's War, Avalon Hill. With miniatures, Fight In The Skies, TSR, I bought 1/285 scale C-in-C Minis & painted those(STILL the best out there, btw) made my own much larger full color board & we played that for years. My first set of Proper Rules with Infantry, Artillery & Cavalry, by FAR, The Sword And The Flame. Got those in 1979 from Yaquinto. I had probably 7 or 8 other sets that I had bought before that, but they weren't good enough IMHO, to make me jump in. Not until TSATF, did I start buying little metal men. |
Joes Shop | 22 Jul 2018 8:17 a.m. PST |
CLS, Empire, 1776, Tobruk and SL/ASL. |
Winston Smith | 22 Jul 2018 8:28 a.m. PST |
Avalon Hill and S&T got me involved in wargaming. 7-10 years later I was introduced to miniatures, mainly WRG Ancients. If you can handle 4th Ed, you can handle anything. Minifigs, Airfix, Hinchliffe etc. Then I branched out into AWI with 1776 and British Colonials with TSATF. I don't do boardgames any more, and have long sold off my Ancients. I still do AWI, having gone through many sets of rules. For me, TSATF is the only game that has stood the test of time. First played in 1979, still going strong. So I guess that makes it the most influential. |
cosmicbank | 22 Jul 2018 8:47 a.m. PST |
Panzer Blitz got me hooked, SPI magizine games did the rest |
Ceterman | 22 Jul 2018 8:49 a.m. PST |
Winston, TSATF & who was Completely 100% Right about the ACW are about the only things we agree on. And here I am, Born, Raised & Still live in the South. I still don't understand this!… |
Col Durnford | 22 Jul 2018 8:51 a.m. PST |
So many. If I needed to pick the top of the list: 1) Early S&T magazine where I first found wargaming rules. 2) White box D&D 3) TSATF |
Desert Fox | 22 Jul 2018 8:56 a.m. PST |
Started wargaming in the mid 1970s. I could not pin it down to just one thing that influence me so I will list the few that came together at the right time and place to create the perfect wargaming storm… Avalon Hills Gene McCoy's Wargamers Digest Readily available (and cheap!) HO scale terrain and 1/72-1/76 scale kits A Woodland Scenics store and a gaming store (the Little Tin Soldier Shoppe) right next to each other, and along a major bus line Ballentine paperbacks What more could a boy ask for? |
ZULUPAUL | 22 Jul 2018 8:56 a.m. PST |
Avalon hill boardgames. TSATF & DBA/HOTTS |
Texas Jack | 22 Jul 2018 9:11 a.m. PST |
Probably not a game exactly, but rather that magical moment when I realized that I could use dice to determine hits. Thatīs when it went from army men to gaming, and it sure opened a lot of doors. |
Chuckaroobob | 22 Jul 2018 9:14 a.m. PST |
Ah's France 1940 was my first ever game. I was about 10. Still have it. Played lots of RPG's and boardgames in high school. First historical mini game was in college (NCSU) with the Raleigh crowd at the Baptist Student Center. They put on a con with Larry Brom and Ed Mohrmann. One game of 25mm Nappies and I've never looked back. If I had to pick one particular game it would be that first Nappie mini game in 1985. |
Chuckaroobob | 22 Jul 2018 9:15 a.m. PST |
Ah's France 1940 was my first ever game. I was about 10. Still have it. Played lots of RPG's and boardgames in high school. First historical mini game was in college (NCSU) with the Raleigh crowd at the Baptist Student Center. They put on a con with Larry Brom and Ed Mohrmann. One game of 25mm Nappies and I've never looked back. |
Big Red | 22 Jul 2018 9:44 a.m. PST |
TSATF and On to Richmond. |
John Leahy | 22 Jul 2018 10:04 a.m. PST |
First miniatures game i saw in person. It was the Tin Soldier in 76. Custom Cast figs doing something like the Battle of the Five armies with lonely mountain. I think the Dragon was there too. I got to play a bit and then bought figs that day and have never looked back. There are other games I loved. But that was my 1st! |
rmaker | 22 Jul 2018 10:17 a.m. PST |
Totten's Strategos: An American Game of War Pratt's Naval Wargame |
14Bore | 22 Jul 2018 10:24 a.m. PST |
22 Jul 2018 6:52 a.m. PST Empire III. Once upon a time it was all we played! And still might |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 22 Jul 2018 10:57 a.m. PST |
I started wargaming in the late 1970s. Major early influences on my approaches to wargaming were D&D, Sniper!, Diplomacy, and many operational level SPI games like Fulda Gap and A Mighty Fortress. Those experiences led to a lifelong engagement with Traveller and its wargames (mainly Striker, Snapshot/AHL, Mayday, Fifth Frontier War, and Invasion:Earth). Most games that I run today take place in the classic Traveller universe. |
KSmyth | 22 Jul 2018 11:01 a.m. PST |
Fire and Fury. The brigade and the regimental versions. The maneuver chart is such an elegant game element. I've used the rules for ACW, AWI, War of 1812, and the Mexican American War. I have a burning wish to develop a variant for the Hundred Years War. One of my retirement projects. If I had another choice, despite its relative newness, I'd nominate Daniel Mersey's Rampant rules. Since Lion Rampant came out, I've thought of few projects that don't fit into that millieu. Developed a variant called America Rampant, long before the announcement of Rebels and Patriots. I love the simplicity and fun. |
Saber6 | 22 Jul 2018 11:33 a.m. PST |
AH Blitzkrieg, D&D, Command Decision, Fire and Fury |
The Virtual Armchair General | 22 Jul 2018 12:19 p.m. PST |
AH's "Stalingrad" in 1962. Fletcher Pratt's Naval War Game, 1970 "Frappe,' 1971 TSATF (bought, 1971, but not played until '82) After the latter, nothing has had a greater influence for me. TVAG |
Frederick | 22 Jul 2018 12:38 p.m. PST |
"The Wargame", Chainmail, Charles Grant rules and AH's Afrika Korps |
vdal1812 | 22 Jul 2018 1:18 p.m. PST |
Red Box Dungeons and Dragons nad Universal Soldier by RAFM when I was in high school. |
Bashytubits | 22 Jul 2018 3:31 p.m. PST |
When I was 15 I bought this little green book by Lou Zocchi called 1944, for fighting WW2 with models and airfix figures. My brother and I played the heck out of it. Although all I had was Germans and Japanese we fought a ton of battles on the ping pong table. I still have the book.
A real blast from the past, a piece of wargaming history with huge sentimental value. |
peterx | 22 Jul 2018 4:31 p.m. PST |
D and D first. I played the first and second edition. OGRE next. Then, I was out of the hobby for about 15 years. Various Games Workshop games got me playing again: Space Marine, 40K and Gorka-Morka. |
Titchmonster | 22 Jul 2018 6:45 p.m. PST |
D&D in the 70's then Warhammer Circa 1986 followed by Empire IV in college. It's been game on ever since. |
mad monkey 1 | 23 Jul 2018 6:16 a.m. PST |
Avalon Hill's 1914 was the first wargame I had access to. Too complicated to understand at first, had to get a Tactics II game to get the basics, then from there… the joys of S&T. Then minis. |
Heisler | 23 Jul 2018 6:36 a.m. PST |
I have an blog post I wrote about this in June of 2012 about this. I just re-read it I think it still stands: link In short: AH Gettysburg (the original not the redesign) TSR – White Box edition of D&D AH – Squad Leader plus all the follow ons but not ASL GDW – Traveller TSR – Tractics GDW – Fire and Steel Mayfair Games – Empire Builder Hartland Trefoil – Civilization Adventure Games – Johnny Reb AH – 1830 AH – Napoleon's Battles Rich Hasenauer – Fire and Fury These are the games that really shaped my gaming experiences |
Texas Jack | 23 Jul 2018 7:56 a.m. PST |
@bashy- Wonderful pictures, itīs so cool you still have the rules. |
Parzival | 23 Jul 2018 8:46 a.m. PST |
Blue box D&D: opened up the gaming world to me beyond what was on the shelf at K-mart. Also influenced my writing and is currently part of my job! Risk: started my interest in wargames; also part of my job. Traveller: in addition to SF gaming, introduced vector movement concepts. Ogre: hex-based gaming, assymetrical conflict. Space Hulk: first game for me where orientation and type of figure made a difference in play. Warmaster: truly launched my miniatures gaming. Still my standard for "grand tactical combat" gaming. |
Oppiedog | 23 Jul 2018 5:09 p.m. PST |
Panzer Blitz and SPI Quads |
21eRegt | 23 Jul 2018 5:50 p.m. PST |
The Wargame got me started while I was still in High School, but Empire really hooked me into miniature gaming forever and the whole concept of command and control. I tend to measure all others against Empire. |
rvandusen | 23 Jul 2018 7:16 p.m. PST |
My most influential games were Avalon Hill's Tobruk,Chainmail, AD&D, and the old Vietnam skirmish rules Giac My. I was introduced to all four before 1980 |
roving bandit | 23 Jul 2018 10:43 p.m. PST |
Marvel Super Heroes RPG, the 80s TSR one. Introduced me to roleplaying games. Fantasy Warriors. Introduced me to miniature wargaming… Though we had some pretty massive superhero battles with MSH, like half a dozen supers leading companies of Shield or Hydra agents. |