this is a thread for HEXAGONAL WARGAMING

i have never played one but i am gettin kinda interested in the idea these days, recently had Armageddon Empires recommended to me - so c'mon lets talk about 900 page manuals and discuss why all real time strategy is trash u cumdads

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Armageddon_Empires_ss.jpg

I only know the kind you played on actual boards, Avalon Hill and SPI to thread.

Still got my copy of Squad Leader...

we can talk about those too!

is that the stuff like warhammer where u paint lil figurines, i honestly idk

dk, not idk

slay

http://www.windowsgames.co.uk/images/pic_slay.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squad_Leader

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_and_Decline_of_the_Third_Reich

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulations_Publications,_Inc.

I used to go into town every other Friday night in the early 80's and play games like this with college dudes.

also those games used little cardboard counters, not miniatures. that was like this whole other level that I never encountered except at national conventions.

damn that owns pretty hard. when's the last time u played?

years ago :(

I worked for a gaming company in high school called Iron Crown Enterprises so that scene was a big part of my life for a long time.

http://images.boardgamegeek.com/images/pic13290_md.jpg

I used to go into town every other Friday night in the early 80's and play games like this with college dudes.

Me too. My preferred games:

Star Fleet Battles: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1589
Avalon Hill's Submarine: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3083
Avalon Hill's Tobruk: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5455

kingmaker was a+++ my dad had a copy of the computer version which is what i mostly played but i would def be into playing the board game version

panzer general is aight from what i remember but not as complex or fun as kingmaker. theres a panzer tactics games for the ds but ive never played it hmmm

Two great freebies:

Steel Panthers: World at War

http://www.steelpanthersonline.com/main.asp

Battle for Wesnoth

http://www.wesnoth.org/

But the greatest of all time is the Combat Mission series - start with Barbarossa to Berlin:

http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=51&Itemid=90

It is not hex-based per se, but still the best turn-based WWII game ever. Battlefront.com also have TacOps, which is a hardcore modern hex-based game, based on US army training software and developed by an ex-officer in the US army. For the serious grognards.

battle for westnoth pwns

Cry Havoc ftw

someone explain armageddon empires to me

u cumdads

its like playing civ ii and mtg simultaneously??