> So I read the rulebooks for Panzer Blitz and various other WWII games. That might have been more fun than playing the games :-)
Ha, this was my experience with D&D as well
Re:The Fall of Avalon Hill (1998)
by thaumasiotes on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:03AM
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This was also my experience with D&D. Reading the books is great. Playing the game doesn't work so well.
I wasn't a big fan of the 4th edition pivot to "if we have one goal in printing these, it's that nobody will ever read one of our books for pleasure".
I was fortunate enough to have friends who enjoyed playing them with me. My first was France 1940 followed by 1776, both of which I got at a thrift store after hearing about AH from my pediatrician. I played Squad Leader quite extensively. I owned a few dozen other games but I don't think any got the attention the Squad Leader did.
Re:The Fall of Avalon Hill (1998)
by ourmandave on Monday August 29, 2016 @10:45PM
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I had one friend who played consistently. We mostly played Tobruk because it had short scenarios that didn't require you to re-enact the entire desert war in one go.
I always knew it was time to pack up when he wanted to just play the Germans and their freakin' 88mm pak 43's.
So I read the rulebooks for Panzer Blitz and various other WWII games. That might have been more fun than playing the games :-)