can anyone recommend a pc game similar to the old avalon hill bookcase
game kingmaker (bought kingmaker for pc, ran on dos and was
worthless)game can be old or new (have a k62-500 and p4 1.8) or any
other game around the midevil times, tanx alot!

I didn't mean to start a monumental thread.  I just wondered,
innocently, (well relatively), whether there was somewhere ppl not all
fired up defending GWB and the GOP could gather without their heads
being bitten off by "patriots".  Sorry fellas.  I dunno, mebbe a group

Another contest, another chance to win some free games
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/articles.php?p=502&page=1&cat=1
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx

100MB+ at
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/games/PC/gamershell/demo/saswdemo.zip
Direct link for those who can't handle pop-ups :)
The rest can check : http://www.sa2ndwave.com/demo.htm

I've just finished coding support for an extensible AI for Afrika.  This is
a pretty exciting development, I don't know of another wargame that offers
this yet.
Afrika's AI uses scripts written in the Lua programming language in easy to

Schwerpunkt's Anglo-German War '39-'45 seems to be in the final stages
before release
The website was updated with a link to a tutorial doc :
http://www.ghg.net/schwerpt/agwtutor.doc

Given the advancements of technology, I figured by now there would be
an online source of "old-school" wargames that may be played by one
player either via download, or actively on the web?  Is there anything
like this at all, anywhere?  If so, are there also any good/excellent

Hi Norm,
Hope all goes well..
just found yr site and the Russo Japanese War dev WIP-looks fantastic but
also looks like was last updated in '04.

his accomplishments as an armor leader are overlooked. he was one of the
best ever.
some nice games could be made from the mitla pass to the canal  attack in
67 and of chinese farm in 73.  chinese farm especially it has everything a

I am well jack of all the cryptofascist shite in this group.  Is there a
wargamers group where liberal folk don't have to wade through
reactionary do-do to get the good oil.  Nothing personal you understand
fellas :)

Hi my name is matt, I'm a college student who is currently addicted to
warcraft3, as well as various MMORPG's. I was lucky enough growing up
to have a nerdy father(commodore 128 for t to start me playing avalon
hill war games and SSI/SSG computer games when i was very young, but

http://www.wargamer.com/reviews/crown_of_glory/
A very thourough overview of this game that I'm feeling a bit ashamed I've
neglected so far.
Must find some time later this year ... <yeah, right>

Sorry to disappoint you guys, there's nothing you can win in here. in
fact, there's nothing you can win anywhere. And that's my point really

year I can't remember a single instance in which you could win a

I had already heard of the Axis & Allies miniatures and the splash
they're making in the game world but I didn't check them out until
today.
http://www.wizards.com/avalonhill/aam_demo/aamdemo.asp?dcmp=BAC-AAMDEMO

The Military channel has two programs on thursday that might be of interest,
both titled Combat Ready. They both cover the use of wargames in military
training. The first seems to be mostly the use of computer simulations,
while the second specifically mentions the use of boardgames ...