No I don't mean "porno" war games.
I mean a game (s) for someone with a serious knowledge of history.
I know who  Alexander, Caesar,  Rommel and others are
and usually the historic content of various campaigns.

While waiting for SB PRO PE I am considering getting the ATF games The
Star and the Crescent or Raging Tiger.
I've played the ATF demo and wasn't terribly impressed but both the S&C
and RT demos are a major step above ATF and seem as if they'd be a good

Another idea thrown into this snake pit ... :)
"The $10 demo"
The developer's main reason for not providing a demo for their game is
time & money - both for making the demo and in support costs

Are there any mods for either of these two game that allows me to play as
Persians against Greeks/Spartans? For that matter, are there ANY PC games
that allows this?

Hello all.  I've been researching wargames that would be easy for me to
get into.  While I've purchased a few none really keep my interest for
very long.  I've purchased, TacOPs 3 and CMBO in the past.  Lately I've
had my eye on Flashpoint Germany.  I've read many reviews on it ...

http://www.ageod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147
Apparantly going for a mid-february release, more info at :
http://www.ageod.com/Birth_of_America/english/index.html
Greetz,

Does anything like a massive, multiplayer historical wargame exist?
Wouldn't it be cool to be a part of Napoleon's army, commanding a
brigade or division, fighting as part of larger army with a bunch of
other people commanding their particular armies and the whole thing

 Anyone else catch the series "The War That Made America" on your local pbs
channel ?  Aired the last couple weeks.  About one of my favorite topics,
the French & Indian War.  Hugely important event, in world history, not just
US.

Matrix Games is setting up a free trial weekend for Battleground Europe
in which they'll participate themselves.
Read all about it here :
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/m.asp?m=1043457

Cheers please for the:
http://www.excalibur-publishing.com/games.htm
One small UK publisher that have many interesting games, Space Rangers (1
and 2 on DVD) game that I didn't played but heard only praises, there is

Just another idea here : the multi-player text wargame.
The setup : webserver program that acts as a wargame adjudicator, i.e.
holds the data of a game in progress, determines what can be seen by
both players, gets orders by e-mail, performs the moves, resolves the

Common knowledge/attitude 15 years ago : wargames can best be played in
a 2D environment
Common knowledge/attitude 10 years ago : well, yeah, but except for FPS
games, where the "soldier" immersion is more vibrant in 3D, but all the

There's a review of Sean O'Connor's Close Combat look-alike Firefight posted
at: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mcnelly/news/Firefight.html
I did it for a local wargaming e-zine but there's no reason why it shouldn't
get a bit of wider publicity.

Hehe :)
I have read in Armchair General with Grant on front page that SSG want's to
make new remake of Battlefront their old game... Anyone knows something
about this? :)

Read it here :
http://www.strategyzoneonline.com/articles.php?p=683&page=1&cat=52
Greetz,
Eddy Sterckx