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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Al Amos[/i] [br]Hey, Its been awhile since any gaming info appeared here, so I'm posting to inform any new members, or any of the esstablished customers who may have missed out last year. --- I used to miniature and board game all the time. Now however, with 4 children, I have little time, no space and no money to invest in it. Thank goodness for computers. HPS ( http://www.hpssims.com/ ) , along with John Tiller, has produced 3 series of games that should interest this group. They cover Early American Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the American Civil War. They can be viewed in 3d (for miniature players) or 2d for boardgamers. The Early American Wars cover the French & Indian Wars, the American War of Independence and the War of 1812. In this series each hex is 125 ft (@40 yds), the time scale is 1 turn = 5 minutes, and the troop scale is 1 to 1. Each counter, or base of figures is a company of infantry, troop of cavalry, single gun, or single leader. The games come with scenario editors so you can make your own what-if scenarios, and comes with a campaign feature that allows single battles to belinked together where casualties can be carried from one battle to the next. Computer gaming allows FOW, without an umpire, games can be played over several months by PBEM, a few hours on-line, or hot-seat (with both players at the same computer.) Many arguements over rules are eliminated in computer gaming, and Tiller's games can be massaged, for those willing to invest in the time, by creating their own PDT (Parameter Data) files, and OOB (Order of Battle) files. I have done a lot of the mods, and enjoy what if, although the stock scenarios are fun, too. Multi-player games can be done PBEM or on-line as well. I am currently playing 8 different games. One of my opponents lives in New Zealand, one in France, two in England, one in Germany, one in Canada, and two in the US. All are PBEM games. I work as an Assistant Manager at McDonalds so I have a weird work schedule. With computer gaming I can get to the game files in my spare time, as can my opponents. I usually play a turn of each battle every day or every- other day. It is fun to play games again without having to block out so much of my time to do it. There is a club that supports each series of games. The one for the Early American Wars series is called the Colonial Campaigns Club, or CCC. The forum for it can be found at: http://www.wargame.ch/board/ccc/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=6 . I encourage all of you to stop in and take a look. We do some light hearted role-play, and debate adnausem about historical details. Many members are re-enactors, miniature gamers, boardgamers, historians and ametur historians (and a few spell worse than I do, but not many. hehehe...) It is a very fun wargame club in the truest meaning of the words. We are a community of friends and acquantences as are most wargame clubs or re-enactment group that meets face-to-face. The games run about $50 each, but discounts can be obtained. Considering for that you get all your terrain, the rules, all the units are painted, 100-200 premade battles, and the ability to create you own scenarios, make you own armies (with work and imagination), and you will find it is a great investment. I look forward to your individual visits, and if you have any questions while snooping around just ask, we'll all be willing to try and give you an answer (some of them we just make up. hehehe...) In the CCC I am the regimental commander of the 1st US Dragoons, American Army, War of 1812, former commander of the American Army, War of 1812 Department, and current President of the Society of Cincinnati. Stop in at The Tavern (our forum name), have a round on me, and set a spell. http://www.wargame.ch/board/ccc/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=6 . al amos [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature.