Woohoo! Victory in War in the Pacific

[Whirlwind]

Well, it took me longer to play it than it did to fight the thing in the first place, but finally, I finished a full game of Gary Grigsby’s monstergame “War In The Pacific”…http://hereticalgaming.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/victory-in-war-in-pacifichurrah.html

Have any other TWWers played and finshed a game?!

[McKinstry]

You are a better man than me. I got to late 43 and having gutted the IJN just didn’t have the patience to go to the end.

The tree of Life is self pruning.

[Iain Fuller]

I don’t have this game but have just embarked on the ‘Directive 21’ Russian front scenario for ‘The Operational Art of War’. That should keep me busy for a couple of years so hats off to anyone who gets to the end of a ‘monster’ game!

[Whirlwind]

Thanks.  Almost despite myself, I’m thinking of maybe having a go at War in the West too…

[Guy Farrish]

I’m sorry I’m late – missed this for some reason.

 

First – congratulations, on finishing and winning.

Second – have you considered medication?

[Not Connard Sage]

It ends?

 

I thought it just went on forever.

I like these sort of games – I have Uncommon Valour, WitP and War Plan Orange.

 

I’ve only ever finished a game of UV. The others tested my patience a leeeetle too much. 🙂

 

The new version of Strategic Command is a bit of a slog as well.

 

Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.

[Whirlwind]

Guy Farrish wrote:

First – congratulations, on finishing and winning. Second – have you considered medication?

Thanks very much! Maybe meds would be a good idea…

Not Connard Sage wrote:

The new version of Strategic Command is a bit of a slog as well.

Oh, I had no idea that one was still going. I remember playing the original (if I’m remembering the game correctly) in the early 90s…sort of like a simpler version of Third Reich?

 

[Not Connard Sage]

Whirlwind wrote:

Guy Farrish wrote:

First – congratulations, on finishing and winning. Second – have you considered medication?

Thanks very much! Maybe meds would be a good idea…

Not Connard Sage wrote:

The new version of Strategic Command is a bit of a slog as well.

Oh, I had no idea that one was still going. I remember playing the original (if I’m remembering the game correctly) in the early 90s…sort of like a simpler version of Third Reich?

The original was an almost a direct steal of ‘Hitler’s War’, a boardgame published by (IIRC) MGC in the early 80s. Avalon Hill bought it, prettied it up, and re-released it a few years later. Hitler’s War was a much simpler version of Third Reich. I still have a copy.

The new version of Strategic Command is like a more complicated version of Third Reich 😀

Until the end of June there’s a 30% on Matrix Games WWII titles.

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/504/details/Strategic.Command.WWII:

 

 

A screen shot. You can display the counters as standard NATO chits. Makes the map a bit less busy.

 

 

Obvious contrarian and passive aggressive old prat, who is taken far too seriously by some and not seriously enough by others.

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