Wargames Eurogamers Love
The best "wargames" that attract the attention & admiration of Eurogamers...- Battle Cry (Richard Borg)
- Memoir '44
- Twilight Struggle
- Vinci
- Wallenstein
- Command & Colors: Ancients
- Diplomacy
- Game of Thrones, A
- Hannibal: Rome vs.Carthage
- History of the World (all versions)
- Nexus Ops
- Shogun/Samurai Swords
- Star Wars - The Queen's Gambit
- Struggle of Empires
- We the People
- Wings of War (the series)
Labels: Subjective Yumminess, Theme
posted by Mark (aka pastor guy) at 2:45 PM
4 Comments:
I didn't think much about the title of this entry when it first appeared. But watching some devisive battles over at Boardgamegeek; I have come to realize the labels we toss around seem to have bigger meanings to some people.
I am much more likely to play a Eurogame than any other sort. But I have a sizable Avalon Hill collection, Magic Cards, even a miniatures-style game.
"Wargames Eurogamers Love" tells everyone we are Eurogamers. I guess this is true. But I don't think of myself as an "exclusively Eurogamer". I just like games. Eurogames are a staple of my diet. But go back ten years ago and a different type of game was the diet. I'm a gamer first, a Eurogamer second.
My nominations in this category (we got to nominate seven games) were Battle Cry, Memoir '44, Nexus Ops, Space Hulk, We the People, Quebec 1759, and War of 1812. The final two, block games from Columbia, weren't nominated by the Apple Pickers and I had to write those in (which meant there was little chance they'd be on the final nomination list).
My final votes (we only got to vote for five) went to Battle Cry, Memoir '44, Nexus Ops, We the People, and Wings of War.
I'd be tempted to consider Battle Cry and Memoir '44 as one game. Even though they were nominated as two games, and I voted for them as separate games, they're children of the same system, after all. This would allow another deserving game to be in the top five.
Like Kevin, I'm more likely to play a Euro over a wargame, but I play the seven I nominated fairly often. Chris rightly notes the appeal of the Columbia games. The two Columbia games I nominated are superb (better than Hammer of the Scots IMO). Each takes but 45-90 minutes, offers clear and simple rules, and surprising replayability. It's a shame more Euorgamers haven't played either of these.
From some folks' perspective, you could have titled this list "Eurogames That Wargamers Love!"
I really am a confirmed eurogamer. Even among the hybrid games, there aren't all that many I like. Of the five winners, Vinci is the only one I play. Of course, I haven't tried Battle Cry or Memoir, but there's a reason for that--I doubt if either would appeal to me. Twilight Struggle, on the other hand, is a game I do need to play; a long two-player game isn't one I'm likely to get to play often, but there's a very good chance I'll like it a lot.
Most of my other nominations made the full list, including Dip, AGoT, SoE, and Shogun (the MB game). The two that didn't were Mare Nostrum (another game that suffered because it fell short of the promised "Civ Lite" label) and Derek Carver's old Blood Royale. The latter is more of an activity than a game, since there aren't any endgame conditions, but it's an amazing design--too bad it takes all day to play!
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