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I started playing conflict simulations when I was 12 in 1972, but board wargames kinda out priced me. I'm still gaming but in the electronic medium. I've got quite a collection of Joni Nuutinen's games. Along with helping play testing many of his titles. They remind me of the glory days of SPI, without all the errata, and Avalon Hill again without the errata. Excellent video. Cheers from Tennessee

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! You comment brings not only nostalgia about old retro gaming, but also kind of ... how to put it... first hand opinion/insight from those years, cause I started to play console games only when I was in primary school and it was late 80's, early 90's. So, you are veteran, cause I remember only once or twice playing on SD cards, and I have no experience with SPI interface... I'm NES generation. How the play testing worked in 1970's? Where/how you got access to games? Cause I imagine at that time all was done through SD cards. Right? Have developers send them through post or you could attend and play at developers place? Arcade machines?

@Hillbilly001

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDiceTreasures LoL. SPI was the name of a company, Simulation Publication Inc. They published a game in magazine format about 6 times a year under the name of Strategy and Tactics magazine. The games were hex and counter. I think they were bought out a few times and may have ceased publishing. The founder of the company was Jim Dunnigan. The electronic thing didn't happen until the last 6-8 years. Back then I was in my teens, I'm now in my sixties, and they had dedicated playtesters in New York City. Now when I playtest I'm sent an APK file I open and start straight away, sending screenshots and Txt messages on what I'm doing. The developer/designer takes that information and updates the code until a finished game emerges that is ready for publication. Usually on PlayStore or Amazon. Computer games didn't happen until the 80's and ran on floppy or DOS. Neither of which was my thing. Mainly because computers were expensive and out of my price range. It wasn't until the late 90's, 97-98, I could afford one and some of the games were pretty good. But some were awful. I'm afraid during the whole of the 80's I was in the US Army and playing wargames was not in the cards. LoL. Hope that clears up any confusion. Have subbed the channel and I look forward to going through the playlist. Cheers from Tennessee

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Oh, I see. Sorry, I just dashed into retro game field, but right it's about board games. Sorry, I've got it now. Regarding DOS, it still has many cool games, that are still cool even today. Now-days I play mostly through online resources... I mean when I play retro I play online - it's more convenient for me to play through pc adding controller rather then buy consoles and cartridges end so on. Yes and it's for free, so in one evening I can browse through a lot of titles, try some that I've never played and so on. It's cool, that we have that option today.

@Hillbilly001

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDiceTreasures Very much so. I'm afraid I really didn't do much console type games but I have played some on the PS. I did have a small collection of games for the PC though. I think there's a convenience to electronic gaming that board and tabletop can't provide, but in the same vein board and tabletop lend the visceral that electronic misses. Back in the day I started to do Napoleonic miniatures in 15mm and visually they were unlike map and counter, but the drawback was the amount of work needed to make them look good while map and counter games were almost instantaneous. Open the box, read the rules, punch out and trim the counters and start playing. Instead of taking a week to mount and paint the miniatures. The opposite is now true with the electronic games. Now one gets the cartridge or disk, pops into the device and play. They are all great forms of the same hobby. Time now is at a premium so making it quicker to start a game is a very good thing. Ain't progress cool? Cheers

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

@@Hillbilly001 Yes, agree, it's very important to get the right balance - make the rules easy and quick to learn, and at the same time keep gameplay challenging enough to be interesting. That applies to all game genres and platforms.

Solitaire: Manila: the Savage Streets, 1945 (Take Aim Designs/Revolution Games).

What does everyone think of Lock N Load’s WW3 game that is supposed to be here anytime now?

I see game with hex grids and think to myself "More Battletech maps?"

Really cool.

I liked French revolution game most. Looks that it offers great blend of strategy, political and military play. Great video, thank you mate!

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Oh, that one - Patriots and Traitors is great, I mean it looks great, agree. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!

Great video! How do you gather all this information?

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Systematic search and research. I'm scientist by education, for years it was big part of my job to gather data through research, analyses it, and write reports. So, now I use my skills to research gaming world, which actually is my hobby for years (I mean gaming... video gaming and board gaming).

I really liked war games but im more interested if they comes with minis. Most best wargames comes only with tokens 😂

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

😂 Yeah, but it is rare... most war games are made with tokens, some with block and only few with minis, like Memoir, World of Tanks tabletop game, Axis & Allies or Company of Heroes, which actually could be your takeaway from this video... Isn't it? Game has minis and even tanks.

@dryuhyitadza-nl5zh

5 ай бұрын

@@TheDiceTreasures Nice 👍🏻 I got Axis & Allies and Memoir44. Still haven't got my hands on Company of Heroes tho. Tempted to get one

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

yes, game looks magnificent! Only downside is lack of solitaire mode, but A&A and Memoir also lack that. Anyway, yes, CoH2 is great, looks cool.

Do you know of any simple ww2 cooperative board games?

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Well, it's difficult question. Depend what type of warfare you prefer?! Some of the options could be Memoir '44, The Black Orchestra, and Warfighter WWII. ... Heroes of Normandie: The Tactical Card Game or 1944: Race to the Rhine where you cooperate to lead Allied armies from the beaches of Normandy.

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Btw how you doing with your Christmas present? Have you started to play the game?

@roto6500

5 ай бұрын

Yes I'm playing it the second time now. The first time I completely missed some rules that you need to survive the German attack on the eastern front. So I had to bail on that game and restart. I just broke the siege on Stalingrad so that front is going well, but the Atlantic and Japanese fronts are not. I expect to lose in the next few turns! 😒. There are other fronts that are in a stalemate.

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

@@roto6500 That's great that you playing it. What's happened on Atlantic and Japanese fronts?

@roto6500

5 ай бұрын

On any front if the Axis build of 6 armies a blitz occurs. Blitz move 1 or 2 allied cities from high morale to low morale. As the number of high morale cities decrease it becomes easier for the Axis. There are random events that made it to expensive to manage this fronts. I also failed to get enough resources through the Atlantic Ocean. So it was economics. I'm going to fight on. But on the next time I play I will use a strategy to get my Atlantic escorts in the game quicker

Not "Kalinin Gol". It's "Khalkhin Gol".

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you! I'm not so familiar with those names of Russian places. Sorry for that and thank you for correction! I do appreciate that and will be more careful next time. Anyway, game looks great with very detailed map... I mean scale.

@Avtomatik

5 ай бұрын

Its a mongolian place and a mongolian name

@TheDiceTreasures

5 ай бұрын

Oh, sorry. I didn't know that. Well now I know :) Thank you! Btw, what do you think about the game?