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Welcome. 
One with the discussion...
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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Sikander
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Boulder, Colorado, United Snakes of America
Jan 2000
time: 22:13
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I believe that I have played Cosmic Encounters, but it was only a couple of times, and a very long time ago. Here are some multi-player board games that I have played and enjoyed:
Kingmaker - War of the Roses in England. Very fun game which moved quickly, and had excellent graphics for the time. (Mid 1970s)
Samurai - Kingmaker in Japan, a less interesting game which had very mediocre graphics for the time. (Mid 1980s)
Third Reich - Excellent multiplayer game of WWII. Played a lot of this while in the army and never tired of it.
Titan - another good game, though it could bog down sometimes into a massive war of attrition. 'Strategic' as well as tactical play kept it tense.
Diplomacy - A classic strategy game, which always seemed to bog down in midgame, but was fascinating in the early game.
Blackbeard - A very fun game, but as luck played a fairly large role, one which you could not enjoy if you must win every time. (I learned to do this, but it took awhile)
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goofydrew
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so cal, u.s.a.
Jan 1970
time: 05:13
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SUPREMECY
a major board game...
it was THE best until puters came along, and CIV replaced it...
the3.14rt
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when you're not anywhere at all?
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Zkribbler
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Los Angeles, CA, USA
Feb 1999
time: 21:13
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I played and enjoyed all those games mentioned by Sikander, with the exception of Blackbeard, which I never played, and Third Reich, which I played by thought some of the rules to be artifically restrictive (e.g. you can't attack such-and-such country until such-and-such a date.)
I never understood the point of Supremacy. It seemed whoever went first, won.
I also enjoyed many S&T games. My two favorites were a solitaire Roman Empire game, where you're fighting off hoards of invading barbarians and rebelling Legions, and a solitare WWII convoy game, where you had to get your ships safely across the Atlantic. As I remember it, S&T was a magazine which contained a new game every month. They were eventually bought out by--I believe--GDW and put out of business.
And if you want to show ages, although I did not buy "Chancellorsville" by Avalon Hill (which I believe was the first stategy board game to use hexes), I did buy the next one: "Gettyburg." I also owned Avalon Hill's "Tactics II," which was the first game to use the now standard "attack factor - movement factor."
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colossus
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Hong Kong
Nov 1999
time: 05:13
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Somehow I was reminded of the original Civilization/Advanced Civilization boardgames by AH.
Simpler, subtler and more funny than the computer game, but it was hard to find enough guys sitting around for 8-10 hours for the boardgame.
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Ooh, yeah, Kingmaker! A definite favorite. I liked the AH Panzer games too. I played Squad Leader once… have never since found anyone willing to spend a month learning the rules. Not even when I was in college.
S&T: I liked the Panzer '44 / Mechwar '77 series, and I've made comments before about Globar War, a wonderfully elegant game.
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