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"Hey garysax.I saw your board games in the office an [my wargaming friend] told me that you are an expert. I would like to buy one for my husband's birthday. Do you have any recommendations? He really likes historical strategy games, and already owns Risk, Stratego etc. I need something more interesting. Any suggestions?"
So what do you guys think this means. And what would you recommend with this sort of intro? I sent her a message in reply asking a couple questions (i.e. does he like conflict (WAR) games and does he like simple games like stratego more than more complicated ones).
It's odd though, no one has ever earnestly asked something like this since I don't evangelize boardgames at all since I think that's weak sauce. I'm not going to be an anal retentive bastard and dig into his wife like a nerd about what he likes too hard. I know the guy is a grad student so I think what he's looking for is like a really light historical wargame. I was thinking of recommending Twilight Struggle, actually, but it might be a better move to recommend something way more ATlike. I don't want to recommend something super expensive either.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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Ask her how much she wants to spend.
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Or something conflict driven with nice bits? Like Viktory II.
Hmmmm, maybe Viktory II if he knows Risk and Stratego.
Hell, tell the wife to get him Target Arnhem anyway, it's like $5 from MMP.
Commands and Colors: Ancients would be good, but maybe too expensive?
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Or how about Risk: Black Ops? I hear it's the bomb.
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I guess it's on par with 1960? (since they're like the same and all).
I haven't read the rules to either.
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No CRTs, and it's just a dicey combat system. Don't you just roll X amount of dice, and each dice hits on Y or greater? With more hits than armor doing damage?
Of course it's alt-future/speculative history...but it's still historical.
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Maybe: Tide of Iron, Diplomacy, Dust.
These are just the things that pop into my head based on Risk and Stratego.
My personal pick would be C&C Ancients.
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AXIS AND ALLIES is, kinda sadly, the best fit for this situation.
VIKTORY II would actually be a good fit too.
And LOTR: THE CONFRONTATION, if he doesn't mind Middle Earth-as-history.
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Eisenbach Gap wouldn't be bad either as it's pretty similar ruleswise but it adds terrain and what not.
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But that being said, if the situation were different and I was personally showing the person in question a game, I'd be more inclined to pull out something like EG so they could be "mentored" in it.
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Yeah, but between all those numbers on the counters, terrain rules, cardboard counters, and the hex map that's more than enough to scare away somebody who really just wants a kind of "RISK plus".
But that being said, if the situation were different and I was personally showing the person in question a game, I'd be more inclined to pull out something like EG so they could be "mentored" in it.
Yeah, maybe have his wife get him a game and then the OP could teach it to him?
But if we're going to stay away from stuff like EG then ToI is also a no-no.
I wouldn't reccomend Diplomacy for him based on the # of players it requires to be fun and because it doesn't strike me as the kind of game he wants to get in to. I'd get a game with actual mechanics where you push pieces and roll dice. The game in diplomacy is the deal making.
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