OPPONENTS WANTED

(Last Updated 7/4/10)

WHERE:

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS: I don't like to play at home. I like to play in public places like game shops and gaming clubs. Simply put, it is more fun. The best place to play in this area is:

Table Top Games
6840 West 105th Street
Overland Park, KS

WHEN:

I am retired, so I am available almost anytime, except:

Sun until 1 pm
Thur after 5 pm

Currently, I am attending:

Thursday 6 pm onward - This is boardgame night for Eurogames and Ameritrash. (I can play on Thursday night in July and August}
Sunday 1 pm starting every other Sunday in September at Table Top Games - This is for wargames, only.

WHAT:

Wargame Terms:

Strategic (Usually a whole war or theater and usually involves economics, also. Very seldom involves ranged combat.))
Operational (Usually a single campaign with reinforcements/replacements in lieu of economics. Very seldom any ranged combat)
Tactical (Usually a single battle with reinforcements, only. Often includes ranged combat.)
CDG - Card Driven Game (Paths of Glory)
WBG - Wooden Blocks Game

I am a "grognard," a long-time, old-style game player. I really like the old Avalon Hill games. I am willing to play many more, but the games I have are: (Game company is in parenthesis.) I used to have a couple hundred more games and I am willing to play many of them if you have a copy.

Check my profile (huskerdude) at Boardgamegeek.com to see which Eurogames/Ameritrash games I like to play.

I also would like to learn the newer CDG's and WBG's. So, if you are up for a game of Paths of Glory or Europe Engulfed.

(1) Strategic Hex Games

Third Reich (AH)
Pearl Harbor (GDW)
1776 (AH)
War & Peace (AH)
Blitzkrieg (AH)

(2) Operation Hex Games

Ceaser's Legions (AH)
Operation Olympic (SPI)
Air Assault on Crete (& Malta) (AH)
Russian Campaign (AH)
Luftwaffe (AH)
Afrika Korps (AH)

(3) Tactical Hex Games

Starship Troopers (AH)
Panzerblitz (AH)
Panzer Leader (AH)
Arab-Israeli Wars (AH)
Wooden Ships & Iron Men (AH)
Operation Pegasus
Alexander (AH)

(4) Area or Point-To-Point Games

Axis & Allies (Old Sadam edition) (MB)
Fortress America (MB)
Sushi-Jalapeno War
War of the Ring
War in the Falklands (Mayfair)
War At Sea (AH)
Victory in the Pacific (AH)
Attack in the Ardennes (GDW)
Napoleon (AH edition)
1812
1759
Origins of WWII (AH)
Journeys of St. Paul (Cactus Games) - A fun solitaire game as well as a light game for those friends who consider Risk too complicated.
Risk, Trilogy Version (MB)
Storm Over Arnhem (AH)
Midway (AH)

(5) Card Games

Up Front (AH)
Banzai (AH)
Desert War (AH)
Naval War (AH)

(6) Beer & Pretzal Games - These are games that are fun to play late at night when the main game ends early.

Cosmic Encounter
Zombies! (Twilight Creations)

(7) Computer Games - These games play like board games, are relatively fast, and would be fun to "hotseat" play. I have them on my laptop and they work fine.

Clash of Steel (SSI)
Storm Across Europe (SSI)
TripleA - This is the Java freeware version of Axis & Allies. It doesn't have an AI, but it is designed so people can make new maps and units while still useing the Axis & Allies rules. Besides the classic WWII Classic Axis & Allies, there are now modules for Pact of Steel (WWII - adds Italy), Ultimate (WWII - 16 nations), WWI, 270 B.C (Ancients), Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings), etc. It is at sourceforge.net.

(8) Classical Games - I have played many classical games like Chess and Go. I am not interested in playing them, now. However, I have nice wooden sets of the following and am willing to play:

Chinese Chess
Bagh Chal (Nepal - Goats & Tigers)

(9) Kiddie Games - If you know that kids will be present, I am happy to moderate for them (when I am not playing):

Gulo Gulo (My grade school nephew & niece cannot get enough of this game.)

(10) Dice Games

Zombie Dice - A fun, quickie game playable with all ages. I prefer putting the dice in a bag.

(11) Other Games - Don't really fit anywhere else.

B-17, Queen of the Skies (A solitaire game) (AH)

So, if you would like to play, you may contact me at:

(1) 22other@rainbownerd.com

(2) huskerdude on boardgamegeek.com

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