Vassal brings board games to all.
Writing by Tim on Thursday, 27 of March , 2008 at 11:24 pm
When I was young my dad tried to teach me these extremely complex historic hex-grid style war games. They recreated famous battles of various wars: Trenton and Princeton of the Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, The Battle of the Bulge, even Hastings and Agincourt. It was a little much for a kid of my age to learn, but nonetheless I successfully compounded my dorkiness by getting my first Dungeons And Dragons set in 5th grade. Since that time board games, and more specifically war games, have gone the way of the Dodo. They exist in dummied-down form, the notable company Avalon Hill still producing the World War II themed Axis And Allies series as a miniatures game. But the classic, complex hex-grid games I remember my dad playing are few and far between. It’s kind of a tragic loss, really. (Read more…)
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