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Who needs Harpoon when there's Command? (One needs to be retired to play both, but I digress)

evgen 6y ago
I play Harpoon as a palate cleanser between runs of The Campaign for North Africa... I do agree with the article though, the tabletop boardgame was somehow more satisfying than the computer version of same.
- simonh 6y ago
  You might like DEFCON. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/
- mcguire 6y ago
  "...between runs of The Campaign for North Africa..." I'm not sure whether that is a boast or a cry for help. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/campaign-north-africa-desert-war-1940-43 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/campaign-north-afri...
  - evgen 6y ago
    Very tongue in cheek.... but I have a copy of the rules that I will pull out every time I move house and scan through before putting back into the big box of old games I almost never look at. I cannot believe how much time I spent on Squad Leader in my youth -- not even ASL, the original four box sets. Squad Leader, Starfleet Battles, and AD&D; it is amazing how much of a summer in the mid to late 80s could be occupied by those three and a group of geeks ready to play all day long in someone's basement.
mezentius 6y ago
I immediately thought of Command — it's a very deep rabbit hole to go down, and the sine qua non if you're into this stuff. But if you are not (1) a defense analyst or (2) a retiree you will be horrified to discover how much time you can sink into reading things like "Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat," or "NATO Defense Expenditures 1970-1990." https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076160/Command_Modern_Operations/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076160/Command_Modern_Op...
zabzonk 6y ago
I used to play computer Harpoon a lot (before I retired!), so I thought Command would be right up my alley, but I came away with extreme brain ache. What I would like is a modern version of computer Harpoon, without the zillion bugs that were in the last iteration.

I play Harpoon as a palate cleanser between runs of The Campaign for North Africa... I do agree with the article though, the tabletop boardgame was somehow more satisfying than the computer version of same.

simonh 6y ago
You might like DEFCON. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1520/DEFCON/
mcguire 6y ago
"...between runs of The Campaign for North Africa..." I'm not sure whether that is a boast or a cry for help. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Campaign_for_North_Africa https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/campaign-north-africa-desert-war-1940-43 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4815/campaign-north-afri...
- evgen 6y ago
  Very tongue in cheek.... but I have a copy of the rules that I will pull out every time I move house and scan through before putting back into the big box of old games I almost never look at. I cannot believe how much time I spent on Squad Leader in my youth -- not even ASL, the original four box sets. Squad Leader, Starfleet Battles, and AD&D; it is amazing how much of a summer in the mid to late 80s could be occupied by those three and a group of geeks ready to play all day long in someone's basement.

mezentius 6y ago

I immediately thought of Command — it's a very deep rabbit hole to go down, and the sine qua non if you're into this stuff. But if you are not (1) a defense analyst or (2) a retiree you will be horrified to discover how much time you can sink into reading things like "Fleet Tactics and Coastal Combat," or "NATO Defense Expenditures 1970-1990." https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076160/Command_Modern_Operations/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076160/Command_Modern_Op...

zabzonk 6y ago

I used to play computer Harpoon a lot (before I retired!), so I thought Command would be right up my alley, but I came away with extreme brain ache. What I would like is a modern version of computer Harpoon, without the zillion bugs that were in the last iteration.