Editor's Note: The Front

[Archon]

The Front

This week, The Escapist looks at the first, and most important, genre of gaming ever invented: wargames.

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[dandahammer]

My intro to wargames was renting Red Alert On the Psx. Then when finished, I asked for a simular game to it, and was recommended Civ 2 on Psx (which wasn't what I was looking for, but still loved). Not long after, I discoverd my local College had Starcraft spawned on the 3rd floor computer lab. Oh the lost hours... and the dates I blew off for Dragon Force marathons on the Saturn.

 

[Archon]

Woo hoo! Thanks, Cheeze.

 

[Archon]

That was definitely my thought -- many wargame rulebooks, particularly the original generation AH/SPI rules, make even civil procedure statutes look simple.

"Rule 15.3: Disappearing Fire. When troops moving during phase 4(a)(i) are within Spotting Distance (as defined by 8.2)..."

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Now *this* is what I call an issue! An unapologetic ("the first, and most important, genre of gaming ever invented") celebration of the wargame: fantastic.

I would agree there, I find wargames to be extremely immersive. Even Medal Of Honor: Underground kept my attention all the way the the end. (And after, where you fight dancing dogs.) I like my WW2 games since i've studied it and i try to find as much as i can to relate to it.