Yes, but then you're playing on a computer.

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Well if you really want to spend some time manipulating tiny board game pieces, remind me to break out Panzer Leader the next time you're down here.

My favorite tabletop strategy game is History of the World. But you really need a whole afternoon (at least) to get through it.

I also played many, MANY hours of Axis and Allies. Eventually we started futzing around with turn sequence rules and initial resource allocations. I once had a Russian aircraft carrier as a result, which was the most absurd thing ever.

I have no love for Risk. No matter how good your strategy, it still comes down to dice rolls.

Okay, I really don't think it's a fair fight when the other guy has a bear and a dog on his side. Booooo. (Click to watch me get pummeled.)

Yeah, that happens. I've only beaten a Brute who had a bear once but it was close. Still, the imbalances make it fun. If the game was perfectly balanced it'd be dreary.

Yes, but then you're playing on a computer.

And you can't send your vanquished foes into the guacamole with a supercilious flick of your fingers.

History of the World. But you really need a whole afternoon (at least) to get through it

Repunctuated:

History of the World: you really need a whole afternoon (at least) to get through it.

Raq! Are you ready to learn from the devastating fury that is Death Spigot? [link]

My best favorite strategy game remains Dune.

This is a game I would love to play. I have a copy, but no gaming group.

My favorite tabletop strategy game is History of the World. But you really need a whole afternoon (at least) to get through it.

Another one I quite enjoy, but it's pretty heavily dependent on the card draws. Getting Rome is a big advantage, though there's time to try to pull them back afterwards. In the final round, though, if someone halfway in the running gets Britain, there's not a lot you can do about it.

A game with a similar feel, but somewhat more balanced, is Britannia. Each player controls about four different groups, active at different times, covering the period from the Roman invasion to the Norman invasion. (Yellow, for instance, gets the Romans and then Romano-British, with a supporting cast of the Scots, the Dubliners and Harald Hardrada's Norwegians.) I feel Red has a bit of an advantage (they get the Saxons), but not by much. It's quite possible for any player to take the game.

OK, because it took me so long to join Death Spigot's school, I contributed three brutes: DePunch Mode, who is lame, and Darth Nane and Darth Nocuous, who are scary. Here's Darth Nocuous' second fight ever, and it's a two-hit fight: [link]

Sean and Omnis, I have a private game set up on Conquer Club and am waiting for both of you to join. You should have private messages to that effect over on Conquer Club.

Hi ND, nope, no private message, and the game requires password, which is probably what the message tells me. eta Username is OmnisAudis (no underscore). I wonder if that was the hitch.