Thinking of Joining Ladder

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Michael,

I'm new to this ladder too...

...pretty sure this place is HPS dominated...I have all the BG games...just got HPS Gettysburg...it really looks like this series of HPS games are Tiller's "final draft" so to speak on his 32 bit versions of the BG games...They are very similar from my initial viewing...I'm sure a vet or 3 will chime in.

Incidentally, I have the SidMier games too...have never played them vs a human...they seem like Close Combat for the Civil War....it can be a click fest, but you can slow things down to a crawl...no pbem though, gotta play live if I recall correctly...I personaly have no problem with real time games if the absractions seem sound, and things can be slowed down to a manageble level...don't want it to be a test of reflexes! Much can be said IMHO about the nature of having to make "snap" decisions while the fight is going on around you...it's a tough balancing act though; simulation vs video game, and I think most guys around here shun realtime (usually with good reason!).

I'll give you a game if you get HPS gettysburg or find any of the old battleground games or even the Meir games. I'd have to install them and patch 'em up, but no problem. I'll be buying Campaign Ozark next month, so that's another I could give you a game with -soon.