Favorite SB Game

[TheBigRedOne]

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I found this a difficult question to answer, as I'm sure most of you do. Typically I'd imagine that the theatre that interests a person would be the game that they'd pick. For me that would have been Vietnam/TOD. I learned SB playing VN and it will always have a place in my heart for that, but as I've gotten better, I'm finding that a lot of the scenarios in those games really lack balance, going more for the historical situation rather than over-all game balance. I've often thought about going back and working on some of those scenarios, but time always evaporates, especially now that I have a child....

Korea is in the top two mainly because my father was there in '51-2. It is, indeed, America's Forgotten War, and I've really enjoyed learning more and more about the conflict and the brave men who fought there, many of whom had no idea where Korea was before they got there. The scenarios are also quite well done, both with the game and the additional ones you find on sites like Task Force Echo 4.

The surprise for me is Winter War. I have to admit to a bias because it was the first game I was a part of with the playtesting team. I didn't know much about the Winter War, but read several books and articles while playtesting and writing the Intro section for the game. It really started to fascinate me how the little country of Finland could hold back the might of the Soviet Union for so long. The scenarios are well done and have a strong amount of balance to them. It's just different, and I like that.

SAW comes close just because I've always been interested in that conflict, having read many books and articles on the subject. That game has a very different 'feel' to it than the conventional battle situations, which makes it very much fun to play.