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8 Avalon Hill Board Games That Deserve New Life
11-19-2015, 05:48 PM, (This post was last modified: 11-19-2015, 05:49 PM by Crossroads.)
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The article is from 2014, but just bumped to it so why not:

8 Avalon Hill Board Games That Deserve New Life

Quote:What follows, in chronological order, is my fond and rose-colored recollection of a several Avalon Hill games that I spent way too many hours playing - as well as screaming at my sister "Don't kick the table!" These weren't all the best games, and this is by no means an all-inclusive list, but they are the games that helped shape my current love for real-time and turn-based strategy video games.

I did a lot of screaming to our dog too Whip

But as for the listing, at #1: Rise and Decline of the Third Reich (1974). At #2: Panzer Leader (1974)

Hard to argue  Helmet Smile 

Air Assault at Crete was something I always wanted but never ended up ordering. Ordering a boardgame in late 70s early 80s was quite an adventure to a young lad: going to the bank with my mom to have the cashier's check in USD, sending the order US, the agonizing weeks(!) waiting for the box to arrive... 

Thoughts, comments, memories?  Propeller Hat
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