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"Brendan S

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:55 am
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Hi


I have tended to play FPS. I have no PC wargames. I am interested in playing PC games which recreate historical battles using faithful/realistic geography and weaponry. 3d would be nice. Time period - ancient to 1700. I basically want to be able to replay battles to get a feel for what happened and why the geography/troop mix was important.


Are there any games/publishers which specialise in this? I have seen advertisements for Matrix Games "Tin Soldiers" line. Are they worth looking into?


Are there any which cover loads of battles or do they all tend to focus on a limited spectrum (eg tin soldiers focusses on a dozen or so battles of specific leaders).


TIA


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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:55 pm
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"Brendan S (Scratch User)" <gobnat.DeleteThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi
The Matrix Caesar and Alexander games are pretty good, though the ruleset is
minis based. Search the NG on them.

If you can download/track down a copy of The Great Battles of Alexander,
Hannibal and Caesar, they are really worth it. There is a website where
they have done some extensive scenario design and tweaks of the engine. The
ruleset is a near direct lift of GMT's Great Battles of History series.

Of the 2 series I play the older game more - warts and all.
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