Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Surprise Box

I mentioned a couple of post ago that I’m currently in the process of reorganizing both the painting area and the troop storage area(s).  Right now I have stuff boxed up and scattered all over to the point I don’t know where anything is.  

The other day I was digging through boxes looking for my stash of old 15mm Napoleonic’s on a quest for a couple of gun carriage wheels, and I stumbled upon a box from our move to CT (18 years ago) that apparently had never been opened.  This was like Christmas in May!  It said game room on it…. Hmmmm.   So, time to rip it open and see what we have.

Sadly, mostly junk that went straight into the trashcan, but…. But…. I found these two treasures. Purchased sometime in the 1970’s I think.   

The first one I had completely forgotten about.


 The box is in fair shape and all the contents are safe and sound



The second one I remember playing  this when I was in high school.



Again the box and contents are all in excellent shape



I can’t wait until I have a free weekend and can get at least one of these on the table for a quick solo game.  I’ve come a long way from board games with paper unit counters; I hope I still enjoy it as much now as I did back in the dark ages.

So much lead, so little time.

10 comments:

  1. I don'y have Tactics II, but I of course own a copy of Blitzkrieg. The map would make a pretty good basis for a campaign in almost any era...

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  2. Those are my two all time favs! always liked the hypothetical.

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    1. Yes, these were my favorite board games back in the day

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  3. Great games. Had (sadly, past tense) both of them. Big Red and Great Blue; you now have perfect sides for your medieval campaign.

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    1. Maybe not just the medieval campaign. I think microarmor may fit in the hex's. If I can locate the 1980's unpainted microarmor pile I'll give it a try.

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  4. Thanks Peter, I had thought of that as well. From the copyright data Tactics II is older, first being published before I was born - so you know it's old.

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  5. Nice idea with the micro armor!

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  6. Now I just have to find the figures and paint them. At least the color selection should be easy, Red and Blue.

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  7. I bought Tactics in 1960 for $5, after I bought the cheap Gettysburg game ($2.50) at the battlefield store. Then came U-boat and Battle of the Bulge, followed by Midway. Great games you could play at one sitting. At one point I owned over a thousand board games but sold all but 20. Still have Bulge, Midway and Gettysburg. Classic games. Thanks for the memories.

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  8. Thank you. Those were the good old days for board games. It really is a pitty they've gone out of fashion for the most part. I still fondly remember playing board games in the evening with family and friends.

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