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Avalon HIll PC games
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AH actually did a pretty great job translating some of their games to 1:1 PC versions from what I've seen.
I've got 1830 but I haven't figured out how to play it yet...I practically wore their goofy yet accurate HISTORY OF THE WORLD out over a decade ago...anybody have any recommendations for other AH PC games to check out?
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You know, I'm playing an abandonware copy of ADVANCED CIVILIZATION using DosBox and all I'm thinking is "Damn, this is really awesome!" It's a really great way to play the game without the need for either the $300 board game or other people willing to play it.
AH actually did a pretty great job translating some of their games to 1:1 PC versions from what I've seen.
I've got 1830 but I haven't figured out how to play it yet...I practically wore their goofy yet accurate HISTORY OF THE WORLD out over a decade ago...anybody have any recommendations for other AH PC games to check out?
Can't you play Advanced Civ over the net using the software?
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There's a manual online for 1830...it's a really crap photocopy though, so I haven't bothered to read it yet. From what I can tell so far, the game is about selecting which portrait has the most amazing sideburns and then clicking on stock certificates until you realize you have no idea what you're doing and turn it off.
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1830, you really need to get the original rules somewhere. If you like trains, it's worth the effort, there's a great game underneath all this.
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I have Kingmaker on CD (nice big box) which I used to play a couple of years back and that was always fun.
Also have Axis & Allies:Iron Blitz (another nice big box) which I picked up at a carboot sale two years ago and have yet to run it up - I read that this version had meant to have fixed all the bugs in the crappy original release so I had better pull my finger out.
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The only thing bad about ADCIV is that when you're playing a 7 player game, it still takes forever to watch the AI players take their turns. The trading is a little wack since you're really just trading against some kind of arcane valuation algorithms, but overall it's pretty much all you could ask for in a PC version.
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They fixed all the bugs except for the crappy AI.I've had the 1830 abandonware downloaded for about 6 yrs with the manual and have probably got no further than Mike.
I have Kingmaker on CD (nice big box) which I used to play a couple of years back and that was always fun.
Also have Axis & Allies:Iron Blitz (another nice big box) which I picked up at a carboot sale two years ago and have yet to run it up - I read that this version had meant to have fixed all the bugs in the crappy original release so I had better pull my finger out.
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www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?gameid=4802
It wasn't programmed by the Avalon Hill computer games department, but still a 1:1 emulation.
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You know, I'm playing an abandonware copy of ADVANCED CIVILIZATION using DosBox and all I'm thinking is "Damn, this is really awesome!" It's a really great way to play the game without the need for either the $300 board game or other people willing to play it.
AH actually did a pretty great job translating some of their games to 1:1 PC versions from what I've seen.
I've got 1830 but I haven't figured out how to play it yet...I practically wore their goofy yet accurate HISTORY OF THE WORLD out over a decade ago...anybody have any recommendations for other AH PC games to check out?
If you like air-to-air combat, but don't care for flight simulators, Avalon Hill had three turn-based games that are pretty good: Flight Commander 2 (jet-era combat), Over the Reich and Achtung! Spitfire! (the last two, obviously, set in WWII).
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