The Eastern Front 1914-1917 wargame

[JamesAPrattIII]

The wargame company SPW has the Der Weltkrieg Series board wargaming WWI see www.spwgame.com which lists the games and has an step by step video on how to play it. The introductory game is tannenberg. There is also The Eastern Front 1914-1917 6 separate games Tannenberg, Galicia , Serbia, Rumania, GorliceTarnow,and the Brussilov Offensive as well as East front campaign game. For those of us who want to refight WW I in the East.

[TimM]

So, this is an interactive game, right?

[JamesAPrattIII]

No the video just shows you how to play the game. Which is a regular board wargame.

[JamesAPrattIII]

There is a site vassel.org which helps you find people to play online ect. If you go to youtube and WW I board wargames you will get to see how some look like.

[TimM]

No the video just shows you how to play the game. Which is a regular board wargame.

Board games?  They still make those?  

I was under the impression that they'd gone the way of cassette tapes and vinyl LP's.

[JamesAPrattIII]

board wargames are still around and doing well believe it or not.

[TimM]

Thought only the pre-Internet generation still played board games.

[VonHoldinghausen]

Hi

I do play boardgames
This is a nice one from GMT, the entire eastern front: "Illusions of Glory".
This one (also from GMT): "Reds!" is the Russian civil war 1918 - 1921.
The murder of Nicholas II and family is in the game, and might NOT happend actually.
The outcome of this does ofc have an influence on the game...
"Europe in Turmoil" is a new game (from Compass Games)  that is more a political game,
rather than a war game. The theme is the political struggle in Euriope in the years
before the war (Monarchsts, Liberals, Socialists etc. struggling for control).

Cheers!

[TimM]

Nice to see that there is still a place for these games in the world of the Internet.

I played board games, but, of course, I grew up in the pre-Internet generation.