In the unlikely event unscrupulous parties attempt to propel particular games to the top of the table with help from sock-puppet accounts, the cads responsible will get a visit from Kevin, the ex-Royal Marine who ran the ‘Decapitate the Rat’ stall at the last THC Fun Day. Obviously the voting system isn’t immune to abuse. War-themed games that win votes, but fit more naturally in genres such as RPG, RTS, and adventure than ‘wargame’, I’ll add to ‘The Irregulars’, a separate table at the foot of this piece. Simulations and military/tactical FPSs will get their own Top 50s at some point, so please don’t lavish votes on things like IL-2 Sturmovik, Silent Hunter, and Brothers in Arms. …then, assuming it garners votes, it will be added to the list. seeks to recreate a real conflict, op, or battle.is primarily strategic or tactical in character.Want to profess your profound admiration for Serbia ’14 or Campaign Chickamauga? Be my guest.Īs the presence of Total War and Steel Division indicates, my definition of ‘historical wargame’ is fairly elastic. John Tiller Software’s prodigious output is, for example, under-represented. Although I think I’ve included most potential vote magnets, some worthies have doubtless been overlooked. If you don’t see a favourite in the table, that doesn’t mean you can’t vote for it. Clarify your votes with footnotes, by all means. A single vote for ‘Close Combat’ will cover your deep affection for this pair. Please don’t cast separate votes for, say, Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far and Close Combat 3. In order to keep the list to a manageable size I’ve clustered games into series and families where possible. Thumbnail ‘reviews’ and game descriptions I particularly like, I’ll add, with a credit, to the brief game descriptions within the table. If you’d like to explain or illuminate your choices with a pithy sentence or two, please do. This act will cast the fifteen votes you have at your disposal (Your top choice will get five votes, your second choice four votes, third choice three votes, and so on.) It might take me a day or two to process your comment, but rest assured your ballot paper will eventually get counted. To participate all you need to do is post a comment listing your five favourite historical PC wargames in order of preference. Assuming you’re willing to do your bit, in a week or two’s time the list below should have morphed into both an invaluable purchasing aid, and a telling picture of the command sims we Cornerites play and prize. Because this Top 50 will be shaped by your opinions not mine, it’s guaranteed to reveal truths more useful than “Tim still loves Sid Meier’s Gettysburg” and “Tim no longer has the patience for hexy heavyweights like Gary Grigsby’s War in the East 2”. This isn’t one of those articles where a small cabal of callow generalists pretend they know better than an army of grizzled specialists.
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