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From: hounsell@nmerh4.BNR.CA (Rob Hounsell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: A good War Game?
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Date: 15 Feb 91 23:05:27 GMT
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In article <1991Feb14.133811.3538@dmntor.UUCP>, bill@dmntor.UUCP (Bill
Kyle) writes:
|> OK, I have enough simulations and too many "dungeon/dragon" games.
|> What are some of the better War Games around? 

  Depends upon what kind of War Game you want. I enjoy Harpoon, which is a
computer-aided version of the now-famous board game used by the US Naval
College. You control things at the strategic level, and leave the tactical work
to the computer. No hex grids or anything like that; it takes place in the
North Atlantic, pitting NATO against the Soviets. You must control aircraft
patrol areas, the course of submarines and surface vessels, their sensors
(sonar/air radar/surface radar), etc. There are about 12 scenarios, ranging
from small 8-ship engagements up to a grand battle. It takes a while to play a
scenario out. 

  I recommend the game, with one caveat: I first saw it on my brother's A500
when I took the game home for Xmas, and because of the 1M chip ram some mouse
operations were rather slow. However, I usually run it on my A1000 with a LUCAS
accellerator ('020) and 2M of fast ram, and there's no "slowness" at all...

Rob