Comments on: War games

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:36:24 +0000

Sorry, but I'm not a collector. I suggest you try BoardGameGeek -- there's a section there for buying and selling games.

By: John Nelson

John Nelson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:42:35 +0000

Hello,

My Name is John Nelson,my Father recently passed away.
He had a collection of collectible/antique games, approximately 110 total.
They date back to the early 1960's. almost all are pre-1990's.
They include a lot of War Games, some Fantasy, some Role Playing, etc…
Some have never been opened. Most are in good to very good condition.
If you are interested, I can email the entire game list to you.

Thank you.

tjnelson@gci.net

John

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:01:09 +0000

Well spotted! I wonder why a British game would have an American bomber on the cover? That's assuming any thought went into it; it may have just been copied at random from the first photo of a big bomber that came to hand.

By: JDK

JDK — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:21:18 +0000

Just noted that your 'not O/400' (agreed!) in the first game is clearly an American Martin MB-1 bomber (sloped nose, twin 'vertical stabilisers').

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:59:05 +0000

You can download a scan of the rulebook from BoardGameGeek.

By: ian sheret

ian sheret — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:28:40 +0000

Am looking for a copy (just a copy) of the rules... Classic board game Dover Patrol, I used to play the game but the rules have gone astray...Just want to play with my young kids...Would be really grateful if anyone could scan me the rules and send them to me. Thanks so much

i.sheret@ntlworld.com

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:40:03 +0000

That Diplomacy looks like it was inspired by Monopoly? I'm just amazed that so many of these ancient games (and their flag update kits!) can still be bought; I've only experienced them through museums and archives. It's probably just as well that I'm a poor student with no money to spare for such things ...

By: Dan Cermak

Dan Cermak — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:52:36 +0000

Its a mix of English, Australian, German and American games. I only have 1 French game from the period. I have about 80 antique games now.

There is one game called HV Kalterborn's Diplomacy that was made in England in 1939 and had a Nazi Germany flag on the map. The outbreak of war caused the sales to drop due to people not wanting to have a game with a Nazi flag on it. The publishers created a kit of stickers so that people could change the maps to the old German Republic and even the Russian flag so that it wasn't communist. I have a couple sets of the add on flags. The history is fascinating.

By: Brett Holman

Brett Holman — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:46:33 +0000

Wow, that's fantastic, Dan. And I'm jealous. So many games I'd never heard of! Some very interesting ones too, like Blitz (the air raid game). Also, far better pictures of some of the components than I have (e.g. the map for War Tactics. So thanks for that. Are the majority American games?

By: Dan Cermak

Dan Cermak — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:13:33 +0000

Very interesting post. I have an extensive antique wargame and strategy game collection (1890s - 1950) that I recently put up on Boardgamegeek.

I set up three geeklists as they are called them so that people could get a feel for the history of strategy games (real wargames back then were few and far between but Invasion, War Tactics and a couple others fit the bill).

They can be viewed here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/26146

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/26555

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/26557

It's the majority of my collection (I have the Gibson games and a few others that were already present on BGG. If you have any questions or want any follow up information on the games in my collection feel free to ask.