Recently Libya has been in the news as protests rise against their long-time strongman. In all the news pictures that I see, however, one question keeps popping up in my mind – “Where’s Tobruk?” If you are thinking the same thing maybe you grew up on Avalon Hill games, too. I think that there is a 2-1 attack coming with a 1 in 6 chance of elimination (now that is for the real diehards).
Wow! Hours to set-up and play, and don’t bump the table! Game pieces will go everywhere. Thanks for the blast from the past.
Growing up in South Dallas I was a typical urban street urchin. We ran from the police, caused trouble and generally explored the wrong paths of youth. One day we were going through a dumpster and found a curious box: “France 1940” for a whole year we were hooked. The police probably thought we had been killed off.
Amazing what a bunch of knucklehead kids are capable of when you give them something that is clearly over their heads but has a compelling interest.
Hadn’t thought of that in years, thanks.
I was an SPI fan. But I did have sometimes play Panzer Leader.
Wow. Good old Afrika Korps
I learned to hate strong breezes playing Advanced Squad Leader; Advanced Squad Leader is better than regular Dungeons and…I mean Squad Leader.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk
The open question is who’s besieging who, Rommel or Kaddaffi?
About where the “h” in Benghazi on your little map is:
Coordinates: Latitude=32°4′34″N — Longitude=23°57′41″E
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk
Tobruk or Tubruq … is a city, seaport, and peninsula on Libya’s eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk
Coordinates: Latitude=32°4′34″N Longitude=23°57′41″E
A bit off-topic but Steven Pressfield’s book “Killing Rommel” is excellent and its history is accurate. This is where the SAS began. My review is here .
sorry about the triple post. I thought the first two tries had gotten eaten by your spam filter. Feel free to delete them.
Agreed about Killing Rommel.
SPI nostalgists should check out http://www.hexwar.com: no setup time, opponents all around the world, computer handling all the grunt work, all in all even better than the original board games.