User:Zigihogan

As of December 2014 I am a new player and looking to get a game or two of easier games in my collection going. I hope, however, to get much more proficient at Vassal so I can get on to playing SL/ASL and GBOH on here.

I have been back to gaming for approximately four years after a 20+ year hiatus. I started with Heroclix and quickly became bored with the increasing dependence on dice rolls that are hit or miss (Clix battle resolution is what most Euro gamers believe all wargames resolution are!) you either hit or you don't there is none of the "less than optimum" values of our beloved CRT.

I play several Euro games but I tend to stay with the classics and the heavier ones at that. I don't believe you need to have twenty different worker placement games once you own Agricola. Agricola is a very good Euro but why have loads of other games with the exact same mechanics but with a weakly pasted on theme to change the look of the game? I do enjoy the following Euro games: Dungeon Petz, Pret a Porter (this is an INCREDIBLE business simulation that should get WAAAY more attention than it gets!), Trajan (I can't believe this is what Euro-gamers consider "heavy") and for my light game fix Spyrium which is a great short play time worker placement. These are (of course) all worker placement games; very few Euros use differing mechanics.

Wargaming is where my passion lies; I enjoy wargaming since I think it gives a better understanding of the conflict than any amount of book reading could ever do. I tend to stay close to modern warfare but do play a large amount of WW2 games due to the greater preponderance of wargames being on the subject. I typically like Vietnam to modern conflict game the best since that is the weaponry and tactics I know the best. It just seems that there are few truly good games about the modern era without going into the whole "future war" type scenario.

I also play a few American Civil War games since I am planning on designing my own ACW game in the future. It has recently been put on hold sine I am playtesting several games for others. I also very much enjoy the old GDW Series 120 games; they seem to overall be good games with low counter counts and relatively short playing time and I try to get as many people as possible to play wargames the playtime is what turns most people off it seems.

I also play a few Ameri-Trash style games but I tend to really not like the whole "dudes on a map" genre and play the few I have and see no need to spread my wings with them any further. The AT games I have/play are: Fortress America (good enough but not a favorite), Conquest of Nerath (one I enjoy more than most), Kemet (very meh on this but haven't played it enough) and a few others.

My all time favorite game is the original Squad Leader; I think it is a rather elegant system and once the basics are down (and you don't add all of the modules) it is a simple system to learn and play. I also have a love of ASL, however, I do not get to play this much and since the modules have been selling out as of late and getting very expensive, I mostly play ASLSK1.

I hope I can get as many games as feasable going on Vassal since I don't feel I get enough wargame playing in; since many of our local game group aren't wargamers and my regular wargaming partner and I get sidetracked easily.

I am willing to play pretty much any game I know if anyone would like to get a game going. Take a look at my owns list on BGG and make a suggestion.