Re: [OT] Columbia Games

On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 16:53:09 -0400, "Laserlight"
<laserlight@quixnet.net>
wrote:

>Someone else brought up the topics of block games, which led to
>me finding www.columbiagames.com .  I know there's a guarantee
>if bought direct, but I'd like to get opinions on them.
>laserlight@quixnet.net

I've only ever played the one, Rommel in the Desert, but it played well.
I DO
have Dixie (all sets), their Civil War collectible card game which --
thankfully -- they sell full sets of (you only need one of each card).
You can
apparently use Bobby Lee and Sam Grant as a campaign game for the card
game. I
enjoy the card games, and if the mechanics are similarly elegant in the
block
games (and I have heard they are) then you should pick them up. 

For the record, I enjoy Eagles, their Napoleonic card game, too... CCGs
that
aren't REALLY collectible anymore, and that play like wargames. Who'd
have
thought?

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