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24 February 2012

Random Friday Wargaming: Oil War

OK folks. Help me out here. This week's game is Oil War from SPI. Given my love for all things modern in the wargaming world, it's probably a shock I don't have it. That said, I know a store that has 2 - yes, two! - copies of it for sale. I've been talking myself out of getting it for a long time, on the the theory that "I'm probably never going to play it, and it's not a compelling enough collector's item that I want to sink any money into it." So help me out here with your thoughts: Is it worth getting? Will I actually want to play it? Or is it just more hypothetical rubbish about a conflict-heavy part of the world with an excuse to put the Americans in the game?




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By: Brant
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3 comments:

  1. Brian24 February, 2012 17:41

    Well, I would say that it's "of its time", just as Revolt in the East was - interesting speculations on a theme that did not pan out anything like history did, but still worth looking at.

    You should probably snap up a copy if it's cheap, just for interest's sake if nothing else - there have been efforts to update it as well, e.g. http://www.dvgc.com/gk/oil_war.zip

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  2. besilarius25 February, 2012 00:23

    Never tried it myself, but knew about three or four guys who bought it.
    None of them reported on any replay.
    Unless you want it for your collection, or as a curiousity, my suspicion is that this was not a good game.

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  3. Anonymous24 May, 2012 02:42

    I played it back in the 80s. As I recall it was focused on what the gulf war might have been back in 1979. One scenario had Iran and Iraq allied against NATO making them tough to beat with f-14s. I'm a casual hammer but it does have nostalgia.

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