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I vividly recall playing '1863' and 'Dogfight.' Man, the mention of these games really brought back fond memories.
Did anybody here play the old Avalon Hill strategy wargames? I was introduced to 'Tactics II' by a friend around 1960. We'd spend hours moving those unit counters around a tabletop battlefield grid. A few years later, I bought 'Gettysburg' (1964) and believe it or not, it turned out to be my first real introduction to the actual battlefield. Amazing how much I learned from that game, at least topographically.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_%28game%29
Later, I bought the more complicated 1977 version of the game. In between, I played D-Day, Afrika Corps, B-17, Battle of the Bulge, Stalingrad, Chancellorsville. I lived a sheltered life.
Recently, saw a 1964 version of Gettysburg in a flea market. Asking $250 for it. Yikes. My own game had already gone the way of my baseball cards.