11 search results for "computer napoleonics"

This is a very rough order of how much I subjectively liked every game. Game ranks can change over time as I reconsider previous rankings.

• Four stars

1. Reach for the Stars (1983/1985/1988) – Standard AAR, Advanced AAR, R&R
   
   Three stars
   
2. War in Russia (1984) – AAR part 1, part 2, R&R
3. Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora (the) (1982) – AAR, R&R
4. Eastern Front 1941 (1981) – AAR1, AAR2, R&R
5. Rome and the Barbarians (1984) – AAR + R&R
6. VC (1982) – AAR + R&R
7. Close Assault (1983) – AAR & R&R
8. Bomb Alley (1982) – AAR Malta North Africa, R&R
9. Germany 1985 (1982) – AAR, R&R
10. Baltic 1985 (1984) – AAR, R&R
11. Southern Command (1981) – AAR part 1, part 2, R&R
12. Galactic Gladiators (1982) – AAR + R&R
13. Starbase Hyperion (1980) – AAR + R&R
14. Rebelstar Raiders (1984) – AARs : Moonbase, Starlingale, The Final Assault; R&R
    
    Two stars
    
15. The Fall of Rome (1983) – AAR + R&R
16. Reforger ’88 (1984) – AAR + R&R
17. Space Station Zulu (1983) – AAR + R&R
18. Eagles (1983) – AAR : Early 1917, Late 1917, Early 1918, Late 1918 ; R&R
19. The War of the Worlds (1983) – AAR + R&R
20. RDF 1985 (1983) – AAR, R&R
21. Operation Whirlwind (1982) – AAR + R&R
22. Pacific War (1983) – AAR + R&R
23. Shattered Alliance (the) (1981) – AAR, R&R
24. Star Trek (1971+) – AAR + R&R
25. Archon: The Light and the Dark (1983) – AAR + R&R
26. Archon II: Adept – AAR + R&R
27. Computer Diplomacy (1984) – AAR + R&R
28. Operation Apocalypse (1981) – AAR, R&R
29. Norway 1985 (1985) AAR, R&R
30. Cytron Masters (1982) – AAR + R&R
31. Guadalcanal (1984) – AAR Part 1, AAR Part 2 + R&R
32. Fortress (1983) – AAR + R&R
33. English Civil War (1984) – Multiplayer AAR and R&R
34. Computer Ambush (1980) – AAR, R&R
35. Parthian Kings (1983) – AAR1, AAR2 + R&R, Multiplayer AAR
36. Invasion Orion / Starfleet Orion (1979) – AAR part 1, part 2, R&R
    
    One star
    
37. Battle of the Bulge (1984) – AAR + R&R
38. Strategy 2 : The Hunt for the Bismark (1983) – AAR + R&R
39. Conflict [aka Computer Conflict – Rebel Forces] (1979) – AAR + R&R
40. Epidemic! (1982) – AAR + R&R
41. Up Periscope (1983) – AAR + R&R
42. Crush, Crumble and Chomp (1981) – AAR + R&R
43. Computer Bismarck (1980) – AAR, R&R
44. Conquest (1984) – AAR + R&R
45. Final Conflict (the) (1982) – AAR + R&R
46. Nebula (1983) – AAR + R&R
47. Kriegspiel (1983) – AAR + R&R
48. Objective Kursk (1984) – AAR + R&R
49. Cosmic Balance (the) (1982) – AAR + R&R
50. Across the Rubicon / Rubicon II (1982/1983) – AAR + R&R
51. Road to Gettysburg (the) (1982) – AAR + R&R
52. North Atlantic ’86 (1983) – AAR : Early November, Late November, Finale ; R&R
53. Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1982) – AAR + R&R
54. Empire / Empire, Wargame of the Century (1987) – AAR + R&R
55. Dreadnoughts (1983) – AAR + R&R
56. Geopolitique 1990 (1983) – AAR : Peace, War ; R&R
57. Excalibur (1983) – AAR : Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 ; R&R
58. Guadalcanal Campaign (1982) – AAR Coral Sea Guadalcanal Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec ; R&R
59. The Seven Cities of Gold (1984) – First voyage, second voyage, third voyage and R&R
60. Knights of the Desert (1983) – AAR + R&R
61. NukeWar (1980) – AAR + R&R
62. Parsector V (1980) – AAR + R&R
63. Panzer War (1984) – AAR + R&R
64. Space Ace 21 (1981) – AAR + R&R
65. Andromeda Conquest (1982) – AAR + R&R, Multiplayer AAR
66. Galactic Empire (1979) – AAR + R&R
67. King Arthur (1981) – AAR + R&R
    
    Obsolete – at this point the ranking is extremely theoretical
    
68. Redweed (1983) – AAR + R&R
69. Tawala’s Last Redoubt (1981) – AAR + R&R
70. Computer Napoleonics (1980) – AAR, R&R
71. Tanktics (1978) – AAR, R&R
72. Stonkers (1983) – AAR + R&R
73. Saratoga (1983) – AAR + R&R
74. Islandia (1984) – AAR + R&R
75. Warp Factor (the) (1981) – AAR, R&R
76. Broadsides (1983) – AAR + R&R
77. Computer Air Combat (1980) – AAR, R&R
78. Combat Leader (1983) – AAR + R&R
79. Emperor (1980) – AAR + R&R
80. Dark Forest (1981) – AAR + R&R
81. Battle for Normandy (1982) – AAR + R&R
82. Nobunaga’s Ambition (1983) – AAR + R&R
83. Battlezone 2000 (1983) – AAR + R&R
84. Supreme Ruler (1982) – AAR + R&R
85. Time Lords (1983) – AAR + R&R
86. Legionnaire (1982) – AAR + R&R
87. North Atlantic Convoy Raider (1980) – AAR + R&R
88. Tactical Armor Command – TAC (1983) – AAR, R&R
89. After Pearl – AAR + R&R
90. Armor Assault (1982) – AAR+R&R
91. Clear for Action (1984) – AAR + R&R
92. Galactic Revolution (1980) – AAR + R&R
93. Dnieper River Line (1982) – AAR + R&R
94. Napoleon at Waterloo (1984) – AAR + R&R
95. The Alien (1983) – AAR + R&R
96. Panzers East (1984) – AAR + R&R
97. Combat Chess (1984) – AAR + R&R
98. Plunder (1983) – AAR + R&R
99. Battle 1917 (1984) – AAR + R&R
    
    Totally obsolete
    
100. Johnny Reb (1983) – AAR + R&R
101. Max-Command (1982) – AAR + R&R
102. Waterloo (1983) – AAR + R&R
103. Space Explorer (1980) – AAR + R&R
104. NATO Commander (1983) – AAR, R&R
105. Shoot ‘Em Up in Space (1982) – AAR + R&R
106. Trek80 (1977) – AAR + R&R
107. Jericho 2 (1983) – AAR + R&R
108. Squadron Leader Games (1980/1982) – AAR + R&R
109. Midway Campaign (1980) – AAR + R&R
110. War (1982) – AAR + R&R
111. Bez-MX (1982) – AAR + R&R
112. Kamikaze (1983) – AAR + R&R
113. Cosmic Balance II (1983) – AAR Part 1, Part 2, R&R
114. Apocalypse (1983) – Multiplayer AAR, R&R
115. Paras (1983) – AAR + R&R
116. Wargame (1983) – AAR + R&R
117. Savo Island (1983) – AAR + R&R
118. Carrier Force (1983) – Coral Sea, Midway, R&R
119. Ants!!! (1979) – AAR + R&R
120. Starclash (1980) / Starclash II (1984) – AAR + R&R
121. Battle of Shiloh (the) (1981) – AAR + R&R
122. Tigers in the Snow (1981) – AAR + R&R
123. Kawanakajima na Kassen (1981) – AAR + R&R
124. Trek73 (1981) – AAR + R&R
125. Conquering Worlds (1983) – AAR + R&R
126. Strategy One – Invasion (1983) – AAR + R&R
127. William the Conqueror (1982) – AAR + R&R
128. CINCPAC – The Battle of Midway (1984) – AAR + R&R
129. Torpedo Fire (1981) – AAR, R&R
130. Battle for Midway (1984) – AAR + R&R
131. Battle of Britain [Microgame Simulations] (1982) – AAR + R&R
132. Centurion (1981) – AAR + R&R
133. Panzer-Jagd (1984) – AAR + R&R
134. Pearl Harbour (1984) – AAR + R&R
135. B-1 Nuclear Bomber (1980) – AAR + R&R
136. Panzer Attack (1984) – AAR + R&R
137. Domination (1981) – AAR + R&R
138. Battle of Zeighty (the) (1982) – AAR + R&R
139. 50 Mission Crush (1984) – AAR + R&R
140. Napoleon (1982) – AAR + R&R
141. Lordlings of Yore (1983) – AAR + R&R
142. Conflict 2500 (1981) – AAR + R&R
143. Dragonriders of Pern (1983) – AAR + R&R
144. Cosmic Conquest (1982) – AAR + R&R
145. Zendar (1982) – AAR + R&R
146. New World (1982) – AAR + R&R
147. Empire [Shards Software] (1983) – AAR + R&R
148. Battle of Gettysburg (1982) – AAR + R&R
149. Raider 41 (1984) – AAR + R&R

Could not rank

Those are games that I covered but that I cannot rank :

• Galactic Trader (1979) – AAR + R&R (trading game – not very good)
• Galaxy [Galactic Empires] (1981) – AAR + R&R (designed for multiplayer)
• Napoleon’s Campaigns : 1813, 1815 (1981) – AAR, R&R (the only available version has a critical bug)
• King Arthur (1983) – AAR+R&R (fraud. If I ranked it, it would be last).

BRIEF

The BRIEF are not ranked, but for completion sake here is the list :

• Admiral Graf Spee (1983) – BRIEF (no strategic or tactical decision)
• Assault IV (1981) – BRIEF (sessions last less than 5 minutes, more puzzle than strategy)
• A World at War (1983) – BRIEF (sessions last less than 5 minutes, simple)
• Battle of Britain [Molimerx] (1981) – BRIEF (arcade game pretending there is a strategy layer)
• Bomber Command (1983) – BRIEF (arcade, no strategic layer)
• Civil War (1968) – BRIEF (an arch-precursor on mainframe, a resource allocation game)
• Convoy (1977) – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• Deepspace (1975) – BRIEF (a variant of Don Daglow’s Star Trek, itself a precursor to Trek73)
• Galactic Attack (1980) – BRIEF (no strategy but skill with calculating angle quickly)
• Global Thermonuclear Warfare (1983) – BRIEF (no player agency)
• Godzilla (1980) – BRIEF (sessions last less than 5 minutes, no strategy)
• Highnoon (1970) – BRIEF (an arch-precursor on mainframe, luck driven)
• Land Battle (1982/1998) – BRIEF (multiplayer only)
• Leyte (1981) – BRIEF (no real strategy)
• Luftwaffe (1982) – BRIEF (no real strategy)
• Mission Empire (1982) – BRIEF (inferior copy of Galactic Empire)
• Roman Empire (1982) – BRIEF (part of Lothlorien’s early “almost wargames”)
• Peloponnesian War (1982) – BRIEF (part of Lothlorien’s early “almost wargames”)
• Radar (1977) – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• Rescue Raiders (1984) – BRIEF (arcade with a varnish of strategy)
• Sahara Warriors (1979) – BRIEF (one part of the game is multiplayer only, the other is not a wargame)
• Samurai Warrior (1982) – BRIEF (Lothlorien early game. Not even wargame-adjacent)
• Starbase Zero (1979) – BRIEF (early Trek73-like)
• Star Trek [Peterson/Don Daglow] (1974?) – BRIEF (a simpler precursor to Trek73)
• Sea Battle [Mainframe] (1979) – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• Sea Battle [Intellivision] (1980) – BRIEF (multiplayer only)
• Takeover (1982/1998) – BRIEF (multiplayer only)
• Tank Command (1980) – BRIEF (not a wargame)
• Tyrant of Athens (1982) – BRIEF (part of Lothlorien’s early “almost wargames”)
• Utopia (1981) – BRIEF (designed for multiplayer)
• War (1972) [Carlson/Bonicatto] – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• War (1973) [Bob Dores] – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• Warfish (1983) – BRIEF (early mainframe game)
• Warlord (1982) – BRIEF (part of Lothlorien’s early “almost wargames”)
• War of Nerves (1979) – BRIEF (arcade & multiplayer only)
• World Power (1978) – BRIEF (no strategy at all)
• Zor (1982) – BRIEF (no strategy, only random results of attacks)