I recently stumbled upon the old Avalon Hill wargame Tobruk, published in 1975. It was the very early pre-cursor to Squad Leader, introducing tank vs tank combat. This game brought back great memories for me as this was the first wargame I had ever played as a kid. My best friend at the time came from a wealthy family who could afford expensive and exotic board games like Tobruk. I recalled playing it in class during the last day of school for 2-3 school terms with my best friend and other classmates. We had a great time trying to see which tanks would blow up which tanks. The thinly armoured Italian tanks would always be easy meat whereas the Matilda tank was as impenetrable as a Tiger tank back then.
So, I decided to buy the game for old time's sake and am now the proud owner of a pretty good copy of the game and look forward to many hours replaying the scenarios which my buddies and I have played so many decades ago! In a sense, this is also an ode to the much venerated and not forgotten great wargame company, Avalon Hill. I still have several of their games and each one has great memories of terrific after-school and weekend battles with pals from days gone by.
Colin
Combat Films and Books
Combat-Blog
So, I decided to buy the game for old time's sake and am now the proud owner of a pretty good copy of the game and look forward to many hours replaying the scenarios which my buddies and I have played so many decades ago! In a sense, this is also an ode to the much venerated and not forgotten great wargame company, Avalon Hill. I still have several of their games and each one has great memories of terrific after-school and weekend battles with pals from days gone by.
Colin
Combat Films and Books
Combat-Blog
