Xmas '82...... Panzer Leader. I was in the 8th grade and deep in the thralls of AD&D and Dad wanted to have a game to play with me. It quickly became obvious that he was in way over his head. He's not an idiot, he just didn't expect there to be so many rules/procedures.... To me the rules were no more byzantine and strange than the AD&D books..... I pressed on and played the game solo for several years. I still have it. I've played a handful of FTF games over the years and my inbred tactics always led to stunning defeats. It always blew (and still blows) mind how opponents did and still do the most unexpected things...
The PLAN never survives first contact....
The same still applies with PG, ATS and all my other games....
