[Consim-l] Re: Shops along Harrisburg to Washington Axis?

[bieksza at erols.com]

> Yup, I've been there several times and it was a wonderful outfit with
> very reasonable prices!
> It's been over 15 years though since I was last there when I was living
> in Annapolis and I remember it was kinda tricky to find, but if it's
> still there I'd like to know too and get a good address &/or phone no.
> &/or instructions to get there from York Pa, as I seem to be missing
> those now.

I used to work in that area, so I think I know the store in question.  I 
remember that it did have an impressive collection of older titles, 
though the prices didn't strike me as particularly reasonable.  I made 
another visit but the storefront was dark and appeared to be empty.  
This may have been as much as 10 years ago, so I don't know its 
current status.

>> Gettysburg '77?/Smithsonian
>> Gettysburg?

Wow, these are certainly polar opposites.  I don't have Smithsonian 
Gettysburg but my impression is that it's AH's version of SPI's "Blue 
& Gray" design -- low complexity, quick playing, and not very faithful 
to ACW combat.  Gettysburg '77 has the infamous Advanced 
Game:  high complexity, slow playing, and in some ways an 
impressive model of ACW combat.  Unfortunately the wealth of 
great ideas was killed by shoddy development.  (G'77 also contains 
two other versions, a Basic Game that's probably comparable to 
Smithsonian Gettysburg and a brigade level Intermediate Game 
that's merely average.)

Personally I'd say other titles on the "lower priority" list are more 
worthy of being added to your collection, but YMMV.