Military Games
As an example of a modern computer-based game, try the highly recommended Aces High simulation of World War II air combat:
| Battlefront.com is the "Home of Superior War and Strategy Games". The site features excellent strategy and war games that you can't get anywhere else. The military-minded games and related products are aimed at the intelligent, thinking kind of gamers who want something to challenge their brains, not their wrists. |
| Bombs Away is maintained by gamers for gamers with a common interest in WWII flight sims, and online gaming over the Internet, specifically for B-17 Flying Fortress II - The Mighty Eighth. |
| Kuma\War provides playable accurate re-creations of real war events released weeks after they occur. Missions are developed using advanced game technology and distributed online. |
| Operation Flashpoint is a complex, 3D action game, a very deep simulation of combat and military activity based on individual soldiers who gain experience and rank as the game proceeds. The original game is based on the mid-1980s high-tension between the US and USSR. There is a co-op mode for teams. Many mods have been published for alternate scenarios, for example Nogova 1995. (Thanks to James Coleman for this suggestion.) |
| Urban Resolve is a U.S. Joint Forces Command War Game set in 2015. Its purpose is to guide the development of critical warfighting capabilities for the future joint force commander, with a particular focus on those needed for effective urban operations. |
| Strategy and War Game free downloads at this link. |
| MiniClip has a large number of free games, such as the Rails of War game linked here. |
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