My Collection: Gettysburg (1977)

The second game I managed to obtain and at a cracking price on E-Bay was the old Avalon Hill classic Gettysburg. 

This was the version I was always after - the 1977 edition which contains three games - Introductory, Intermediate and Advanced.

There are a lot of counters! The game was in great condition and the maps were in really good shape. I like the colour scheme and detail provided.

The cat kept lookout while I arranged the photography.

My Collection: Seelowe - The German Invasion of Britain 1940 (1974)

It was my brirthday recently so I managed to get a couple of games that have been on my wishlist for some time. 

The first was Seelowe, produced by SPI in 1974 and which is a hypothetical wargame depicting Operation Sealion, the anticipated German invasion of the British Isles that would have followed a Luftwaffe victory in the Battle of Britain.

I managed to get a boxed version which only needed a few repairs for blown corners. Inside the game was in good condition considering its age.

I've always been fascinated by the what-if scenario of German invasion in WW2 and read the Len Deighton SS-GB following the BBC dramatisation a couple of years ago. Both of these I enjoyed and they further drove my desire to add this to my collection.

Now I just need to keep it from turning into Operation Feline!