Any SP players also do tabletop wargames?

[JTullman]

I'm certainly glad that there is some interest in VASSAL. Frankly, I just assumed that most Steel Panthers players came from or were already using VASSAL.

It can be difficult to "break into" one's favorite game on VASSAL unless it is very popular. First, many people do not actually have their old games anymore and some of them have become quite valuable and difficult to obtain (ebay to the rescue). Of course, all of these games are still someone's intellectual property and thus it is illegal to play the game without actually owning a physical copy. Usually, to prevent legal disputes the module developers obtain permission and this permission is contingent on the module not containing the game's rules in any form. Also there can be difficultly in locating a compatible player. However, many games/modules have a homepage for the people who designed the module. There you can usually find contact info for players looking for a game. Also, boardgamegeek.com and consimworld are good starts. I doubt that the Shrapnel folks appreciate us using their servers to hook up for gaming on VASSAL. At the very least it is impolite.

VASSAL mainly caters to fans of Advanced Squad Leader (actually this where its name comes from) but the utility found in such a service was quite useful in hundreds of other "cult" or disappearing games. Ironically, turning to the microcomputer, the device that caused the downfall of the big war game companies, is really the only plausible option for saving the games' player base. Perhaps even stranger is the fact that the player base for many of the more popular titles (ASL, PanzerBlitz, etc) has actually begun to expand for the first time since the '80's.

Personally, I use VASSAL for Squad Leader and Firepower but I have played many other games through their system. Nearly every module that I have played was quite well done.
Recommending modules would be difficult. Most people come to VASSAL looking to play a game that they've played for years and are not really looking for something new. Furthermore, the best modules are exact clones of their board game counterpart, so creativity or originality are not necessarily positive traits. I suppose I should mention that many people have created original games exclusively for VASSAL that have no board game origins.

Currently I am a full time college student and as such I do not have enough time to devote to such games; however, I usually maintain at least one PBEM with an old friend.

I simply saw this thread and could not keep my big mouth shut.
Happy Gaming!