Panzer General was my first computer game and as you stay, still contends for the top spot.

Nowadays, though, if I want some PG action, I tend to load up Panzer General 2. It's regrettably less epic in scope, but correspondingly moves faster. Every year or so, I load up the Millerblitz mod (which extends the original Blitzkrieg campaign) and play it with Builder's Paradise E-file (which raises the cost of high value units).