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Charles Roberts Awards Hall Of Fame
The Charles S. Roberts Awards Hall of Fame, formally known as the Clausewitz Award Hall of Fame, is named after legendary military writer Carl von Clausewitz. The recipients of this award have made an important contribution and left their mark on the contemporary hobby of military strategy games and simulations. The Clausewitz Award is presented with the annual Charles S. Roberts Awards. Inductees :''See footnote'' *1974 - Charles S. Roberts *1974 - Don Turnbull *1975 - Jim Dunnigan *1976 - Tom Shaw *1977 - Redmond A. Simonsen *1978 - John Hill *1979 - David Isby *1980 - E Gary Gygax *1981 - Marc W. Miller *1982 - Steve Jackson *1983 - Dave Arneson *1984 - Frank Chadwick *1986 - Lou Zocchi *1987 - Richard Berg *1988 - Ty Bomba *1989 - Joseph Balkoski *1990 - Jack Greene *1991 - Mark Herman *1992 - Larry Hoffman *1993 - Dean Essig *1994 - Don Greenwood *1995 - Chris Perello *1996 - Ted Raicer *1997 - Dave Powell *1998 - Vance von Borries *2000 - Winston Hamilton *2001 - Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles S
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in '' Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Bomba
Tyrone S. Bomba is a prolific American board wargame designer, credited as the designer of over 125 board wargames and game items. Bomba is the recipient of the James F. Dunnigan Award, has been inducted into the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame for his contributions to the wargaming industry, and several of his games have won Charles S. Roberts Awards. Early life In the mid-1960s, while Ty Bomba was in elementary school in Pennsylvania, his grandmother gave him a copy of a Parker Brothers American Civil War wargame titled ''1863''; due to that game, he later stated, "I discovered how much fun this hobby is, and was hooked." Bomba continued to play board wargames during high school, and was heavily influenced by the early works of seminal board wargame designers John Hill, Jim Dunnigan, and Frank Chadwick. In his final year of high school in 1969, Bomba started to write articles for several wargame magazines. He then attended college, earning a bachelor's bachelor's degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Awards
The Game Awards is an annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video game industry. Established in 2014, the shows are produced and hosted by game journalist Geoff Keighley, who worked on its predecessor, the Spike Video Game Awards, for over ten years. In addition to the awards, The Game Awards features premieres of upcoming games and new information on previously-announced titles. History In 1994, Canadian games journalist Geoff Keighley had been part of the first televised awards show for video games, ''Cybermania '94: The Ultimate Gamer Awards''. Keighley, as a teenager, had been brought on to help write material for the celebrity hosts such as William Shatner and Leslie Nielsen. The show was not considered successful, aimed more for comedy than celebration, but he had been prompted from it to develop something akin to the Academy Awards for video games later in his career. Keighley had subsequently worked on the Spike Video Game Awards (VGA), which ran from 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Board Game Designers
Board or Boards may refer to: Flat surface * Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat ** Plank (wood) ** Cutting board ** Sounding board, of a musical instrument * Cardboard (paper product) * Paperboard * Fiberboard ** Hardboard, a type of fiberboard * Particle board, also known as ''chipboard'' ** Oriented strand board * Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics ** Motherboard, the main printed circuit board of a computer * A reusable writing surface ** Chalkboard ** Whiteboard Recreation * Board game ** Chessboard ** Checkerboard * Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge * Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in basketball * Board track racing, a type of motorsport popular in the United States during the 1910s and 1920s * Boards, the wall around a bandy field or ice hockey rink * Boardsports * Diving board (other) Companies * Board International, a Swiss software vendor known for its business intelligence softw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Multi-Man Publishing
Multi-Man Publishing, LLC ("MMP"), founded in 1994, is a Maryland based game company that publishes many wargame titles, including ''Advanced Squad Leader'' and Operational Combat Series. History Multi-Man Publishing (MMP) was founded in 1994 by four Avalon Hill playtesters and a graphics art designer. Their first publication was ''Backblast'', a fanzine for Avalon Hill's wargame ''Advanced Squad Leader'' (ASL). Around the same time, Avalon Hill had made the decision that ASL did not have a future, and so MMP sought to keep it alive among fans by publishing occasional scenarios and a fanzine. MMP also entered into discussions with AH about purchasing the rights to ASL. In late 1995, professional baseball player Curt Schilling, who was a devoted player of ASL, separately also tried to buy the rights to ASL. Avalon Hill did not agree to either offer, they held out for more money, but introduced Schilling to MMP, who subsequently joined the company as a one-third partner, the other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash Of Arms
Clash of Arms Games is a wargaming company best known for a high level of graphics quality and moderately to highly complex games, often focusing on the Napoleonic era, but with offerings in most eras of military history. Besides boardgames, such as the ''La Bataille'' series, it has published miniature wargaming rulesets, such as ''Flint & Steel'' (winner of the Origins Award The Origins Awards are American awards for outstanding work in the game industry. They are presented by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design at the Origins Game Fair on an annual basis for the previous year, so (for example) the 1979 a ... for Best Historical Miniatures Rules of 1997) and ''The Dawn of the Rising Sun'' (one of the 2004 Origins Award winners, for Best Historical Miniatures Rules). The company's latest release is the highly anticipated ''The Fires of Midway'', a fast-paced and exciting game which allows players to recreate all four of the 1942 carrier battles. Founder of Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Borg
Richard Borg is a game designer who has designed many wargames. In 2010, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame. Games that Richard Borg has designed or co-designed include the following: * '' Liar's Dice'', 1993 Spiel des Jahres winner *2000 '' Battle Cry'' (2001 International Gamers Award winner for ''General Strategy, 2-Player'' category) *2000 ''Hera and Zeus'' (2001 International Gamers Award winner for ''General Strategy, 2-Player'') *2001 ''Wyatt Earp'' with Mike Fitzgerald (2001 ''Meeples' Choice Award'') *2004 '' Memoir '44'' (2004 International Gamers Award winner for ''General Strategy, 2-Player'' category and The Wargamer 2004 ''Award for Excellence'') *2006 '' BattleLore (First Edition)'' (2007 International Gamers Award winner for ''General Strategy, 2-Player'') *2006 '' Commands & Colors: Ancients'' (2006 Origins Award winner for ''Historical Board Game of the Year'' ) *2007 '' Stonehenge'' designed with prominent game designers Richard Gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Zucker (game Designer)
Kevin S. Zucker (born June 26, 1952) is an American wargame designer, historian, author, and musician. SPI Kevin Zucker started playing board wargames as a teenager in La Jolla, California, and began to design his own games. In 1971 he found his first job in the wargaming world as co-founder and editor of the first two issues of ''Conflict'' magazine. Zucker then moved to New York to work for the wargame publisher Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI). Zucker worked his way up to Production Manager, and over two years, oversaw production of 24 issues of '' Strategy & Tactics'' plus the games enclosed in each issue, and 48 boxed games. OSG Zucker left SPI in January 1976, but stayed in New York and spent his time working in bookstores and studying music. Zucker met with other ex-SPI employees, and the group started to plan a Napoleonic wargame that would be presented as a spiral-bound book. However the logistics of this format were beyond the ability of the group to create economical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Simonitch
Mark Simonitch (born December 30, 1957) is an American wargame designer and graphic artist. His game designs include ''Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage'' and ''Ardennes '44'', and he has made maps for ''Wilderness War'' and ''Empire of the Sun'' among others. He has worked at Avalon Hill and GMT Games. He was inducted into the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame in 2002. Biography Simonitch was raised in Ross, California. He studied at California Polytechnic State University. He began wargaming in 1966, his first gaming experiences included ''Jutland'' and '' Gettysburg'' by Avalon Hill. From 1991 to 1994 he was a freelance artist and created maps and counters for over 100 wargames with clients including '' Strategy & Tactics'', '' Command Magazine'', GMT Games, 3W, and Avalanche Games. During this period he also started Rhino Game Company (or Rhino Studios) and published three games. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland in spring 1995 where he was employed by Avalon Hill until 1997. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Miranda (game Designer)
Joseph Miranda is an American game designer who has worked primarily on board games. Career Joseph Miranda is the editor of ''Strategy & Tactics'' magazine and has designed over 100 published wargames. Miranda has also worked for various computer game design firms including HPS Simulations and Hexagon Interactive. He is a former U.S. Army officer who has taught unconventional warfare topics at the JFK Special Warfare Center, and more recently has developed courses in terrorism and Middle Eastern conflict for Chapman University. He has been a featured speaker at the USAF Connections simulations conference, the Military Operations Research Society, and the Origins Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Comics and manga * ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002 * ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ... national wargaming convention. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Research/Design
Game Research/Design (GR/D) was a board wargame publisher, principally concerned with the ''Europa'' series of European World War II wargames. GR/D was formed in 1985 by John Astell, one of the ''Europa'' designers, and Winston Hamilton, another World War II wargame designer. The company published several Europa expansions, as well as a magazine dedicated to the series, and in 1989 GR/D acquired the rights to the series. They published collectors' editions of the ''Europa'' games, as well as beginning two more series focusing on the Pacific War and World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... The Europa Winter War Game was designed by Gary Stagliano, friend of John Astell. He was partly Finnish and grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He was an av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Raicer
Ted S. Raicer is a game designer who has worked on board games. He became a board wargamer at the age of 12 years and has published more than 10 games based on World War I. Raicer has won many awards in his gaming career. Early life and career Raicer became a board wargamer in 1970 at the age of 12, when his father bought him the game ''1914'', designed by James F. Dunnigan and published by Avalon Hill. Raicer has published more than 10 games based on World War I, including the ''Paths of Glory'' board wargame, as well as games on World War II and the Russian Civil War. Awards and recognition Raicer has nine Charles S. Roberts Awards, a '' Games'' magazine Historical Game of the Year Award (for ''Paths of Glory''), and is a member of the wargamers Hall of Fame. *1993 - Best Historical or Scenario Magazine Article : Command #25 - ''When Eagles Fight: First World War in the East'' *1993 - Best Pre–World War Two Game : When Eagles Fight by XTR Corporation *1995 - Best Pre– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
