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Ancients (board Game)
''Ancients'' is a board wargame published by Good Industries in 1986 that simulates various historical battles in pre-gunpowder settings. Description ''Ancients'' is a two-player wargame with rules for low-complexity tactical combat. The game box includes four map sheets to be used with various battles. Various options allow for the inclusion of exotic items such as chariots or elephants. The game includes over 60 scenarios for historical battles from Ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Each scenario only lasts seven turns. Gameplay Combat uses a simple alternating system of turns: the first player removes leaders from the board, then moves units. The second player's missile troops fire, then the first player's melee troops attack. Any units that are his are disorganized and cannot attack. After combat, the leaders are replaced, and any disorganized units in touch with the leader are rallied. Once this is finished, the players switch attacking and defensive roles, the second play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Of Ancients Board Game 1986
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Board Wargame
A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board game, board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures games. The modern, commercial wargaming hobby (as distinct from military exercises, or Military simulation, war games) developed in 1950s in games, 1954 following the publication and commercial success of ''Tactics (game), Tactics''.. The board wargaming hobby continues to enjoy a sizeable following, with a number of List of wargame publishers, game publishers and gaming conventions dedicated to the hobby both in the English-speaking world and further afield. In the United States, commercial board wargames (often shortened to "wargames" for brevity) were popularized in the early 1970s. Elsewhere, notably Great Britain where miniatures had evolved its own commercial hobby, a smaller following developed. The genre is still known for a number of common game-play conventions (or game mechanics) that were developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Banks (game Designer)
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3W (company)
World Wide Wargames, or 3W, was a wargame company founded in 1977 (as UKW, UK Wargamer) by Keith Poulter.The Wargamer Issue 9, page 10 History 3W Inc, also known as World Wide Wargames, was a wargame company that began publishing in 1977. Originally launched in England, the company moved later to California. In addition to producing boxed wargames, 3W published the magazine '' The Wargamer''. TSR published the magazine ''Strategy & Tactics'' from 1983 – 1987 and then sold the rights to 3W, who published the magazine from #112 (June, 1987) to #139, and when founder Keith Poulter left the business, 3W sold ''Strategy & Tactics'' to Decision Games. Diverse Talents, Inc. published the game magazines ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer'', ''Fire and Movement'', and ''Battleplan'', until the company was bought by World Wide Wargames, Inc. on June 1, 1988. 3W was looking to get into the role-playing industry, and began publication with ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer'' #83 (1988) followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games International
''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 1990, Issue 1) and ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'', but changed its name to ''Computer Games Magazine'' after its purchase by theGlobe.com. When it closed down in April 2007, it held the record for the second-longest-running print magazine dedicated exclusively to computer games with 197 issues, behind only ''Computer Gaming World''. In 1998 and 2000, it was the United States' third-largest magazine in this field. History The magazine's original editor-in-chief, Brian Walker, sold ''Strategy Plus'' to the United States retail chain Chips & Bits in 1991. Based in Vermont and owned by Tina and Yale Brozen, Chips & Bits retitled ''Strategy Plus'' to ''Computer Games Strategy Plus'' after the purchase. Its circulation rose to around 130,000 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squad Leader
''Squad Leader'' is a tactical level board war game originally published by Avalon Hill in 1977. It was designed by John Hill and simulates on infantry combat in Europe during World War II. One of the most complex war games of its time, ''Squad Leader'' is the natural extension of the trend towards greater realism (and hence complexity) initiated by several earlier games, including Avalon Hill's own '' PanzerBlitz'' and '' Panzer Leader''. Those two earlier games were slightly larger in scope, with counters representing platoons and map hexes measuring 250 metres across, compared to Squad Leader's 40 meter hexes and squad sized units. The original ''Squad Leader'' was produced in time to debut at Origins 1977. (The original print run of 2,500 copies had purple boxes which have become collectors' items.) Avalon Hill sold well in excess of 100,000 games of ''Squad Leader'', making it one of the most successful war games ever made. Combined with the sales of '' Advanced Squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berg's Review Of Games
''Berg's Review of Games'' ( ''BROG'') was a publication started by game designer Richard Berg. The magazine, which featured reviews of Wargame (video games), video wargames and board wargames, debuted in 1991. Content In 1980, Richard Berg, then working as a game designer for Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI), started writing and editing reviews of wargames, which SPI published as ''Richard Berg's Review of Games''. It began as a two-page mimeographed newsletter, published twice a month for 25 issues. It then appeared in the pages of SPI's ''Strategy & Tactics'' until late 1985. In the fall of 1991, Berg became editor of a self-published fanzine, the similarly titled ''Berg's Review of Games'' (or ''BROG''). Berg differentiated this magazine from his previous one by adding "Vol. 2" to the issue number. He published ''BROG'' six times a year, ending publication with Issue 28. In his original ''Richard Berg's Review of Games'', Berg had started a satirical annual feature called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Berg
Richard Harvey Berg (1943 – July 26, 2019) was a prolific American wargame designer. He was inducted into the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame in 1987. Early life, army, student and lawyer Richard Berg was born in New York City. At age 21, he entered the United States Army, and served from 1967 to 1969, where he was assigned to be the musical director of the Army Theater in Frankfurt, West Germany. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Union College in Schenectady, New York, majoring in Asian History, and then earned a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School. From 1971 to 1988, he worked as a criminal defense attorney in private practice and for the Legal Aid Society. He also worked as a media communications consultant, actor, director, author, lyricist, and composer, as well as working briefly for the Internal Revenue Service. Game designer In 1975, Richard Berg had his first game published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI), a wargame titled ''Hooker and Lee: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire & Movement
''Fire & Movement: The Forum of Conflict Simulation'' was a magazine devoted to wargames, both traditional board wargames and computer wargames. It was founded by Rodger MacGowan in 1975, and began publication the following year. In February 1982, Fire & Movement was acquired by Steve Jackson Games. In January 1985 the magazine was sold again to Diverse Talents Inc. (DTI). In 1988, World Wide Wargames (also known as 3W) acquired Diverse Talents Inc. (DTI), publisher of ''Fire & Movement'', '' Battleplan'' and '' Space Gamer'', leading to a complete merger of the two companies. 3W then continued on to publish four gaming magazines simultaneously. John Vanore was the only "outsider" appointed to editorial duties, taking the reins of ''F&M'' at the time. ''F&M'' is now published by Decision Games. In January 2010, the last "print" edition of the magazine was published. Editing and layout had been outsourced to Jon Compton to preserve the independence of the magazine content, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3W Games
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