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Battle Cry (game)
''Battle Cry'' is a board wargame based on the American Civil War, designed by Richard Borg and published by Avalon Hill in 2000. Description While superficially similar to conventional board wargames, it borrows from miniatures wargaming with its use of plastic figures and its simplified rules. The map is initially composed of blank hexes, although additional cardboard hexes can be placed to alter the printed terrain and recreate a wide variety of battles, as per scenario instructions. The game manual includes fifteen official scenarios (battles) and Avalon Hill published three extra scenarios, called ''The Jackson Campaign'', for the Origins 2000 and Gen Con 2000 conventions. Players command a variety of units: infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Each unit is composed of a varying number of plastic figures. During each turn, players alternate playing cards from their hands. There are Order and Special Order cards. Order cards allow a player to activate a number of units on a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Days Of Wonder
Days of Wonder is a board game publisher founded in 2002 and owned by Asmodee Group since 2014. Days of Wonder distributes its games to 25 countries. It specializes in German-style board games and has branched out to include some online games. Days of Wonder has published games in several languages including English, Dutch, French, German, Russian, and Greek. Days of Wonder was co-founded by Eric Hautemont, Mark Kaufmann and Yann Corno. History Days of Wonder was founded in 2002 by Mark Kaufmann, Eric Hautemont and Yann Corno. It released its first game, ''Gang of Four'', in 2002. In March 2004, the company released '' Ticket to Ride'', designed by Alan R. Moon. In 2004, ''Ticket to Ride'' was awarded the Spiel des Jahres. In 2006, the company released a digital version of Ticket to Ride. Also in 2006, the company's game '' Shadows Over Camelot'' was named the Best Fantasy Game at the 2006 Spiel des Jahres. In 2009, ''Smallworld'' received three awards including "Best Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameTable Online
GameTable Online (abbreviated as GTO) was a popular web game portal that specialized in online adaptations of board, card, and dice games. Their game platform offered both head-to-head play against other players or computer opponents for single player mode, including such games are checkers, chess, hearts (game), and Axis & Allies. There was a mix of free and "Premium" games. The "Premium" games were the most popular, and to play those against other humans required an activation fee per game title. GameTable Online used Java to launch and play their games. They could be played on Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX computers and required a web browser and the common Java download. The GameTable Online user base was predominantly English speaking and the website supported no other languages. History GameTable Online was founded in 2001 by Joe Minton. As the President of Cyberlore Studios, Minton sought to build a website that focused on tabletop games rather than typical computer games.M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BoardGameGeek
BoardGameGeek (BGG) is an online forum for board gaming hobbyists and a game database that holds reviews, images and videos for over 125,600 different tabletop games, including European-style board games, wargames, and card games. In addition to the game database, the site allows users to rate games on a 1–10 scale and publishes a ranked list of board games. History BoardGameGeek was founded in January 2000 by Scott Alden and Derk Solko, and marked its 20th anniversary on 20 January 2020. Since 2005, BoardGameGeek hosts an annual board game convention, BGG.CON, that has a focus on playing games, and where winners of the Golden Geek Awards are announced. New games are showcased and convention staff is provided to teach rules. There is also an annual Spring BGG.CON which is family friendly, and an annual BGG@Sea which is held on a cruise. In 2010, BoardGameGeek received the Diana Jones Award, which recognized it as "a resource without peer for board and card gamers, the recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mebibyte
The byte is a units of information, unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character (computing), character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest address space, addressable unit of Computer memory, memory in many computer architectures. To disambiguate arbitrarily sized bytes from the common 8-bit computing, 8-bit definition, Computer network, network protocol documents such as the Internet Protocol () refer to an 8-bit byte as an Octet (computing), octet. Those bits in an octet are usually counted with numbering from 0 to 7 or 7 to 0 depending on the bit numbering, bit endianness. The size of the byte has historically been Computer hardware, hardware-dependent and no definitive standards existed that mandated the size. Sizes from 1 to 48 bits have been used. The six-bit character code was an often-used implementation in early encoding systems, and compute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Heritage (magazine)
''American Heritage'' is a magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes.Grosvenor, Edwin S. "Editor's Letter," ''American Heritage'', Winter 2008. Since that time, Edwin S. Grosvenor has been its editor and publisher. Print publication was suspended early in 2013, but the magazine relaunched in digital format with the Summer 2017 issue after a Kickstarter campaign raised $31,203 from 587 backers. The 70th Anniversary issue of the magazine (Winter 2020) on the subject "What Makes America Great?" includes essays by such historians as Fergus Bordewich, Douglas Brinkl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Bradley Company
Milton Bradley Company or simply Milton Bradley (MB) was an American board game manufacturer established by Milton Bradley (1836-1911) in Springfield, Massachusetts, Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1860. In 1920, it absorbed the game production of McLoughlin Brothers, formerly the largest game manufacturer in the United States. It was acquired by Hasbro in 1984, and merged with their subsidiary Parker Brothers in 1998. The brand name continued to be used by Hasbro until 2009. History Foundation file:Milton bradley portrait.jpg, left, 150px, Milton Bradley, founder Milton Bradley found success making board games. In 1860, Milton Bradley moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, and set up the state's first color lithography shop. Its graphic design of Abraham Lincoln sold well, until Lincoln grew his beard and rendered the likeness out-of-date. Struggling to find a new way to use his lithography machine, Bradley visited his friend George Tapley. Tapley challenged him to a game, most li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s In Games
This page lists board games, card games, and wargames published in the 1960s. Games released or invented in the 1960s Significant games-related events in the 1960s * Parker Brothers is bought by General Mills (1963). * Hassenfeld Brothers changes its name to Hasbro Industries and begins public trading on the American Stock Exchange (1968). * Simulations Publications, Inc. founded by James F. Dunnigan (1969). {{DEFAULTSORT:1960s In Games Games A game is a Structure, structured type of play (activity), play usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an Educational game, educational tool. Many games are also considered to be Work (human activity), work (such as p ... Games by decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Cry (Milton Bradley Game)
''Battle-Cry'' is a combat board game set in the American Civil War that was published by the Milton Bradley Company in 1961 as part of their popular ''American Heritage'' series. Description ''Battle-Cry'' is a two-player board game between units representing the Union and Confederate armies. There are also special rules for a 4-player game. Components * square-grid map is of the Eastern United States at the time of the American Civil War. * 44 playing pieces (22 blue, 22 gray) * rulebook * two six-sided dice Set up Each player begins with 22 color-coded counters (10 infantry, 10 cavalry and 2 artillery), which are set up on the map on specified starting locations. Movement The active player rolls two 6-sided dice; the resultant total can be allocated as movement to any units. Infantry moves one square per dice pip, cavalry moves two squares per pip. Any unit reaching a mountain square must stop for the rest of the turn. Units at a railway station can each use 1 movement to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Gamers Award
The International Gamers Awards (IGAs) is an award for strategy board games and historical simulation games. The IGAs "were created to recognize outstanding games and designers, as well as the companies that publish them. The awards are truly international in scope, with committee members representing countries throughout the world. As such, it is our belief that these awards will truly select the ‘best of the best’ and come to be respected by not only hobbyists, but the general public at large. We hope that this will lead to greater exposure for these wonderful games to more and more people and help spread the word of the "wonderful world of gaming" on a global scale." References {{Reflist External links International Gamers Awardshome page. Game awards Board game awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grognard
The Old Guard () was a formation of the French Imperial Army's Imperial Guard. Consisting exclusively of veteran troops, it was the most prestigious formation in Napoleon's ''Grande Armée''. French soldiers often referred to Napoleon's Old Guard as "the Immortals". Famously devoted to the Emperor, who even referred to them as "my children"; the members of his Old Guard were selected based on physical traits, most notably above-average height. Their imposing stature was likely impressive to foes and allies alike. Awards as well as veterancy were also taken into consideration when selecting troops for the Old Guard. Infantry There were four regiments of the Old Guard infantry: 1st and 2nd each of grenadiers and chasseurs. Members of the Old Guard benefitted from a number of different privileges, including considerably increased wages from the Imperial Guard. Requirements for Old Guard Soldiers * under 35 years of age at entry * at least 10 years of service * at least three cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Flight Games
Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) is a game developer based in Roseville, Minnesota, United States, that creates and publishes role-playing game, role-playing, board game, board, card game, card, and dice game, dice games. As of 2014, it is a division of Asmodee, Asmodee North America. History Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product (''Twilight Imperium'') in 1997, the company has been doing business as Fantasy Flight Games (FFG). Since that time, FFG has become one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry, being a marketplace leader in board games and maintaining strong businesses in the card game, roleplaying game, and Miniature figure (gaming), miniature game categories. From 2000 through 2008, FFG produced a series of supplements and adventures for Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition under the Open Game License, Open Gaming License. This series was collectively known as Legends & Lairs. These bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
