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Light Division (board Game)
''Light Division'' is a board game published in 1989 by World Wide Wargames. Contents ''Light Division'' is a game in which a US military action against Iran is portrayed in an operational level game. Reception Lee Brimmicombe-Wood reviewed ''Light Division'' for ''Games International'' magazine, and gave it 2 stars out of 5, and stated that "To divorce the political sphere from the game turns ''Light Division'' into little more than a military arcade game and not the authentic simulation the designers like to think it is." Reviews *''Fire & Movement'' #72 *''Casus Belli A (; ) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A ''casus belli'' involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a ' involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one bou ...'' #57 References {{reflist 3W games Board games introduced in 1989 ...
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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 ...
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Lee Brimmicombe-Wood
Lee Brimmicombe-Wood (born 7 December 1963 in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...) is a British designer of board games and video games. He also wrote ''Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual''. References British video game designers Board game designers Writers from London 1963 births Living people {{England-artist-stub ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Casus Belli (magazine)
''Casus Belli'' is a French magazine about role-playing games, published in different formats since 1980. It contains news, reviews, interviews, features, and role-playing game materials. The magazine was published by Excelsior Publications until 1999, by Arkana Press in 2000–2006, and by Casus Belli Presse in 2010–2011, and has been published by Black Book Éditions since 2011. Since 2020, it also has the online video companion ''Casus TV'', which is produced in collaboration with ''Tric Trac''. History ''Casus Belli'' has been released in different forms since 1980, originally under editor-in-chief François Marcela-Froideval and published by Excelsior Publications; for its first few issues, it was a short, black-and-white publication, before changing to a larger format printed in color. In this incarnation, it became the leading role-playing game magazine on the French market. The artists working on this edition included the cartoonist Tignous. The magazine ended public ...
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3W Games
3W or 3-W may refer to: *3W (company), or World Wide Wargames, a wargame company founded in 1977 *3rd meridian west, a longitude coordinate *OK-3W; see Oklahoma State Highway 3 *ZPG-3W, a model of N class blimp *SLC-3W, a designation for Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 *TBM-3W, a model of Grumman TBF Avenger *AD-3W, a model of Douglas A-1 Skyraider *3W, a fictional place appearing in " Dark Water" and " Death in Heaven": episodes of the science-fiction show ''Doctor Who'' See also * * *WWW (other) *W3 (other) *3 (other) *W (other) W, or w, is the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet. W may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Books and magazines * ''W'' (magazine), an American fashion magazine * '' W, or the Memory of Childhood'', a 1975 novel by Georges Perec ... [Baidu]