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Shenandoah (wargame)
''Shenandoah'', subtitled "A Civil War Game of the Valley Campaigns — 1862 and 1864", is a board wargame published by Battleline Publications in 1975 that simulates two campaigns of the American Civil War: the 1862 Valley Campaign of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson, and the 1864 Union offensive drive up the Shenandoah Valley. Despite favorable critical reception, the game was complex and introduced several new mechanics, and was not popular with players. Background The Shenandoah Valley was the scene of two intense campaigns during the American Civil War. In both, a light Confederate force used guerrilla tactics against numerically superior Union forces. In 1862, The Confederate general Stonewall Jackson led his army into the Shenandoah Valley in order to draw Union armies away from the Union's Peninsular Campaign. Jackson's subterfuge and surprise movements had the desired effect, as several Union armies were sent to the Valley in an unsuccessful attempt to pin down J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battleline Publications
Battleline Publications was a board wargame company founded by Steven Peek in 1973. Output was relatively low at first, with each game being funded by sales of the one before, but their games were generally well-respected. Several were re-published by Avalon Hill, and their second game, '' Wooden Ships and Iron Men'' designed by S. Craig Taylor is still considered one of the better games on its subject. They also put out a couple games that can be considered card wargames, and at one point became a division of Heritage Models. Products *''Air Force'' (1976) *'' Alpha Omega'' (1977) *'' Armor Supremacy'' (1979) *''Circus Maximus'' (1979) *'' Custer's Last Stand'' (1976) *'' Dauntless'' (1977) *'' Flat Top'' (1977) *'' Fury in the West'' (1977) *''Insurgency'' (1979) *'' Machiavelli'' (1977) *'' Naval War'' (1979) *'' Objective: Atlanta'' (1977) *'' Rally 'Round the Flag'' (1975) *''Samurai'' (1979) *''Seven Days Battles'' (1973) *'' Shenandoah'' (1975) *'' Ship 'o the Line'' (1976) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Palmer
Nicholas Douglas Palmer (born 5 February 1950) is a British politician, translator and computer scientist. He was the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency), Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire from 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 until he lost the seat at the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election to Conservative party (UK), Conservative Anna Soubry, by 390 votes. Described by Andrew Roth as "quietly effective", he was Parliamentary Private Secretary, Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State, Margaret Beckett, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs until April 2005. He then became PPS to the Minister of State, Malcolm Wicks, first in the Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom), Department of Trade and Industry, and later in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform until Wicks stood do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battleline Publications Games
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American Civil War Board Wargames
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Strategy & Tactics
''Strategy & Tactics'' (''S&T'') is a wargaming magazine now published by Decision Games, notable for publishing a new wargame in each issue. Beginnings ''Strategy & Tactics'' was first published in January 1967 under its original editor, Chris Wagner, intended as a better alternative to Avalon Hill's magazine, '' The General''. It was distributed in Japan at first, then moving to the United States with Wagner. Graphic designer Redmond Simonsen was hired soon after to improve the quality of the magazine. When subscriptions became stagnant, debts began to accumulate. Jim Dunnigan created the company Simulations Publications to save ''Strategy & Tactics''; Dunnigan had been contributing to the magazine since issue #2 (February 1967), and when Wagner was having financial difficulties he sold the rights to the magazine to Dunnigan for $1. A persistent rumor that Dunnigan had purchased ''S&T'' from Wagner for one dollar, and that furthermore the dollar was not paid until much lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campaign (magazine)
''Campaign'' is a global business magazine covering advertising, media, marketing and commercial creativity. Headquartered in the UK, it also has editions in the US, Asia-Pacific, India, the Middle East and Turkey. ''Campaign'' is published by Haymarket Media Group, which owns more than 70 brands worldwide, including '' Autocar'', '' What Car?'' and '' PRWeek''. Overview ''Campaign'' publishes a monthly print magazine in the UK as well as daily news and analysis on its websites: campaignlive.co.uk, campaignlive.com, campaignasia.com, campaignindia.in, campaignme.com, and campaigntr.com. Each spring ''Campaign'' releases its School Reports, an assessment of how the biggest advertising agencies performed over the past year. In December, as part of its Annual issue, it names the top agencies, advertising and media networks, advertisers, campaigns, media, and production companies of the year. ''Campaign'' also publishes the A-List, a directory of leading executives from the adverti ... [...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] |
The Complete Book Of Wargames
''The Complete Book of Wargames'' by Jon Freeman and the editors of Consumer Guide was published in 1980 by Simon & Schuster under the Fireside imprint. Contents This book comes in both a 285-page hardcover edition and a paperback version. In both editions, it is divided into two parts: * Part 1: "An Introduction to Wargames" takes up about 25% of the book, and is divided into five chapters: # Can War Be Fun? A brief history of wargaming, some of the notable companies, and what type of people play wargames. # The Nature of the Beast Definitions of wargaming; realism versus playability. # All's Not Fair The components of wargames, including hexfields and terrain, the Combat Resolution Table (CRT), the rulebook. # Kassala An introductory game to demonstrate the concepts mentioned in the previous three chapters. # Playing to Win Victory conditions, reading a CRT, maximizing odds, using terrain, defensive tactics of the hexgrid. * Part 2: "Evaluating the Games" takes up about thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comprehensive Guide To Board Wargaming
''The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming'' is a 1977 book by Nicholas "Nicky" Palmer about the hobby of board wargaming. Contents ''The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming'' is a 223-page book exploring wargaming as a hobby, written for an audience of both non-gamers and gamers. The book covers the evolution of wargames, strategy and tactics employed, short reviews of the games that were available when the book was published, and concludes with a sample game as an example of the hobby for newcomers. The original edition included a sample, small scale game, complete with terrain map. At the time of publication, Palmer explained the audience he was trying to reach, saying, "I haven't aimed the book at beginners; in particular, they get a preliminary section on a 'need to know' basis describing the basic concepts plus anything they'll need for the main part, but the rest will, I hope, interest battle-hardened veterans." Reception In Issue 12 of the British magazine '' Perf ... [...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] |
Moves (magazine)
''Moves'' was a wargaming magazine originally published by SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), which also published manual wargames. Their flagship magazine '' Strategy & Tactics'' (''S&T''), was a military history magazine featuring a new wargame in each issue. While S&T was devoted to historical articles, ''Moves'' focused on the play of the games. Each issue carried articles dealing with strategies for different wargames, tactical tips, and many variants and scenarios for existing games. As time passed, reviews of new games also became an important feature. While the majority of the articles dealt with SPI games, the magazine was open to and published many articles on games by other companies. Founded by Jim Dunnigan, ''Moves'' began publication in 1972. SPI carried a huge inventory of their games and was very successful as a direct mail marketer of their games. But with the rise of role-playing games and multimillion-dollar sales for that arm of gaming, SPI expanded into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix (wargaming Magazine)
''Phoenix'' was a magazine primarily focussed on board wargames. It was published in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s by Simpubs Ltd., the British subsidiary of American game company Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI). History In 1974, SPI started to ship some of their wargames to J.D. Bardsley in the UK, who acted as a sales representative using the name SP/UK. Bardsley sold the games either via mail order or face to face at games conventions. Sales increased rapidly, and by March 1976, SP/UK had sold 25,000 units. To handle the increased sales, SPI formed a formal British subsidiary, Simpubs Ltd. in June 1976. In much the same way that SPI published their own house magazine '' Moves'', Simpubs immediately created the bi-monthly periodical ''Phoenix'' with J.D. Bardsley as managing editor. In the first issue (June/July 1976), Bardsley editorialized that "''Phoenix'' is not envisaged as a 'house magazine'", and foresaw a publication of "game reviews, play strategy, game reports wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
