Don Greenwood is a

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designer and was a pioneer editor among commercial board-wargaming magazines. He began his own fanzine, ''

Panzerfaust Magazine ''Panzerfaust'' was a wargaming magazine started by Don Greenwood in 1967 and named after the German '' panzerfaust'', a recoilless anti-tank weapon. Like the more successful '' Strategy & Tactics'' magazine, ''Panzerfaust'' included complete g ...

'', which he oversaw from 1967 until 1972. He then joined The

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Game Company in 1972, and took over editorship of that company's "house organ", '' The General Magazine'', which office he held until 1982. He left Avalon Hill and continued to work in the wargame industry, notably for

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. He is the founder of the

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, Avaloncon, and WBC gaming conventions and remains the WBC convention manager. Greenwood was also president of the Boardgame Players Association. He was inducted into the

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hall of fame in 1991Hall of Fame
and the

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in 1994. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of spades in Flying Buffalo's 2011 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.

Games

Greenwood was a prolific game designer, with a unique rules-writing style. Among the titles for which he was responsible: *'' Advanced Squad Leader'' (1985) *'' Age of Renaissance'' (1996) *''

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'' (1971) *''Atlantic Storm'' (1997) *''Baseball Strategy'' (1963) *''Basketball Strategy'' (1974) *'' Beyond Valor'' (1985) *''Breakout: Normandy'' (1992) *'' Caesar at Alesia'' (1975) *''

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'' (1979) *'' Crescendo of Doom'' (1979) *'' Galaxy: The Dark Ages'' (2000) *'' Gangsters'' (1992) *''GI: Anvil of Victory'' (1982) *'' Gung Ho'' (1992) *''Hedgerow Hell'' (1987) *''New World'' (1990) *''

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'' (1986) *'' Republic of Rome'' (1990) *''

Rise and Decline of the Third Reich ''Rise and Decline of the Third Reich'' or more commonly ''Third Reich'' is a grand strategy wargame covering the European theater of World War II, designed by John Prados and released in 1974 by Avalon Hill. Players take on the roles of majo ...

'' (1974) *''Road Kill'' (1993) *''Streets of Fire'' (1985) *''The Napoleonic Wars'' (2002) *'' Turning Point: Stalingrad'' (1989) *'' Yanks'' (1987)

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