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The Wargamer (War and strategy games website, tabletop, miniature, and computer) Web-Grognards (Has a listing of most every game and publisher, usually with reviews, extra scenarios, after action reports, etc.) Board Game Players Association (Noncommercial group manages the Avaloncon convention and other board wargame events)
A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. [1] Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts.
The Complete Book of Wargames reviews and describes only board wargames — thus ignoring the important part of the hobby devoted to miniatures —and fantasy role-playing games, which are not wargames in any traditional sense. Also, the hobby has been growing so quickly that much of the information is already out of date only a year after ...
Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. . Military simulations are seen as a useful way to develop tactical, strategical and doctrinal solutions, but critics argue that the conclusions drawn from such models are inherently flawed, due to the approximate nature of ...
The Wargames Research Group (WRG) is a British publisher of rules and reference material for miniature wargaming.Founded in 1969 they were the premier publisher of tabletop rules during the seventies and eighties, publishing rules for periods ranging from ancient times to modern armoured warfare, and reference books which are still considered standard works for amateur researchers and wargamers.
The Strand War Game: The Strand Magazine: 1915: They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916: Avalanche Press: 2006: To the Green Fields Beyond: Simulations Publications, Inc. 1978: Trenchfoot: Bullets & Bayonets in the Great War: Game Designers' Workshop: 1981: Verdun: Conflict Games: 1972: Re-released by Game Designers' Workshop in 1978 ...
The system has gone on to cover battles from the Spanish Civil War through the Korean War, with rumors of a World War I expansion, and even a version of the American Civil War. In 2006, the final component for Advanced Squad Leader , Armies of Oblivion , went to press, completing the last of twelve essential "core modules" covering every major ...
COIN games simulate past and ongoing historical insurgencies and counter-insurgencies with up to four players controlling a different faction, each with unique play styles and winning conditions. All games in the COIN series share the same underlying system first found in Andean Abyss, the original game of the series, designed by game designer ...