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Some military novels by well-known wargaming authors, such as Donald Featherstone (wargamer) A few military history books; As of 2020, 2 PhDs are using the archives of the project as a key part of their research. The project has a large wargaming archive and the aim is to make this unpublished material available as rapidly as possible.
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.
While still in college in the 1960s, Jim Dunnigan became involved in wargaming, and subsequently designed Jutland, which Avalon Hill published in 1967. This was the first of many wargames that Dunnigan designed, including 1914 (1968), PanzerBlitz (1970), and Sniper! (1973).
A Kriegsspiel session in progress.. Kriegsspiel [a] is a genre of wargaming developed by the Prussian Army in the 19th century to teach battlefield tactics to officers. The word Kriegsspiel literally means "wargame" in German, but in the context of the English language it refers specifically to the wargames developed by the Prussian army in the 19th century.
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.
Miniature wargames are a form of wargaming designed to incorporate miniatures or figurines into play, which was invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia.The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.).
Gary Grigsby is a designer and programmer of computer wargames.In 1997, he was described as "one of the founding fathers of strategy war games for the PC." [1] Computer Games Magazine later dubbed him "as much of an institution in his niche of computer gaming as Sid Meier, Will Wright, or John Carmack are in theirs."
Tactics is a board wargame published in 1954 by Avalon Hill as the company's first product. [2] Although primitive by modern standards, it and its sequel, Tactics II, signalled the birth of modern board wargaming for the commercial market.