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In 1956, Scruby organized the first miniature wargaming convention in America, which was attended by just fourteen people. From 1957 to 1962, he self-published the world's first miniature wargaming magazine, titled The War Game Digest, through which wargamers could publish their rules and share game reports. It had less than two hundred ...
Wargamer's Digest. Wargamer's Digest was a wargaming magazine created by Gene McCoy that was published from 1973 to 2000 (from 1984 to 2000 as Military Digest). It is notable as one of the earliest publications to publish the work of Gary Gygax, and for the high regard that military professionals and academics showed for its military scenarios ...
Jack Scruby. Jack Scruby, 1962. John Edwin Scruby (October 24, 1915 – September 1988) was a manufacturer of military miniatures whose efforts led to a rebirth of the miniature wargaming hobby in the late 1950s.
e. 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. Many wargames re-create specific historic battles, and can cover ...
Gordian Knot (Agema Publications, 2007) Greek Naval Warfare (London Wargames Section, 1972) Hail Caesar (Warlord Games, 2011) [1] Hex Command Ancients (Imagine Image Multimedia, 2000) Holy Hack First Edition (LMW Works, 1996) [1] Holy Hack Second Edition (LMW Works, 2007) [1] A game in play using the Field of Glory ruleset.
Space Combat (play-by-mail game) Spiral Arm (game) Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game. Starlord (play-by-mail game) Starship Command (play-by-mail game) State of War (play-by-mail game) Strategic Conflict. Strategic Imperial Conquest. Supernova II.
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.
Tannenberg is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1969 that simulates the Battle of Tannenberg on World War I 's Eastern Front. The game was created by game designer Jim Dunnigan as a companion piece for Avalon Hill's Western Front wargame 1914, also designed by Dunnigan. Although Tannenberg could be played as a ...