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As the wargames industry grew, Simulations Canada made a number of text-only computer wargames that included a traditional board-game map and counters. [1] The company decided to focus entirely on computer games by 1986. [2]
Squad Leader had counters of different sizes: 520 1 ⁄ 2-inch counters and 192 5 ⁄ 8-inch, with the different sizes used for different purposes. Boardgame counters are often closely related to military map marking symbols, such as those seen in the NATO standard APP-6a, and often include a simplified APP-6a representation as part of the counter.
Collins Epic Wargames – publisher of the Frontline General series of board/mini wargames. Columbia Games (originally Gamma Two Games) – the biggest producer of "block games", using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters. Compass Games – founded 2004. Publisher of Paper Wars. Computer Strategies – founded in 1990.
V 6:Computer Moderated Miniature Wargames Rules (Computer Strategies, 2007) To the Strongest! (Simon Miller) War & Conquest (Scarab Miniatures, 2011) War Games Rules 1000 B.C. to 1000 A.D. (War Games Research Group, 1971) War Games Rules 3000 B.C - 1250 A.D (Wargames Research Group, 1976) War Games Rules 3000 BC to 1485 AD (Wargames Research ...
Computer wargames derived from tabletop wargames, which range from military wargaming to recreational wargaming.Wargames appeared on computers as early as Empire in 1972. . The wargaming community saw the possibilities of computer gaming early and made attempts to break into the market, notably Avalon Hill's Microcomputer Games line, which began in 1980 and covered a variety of topics ...
A Victory Denied is a 2009 hex-and-counter board wargame taking place between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. The Complete Wargames Handbook shows sales of wargames (historical only) peaking in 1980 at 2.2 million, and tapering off to 400,000 in 1991. [16]
A man-to-man wargame [1] [2] [3] (also known as a skirmish wargame [4]) is a wargame in which units generally represent single individuals or weapons systems, and are rated not only on weaponry but may also be rated on such facets as morale, perception, skill-at-arms, etc.
The Franco-Prussian War is a two-player board wargame in which one player controls Prussian forces, and the other controls French forces. With each counter representing an entire army corps, there are very few counters on the board at a time, with a maximum of 18 German corps and 11 French corps. [2]