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In block wargames, wooden blocks are used instead of cardboard as the counters to represent pieces, in order to emulate the fog of war (by placing the blocks upright to make the information visible to only one of the players). Often, when units take damage, the counter is rotated to signify the units new attack strength.
Computer wargames are digital simulations of military conflict descended from, and sometimes based on, board wargames. Subcategories. This category has the following ...
Simulations Canada is a Canadian board wargame publisher established in Nova Scotia in 1977, before moving to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The company was founded by Stephen Newberg as a one-man operation and was one of only a handful of companies devoted to publishing wargames at that time.
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 ...
Man-to-man wargames have been a popular pastime for PC and console gamers, though "true" man-to-man combat simulators are much more rare than action-adventure oriented first person shooters. Early role-playing games were derived from skirmish wargames, and many are still played as such.
Wargame Construction Set is a video game game creation system published in 1986 by Strategic Simulations. Developed by Roger Damon, it allows the user to construct, edit and play customizable wargame scenarios.
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."
Strategic Studies Group (SSG) is an Australian software development company that makes primarily strategy wargames. The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. [1] Trout was proprietor of a military books store and Keating had had several of his games published by Strategic Simulations.