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unusual facts about Wargame: AirLand Battle


Wargame: AirLand Battle

Relying mostly on heavy infantry formations, it is also the keeper of most the Cold War's heated border, the Iron Curtain.


Battlecars

Battlecars is a simple wargame based upon the Mad Max genre of a post-apocalyptic world dominated by aggressive, warring gangs.

Battlefield Evolution

Set in the near future, and inspired by games such as Battlefield 2, Battlefield Evolution is a miniature wargame from Mongoose Publishing, the same company that created the Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game.

Bulette

In the early 1970s, Gary Gygax was playing Chainmail, a miniatures wargame that was a precursor to Dungeons & Dragons.

Games Research

Game Research/Design - a board wargame publisher formed in 1985, the publisher of the Europa series

Kriegsspiel

Le Jeu de la Guerre, a wargame developed by Guy Debord, discussed in his 1987 book

Origins Game Fair

In a nod to Baltimore's position as the home of Avalon Hill and the birthplace of the commercial wargame hobby, Don Greenwood, a game designer with Avalon Hill and founder of the convention, suggested calling the show "Origins".

Pummel

PUMMEL! miniatures tabletop and wargame light rules system

Richard Berg

Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987.

SASL

Solitaire Advanced Squad Leader, a single-player variant of the World War II board wargame Advanced Squad Leader

Stonewall Jackson's Way

The title Stonewall Jackson's Way was used for Stonewall Jackson's Way, a board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1992.

Strategic Simulations, Inc.

The company was founded by Joel Billings, a wargame enthusiast, who in summer 1979 saw the possibility of using the new home computers such as the TRS-80 for wargames.

Tom Clancy's SSN

SSN is also the title of a board wargame published by Game Designer's Workshop in 1975, and was the first attempt at a serious modern submarine and anti-submarine warfare simulation game published for the entertainment market.

TSR, Inc.

That same year, TSR released a wargame based on Tom Clancy's novel The Hunt for Red October, which became one of the biggest selling wargames of all time.

Warhammer Fantasy

Warhammer Fantasy Battle, a table-top fantasy miniature wargame, and origin of the franchise

Xiahou Yuan

He also appears in all 12 instalments of the strategy game series Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the real-time wargame Kessen II, all of which were also produced by Koei.


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