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Rodger MacGowan
Rodger B. MacGowan (born 1948) is an artist, game developer, art director and magazine publisher who has been active in the board wargame industry since the 1970s. MacGowan is a prolific artist of cover art for wargames, and the wargaming magazine he founded, ''Fire & Movement'', won the Charles S. Roberts Award several times while under his editorial control. Early life Rodger MacGowan was born in San Francisco in 1948, the son of career US Marine Corps, Marine Donald L. MacGowan, and grew up on various Marine bases in Hawaii, North Carolina, New Jersey, and California. Rodger was a budding artist from a young age and using his personal observations of military life, he began creating military history illustrations in the seventh grade. While attending Oceanside High School in California, he was introduced to Avalon Hill's ''Gettysburg (game), Gettysburg'' by a friend, and his parents purchased a copy for him while vacationing at the Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg battlefiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Panzer Blitz
''PanzerBlitz'' is a tactical-scale board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1970 that simulates armored combat set in the Eastern Front of the Second World War. The game is notable for being the first true board-based tactical-level, commercially available conflict simulation (wargame). It also pioneered concepts such as isomorphic mapboards and open-ended design, in which multiple unit counters were provided from which players could fashion their own free-form combat situations rather than simply replaying pre-structured scenarios. Description ''PanzerBlitz'' was designed to simulate a clash between two opposing regiments or battalions, at the level of company-sized infantry for Russian units, and platoon-sized infantry for German units, as well as individual mechanized or motorized vehicles. Although not envisioned for division-sized battles, with units that represented either Soviet companies or German platoons, because of unique game design, multiple players combining se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Squad Leader
''Advanced Squad Leader'' (ASL) is a tactical wargames, tactical-level board wargame, originally marketed by Avalon Hill Games, that simulates actions of squad sized units in World War II. It is a detailed game system for two or more players (with solitary play also possible). Components include the ASL Rulebook and various games called modules. ASL modules provide the standard equipment for playing ASL, including geomorphic mapboards and counter (board wargames), counters. The mapboards are divided into hex map, hexagons to regulate fire and movement, and depict generic terrain that can represent different historical locations. The counters are cardboard pieces that depict squads of soldiers, crews, individual leaders, support weapons, heavy weapons, and vehicles. Combined with the sales of the original ''Squad Leader'', ''Advanced Squad Leader'' sold over 1 million copies by 1997. Introduction Fifteen core modules provide representations of nearly every troop type, vehicle, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Of Iron (board Game)
''Cross of Iron'' is a tactical board wargame published in 1979 by Avalon Hill as an expansion — called a "gamette" by the company — to their very popular 1977 wargame ''Squad Leader''. The game simulates small group tactical combat during World War II on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front. Description ''Cross of Iron'' is a two-player wargame that builds upon the rules for ''Squad Leader'', including: * Expanded German and Soviet Order of Battle, orders of battle, including Axis Minor infantry types. * The original handful of vehicle and ordnance types in ''Squad Leader'' are expanded to include a large variety of vehicles that saw service on the Eastern Front. * Expanded armor and artillery systems. * The "design for effect" philosophy that had guided ''Squad Leader'' development gave way in the case of tank combat to "actual data" taking priority over "effect data." * The addition of white-on-black counters to represent the Waffen SS. * Complete orders of ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |