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S. Craig Taylor
S. Craig Taylor Jr. was an American game designer who has worked primarily on board games and wargames. Career S. Craig Taylor Jr. first had a playtest credit on the 1962 version of Avalon Hill's version of '' Bismarck''. Stephen Peek and Craig Taylor worked for wargame company Battleline Publications, which later merged into Heritage USA to speed its growth; when that did not work out Peek and Taylor took the opportunity to form Yaquinto Publications, a new wargame publisher. Taylor has been a playtester, designer, developer, researcher, rules writer, and producer for well over 100 board, miniature, card, and computer games for such publishers Battleline, Yaquinto, Avalon Hill, Microprose, Imagic, SouthPeak Games, TalonSoft, Lost Battalion Games, and Breakaway Games. Taylor's credits include such designs as ''Wooden Ships and Iron Men'', ''Air Force'', '' Flattop'', ''Battle'', '' Wings'', '' Gettysburg: Smithsonian Edition'', ''Sergeants Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SouthPeak Games
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation, doing business as SouthPeak Games, was an American video game publisher based in Midlothian, Virginia. Founded on March 1, 1996, as a subsidiary of SAS Institute in Cary, North Carolina, it was sold and moved to Midlothian, Virginia in 2000, and became a public company in 2008. Also in 2008, the company acquired and closed Austin, Texas-based publisher Gamecock Media Group, and opened a separate digital distribution subsidiary 7Sixty in Grapevine, Texas in 2011. SouthPeak Games quietly disappeared from the public eye in July 2013. History Foundation and sale (1996–2005) SouthPeak Games was founded as SouthPeak Interactive LLC on March 1, 1996, as a subsidiary of SAS Institute. Both companies were headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. SAS Institute's executive vice-president and chief technology officer, Armistead Sapp, was appointed as the new company's president. In 1997, SouthPeak Games signed a deal with Red Storm Entertainment that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine Corps Gazette
''Marine Corps Gazette'' is a professional journal for U.S. Marines founded in 1916 at Marine Corps Base Quantico for members of the United States Marine Corps. Begun by then Col John A. Lejeune as the vehicle to launch the Marine Corps Association (MCA), the journal is known as "The Professional Journal of U.S. Marines". Today the MCA continues to publish the ''Gazette'' alongside ''Leatherneck Magazine''. The headquarters of the ''Gazette'' is in Quantico, Virginia. Originally published quarterly from 1916 through 1942, the ''Gazette'' transitioned to a bi-monthly cycle in 1943 and then monthly in 1944. Active duty Marines staffed the journal until a change of law in 1976 prompted the ''Gazette'' to rely on retired Marines and civilians for publication. Since November 2006, the entire Gazette is available online to members and from google books. Mission and Focus The ''Gazette's'' mission is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas that will advance knowledge, interest, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlegroup (game)
Battle group may refer to: * Battlegroup (army), the basic building block of an army's fighting force * Battleship battle group, a battleship and its escorts * Carrier battle group, a carrier and its escorts * Battlegroup of the European Union An EU Battlegroup (EU BG) is a military unit adhering to the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) of the European Union (EU). Often based on contributions from a coalition of member states, each of the eighteen Battlegroups consists of a ba ..., an army battle group project of the European Union * Battle group, a subunit of a United States pentomic division {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeants (game)
Sergeant ( abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry. Its origin is the Latin , 'one who serves', through the French term . The term ''sergeant'' refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal, and a police officer immediately below a lieutenant in the US, and below an inspector in the UK. In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section). In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person) leader. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example staff sergeant, gunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings (board Game)
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expressed as its lift-to-drag ratio. The lift a wing generates at a given speed and angle of attack can be one to two orders of magnitude greater than the total drag on the wing. A high lift-to-drag ratio requires a significantly smaller thrust to propel the wings through the air at sufficient lift. Lifting structures used in water include various foils, such as hydrofoils. Hydrodynamics is the governing science, rather than aerodynamics. Applications of underwater foils occur in hydroplanes, sailboats and submarines. Etymology and usage For many centuries, the word "wing", from the Old Norse ''vængr'', referred mainly to the foremost limbs of birds (in addition to the architectural aisle). But in recent centuries the word's meaning has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flat Top (game)
A flattop is a type of very short hairstyle. Flat top, Flattop, or Flat Top may also refer to: Places * Flat Top (Ross Dependency), the tallest peak in the Commonwealth Range in Antarctica, rising to * Flat Top (Coats Land), table mountain in Coats Land, Antarctica * Flat Top (Georgia), a mountain in Rabun County, Georgia, U.S. * Flat Top, Jefferson County, Alabama * Flat Top, Virginia * Flat Top, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States * Flat Top Island, Tasmania * Flat Top Island, Queensland * Flat Top Manor, manor near Blowing Rock, North Carolina * Flattop Island, in the San Juan Islands of the U.S. state of Washington. * Flattop Island (Nunavut), Canada * Flattop Mountain, name shared by many mountains and buttes in the United States Other uses * ''Flat Top'' (film), a 1952 film starring Sterling Hayden as an aircraft carrier commander * Flat Top (song), a song by the Goo Goo Dolls * Flat-Top (comics), a fictional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Force (game)
''Air Force'' is a board wargame published by Battleline Publications in 1976, and subsequently re-released by Avalon Hill in 1977, that simulates air combat during World War II. Several expansions for the game were also published. Description ''Air Force'' is a complex multi-player wargame that allows players to simulate air combat over Europe during World War II. Thirty airplanes from the Luftwaffe, RAF and USAAF are included. Each airplane has a corresponding card with numerical data that tracks maneuverability, speed, armaments, ammunition, damage, altitude and attitude. Components The game box of the 1976 Battleline edition contains: * plain hex grid mapsheet * 270 die-cut counters * rulebook * cards with numerical data for each airplane * player aid chart The 1977 Avalon Hill edition has all the same components. The 2nd edition published by Avalon Hill in 1980 replaces the numerical data on the airplane cards with colored diagrams. Gameplay Each player controls one or mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wooden Ships And Iron Men
''Wooden Ships and Iron Men'' is a naval board wargame simulating naval combat during the Age of Sail that was published by Battleline Publications in 1974, then revised and republished by Avalon Hill the following year. Name The name should come from the phrase attributed to Austrian admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff about the battle of Lissa «Wooden ships commanded by men with iron heads defeated iron ships commanded by men with wooden heads», with which he wanted to ascribe the defeat's responsibility to the inept Italian commands, in particular to Carlo Pellion di Persano. Description ''Wooden Ships and Iron Men'' is a two-player game that simulates naval combat in the 18th and 19th centuries between individual ships as well as with larger fleet actions. The 1975 Avalon Hill edition of the game has 23 scenarios, including the Battles of The Saintes, the Nile, and Trafalgar, as well as smaller and lesser known actions. (Avalon Hill published a further nine scenarios in va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakaway Games
BreakAway Games is a video game developer based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, United States, established in 1998. Their executive staff is composed of several veterans from companies such as MicroProse, Origin Systems, Atari and Acclaim Entertainment. BreakAway Games first established themselves in the strategy game market with titles such as ''Sid Meier's Antietam!'' (1998), the 2000 expansion '' Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile'' for ''Pharaoh'', '' Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Battle'' (2001), '' Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory'', the '' Paradise Island'' expansion for '' Tropico'', '' Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom'' (2002), and the 2003 expansion '' Civilization III: Conquests''. EA Los Angeles tasked them with the development of two expansion packs for their games: '' The Rise of the Witch-king'' for ''The Battle for Middle-Earth II'' in 2006 and ''Kane's Wrath'' for '' Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars'' in 2008. BreakAway is one of the largest developers of serious game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
