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TAC (video Game)
''T.A.C.'' (Tactical Armor Command) is a top-down tactical combat computer wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1983 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and IBM PC. The game takes place during the Second World War and simulates clashes involving the United States, the USSR, Germany and the United Kingdom. Publication history ''TAC'' is a wargame designed by Ralph Bosson of Microcomputer Games, a division of Avalon Hill. The game was originally released for Apple II in 1983. It was later ported to Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 and IBM PC. Description and gameplay ''TAC'' simulates, on a tactical scale, armored vehicle combat during the Second World War. It can be played by a single player against the computer at four different difficulty levels, or against another player simultaneously on the same computer. Scenarios The game offers five different scenarios: # A standard engagement between the two forces. # An attack against a defensive position that is protected b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division. Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events. History The Avalon Game Company Avalon Hill was started in 1952 outside Baltimore in Catonsville, Maryland by Charles S. Roberts under the name of "The Avalon Game Company" for the publication of his game ''Tactics''. It is considered the first of a new type of war game, consisting of a self-contained printed map, pieces, rules and box designed for the mass-market. Other war games published over the prior half-century, which Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
