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The Hunt For Red October (board Game)
''The Hunt for Red October'' is a naval board game published by TSR, Inc., TSR in 1988 that is based on the The Hunt for Red October, 1984 novel by Tom Clancy. Description Like the Clancy novel, ''The Hunt for Red October'' is a 2-player game in which the American player tries to help the Russian submarine ''Red October'' defect to the United States, and the Russian player tries to hunt down the rogue submarine and destroy it. The game contains eight scenarios that require various forces and resources on both sides. Publication history The 1984 bestseller ''The Hunt for Red October'' was Tom Clancy's first novel, and produced several commercial spin-offs including The Hunt for Red October (1987 video game), a 1987 video game. In 1988, TSR acquired the rights for a board game, and Douglas Niles designed one that was published the same year. The game was a hit for TSR, which claimed that the game was "one of the bestselling wargames of all time." TSR followed up with a sequel boar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Of The Hunt For Red October Game
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TSR, Inc
TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company, best known as the original publisher of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''). Its earliest incarnation, Tactical Studies Rules, was founded in October 1973 by Gary Gygax and Don Kaye. Gygax had been unable to find a publisher for ''D&D'', a new type of game he and Dave Arneson were co-developing, so founded the new company with Kaye to self-publish their products. Needing financing to bring their new game to market, Gygax and Kaye brought in Brian Blume in December as an equal partner. ''Dungeons & Dragons'' is generally considered the first tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG), and established the genre. When Kaye died suddenly in 1975, the Tactical Studies Rules partnership restructured into TSR Hobbies, Inc. and accepted investment from Blume's father Melvin. With the popular ''D&D'' as its main product, TSR Hobbies became a major force in the games industry by the late 1970s. Melvin Blume eventually transferred his shares to his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunt For Red October
''The Hunt for Red October'' is the debut novel by American author Tom Clancy, first published on October 1, 1984, by the Naval Institute Press. It depicts Soviet submarine captain Marko Ramius as he seemingly goes rogue with his country's cutting-edge ballistic missile submarine ''Red October'', and marks the first appearance of Clancy's most popular fictional character, Jack Ryan, an analyst working for the Central Intelligence Agency, as he must prove his theory that Ramius had intended to defect to the United States. ''The Hunt for Red October'' launched Clancy's successful career as a novelist, especially after then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan remarked that he had enjoyed reading the book. A film adaptation was released on March 2, 1990, and several computer and video games based on the book have been developed. The book was instrumental in bringing the book genre of techno-thriller into the mainstream. Plot summary During the Cold War, Marko Ramius, a Soviet Navy subm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hunt For Red October (1987 Video Game)
''The Hunt for Red October'' is a video game based on the 1984 book ''The Hunt for Red October'' by Tom Clancy. It was released in 1987 and was available for the Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II series, Apple II, Macintosh, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64 and IBM PC compatible, IBM PC. A port for the Apple IIGS was released in 1989. The player must navigate the ''Red October'' towards U.S. waters while avoiding the Soviet Navy. The game is a combination of submarine simulator and strategy game. Reception ''Computer Gaming World'' in 1988 described it as an excellent submarine simulator, controlled entirely by mouse. The replay value of the game was also praised, as the Soviets change tactics with each game. A 1992 survey in the magazine of wargames with modern settings was much more negative, giving the game one and a half stars out of five and stating that it "probably did more to turn off purchasers to the wargame genre than any other product". ''Antic (magazine), Antic'' recommended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Niles
Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space opera setting and the ''Top Secret (role-playing game), Top Secret S/I'' espionage role-playing game. Early life and education Niles was born in Brookfield, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, and his family moved to Nashotah, Wisconsin, Nashotah, a small town to the north, when he was twelve years old. Niles developed an interest in heroic fantasy, as well as wargaming, and began writing short stories and making short films in high school. Niles attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, where he majored in speech and minored in English. While there, he met Chris Schroeder, whom he married three years later. After graduation, Niles began teaching Speech and English at Clinton High School (Clinton, Wisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Storm Rising (board Game)
''Red Storm Rising'' is a board game published by TSR, Inc. in 1989. Publication history The game was designed by Douglas Niles, based on the novel ''Red Storm Rising'' by Tom Clancy. Reception Alan R. Moon reviewed ''Red Storm Rising'' for ''Games International'' magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated that "I'm hoping they are going to continue to do games like ''Red Storm Rising'' and pick up the Gamemaster Series ball in the other hand and run with it at the same time." The game won the Origins Award for ''Best Modern-Day Boardgame of 1989'' and ''Best Graphic Presentation of a Boardgame of 1989''. ''The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...'' identified ''Red Storm Rising'' as a game that will test the player's knowledge and expertise. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |