Don Greenwood is a

board game Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well. Many board games feature a comp ...

designer and was a pioneer editor among commercial board-wargaming magazines. He began his own fanzine, ''

Panzerfaust Magazine ''Panzerfaust'' was a wargaming magazine started by Don Greenwood in 1967 and named after the German '' panzerfaust'', a recoilless anti-tank weapon. Like the more successful ''Strategy & Tactics'' magazine, ''Panzerfaust'' included complete ga ...

'', which he oversaw from 1967 until 1972. He then joined The

Avalon Hill 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' ...

Game Company in 1972, and took over editorship of that company's "house organ", ''

The General Magazine ''The General'' (1964–1998) was a bi-monthly periodical devoted to supporting Avalon Hill's line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and industry news. It was the first professionally produced wargaming magazine for the nascen ...

'', which office he held until 1982. He left Avalon Hill and continued to work in the wargame industry, notably for

GMT Games GMT Games is a California-based wargaming publisher founded in 1990. The company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from "monster games", of many maps and counters, to quite simple games suitable for introducing new ...

. He is the founder of the

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, Avaloncon, and WBC gaming conventions and remains the WBC convention manager. Greenwood was also president of the

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. He was inducted into the

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hall of fame in 1991Hall of Fame
and the

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in 1994. He was honored as a "famous game designer" by being featured as the king of spades in

Flying Buffalo Flying Buffalo Inc. (FBI) is a game company with a line of role playing games, card games, and other gaming materials. The company's founder, Rick Loomis, began game publishing with ''Nuclear Destruction'', a play-by-mail game which started the pr ...

's 2011 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.

Games

Greenwood was a prolific game designer, with a unique rules-writing style. Among the titles for which he was responsible: *''

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 (wi ...

'' (1985) *''

Age of Renaissance ''Age of Renaissance'' is a board game designed by Don Greenwood and Jared Scarborough and published by Avalon Hill in 1996. The game is for 3-6 players and the box claims that the game should take 2-6 hours to play, though as with any serious ...

'' (1996) *''

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

'' (1971) *''Atlantic Storm'' (1997) *''Baseball Strategy'' (1963) *''Basketball Strategy'' (1974) *'' Beyond Valor'' (1985) *''Breakout: Normandy'' (1992) *'' Caesar at Alesia'' (1975) *''

Circus Maximus The Circus Maximus (Latin for "largest circus"; Italian: ''Circo Massimo'') is an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium and mass entertainment venue in Rome, Italy. In the valley between the Aventine and Palatine hills, it was the first and lar ...

'' (1979) *''Crescendo of Doom'' (1979) *''Galaxy: The Dark Ages'' (2000) *''

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'' (1992) *''GI: Anvil of Victory'' (1982) *''

Gung Ho ''Gung ho'' () is an English term, with the current meaning of "overly enthusiastic or energetic". It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, ( zh, hp=gōnghé, l=to work together), short for Chinese ...

'' (1992) *''Hedgerow Hell'' (1987) *''New World'' (1990) *''

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'' (1986) *'' Republic of Rome'' (1990) *''

Rise and Decline of the Third Reich ''Rise and Decline of the Third Reich'' or more commonly ''Third Reich'' is a grand strategy wargame covering the European theater of World War II, designed by John Prados and released in 1974 by Avalon Hill. Players take on the roles of majo ...

'' (1974) *''Road Kill'' (1993) *''Streets of Fire'' (1985) *''The Napoleonic Wars'' (2002) *'' Turning Point: Stalingrad'' (1989) *''

Yanks ''Yanks'' is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and starring Richard Gere, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Lisa Eichhorn and Tony Melody. The film is set during the Second World War in Northern England and features no combat scen ...

'' (1987)

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