''Berg's Review of Games'' ( ''BROG'') was a publication started by
game designer Richard Berg
Richard Harvey Berg (1943 – July 26, 2019) was a prolific American wargame designer. He was inducted into the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame in 1987.
Early life, army, student and lawyer
Richard Berg was born in New York City. ...
. The magazine, which featured reviews of
video wargames and
board wargames, debuted in 1991.
Content
In 1980, Richard Berg, then working as a game designer for
Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI), started writing and editing reviews of wargames, which SPI published as ''
Richard Berg's Review of Games
''Richard Berg's Review of Games'' was a wargaming review magazine edited by Richard Berg and first published in 1980 by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI).
Contents
''Richard Berg's Review of Games'' was a slim professionally produced fanzi ...
''. It began as a two-page mimeographed newsletter, published twice a month for 25 issues. It then appeared in the pages of SPI's ''Strategy & Tactics'' until late 1985.
In the fall of 1991, Berg became editor of a self-published fanzine, the similarly titled ''Berg's Review of Games'' (or ''BROG''). Berg differentiated this magazine from his previous one by adding "Vol. 2" to the issue number. He published ''BROG'' six times a year, ending publication with Issue 28.
In his original ''Richard Berg's Review of Games'', Berg had started a satirical annual feature called the "Little Mac Awards" for dubious achievements in gaming. The awards were named for the less-than-stellar
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George McClellan. In Issue #2 of ''BROG'', Berg restarted this tradition, handing out "Little Macs" to various companies and industry personalities for perceived errors and injustices.
Reception
''Berg's Review of Games'' was awarded ''Best Amateur Adventure Gaming Magazine'' at the
Origins Awards three times: in 1992, 1993, and 1995.
Following its demise, ''BROG'' was inducted into the
Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame in 1997.
References
External links
E-BROG
1991 establishments in the United States
Game magazines
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Hobby magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1991
Magazines with year of disestablishment missing
Origins Award winners
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