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War In The East
''War In The East: The Russo-German Conflict, 1941-45'' is a board game published in 1974 by Simulations Publications. Description In 1974, SPI had produced ''War in the East'', a "monster" wargame (having more than 1000 counters) that simulated the Eastern Front conflict between Germany and the Soviet Union from "Operation Barbarossa" in 1941 until Germany's surrender in 1945. Two years later, in 1976, SPI published ''War in the West'', which covered the Allied-German conflict in Western Europe and North Africa. Later the same year, SPI published '' War in Europe'', which combined a revised version of ''War in the East'' (henceforth called ''War in the East, 2nd edition'') and ''War in the West''. Players can either play one or the other, or can combine both games into one massive campaign covering the entire European Theater called ''War in Europe''. Publication history In 1974, game designer Jim Dunnigan designed ''War in the East'', a large game (3 maps, 2000 counters) to simu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simulations Publications, Inc
A simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real world. In this broad sense, simulation can often be used interchangeably with model. Sometimes a clear distinction between the two terms is made, in which simulations require the use of models; the model represents the key characteristics or behaviors of the selected system or process, whereas the simulation represents the evolution of the model over time. Another way to distinguish between the terms is to define simulation as experimentation with the help of a model. This definition includes time-independent simulations. Often, computer simulation, computers are used to execute the simulation. Simulation is used in many contexts, such as simulation of technology for performance tuning or optimizing, safety engineering, testing, training, education, and video games. Simulation is also used with scientific modelling of natural systems or human systems to gain insight into their functio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, known as the A-A line. The attack became the largest and costliest military offensive in history, with around 10 million combatants taking part in the opening phase and over 8 million casualties by the end of the operation on 5 December 1941. It marked a major escalation of World War II, opened the Eastern Front—the largest and deadliest land war in history—and brought the Soviet Union into the Allied powers. The operation, code-named after the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa ("red beard"), put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goals of eradicating communism and conquering the western Soviet Union to repopulate it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In The West
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of State (polity), states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups. It is generally characterized by widespread violence, destruction, and mortality, using Regular army, regular or Irregular military, irregular Military, military forces. ''Warfare'' refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive Civilian casualty, civilian or other non-combatant suffering and Casualty (person), casualties. Etymology The English word ''war'' derives from the 11th-century Old English words and , from Old French ( as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish language, Frankish , ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In Europe (game)
''War in Europe'' is a grand strategic "monster" board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1976 that attempts to simulate the entirety of the European theatre of World War II from 1939 to 1945. One of the largest wargames ever produced, ''War in Europe'' features 4000 counters, four rulebooks, and nine maps that when placed together cover an area of 38.5 ft2 (3.6 m2). The game is nominally a three-player game ( Allied, Axis, Soviet), but each side can be represented by teams of players. SPI estimated the full game would take at least 180 hours. Description In 1974, SPI had produced '' War in the East'', a "monster" wargame (having more than 1000 counters) that simulated the Eastern Front conflict between Germany and the Soviet Union from "Operation Barbarossa" in 1941 until Germany's surrender in 1945. Two years later, in 1976, SPI published ''War in the West'', which covered the Allied-German conflict in Western Europe and North Africa. Later the sam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Dunnigan
James F. Dunnigan (born August 8, 1943) is an author, military-political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City. Career Dunnigan was born in Rockland County, New York. After high school, he volunteered for the military instead of waiting to be drafted. From 1961 to 1964, he worked as a repair technician for the Sergeant ballistic missile; his service included a tour in Korea. Afterwards, he attended Pace University studying accounting, then transferred to Columbia University, graduating with a degree in history in 1970. In college he became involved in wargaming. He designed ''Jutland'', which Avalon Hill published in 1967, following it up with ''1914'' the next year, and '' PanzerBlitz'' in 1970, which eventually sold more than 300,000 copies. Meanwhile, Dunnigan had founded his own company, initially known as Poultron Press, and which was soon renamed to Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI). Dunnigan created S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Freeman (game Designer)
Jon Freeman is a game designer and co-founder of software developer Automated Simulations, which was later renamed to Epyx and became a major company during the 8-bit era of home computing. He is married to game programmer Anne Westfall, and they work together as Free Fall Associates. Free Fall is best known for '' Archon: The Light and the Dark'', one of the earliest titles from Electronic Arts. Career Automated Simulations and Epyx Freeman worked as a game designer for video game developer and publisher, Epyx, which he co-founded with Jim Connelley in 1978 as Automated Simulations. Their first game, '' Starfleet Orion'', was a two-player only game developed mainly so Connelley could write off the cost of his Commodore PET computer. Freeman provided design while Connelley handled the programming in BASIC. Freeman was amazed when they actually had a finished product and they had to create a company to publish it. So, both he and Connelley fell into the computer game industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redmond A
Redmond may refer to: *Redmond (name) * Redmond Linux, a computer operating system from the former Lycoris (company) Places United States * Redmond, Oregon * Redmond, Utah * Redmond, Washington * John Redmond Reservoir, Kansas, USA Elsewhere * Ballyredmond (Redmond's Town), a townland in County Carlow, Ireland * Redmond, Western Australia, a townsite and locality in the City of Albany * Redmond West, Western Australia, a locality in the City of Albany Companies * Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ..., sometimes identified by the metonym "Redmond" because it is headquartered in Redmond, Washington See also * Redmon (other) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Comprehensive Guide To Board Wargaming
''The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming'' is a 1977 book by Nicholas "Nicky" Palmer about the hobby of board wargaming. Contents ''The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming'' is a 223-page book exploring wargaming as a hobby, written for an audience of both non-gamers and gamers. The book covers the evolution of wargames, strategy and tactics employed, short reviews of the games that were available when the book was published, and concludes with a sample game as an example of the hobby for newcomers. The original edition included a sample, small scale game, complete with terrain map. At the time of publication, Palmer explained the audience he was trying to reach, saying, "I haven't aimed the book at beginners; in particular, they get a preliminary section on a 'need to know' basis describing the basic concepts plus anything they'll need for the main part, but the rest will, I hope, interest battle-hardened veterans." Reception In Issue 12 of the British magazine '' Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Palmer
Nicholas Douglas Palmer (born 5 February 1950) is a British politician, translator and computer scientist. He was the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Broxtowe (UK Parliament constituency), Broxtowe in Nottinghamshire from 1997 United Kingdom general election, 1997 until he lost the seat at the 2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010 general election to Conservative party (UK), Conservative Anna Soubry, by 390 votes. Described by Andrew Roth as "quietly effective", he was Parliamentary Private Secretary, Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to the Minister of State, Margaret Beckett, in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs until April 2005. He then became PPS to the Minister of State, Malcolm Wicks, first in the Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom), Department of Trade and Industry, and later in the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform until Wicks stood do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Complete Book Of Wargames
''The Complete Book of Wargames'' by Jon Freeman and the editors of Consumer Guide was published in 1980 by Simon & Schuster under the Fireside imprint. Contents This book comes in both a 285-page hardcover edition and a paperback version. In both editions, it is divided into two parts: * Part 1: "An Introduction to Wargames" takes up about 25% of the book, and is divided into five chapters: # Can War Be Fun? A brief history of wargaming, some of the notable companies, and what type of people play wargames. # The Nature of the Beast Definitions of wargaming; realism versus playability. # All's Not Fair The components of wargames, including hexfields and terrain, the Combat Resolution Table (CRT), the rulebook. # Kassala An introductory game to demonstrate the concepts mentioned in the previous three chapters. # Playing to Win Victory conditions, reading a CRT, maximizing odds, using terrain, defensive tactics of the hexgrid. * Part 2: "Evaluating the Games" takes up about thr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drang Nach Osten!
''Drang Nach Osten!'' ("Drive to the East!") is a monster board wargame published in 1973 by Game Designers' Workshop (GDW) that simulates Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. The game was the first of what was envisioned as a series of games with identical wargame rules and map scale that would simulate the entire Second World War in Europe. Description ''Drang Nach Osten!'', characterized as a "monster game" because it has more than 1000 counters, is a two-player (or two-team) game that covers Operation Barbarossa along World War II's Eastern Front between 22 June 1941 and 31 March 1942. Components The game, packaged in a ziplock bag, contains: * 1792 die-cut counters * Five 21" x 27" maps that, when put together, cover the Eastern Front from Warsaw in the west to Stalingrad in the east, and from Murmansk in the north to Sevastopol in the south. The map scale used in the entire ''Europa'' series is 25 km (16 mi) per hex. * Rules folder with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games & Puzzles
''Games & Puzzles'' was a magazine about games and puzzles. Publication history The magazine was first published in May 1972 by Edu-Games (UK) Ltd. The first editor was Graeme Levin who recruited a variety of games and puzzles experts as writers and consultant editors including Darryl Francis, David Parlett, David Pritchard, Don Turnbull, Eric Solomon, Gyles Brandreth, Nick Palmer, R. C. Bell, Richard Sharp, Sid Sackson and Tony Buzan. Its headquarters was in London. The magazine ceased publication in 1981 but was relaunched in 1994, and then stopped again in 1996. During its last period, between 1994 and 1996, the publisher was Games & Puzzles Publications. Reception Recruiting experts gave it a good reputation; for example, ''Popular Computing'' wrote "Quite simply, ''Games & Puzzles Magazine'' is unique. There is no other publication quite like it anywhere in the world." In Issue 10 of the British wargaming zine A zine ( ; short for ''magazine'' or ''fanzine'') is, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
