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Nelson's Squadron in 1796

On 10 April Nelson's squadron was positioned to provide bombardment in support of Beaulieu at the Battle of Voltri, only to witness an Austrian fa...

Bonaparte in Italy: Why a Redesign Now?

Since 1979 when the first edition of OSG's Bonaparte in Italy was published, knowledge about the campaign has increased exponentially... More impor...

vintage print ad for Avalon Hill's D-Day wargame

HOW I BECAME A WARGAME PUBLISHER

At the age of 13, I started studying the "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation" published in the back of magazines, usually in the D...

IN 1972

In the course of editing over 100 games I came to know something no one else at SPI knew—where all the best ideas were.

OPEN UP THE TIRED EYES

I confess I was surprised when GDW's Avalanche won 'Best Graphics' at Origins '77. Perhaps one contributing factor is that the three SPI games nomi...

WHY ARE UPDATES

ALWAYS NECESSARY? Is there a wargame out there without errata?

COUNTERSTRIKE DISPATCHES

At Wartenburg the combat loss was estimated as equal to the after-battle attrition... The full story isn’t recorded for Bertrand’s IV Corps but the...

BUT IT'S NOT YET HELL

Every game has rules. Some of the most important rules are implicit. You accept them merely deciding to play the game…

DRESDEN DEFENSES

The Dresden walls had been partially demolished beginning in 1809. George Nafziger says the walls were in "rather poor condition," not compatible w...

detail of the boxcover art on OSG's Napoleon at Bay

Kevin Zucker Interview 1997

I had just designed Napoleon's Last Battles and wanted a larger scale, to show how battles got set-up. I chose 1814 as the campaign "next to" Water...

vintage Talavera battle-map, 28th of July, 1809

Some Ideas About
“The Meat Grinder Revisited”

Drawing on our previous experience of TLNB, I've come across some quite interesting aspects that I'd like to discuss with you. Thank you very much ...

detail of the Chattanooga Quadrigame map by SPI

THE LIMITS OF ART

The physical system available to the wargame designer is the single greatest limiting factor on his design... But the graphic designer can help the...