
Redmond & The End of SPI
[Above: Eric Lee Smith & Kevin discussing Redmond and SPI at ConsimWorld Expo 2025] Redmond Simonsen, SPI’s Art Director from 1969 to 1982, was...
Read more[Above: Eric Lee Smith & Kevin discussing Redmond and SPI at ConsimWorld Expo 2025] Redmond Simonsen, SPI’s Art Director from 1969 to 1982, was...
Read moreWe were both nineteen and going to “High School with ashtrays.” She wore tan corduroys, unlike the other girls, and flannel shirts—Pendleton’s. She...
Read moreOur housing development was built on the grounds of a former Japanese Internment camp called “Camp Kohler.” Initially a camp for migrant farm worke...
Read moreNapoleonic Tours started in 1991 with our first tour—to Paris and Waterloo. The next year took us to Northern Italy, to discover Bonaparte’s first ...
Read moreSince 1979 when the first edition of OSG's Bonaparte in Italy was published, knowledge about the campaign has increased exponentially... More impor...
Read moreAt the age of 13, I started studying the "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation" published in the back of magazines, usually in the D...
Read moreI 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...
Read more"I would like to remind women wargamers that while they are fewer in numbers, they make equally effective generals."
Read moreMost people are just trying to be okay. They desire nothing more than to dissolve into the herd and become indistinguishable from the mass—
Read moreI 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...
Read moreJack Greene was a game designer and publisher, owner of Quarterdeck International, inducted into the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame in 1990. His d...
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