The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming is a 1977 book by Nicholas "Nicky" Palmer about the hobby of board wargaming. The Comprehensive Guide to Board...
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concluded, "To sum up, Kingmaker might be an excellent game but I cannot be certain of it!" In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas...
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Monster game (redirect from Monster wargame)
Games". The Best of Board Wargaming. New York, N. Y.: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-525-6. Palmer, Nicholas (1980). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming...
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his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer thought the game had "a relatively realistic scope [...] the system is not difficult...
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1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called it an "enduringly popular operational-level game." He noted the "lightning...
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(1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. pp. 176–177. Roseman, Todd (August–September 1976). "Reviews". The Space Gamer...
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calls itself “the international army games” and often is referred to as wargaming colloquially. Modern wargaming was invented in Prussia in the early 19th-century...
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Drang Nach Osten! (category Board games introduced in 1973)
Publications Inc., wargame players rated Drang nach Osten! as Number 1.: 148 In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer wrote...
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MacGowan. In the 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer noted some of the innovative features of the game: "Defenders hole out...
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Richthofen's War (category Aerial board wargames)
Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. p. 169. Jackson, John (1975). A Player's Guide to Table Games. Harrisburg...
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and via play-by-email. In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer noted that the playing time of this game was only an hour...
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Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. p. 156. Jackson, John (1975). A Player's Guide to Table Games. Harrisburg...
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White Bear and Red Moon (category Fantasy board wargames)
his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer noted the game had "Eight scenarios of increasing complexity; the total effect...
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Afrika Korps (game) (category American board games)
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called this game "Well balanced, fast-moving, easy to learn, but rather...
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Midway (1964 game) (category Pacific theatre World War II board wargames)
it." In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer felt that the game, already 12 years old at the time he was writing,...
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Nick Palmer (section Board and computer wargames)
to form Novartis. Palmer has written three books about board wargames (The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming (1977), The Best of Board Wargaming...
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Panzer Leader (game) (category European theatre World War II board wargames)
Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. p. 167. Freeman, Jon (1980). The Complete Book of Wargames. New York: Simon...
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that, even the advanced rules are logical and easy to understand, and it's fun." In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas...
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his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer highlighted the "Brisk scenarios, with the flavour of man-to-man fighting quite...
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ISBN 0-8039-1375-3. Palmer, Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. p. 185. "Index to Game Reviews in Magazines"....
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the first board wargames (and the first one about the Eastern Front) it was extensively played and discussed during the early years of the wargaming hobby...
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Blitzkrieg (game) (category Board wargames)
building on the game of another." In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called the game an "Ambitious attempt to incorporate...
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PanzerBlitz (category European theatre World War II board wargames)
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called it "Perhaps the most frequently played wargame ever produced." He...
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Wacht am Rhein (game) (redirect from 'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45)
book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer called this "a real feast for the expert, ghastly for beginners." In the 1980 book, The Best...
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Gettysburg (game) (category American Civil War board wargames)
The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer noted its relative unpopularity in the wargaming world at the time (it was rated 189th out...
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Wooden Ships and Iron Men (category Board wargames set in Early Modern history)
first out of 25 games. In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called the game "Playable and yet highly realistic;...
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book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer called Barbarossa "one of SPI's most enduring successes." He noted that linking the four...
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Lou Zocchi (redirect from How to $ell Your Wargame Design)
Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7. Nicholas Palmer (1977), The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming "Poker Deck". Flying Buffalo. Retrieved February 11, 2014...
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Tactics II (category Board wargames)
Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. p. 178. Freeman, Jon (1980). The Complete Book of Wargames. New York: Simon...
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#4, p14 Games & Puzzles #52 Palmer, Nicholas (1977). The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming. London: Sphere Books. pp. 145–146. Campion, Martin (1980)...
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