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Two embossed wooden blocks from the first block wargame, Quebec 1759 (1972). Combat strength step reductions are displayed around the perimeters

A block wargame is a board wargame that represents military units using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters or metal/plastic miniatures.

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Block wargame

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A block wargame is a board wargame that represents military units using wooden blocks instead of cardboard counters or metal/plastic miniatures. A block...

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Wargame

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A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. Wargaming may be played...

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Board wargame

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A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board, as opposed to being played on a computer or in a more free-form playing area as in miniatures...

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Miniature wargaming

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is in contrast to other tabletop wargames that use abstract pieces such as counters or blocks, or computer wargames which use virtual models. The primary...

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Fog of war

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Another version of fog of war emulation is used by block wargaming where, much like Stratego, the blocks face each player, hiding their value. However, this...

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Battle of Sekigahara

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case the Western forces win the battle. GMT Games produced the 2011 block wargame Sekigahara: Unification of Japan, which attempts to reflect the patchy...

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Columbia Games

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called Gamma Two Games. They published their first game in 1972, the block wargame titled Quebec 1759. Brewster left the company soon after its formation...

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Kriegsspiel

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wargaming developed by the Prussian Army in the 19th century to teach battlefield tactics to officers. The word Kriegsspiel literally means "wargame"...

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Gettysburg

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television episode Sid Meier's Gettysburg!, a computer game Gettysburg (block wargame), from Columbia Games Gettysburg (game), a board game Gettysburg (1863)...

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Professional wargaming

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A wargame, generally, is a type of strategy game which realistically simulates warfare. A professional wargame, specifically, is a wargame that is used...

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Wizard Kings

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Wizard Kings is a block wargame designed in 2000 by Tom Dalgliesh and his son, Grant Dalgliesh and produced by their game company, Columbia Games. Wizard...

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List of wargame publishers

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List of wargame publishers is an index of commercial companies that publish wargames. 3W or World Wide Wargames – publishers of the wargaming magazine...

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EuroFront

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of board wargame rules published by Columbia Games in 1995 that allows the previously published EastFront, WestFront and MedFront wargames to be combined...

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Tactical wargame

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Tactical wargames are a type of wargame that models military conflict at a tactical level, i.e. units range from individual vehicles and squads to platoons...

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Dune II

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the 21st best computer game of all time, calling it "a wargame for those who don't like wargames". In 1996, GamesMaster listed the Mega Drive version 8th...

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Georg von Reisswitz

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officer. Reisswitz is regarded by many as the father of wargaming, as he developed the first wargaming system to be widely used as a serious tool for training...

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GMT Games

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GMT Games is a California-based wargaming publisher founded in 1990. The company has become well known for graphically attractive games that range from...

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Gary Gygax

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organization of wargaming clubs and founded the Gen Con gaming convention. In 1971, he co-developed Chainmail, a miniatures wargame based on medieval...

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