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Charles S. Roberts, Inventor of the Wargame, Dies at 80 (founder of Avalon Hill)
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| Thomas L. McDonald
Posted on 08/30/2010 7:15:22 AM PDT by Sanjuro68
Charles S. Roberts, the founder of Avalon Hill and the inventor of the modern wargame, passed away last week.
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TOPICS: History; Hobbies; Military/Veterans; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: games; gaming; military; wargame
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:15:29 AM PDT
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Sanjuro68
To: Sanjuro68
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:17:11 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Sanjuro68
Avalon Hill...that brings back some memories.
RIP Mr. Roberts.
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:18:05 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Sanjuro68
Tactics II, Wooden Ships and Iron Men, Squad Leader, Third Reich. . . Good times with cardboard, charts, and dice.
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:20:45 AM PDT
by
Snake65
(Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
To: Sanjuro68
I was more of an SPI guy, but I did do a fair amount of Panzerblitz.
RIP
To: Sanjuro68
My two favorites were “Midway” and “Stalingrad”.
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:21:40 AM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: Sanjuro68
Wow, I thought he’d live forever. Blitzkrieg!
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:22:06 AM PDT
by
ronnyquest
(There's a communist living in the White House! Now, what are you going to do about it?)
To: Sanjuro68
My first Avalon Hill game was Tactics II.
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:22:57 AM PDT
by
04-Bravo
To: Sanjuro68
Thats a shame, because wargames are history you can hold. When you game a particular battle, you understand it far better than you could by simply reading about it. Its almost like role-playing, as you try to make the decisions faced by the great battlefield commanders, and see how they may have turned out differently. Wargames require time, thought, and study: things that seem in short supply these days. They were great learning tools
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:24:59 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Sanjuro68
My favorite wargames to play were DIPLOMACY, D-DAY and NUCLEAR WAR.
Avalon Hill games required strategic thought in order to play them effectively.
To: Sanjuro68
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:26:36 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: 04-Bravo
To: Ev Reeman
My favorite wargames to play were DIPLOMACY, D-DAY and NUCLEAR WAR. Diplomacy: only play with either good friends who won't mind being stabbed in the back or people you will never see again.
Nuclear War: Do you have change for 20 million people?
I got into the hobby after Avalon Hill and SPI were on the decline, but I still have quite a few of AH's games.
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posted on
08/30/2010 7:36:41 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
To: ClearCase_guy
My mom bought me Panzerblitz when I was in 7th grade.
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posted on
08/30/2010 8:00:05 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Sanjuro68
Avalon Hill accounted for much of my teen years — the innocent parts at least.
To: PzLdr
I had the computer version (Commodore 64) of “Midway”.
Very basic game, but I was a first-year programming student and went into the Basic code and gave the US ships “radar”.
I thought I was so smart back then.
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posted on
08/30/2010 8:25:10 AM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: Sanjuro68
and here i spent a happy four hours this weekend hurting the feelings of two noobies playing Red Barricades...
To: Sanjuro68
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posted on
08/30/2010 3:22:04 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Sanjuro68
Played a few of his games when I was a young kid. Great stuff. RIP. Was interesting watching the gaming industry convert turn based board games over the years to computer based simulations. Always preferred the turn based simulations over the real time battle simulations, but the new graphics and fast CPU’s really enhance the real time simulations. Have had some amazing real time battles over the past few years.
Wow, I wanted to meet him, bur alas, shall not be,
Avalon Hill Afrika Korps....THE GAME!!!!!
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posted on
08/30/2010 9:03:53 PM PDT
by
autocad
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