WARGAME ACADEMY; Resource for Historical Boardgaming Simulation

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Updated 080401

Contributions to WGA are greatly appreciated!

DEPARTMENTS BY GAME TITLE

  1. 1776; TAHGC
  2. 1914-914; TAHGC
  3. Afrika Korps-AFK; TAHGC 1964
  4. Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit-ASK; MMP 2004
  5. A House Divided-AHD GDW 1981; Phalanx 1989
  6. Air Force/Dauntless-AFD; Battleline TAHGC 1976/1977
  7. Anzio-ANZ; TAHGC 1974
  8. Atlantic Wall-ATW ; SPI 1979
  9. Axis & Allies -A&A; HBR
    1. Bulge-AAB; HBR
    2. Classic-AAC; 3M/HBR
    3. D-Day-AAD; HBR
    4. Europe-AAE; HBR
    5. Pacific-AAP; HBR
  10. Battle Cry-BCR; TAHGC
  11. Battle For Germany-BFG; SPI 1974/ DG 1994
  12. Battle of the Bulge-B81; TAHGC B65 B81
  13. Bitter Woods-BTW; TAHGC 1998/L2DG 2003
  14. Bloody April-BAP; SPI 1978
  15. Blitzkrieg-BZK; TAHGC 1965
  16. Bobby Lee-BBL; Columbia Games
  17. Breakout Normandy; TAHGC 1993
  18. Campaign for North Africa -CNA; SPI 1978
  19. The Civil War-CVW; VG 1983
  20. Cobra-COB; SPI/TSR 19##
  21. Crescendo of Doom-COD; TAHGC-1980
    ( See Squad Leader Academy)
  22. Cross of Iron-COI; TAHGC 1977
    ( See Squad Leader Academy)
  23. Cross of Iron Campaign-COIC aka Order of Glory (WGA internal design)
  24. Diplomacy-DIP; 1958, TAHGC 19##
  25. East Front-EFT; Columbia Games
  26. Europa Eastern Front-EEF (WGA internal Design)
    1. Fire in the East-FITE; GDW 1984
    2. Scorched Earth-SCE; GDW 1987
    3. The Urals-TUR; GDW 1989
  27. Flattop-FLT; BTL/TAHGC 1981
  28. For the People -FTP; TAHGC 1998; GMT 2000
  29. Fortress America - FAM; 3M
  30. Fortress Europa-FSE; TAHGC 1980
  31. France 1940-F40; TAHGC 1972
  32. Fuedal-FDL; TAHGC/3M 1967
  33. Gettysburg 5th edition-G88; TAHGC 1988
  34. Gettysburg: Badges of Courage-GBC; Columbia Games
  35. GI:Anvil of Victory-GIA; TAHGC 1982
    ( See Squad Leader Academy)
  36. GI:Anvil of Victory Campaign-GIAC aka Silver Star (WGA internal design
  37. Guns of August-GOA; TAHGC 1985
  38. Highway to the Reich-HWR; SPI 1977
  39. Hitler's War-HTW; TAHGC 1984
  40. Kingmaker-KGM; TAHGC 1975
  41. Knights of the Air-KTA; TAHGC 1986
  42. Luftwaffe-LFW; TAHGC 1971
  43. Midway-MDW; 1964, 1991 TAHGC; WGA CAMPAIGN
  44. Monty's Gamble-MTG; MMP 2003
  45. Nations at War-NAP (WGA internal design) 
  46. Operation Crusader-OCD; GDW 1978
  47. Operation Typhoon-OTY SPI 1978
  48. Order of Glory-OOG (WGA internal design)
  49. Origins of WWII-OW2; TAHGC
  50. Pacific War-PCW; VG 1985
  51. PanzerBlitz-PZB TAHGC 1971
  52. Panzergruppe Guderian-PGG; SPI 1976; TAHGC ####
  53. PanzerLeader-PZL; TAHGC 1974
  54. Paths of Glory-POG
  55. Patton's Best-PTB ; TAHGC 1987
  56. Richter's War-RFW; TAHGC 1971
  57. The Longest Day-TLD TAHGC 1980
  58. Russia Beseiged-RBS; L2 Design
  59. The Russian Campaign-TRC TAHGC 1976; L2 Design 2003
  60. Russian Front-RFT TAHGC 1985
  61. Silver Star-SVS (WGA internal design)
  62. Squad Leader-SQL; TAHGC 1977
    (See Squad Leader Academy)
  63. Starship Troopers-SST; TAHGC 1976
  64. Struggle of Nations-SON; TAHGC 1981
  65. Supremacy-SUP
  66. Terrible Swift Sword-TSS; SPI 1976 TSR 1986
  67. Third Reich-3R4 ; TAHGC 1974
  68. Tobruk-TOK; TAHGC 1975
  69. Turning Point Stalingrad; TAHGC 1989
  70. Twilight Struggle; GMT 2005
  71. Up Front; TAHGC 1989
  72. V for Victory Series-V4V; 360/ATG
    1. Utah Beach-VVB
    2. Velikiye Luki-VVV
    3. Market Garden-VVM
    4. Gold-Sword-Juno-VVG
  73. Victory in the Pacific-VIP; TAHGC 1981
  74. Wacht am Rhein-WAR; SPI 1977
  75. War And Peace-WAP TAHGC 1980
  76. War At Sea-WAS; Jedco/TAHGC 1972
  77. War Between the States-WBS; SPI 197x
  78. War in Europe-WIE; SPI/DG
    1. War in the East-WITE; SPI-1974
    2. War in the West_WITW ; SPI-1976
    3. War in Europe-BWIE SPI 1976 DG 1998
    4. Computer War in Europe-CWIE; DG
    5. Computer War In Europe 2-CWIE1; DG; Beta Test
  79. War in the Pacific -WIP SPI 1978
  80. Waterloo-WAT; TAHGC
  81. Wooden Ships & Iron Men-WSM
  82. WWII: ETO-WW2; SPI
  83. World At War Series-W@W; ATG/TAHGC
    1. Crusader-WWC
    2. Stalingrad-WWS
    3. America Invades-WWA
  84. World in Flames-WIF; ADG
  85. Yalu-YAL; CFG 1977

Publisher Key

ABBR
GAME COMPANY
360 360 Pacific
ADG Australian Design Group
ATG Atomic Games
AVP Avalanche Press
BTL Battleline
CFG

Conflict Games

CLG Columbia Games
DG Decision Games
GDW Game Designers' Workshop
GMT GMT Games
HBR Hasbro
L2D L2 Design Group
MTX Matrix Games
MMP Multiman Publishing
SPI Simulations Publications, Inc
SSI Strategic Simulations Inc
TAHGC The Avalon Hill Game Company
SSG Strategic Studies Group
VG Victory Games
WGA Wargame Academy

WARGAME ACADEMY VASSAL MODULES WITH CONTRIBUTOR STATUS


  • 5= ENHANCED FUNCTIONALITY
  • 4 = FUNCTIONAL
  • 3 = LATE CONFIGURATION
  • 2 = MID CONFIGURATION
  • 1= EARLY CONFIGURATION (MAP ONLY )
  • 0 = INDENTIFIED PROJECT

3 [AHD] A HOUSE DIVIDED
3 [AFK] AFRIKA KORPS
3 [AIW] ARAB ISRAELI WARS
0 [ATW] ATLANTIC WALL
0 [BAP] BLOODY APRIL
4 [BFG] BATTLE FOR GERMANY
0 [BTW] BITTER WOODS
0 [CNA] CAMPAIGN FOR NORTH AFRICA
4 [CVW] THE CIVIL WAR
0 [EEF] EUROPA EAST FRONT (FIRE IN THE EAST, SCORCHED EARTH, THE URALS)
1 [F40] FRANCE 1940
4 [FDL] FUEDAL
3 [FLT] FLAT TOP
1 [FSE] FORTRESS EUROPA
5 [G88] GETTYSBURG, 1988 ED aka 5TH
2 [GOA] GUNS OF AUGUST
1 [HWR] HIGHWAY TO THE REICH;
4 [LFT] LUFTWAFFE
4 [M64] MIDWAY 1964 ED
1 [OTY] OPERATION TYPHOON
1 [PGG] PANZERGRUPPE GUDERIAN
4 [PZB/PZL] PANZERBLITZ/PANZERLEADER
0 [RBS] RUSSIA BESIEGED
5 [RFT] RUSSIAN FRONT
5 [SQL] VIRTUAL SQUAD LEADER [SQL, COI, COD, GIA]
4 [SST] STARSHIP TROOPERS
3 [TLD] THE LONGEST DAY
5 [TRC] THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN, 3RD
0 [TRC4] THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 4TH
1 [TSS] TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD
4 [VIP] VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC
0 [WAM] WACHT AM RHEIN
4 [WAS] WAR AT SEA
1 [WITE] WAR IN THE EAST 1ST ED;
4 [WSM] WOODEN SHIPS & IRON MEN
0 [YAL] YALU


CURRENT WGA VASSAL PRIORITIES

  1. Finalizing through playtest the TRC4 Vassal module.
  2. Generating all scenario files for CVW Vassal Module.
  3. Revising CVW rulebook
  4. Regenerating BBL Vassal module
  5. Creating WBS Vassal module
  6. Regenerating BBL Vassal module
  7. Creating WBS Vassal module
  8. Creating AHD Vassal module
  9. Scrubbing Squad Leader Series compiled Questions & Answers
  10. Generating SQLA Tournament edition rulebooks for Squad Leader, Cross of Iron, Crescendo of Doom & GI: Anvil of Victory.

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WARGAME NEWS


WGA ADMINISTERED TOURNAMENTS

  • BPA Squad Leader Series Tournament at the 2006 World Boardgame Championships Lancaster, PA; August 6-7.
  • Six Squad Leader series PBEM events are currently in progress spanning SQL, COI, COD, GIA. See Squad Leader Academy
  • Others to be formed as VASSAL modules progress should they currently lack tournament or ladder play.

CONVENTION CALENDAR

  • Midwest Open 2008: Victory in the Pacific specifc; 6x5 hour rounds with Top Tier VIP opposition; Invite and Registration in PDF.; Tournament Director-Glenn Petroski
    {March 1-2; Kenosha, WI}
  • World Boardgame Championships 2008; The BPA’s largest event is the annual World Boardgaming Championships® (WBC) where about 1,300 people from around the world compete to be named champion of their favorite games. Convention Director-Don Greenwood
    [August 05-August 10; Lancaster, PA]
  • Prezcon 2008; Winter Nationals; Convention Director-Justin Thompson
    [February, 20-24; Charlottesville, VA]

RESOURCE INDEX

  1. Wargame Academy (WGA) Mission Statement
  2. AREA RATING SYSTEM For those who can't play for the fun of it. Submit a Squad Leader series claim on-line
  3. SQUAD LEADER ACADEMY SQL, COI, COD, GIA Player Development
  4. Other Key Wargame Pages
  5. Who is WGA?
  6. WGA Human Talent and Resources; expertise in various areas. It is not important to know all information but is more valuable to know where to find it.
  7. WGA Play by Graphics (PBG) Email Interest groups. Work groups to product PBG toolsets by game title; sign up if interested in joining. These are work groups. In cases where copyrights/licensing can not be resolved to allow released to the Public Domain, the resulting products are for the exclusive use of the PIG group who developed it.
  8. Wargame Face-To-Face (FTF) Event Calendar
  9. Computer Resources and Baseline Applications
  10. Standard Game Abbreviations
  11. Rare Game Resource Buy ,Sell or Trade games or related books.
  12. WGA Reference Library; Recommended hardcopy for gamers and game developers. Many are rare/out of print. Use to have many more but they were 'borrowed'.
  13. Links to 'In Print' Wargame publications; Boardgamer; Line of Departure
  14. Out Of Print Wargame publications; Shared recourses for game developers. Downloadable zip file of a Microsoft Excel. Partial index of: ASL Annuals; Adventure Gaming, Battleplan, Boardgamer; Boardgame Journal, Command; Campaign; Europa News, Fire & Movement; General; Grenadier; Jagdpanther, Line of Departure, Moves; Outpost, On All Fronts; Phoenix, Simulcrum, Run5; Squad Leader Academy; Strategy & Tactics; TAHGC Guide to XXX, Wargamers Digest; Wargamer; The Wargamer; Zones of Control. UPDATED 031113. WGA seeks internal trading partners to argument respective collections.
  15. PBG-Play By Graphics Tools for Email Play
  16. PBB(play by browser) ; examples of games in progress; both game map and corresponding email log files
  17. Probability Tables
  18. Current WGA projects ; Volunteers always welcome
  19. Help locate MIA opponents, AREA participants and friends
  20. Military History Examination: What do you actually know
  21. Article: The Fall and Rise of Wargaming; Alan Emrich. Originally published in  Fire & Movement; Number 67; August 1990. A good analysis of the decline of the Hobby to its current endangered state. Unfortunately, several of the existing 'For Profit' Game Companies continue the strategy that is unnecessarily hastening the death of this hobby.

Bill Thomson specific

 

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