WARGAME ACADEMY; Resource for Historical Boardgaming Simulation

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DEPARTMENTS BY GAME TITLE 1776; TAHGC 1914-914; TAHGC Afrika Korps-AFK; TAHGC 1964 Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit-ASK; MMP 2004 A House Divided-AHD GDW 1981; Phalanx 1989 Air Force/Dauntless-AFD; Battleline TAHGC 1976/1977 Anzio-ANZ; TAHGC 1974 Atlantic Wall-ATW ; SPI 1979 Axis & Allies -A&A; HBR Bulge-AAB; HBR Classic-AAC; 3M/HBR D-Day-AAD; HBR Europe-AAE; HBR Pacific-AAP; HBR Battle Cry-BCR; TAHGC Battle For Germany-BFG; SPI 1974/ DG 1994 Battle of the Bulge-B81; TAHGC B65 B81 Bitter Woods-BTW; TAHGC 1998/L2DG 2003 Bloody April-BAP; SPI 1978 Blitzkrieg-BZK; TAHGC 1965 Bobby Lee-BBL; Columbia Games Breakout Normandy; TAHGC 1993 Campaign for North Africa -CNA; SPI 1978 The Civil War-CVW; VG 1983 Cobra-COB; SPI/TSR 19## Crescendo of Doom-COD; TAHGC-1980 ( See Squad Leader Academy) Cross of Iron-COI; TAHGC 1977 ( See Squad Leader Academy) Cross of Iron Campaign-COIC aka Order of Glory (WGA internal design) Diplomacy-DIP; 1958, TAHGC 19## East Front-EFT; Columbia Games Europa Eastern Front-EEF (WGA internal Design) Fire in the East-FITE; GDW 1984 Scorched Earth-SCE; GDW 1987 The Urals-TUR; GDW 1989 Flattop-FLT; BTL/TAHGC 1981 For the People -FTP; TAHGC 1998; GMT 2000 Fortress America - FAM; 3M Fortress Europa-FSE; TAHGC 1980 France 1940-F40; TAHGC 1972 Fuedal-FDL; TAHGC/3M 1967 Gettysburg 5th edition-G88; TAHGC 1988 Gettysburg: Badges of Courage-GBC; Columbia Games GI:Anvil of Victory-GIA; TAHGC 1982 ( See Squad Leader Academy) GI:Anvil of Victory Campaign-GIAC aka Silver Star (WGA internal design Guns of August-GOA; TAHGC 1985 Highway to the Reich-HWR; SPI 1977 Hitler's War-HTW; TAHGC 1984 Kingmaker-KGM; TAHGC 1975 Knights of the Air-KTA; TAHGC 1986 Luftwaffe-LFW; TAHGC 1971 Midway-MDW; 1964, 1991 TAHGC; WGA CAMPAIGN Monty's Gamble-MTG; MMP 2003 Nations at War-NAP (WGA internal design)  Operation Crusader-OCD; GDW 1978 Operation Typhoon-OTY SPI 1978 Order of Glory-OOG (WGA internal design) Origins of WWII-OW2; TAHGC Pacific War-PCW; VG 1985 PanzerBlitz-PZB TAHGC 1971 Panzergruppe Guderian-PGG; SPI 1976; TAHGC #### PanzerLeader-PZL; TAHGC 1974 Paths of Glory-POG Patton's Best-PTB ; TAHGC 1987 Richter's War-RFW; TAHGC 1971 The Longest Day-TLD TAHGC 1980 Russia Beseiged-RBS; L2 Design The Russian Campaign-TRC TAHGC 1976; L2 Design 2003 Russian Front-RFT TAHGC 1985 Silver Star-SVS (WGA internal design) Squad Leader-SQL; TAHGC 1977 (See Squad Leader Academy) Starship Troopers-SST; TAHGC 1976 Struggle of Nations-SON; TAHGC 1981 Supremacy-SUP Terrible Swift Sword-TSS; SPI 1976 TSR 1986 Third Reich-3R4 ; TAHGC 1974 Tobruk-TOK; TAHGC 1975 Turning Point Stalingrad; TAHGC 1989 Twilight Struggle; GMT 2005 Up Front; TAHGC 1989 V for Victory Series-V4V; 360/ATG Utah Beach-VVB Velikiye Luki-VVV Market Garden-VVM Gold-Sword-Juno-VVG Victory in the Pacific-VIP; TAHGC 1981 Wacht am Rhein-WAR; SPI 1977 War And Peace-WAP TAHGC 1980 War At Sea-WAS; Jedco/TAHGC 1972 War Between the States-WBS; SPI 197x War in Europe-WIE; SPI/DG War in the East-WITE; SPI-1974 War in the West_WITW ; SPI-1976 War in Europe-BWIE SPI 1976 DG 1998 Computer War in Europe-CWIE; DG Computer War In Europe 2-CWIE1; DG; Beta Test War in the Pacific -WIP SPI 1978 Waterloo-WAT; TAHGC Wooden Ships & Iron Men-WSM WWII: ETO-WW2; SPI World At War Series-W@W; ATG/TAHGC Crusader-WWC Stalingrad-WWS America Invades-WWA World in Flames-WIF; ADG 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 Finalizing through playtest the TRC4 Vassal module. Generating all scenario files for CVW Vassal Module. Revising CVW rulebook Regenerating BBL Vassal module Creating WBS Vassal module Regenerating BBL Vassal module Creating WBS Vassal module Creating AHD Vassal module Scrubbing Squad Leader Series compiled Questions & Answers Generating SQLA Tournament edition rulebooks for Squad Leader, Cross of Iron, Crescendo of Doom & GI: Anvil of Victory. . .

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 Wargame Academy (WGA) Mission Statement AREA RATING SYSTEM For those who can't play for the fun of it. Submit a Squad Leader series claim on-line SQUAD LEADER ACADEMY SQL, COI, COD, GIA Player Development Other Key Wargame Pages Who is WGA? 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. 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. Wargame Face-To-Face (FTF) Event Calendar World Boardgame Championships; Baltimore, MD; August 3-8. Victory in the Pacific Midwest Open Austin Advanced Squad Leader Tournament Computer Resources and Baseline Applications Standard Game Abbreviations Rare Game Resource Buy ,Sell or Trade games or related books. 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'. Links to 'In Print' Wargame publications; Boardgamer; Line of Departure 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. PBG-Play By Graphics Tools for Email Play PBB(play by browser) ; examples of games in progress; both game map and corresponding email log files Probability Tables Current WGA projects ; Volunteers always welcome Help locate MIA opponents, AREA participants and friends Military History Examination: What do you actually know 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 Gaming Methods, Availability and Limitations Games in Progress Boardgame Inventory Computer Game Inventory (Apple IIe, Macintosh, Dos, Windows Bill's AREA record Contact Information Click here to send an email to Bill Disclaimer: If I am captured by Aliens or hit by a bus, my wife will tempted to throw all this stuff out. In that event, contact my wife email on Thomson Family page to place a bid for some of this extensive rare/out of print collection If you want to be named in my Wargame Will; please notify me in advance. All this stuff will end up somewhere, hopefully not in the trash. Games I am seeking to acquire: THE LONGEST DAY (TAHGC); Play copy needed of as mine is unpunched. BATTLE CRY; any condition . RUSSIA BESIEGED; any condition