The
Great Warhammer 40K battle, City
of London Academy: Defend the Gates! (5 July 2007) |
GAME DESIGNThis was an early interest of mine. I had been designing games since I was a teenager, but it was only in my mid-twenties that I “got serious” about it. I was persuaded by Keith Poulter, the editor of The Wargamer and founder of World Wide Wargames (the original WWW, later known as 3W), to help out with editing the magazine. As a result, one of my games, Battle of the Ring, became the game for issue 1. Two other of my games were published in The Wargamer, but by 1981 I had less time to devote to wargaming as a hobby, so my involvement with WWW tailed off. In 1987 Keith moved to the USA to take over publication of Strategy and Tactics, the original magazine-with-wargame. In 1983 I took a job with Argus Press Software, a computer-magazine-on-tape publisher. I commissioned several games for the company (later called ASP), one of which was my own game, Fall of Rome. I also published my first book, Getting Started on Your MSX, while at the company. |
Cover |
Public
-ation |
Type |
Description |
Notes |
|
1983 |
Computer |
The Fall of Rome
Argus Press Software A simulation of
the collapse of the Roman Empire, 395AD to 450AD. One player, with a much- |
|
|
1980 |
Board |
Simon de Montfort
World Wide Wargames A simulation of
the conflict between Parliament and King Henry III - |
|
|
1977 |
Board |
Africa
World Wide Wargames A contemporary
strategic analysis of Superpower surrogate conflict in the Southern African
area. 2 to 5 players |
|
|
1977 |
Board |
Battle of the Ring
World Wide Wargames Based upon the
story The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Tolkien. 2 or 3 players |