Thursday, June 22, 2017

The Golden Age of Wargaming

Coupled with an aggressive advertising campaign, this caused a tremendous rise in the popularity of wargaming in the early 1970s, with a large number of new companies starting up. Two of these would last for some years: Game Designers' Workshop, and Tactical Studies Rules.

TSR's medieval era miniatures game, Chainmail included a fantasy supplement that led to a new phenomenon that would become much bigger than its parent hobby, role-playing games.


The 1970s can be considered the 'Golden Age of Wargaming', with a large number of new companies publishing an even larger number of games throughout the decade, powered by an explosive rise in the number of people playing wargames. Avalon Hill's PanzerBlitz (1970), Panzer Leader (1974), and Squad Leader (1977) were particularly popular during this time, with their innovative geomorphic mapboard system.

Empire war online began to diversify in subject matter, with the first science-fiction wargame appearing in 1973 and one of the longest lasting and most successful, Star Fleet Battles, published by Task Force Games, appearing in 1979.

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