by John Kula
Not all references about games include wargame simulations. Web-Grognards [grognard.com/recom.html] Alan Poulter, Eric Pass and Skip Franklin have pulled together what has to be about the most complete site for wafgamers. Start here and you can get anywhere. Luding [www.luding.com] Luding is the home (?f boardgames, cardgames, wargames, role playing games and many others. There are thousands of links to game reviews and the labyrinth tells the history of games. Mario Boller-01fert, Fatimasir.3a, 81476.Alffinchen, Germany. This is quite an extensive site, but wargames represent only a small part of it. University of Waterloo Museum and Archive of Games [www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/ -museum] Ae Museum and Archive of Games is a unique public institution dedicated to research qf games and game-related behaviour, and to the collection, preservation, and exhibition of games and game-related objects. There are over 5,000 games in the collection. Valuable information on repairing and caring for games. The SPI Compendium [www. crossover. com/ costik/spicom] The SPI Compendium is intended mainly as a reference for collectors of and enthusiasts for SPI games. Greg Costikyan provides a lot of useful data, especially for books, magazines and other SPI publications. AIM Online: the Wargaming Information Place [www.aimonline.com] What is Wargaming? History of Wargaming; Historical Miniature, Board-Based and Computer Wargaming; Game Reviews. Interesting, but the information provided is too succinct. The Game Report [www.wolfenet.com/ - peter/info.htmI] The Game Report is a quarterly publication dedicated to board, card, dice, party, family and strategy games (but not wargames or role playing games, which have numerous other publications devoted entirely to them). Peter Sarrett, 1920 N. 49th St., Seattle WA 98103. Peter pulls no punches in his reviews. Wargamers' Homepages [home. earthlink. net/-mlbakkel/wargamer.htm] Mark Bakke's close-to- definitive list of wargamers' home pages on the World Wide Web. Collectible Board Games [members. iex, net/ - rfinn) Bob Finn's site is devoted to collectible boardgames and related topics, and is also the home page for the American Game Collectors Association, which is dedicated to the collecting and preservation of old games, and to research on the history of American games. Not much on wargames, unfortunately. Guide to Games and Puzzles Harry L. Rinker, 1997 Antique Trader Books, PO Box 1050, Dubuque IA 52004 [ISBN 0-930625-62-5]. Good reference and pricing information, but wargames are limited to Milton-Bradley. Games: American Boxed Games and Their Makers, 1822-1992; Bruce Whitehill-I 1992-1 [ISBN 0-87069-583-5] Lots of good information on the history, collecting, caring for and selling of games. Some Avalon Hill but not much else in wargarnes. Board Games of the 50's, 60's & 70's with Prices; Stephanie Lane-, 1994-, L-W Book Sales, PO Box 69, Gas City IN 46933 [ISBN 0-89538-068- 4] Lots of color photos-, prices are dated; only some Avalon Hill wargames. A Collector's Guide to Games and Puzzles, Caroline Goodfellow; 1991; [ISBN.1-55521727-3]. No prices, but they would be dated by now anyway. Some interesting information and lots of color photos. No wargames. Baby Boomer Games: Identification & Value Guide; Rick Polizzi; 1995; Collector Books, PO Box 3009, Paducah KY 42002-3009. [ISBN 0- 89145-631-7] Color shots, no wargames. Back to Simulacrum Vol. 1 No. 2 Table of Contents Back to Simulacrum List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by Steambubble Graphics This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com |