This is the eighth in a planned series of 27 articles dealing with all the world’s board wargames ever published, and some that weren’t published. Each article gives summary data for all the games whose titles begin with the same letter of the alphabet, sequentially starting with the numbers. This article includes all games beginning with the letter G.

The data provided here comes from Simulacrum’s database (spreadsheet, actually, and in Excel 97 format for those who are interested) of games, an ongoing project with information culled from many sources, primarily old wargame magazines such as Strategy & Tactics, Fire & Movement, Moves, Campaign, Panzerfaust and Conflict. Since new data are continually being identified and existing data confirmed or amended, the database is in a state of constant flux.

The game data in the following table are:

• Title
• Additional Data
• Publisher
• Date of publication
• Designer
• Era
• Data reliability factor

Game titles appear as published, with the following exceptions. English articles only, i.e., a, an and the, are moved to the end of the title (all non-English titles containing articles are precisely as they were published). Likewise all English titles beginning with the word Battle have had Battle and its preposition, i.e., at, of or for, moved to the end of the title as well.

Additional data may include subtitle, edition number and date, magazine in which the game appeared, etc. The date of publication is now Y2K compliant. There are only two games listed in the database whose publication date is in the 19th Century, and the exact date is provided next to the title to avoid any ambiguity. An n/p entry as a date suggests that the game was never, or has not yet been, published. The dates listed are, wherever possible, copyright date, which could precede publication date.

Information given for era is generally not specifically provided by the publisher, and so is an extrapolation which could be debated. Precedent has been established for just such a debate, ancient precedent, if I may be so bold.

The data reliability factor is not intrinsic to the game itself, but simply a scale I’ve devised to indicate the relative accuracy of the data. The scale goes from 0 to 9, with 9 meaning that I’ve actually held the game in my hands and confirmed the data with my own eyes, and 2 or 3 meaning that the game may never have been published and all data are suspect.

Without further ado, then...

Game Name	Company	Year	Era	Data Reliability
Gaines Mill	The Gamers	1997	ACW	7
Galactic Conquest	Fantasy Games Unlimited	-	SF	5
Galactic Empire	Decision Games	-	SF&F	5
Galactic Empires	Messerschmitt		-SF&F	5
Galactic Grenadiers	FASA Corp	1980	SF&F	5
Galactic War	Wargames Research Group	-	SF&F	4
Galactic War	Tabletop Games	1975	SF&F	5
Galactic War	Usborne Pub	1976	SF&F	6
Galactix	Origineering International	-	SF&F	5
Galaxy	Southern Pacific Games	1979	SF&F	7
Galaxy	Warp Spawn Games	-	SF&F	5
Galaxy Command	Hoyle	-	SF&F	5
Galicia	Decision Games	1999	WW1	6
Galicia: the Forgotten Cauldron Volume 3 Der Weltkrieg	Schroeder Pub & WG	1998	WW1	6
Gallipoli	Quarterdeck Games	1981	WW1	5
Gallipoli: the Dardanelles Campaign	Paper Wars Game Co	1979	WW1	8
1915 Game Auction	Markham Design Games	1997	Abstract	4
Game of Kenshon Battle Join the Land	Tsukuda / Hobby Japan	1990	Medieval	4
One Game of Singen Takeda	Tsukuda / Hobby Japan	1986	Medieval	3
Game of Triangular Battle in the Kyusyu	Tsukuda / Hobby Japan	-	Medieval	4
Game of Yukimula Sanada	Tsukuda / Hobby Japan	1986	Medieval	3
Game, the	GDW	-	SF&F	5
Games of Middle Earth, the War of the Ring; Gondor; Sauron	SPI	1977	Fantasy	9
Gar-Garouk	Eagle Games	1975	Fantasy	6
Garibaldi	Clem Toys	-	1800s	4
Garigliano Casus Belli 17	Excelsior Pubs	1983	WW2	5
Gateway to the Stars	MAS Projects	-	SF	2
Gateway to the Stars	20th Century Renaissance	1979	SF	8
Gateworld	Fantasy Games Unlimited	-	-	4
Gathering Storm	GDW	1991	-	3
Gaugamela	-	1968	Ancient	4
Gauntlet S&T 190	Decision Games	1998	Korean War	7
Gazala	Flying Buffalo Games	1973	WW2	6
Gazala	The Gamers	1999	WW2	6
Gazala 1942	Task Force Games	-	WW2	2
Gazala 1942: Clash of Armor	People's War Games	1983	WW2	9
GD'40 the Battle of Stonne, France, 1940	The Gamers	1993	WW2	5
GD'41 the Battle of Mtensk, Russia, 1941	The Gamers	1996	WW2	7
Gegenangriff Avranches	PM Pubs	1982	-	4
Gela Beachhead Sicily, 1943	Centurion Games	1983	WW2	8
General George Patton	Gamut of Games	-	WW2	2
Generalowsky Soviet Red Army Generals	International Team	-	Modern	5
Gergovie, 52 aJC	Simulations Cornejo	1982	Ancient	5
German Eagle vs. Russian Bear [1ed] 1987 & [2ed] 1993	Lou Coatney	1987	WW2	7
Germania S &T 175	Decision Games	1995	Ancient	7
Germany, Battle for S &T 50	SPI	1975	WW2	9
Germany, Battle for	Decision Games	1994	WW3	6
Germany's Last Air Assault Leros 1943	PM Pubs	1985	WW2	8
Germany's Tank Attack: 1918	PM Pubs	1982	WW1	7
Geronimo: the Indian Wars 1850-90	Avalon Hill Game Co	1995	Wild West	8
Gettysburg [1ed] 1958, [2ed] 1961, [3ed] 1964	Avalon Hill Game Co	1958	ACW	8
Gettysburg [4ed]	Avalon Hill Game Co	1977	ACW	8
Gettysburg [Smithsonian ed]	Avalon Hill Game Co	1988	ACW	5
Gettysburg Command 17	XTR Corp	1992	ACW	7
Gettysburg 1863 Six Angles 5	Six Angles	-	ACW	6
Gettysburg: High Tide of the Confederacy	Phoenix Enterprises, Ltd.	1982	ACW	8
Gettysburg: the Battlefield Game	Chatham Hill Games	1997	ACW	4
Gettysburg: Three Days in July [1ed] 1996 & [2ed] 1997 w/Lombardy	Speerit Strategy Games	1996	ACW	8
GEV Microgame 8 #3108	Metagaming Concepts	1978	SF	9
GEV	Steve Jackson Games	1982	SF	9
GI: Anvil of Victory Squad Leader expansion	Avalon Hill Game Co	1982	WW2	7
Gi'ac My	Fantasy Games Unlimited	1978	Vietnam	4
Give Me Liberty!	3W	1992	ARW	7
Gladiator	Avalon Hill Game Co	1981	Ancient	7
Gladiator: Men vs. Animals	Bearhug Pubs	1979	Ancient	4
Gladiator: Men vs. Men	Bearhug Pubs	1979	Ancient	4
Gladiators One of FGU's first games	Fantasy Games Unlimited	1975	Ancient	7
Gladio	GR/D	-	WW2	4
Gleam of Bayonets, a SPI brand	TSR	1983	ACW	6
Global Survival	Vision Quest	-	Abstract	2
Global Survival	Avalon Hill Game Co	1996	Modern	2
Global War	SPI	1975	Modern	7
Globbo	Steve Jackson Games	-	SF&F	6
Glory of Rome, the # 0107	Taurus Ltd.	1976	Ancient	7
Glory Road Wargamer 52	3 W	1986	ACW	7
Glory!	GMT Games	1995	ACW	7
Gobble War Spoof of SPI's Global War	Cheader's Digest	1978	Humor	9
Gobble War a Turkey of a Game	Seedy Pubs	1978	Humor	6
Goblin	Dwarfstar Games	1970	Fantasy	3
Goblin King	Warfrog Games	1996	Fantasy	4
Godsfire # 1102	Metagaming Concepts	1977	SF&F	8
Godsfire	Task Force Games	1985	SF&F	7
Goetterdaemmerung Jagdpanther 9	JagdPanther Pubs	1975	WW2	6
Golan p /o Modern Battles quad	SPI	1975	Modern	7
Golden Horde, the	Excalibre Games Inc	1978	Medieval	9
Gondor p /o Games of Middle Earth	SPI	1977	Fantasy	9
Goodbye Cruel World World War 4.5	Cheader's Digest	1977	SF&F	4
Goodwyn Sands	Red Forces	1968	Naval	3
Gorlice-Tarnow Jagdpanther 7	JagdPanther Pubs	1974	WW1	7
Gotterdammerung Europa	GDW	n/p	WW2	2
Gotterdammerung! PanzerBlitz variant	Blutbad Enterprises	1970	WW2	5
Graf Spee	JagdPanther Pubs	-	WW2	4
Graf Spee, Battle With the tactical surface combat	Southern Pacific Games	1977	WW2	8
Grail Quest Microquest 3 #3203	Metagaming Concepts	1980	Fantasy	7
Grain Elevator	ASL expansion	Critical Hit	WW2	2
Grand Armada: Alea 13	Ludopress	1992	Age of Sail	5
Grand Army of the Republic	Task Force Games	1988	ACW	7
Grand Imperialism reworking of Flying Buffalo's	Game Time Games	1978	Colonialism	7
Grand Imperialism (Imperialism Grand Siecle)	Azure Wish Editions	1994	-	5
Grands Strateges	Jeux Descartes	1992	Napoleonic	5
Granicus rules only - map & counters required	American Designers Assoc	1972	Ancient	6
Grant Invades the South CounterAttack 5	Pacific Rim Pub Co	n/p	ACW	2
Grant Moves South	Quarterdeck Games	1983	ACW	7
Grant Takes Command Lee Takes Command expansion	Clash of Arms	-	ACW	2
Grav Armor	Dwarfstar Games	1981	SF&F	4
Grav-Ball	FASA Corp	1982	SF&F	6
Great Battles of Alexander, the [1ed] 1991 & [deluxe ed] 1995	GMT Games	1991	Ancient	9
Great Battles of American Civil War Drive on Washington; Pea Ridge; Wilson's Creek; Cedar Mountain; Jackson/Corinth	SPI	-	ACW	3
Great Battles of Caesar	GMT Games	1994	Ancient	9
Great Invasion, the	Clash of Arms	1985	ACW	7
Great Khan Game, the	TSR	1989	-	5
Great Medieval Battles quad the Black Prince; King Arthur; Robert at Bannockburn; Tamburlaine the Great	SPI	1979	Medieval	9
Great Medieval Battles: Bannockburn & Angorra Robert at Bannockburn; Tamburlaine the Great (S&T 197)	Decision Games	1999	Medieval	9
Great Patriotic War	GDW	1988	WW2	9
Great Patriotic War, the	Simulations Games	1983	WW2	6
Great Redoubt, the	Yaquinto Pubs	1979	Napoleonic	8
Great War 1914-1918, the	Rand Game Assoc	1976	WW1	7
Great War 1914-1918, the	West End Games	1979	WW1	7
Great War in Europe Command 33	XTR Corp	1995	WW1	9
Great War in the East S&T 192	Decision Games	1998	WW1	7
Great War in the East quad, the the Brusilov Offensive; Caporetto;	SPI	1978	WW1	9
Serbia / Galicia; Von Hindenberg in Poland Great War in the Near East Command 38 expands GWitE	XTR Corp	1996	WW1	9
Great War, the	Columbia Games	n/p	WW1	2
Green Inferno: Vietnam 1967 Alea 15	Ludopress	-	Vietnam	5
GreenLine Chechyna Gamefix 8	Game Pubs Group	1996	-	9
Grenada 1982	Close Simulations	n/p	Modern	5
Grenadier	SPI	1971	-	7
Grenadierkriegblitzderweiner Campaign 99	Panzerfaust Pubs	-	WW2	5
Gringo!	3 W	-	Colonialism	3
Groenighe Velt 1302	EDI-AR	-	-	4
Grunt S&T 26 Tactical Game 11	SPI	1971	Vietnam	9
Grunwald 1410	Dragoon	-	Medieval	4
Grunwald, the Battle of, 1410 Command 52	XTR Corp	1999	Medieval	6
Guadalajara	Tyr Gamemakers	1980	SCW	2
Guadalajara 1937 Alea 14	Ludopress	-	SCW	5
Guadalajara is not Abyssinia Italian Thrust for Madrid, 1937	Khyber Pass Games	n/p	SCW	2
Guadalcanal	Avalon Hill Game Co	1966	WW2	7
Guadalcanal [Smithsonian]	Avalon Hill Game Co	1992	WW2	7
Guderian's Blitzkrieg Drive to Moscow, 1942	The Gamers	1992	WW2	7
Guderian's Gambit w/ Mukden (Command 37)	XTR Corp	1996	WW2	7
Guderian's Last Gamble [1ed] 1984 & [2ed] 1999	PM Pubs	1984	WW2	6
Guerilla Malaysia vs. Indonesia 1960's	Maplay Games, Ltd.	1975	Guerilla	7
Guerilla	Fantasy Games Unlimited	1980	Abstract	9
Guerilla	-	1994	Guerilla	4
Guerilla War	Adventure Games	-	Guerilla	3
Guerilla War Simulation 60's	UTR Enterprises	1971	Vietnam	8
Guerre a Outrance Conflict 1	Simulations Design Corp	1972	WW2	9
Guerre Des Ducs	Excelsior Pubs	-	-	4
Guerre Neucleaire	Belchamber	1979	Modern	4
Guerriers des Etoiles French version of WEG Starwarriors	Jeux Descartes	1987	SF	5
Guilford Courthouse Series 120 #405	GDW	1978	ARW	8
Guillotine	Avril & Floreal	1988	French Rev	4
Gulf of Despair the 1943 Salerno Landing	Bandolier Pubs	n/p	WW2	2
Gulf Strike [1ed] 1983, [2ed] 1987 & [3ed] 1990	Victory Games Inc.	1983	Modern	7
Gung Ho! ASL module 9	Avalon Hill Game Co	1992	WW2	8
Guns of August	Avalon Hill Game Co	1981	WW1	8
Guns of Cedar Creek, the	S imulation Design, Inc	1989	ACW	8
Guns of Navarone	FASA Corp	-	WW2	4
Gunship!	Task Force Games	1980	Modern	3
Gunslinger	Avalon Hill Game Co	1982	Wild West	7