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John Hill (game designer)

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Here is a reference page for John Hill, a war game designer, who designed games in the early 1970’s including Bar-Lev and Squad Leader.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 2/15/2025


My top anticipated wargames of 2025

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"It is a pretty broad selection, containing solitaire, two-player and multiplayer titles, recent conflicts or very ancient ones." Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, takes his annual look at his most anticipated new titles. Check out which game has him concluding "I simply could not pass on this."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/5/2025


RBM Studio Update: The Palisades Fire

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Rodger MacGowan has seen his home and RBM Studio facility destroyed in the Palisades fire in California. His son Steven has set up a gofundme account where you can learn what happened and offer recovery help if you wish.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/24/2025


Obituary: Alan Emrich, game designer and writer, has died

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The site Game Developer brings us news of the passing of this industry titan.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/10/2025


2024 Christmas Newsletter

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"Hopefully all the socks and after shave that one could ever dream of, have graced your Christmas stocking and perhaps a wargame treat or two has sneaked in and brought a smile!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields and Warriors, brings us another entertaining sum up of his wargaming year!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/25/2024


Pournelle on “Does it matter if you call it a wargame?”

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"Much of what the Department of Defense calls wargaming is not actually wargaming, and that matters." Rex Brynen, in PAXsims, taps in on a discussion by analyst and former officer Phil Pournelle on what passes for "wargaming" in the DOD. "Failing to wargame properly in advance may mean having to learn in actual combat and risk it all."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/20/2024


Princeton 1777

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"...this one proved to be the decisive battle that really cemented the American survival in the early months of the Revolution." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, covers the fascinating follow-up engagement to Trenton. Check out the action as "Just when everything seemed to be falling apart, Washington came galloping up."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/13/2024


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Game: Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973



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Publisher: Talonsoft
Series: Campaign Series
Game Type: Computer
Designer(s): uncredited
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Description:


Arab/Israeli Wars 1948-73.


Articles


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8
Date: 2/1/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict Review

Tom Chick from Gamespot pans this game primarily for the age of its platform and rates it as FAIR (6.2/10).
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7
Date: 1/25/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 (Review page)

The Metacritic web site aggregates reviews for digital war games and calculates a Metascore to show the overall rating for the game based on the reviews. A typical game page includes links to reviews by reviewers and by game players and a scoreboard showing the game’s Metascores. This is an excellent resource for Grognards who play digital war games.
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6
Date: 1/11/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground: The Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 (war game review)

Steve Butts from IGN gives a decidedly negative review citing system age and other short-comings.
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5
Date: 1/4/2025
Poster: Pat L.
PC Review - Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973

Rainier Van Autrijve gives a mostly negative review based on graphics and the age of the system platform used for the game. He prefers other games released in 2001 sporting 3D graphics and platforms with more features. The reviewer represents changing tastes among war gamers in the PC/Internet era. Although the web site is active, older articles have lost their picture links so this is a copy from the Internet Archive. We thank Archive.org for preserving this web page and it’s graphics.
Archive.org
4
Date: 11/9/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Talonsoft Divided Ground Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 PBEM (4 videos)

The Mack demonstrates play by email with his friend Ashton fighting the 1st scenario under the November 1956 Middle Eastern clash. It’s a slugfest between 2 substantial tank forces with the Egyptians gaining a minor victory. The videos show 7 turns with the Israeli turns displayed in a quick replay fashion. Click these links to see the full set of videos: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; and Part 4.
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3
Date: 10/5/2024
Poster: Pat L.
TalonSoft's Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973 (Game Page)

Moby Games accumulates information for video games including war games. This page includes lots of information including summary reviews, box shots, screen shots and more.
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2
Date: 9/28/2024
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948 – 1973 (war game review)

Although Sidney Riot only rates the game at 70% mainly due to the graphics, sound qualities, and complexity, he praises the overall game. Graphics and sound for computer games are always changing for the better leaving older games with weaker look and feel qualities. He rates game play as the strongest feature.
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1
Date: 11/6/2021
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict

Jim “Twitch” Tittle likes the latest in the Talonsoft Campaign series of computer based war games. Here he provides an excellent and illustrated overview. See why he found the game to be more fun than expected and a good value. “You could play this for years and it won’t feel outdated.”
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