I kindly thank you for your support of my father’s legacy. Since you are compelled to try this game, you may purchase it from the Squad Leader Amazon Store. My father spoke about it in a video about that very issue, found on additional links. Many people have stated that it is a dying hobby, but with so many people turning out at various wargaming conventions such as Historicon and Nashcon, it is easy to see that will be around for a long time. Tabletop miniature wargaming has been around for a long time and probably will continue to be around. Since you are a well seasoned gamer, you might enjoy it. That is what this website is about – it is a tribute to John Hill, my deceased father. Squad Leader was one of my father’s first wargames he designed. Thank you for reading this article on the history of tactical games and the evolution of Squad Leader. SOURCE: Fire & Movement Special Report History of Tactical Games by Rodger B. The rest, as they say, is warame history.
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In November 1977, Fire & Movement Magazine featured Squad Leader detailing a full report. One year later in 1977, John Hill’s design for Avalon Hill was released as Squad Leader: The Game of Infantry Combat in WWII. During the interview with Dunnigan, it was noted that one of John Hill’s earlier games, The Battle of Hue, a tactical game, was very popular and showed promise of paving the way to designing a squad level game similar to Tank! My father was until the day he passed away an important figure in the game’s public eye. John Hill had a reputation of being the head designer of Conflict magazine and was also the president and founder of Conflict Games Company. My father, John Hill, was the most respected admired independent game designer. Dunnigan was asked about any recent rumors regarding the wargame hobby industry and he said John Hill had been approached by Avalon Hill to design a wargame like Tank!, but instead a squad level game. James Dunnigan was interviewed for the July 1976 issue of Fire & Movement. In 1976, Fire & Movement Magazine was founded. These new methodologies included realistic terrain considerations, line-of-sight and proper tactics, and a type of “plug-in” multiple scenario format. Tactical Games 3 opened the doors to a new genre of games as well as a new methodology for playing and designing wargames. The games prior to Tactical Games 3, designed by James Dunnigan, were based on a strategic/operational level. Tactical Games 3 was reported as being a “new departure” due to the fact it touched on areas that had never been attempted before.
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The first to be published of a series of similar games… $5.00.” A radical new approach to historical gaming. Counters include T34c, T34/85, JSII, Su85, PzIV, PzV, PzVIb, and many other armored fighting vehicles as well as infantry, mortar, artillery and other types of weapons. This version deals with the situation on the Russian front in 1944. A platoon/company level game whose main objective was to compare different weapons/tactical systems. The ad copy of that issue of Strategy & Tactics described Tactical Games 3 as: Some of the game titles listed in the ten new games ad were Barbarossa, Normandy, Leipzig and another game which was simply titled Tactical Games 3. In that particular issue, Poulton Press ran a full-page ad announcing ten new games which was an unheard format back then. Dunnigan released Strategy & Tactics issue #18 which revolutionized the wargaming industry by adopting the “game-in-the-magazine” format.James Dunnigan formed Poulton Press and purchased the gaming magazine Strategy & Tactics.The ad copy read “Why Not Visit Rome this Year….and bring along the 5th Army.” Many today consider Anzi to be a classic. Avalon Hill released Anzio: A Realistic Game of Forces in Italy, 1944.New York’s Strategy & Tactics beat Baltimore’s Avalon Hill to the punch in designing the first true tactical wargame.In the Wargaming World, the following happened that same year…. The New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series.The New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl.John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor in True Grit.Radio Hanoi announced the death of Ho Chi Minh.American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr were the first men to walk on the moon.Charles de Gaulle resigned as President of France.Formal truce negotiations began in Paris to end the Vietnam War.troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, leaving 474,000 remaining. Soviet and Chinese forces were fighting on the Manchurian border over some disputed island.Nixon began his first term as the President of the United States.
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