Across A Deadly Field: A Legacy to John Hill
Tribute to John Hill: Renowned Wargame Designer
Happy New Year Everyone! Our Family’s News It has been an eventful year for our family. My son, Anthony, John Hill’s grandson, graduated from high school. One of the things that Anthony said when my mother and I took him…
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Wargaming Poetry What better way to honor the top wargames created by John Hill than through poetry!! Not all of the poems below feature games designed by my father, John Hill, but most of them are. Robert Frost said it…
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Understanding The Hobby of Wargaming Many wargamers report having begun the hobby of wargaming as a young kid. As young boys and girls you were excited by the idea of controlling large squadrons of small military figures and your weekly allowances would go towards your supplies and…
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The Year was 1969….. Richard M. Nixon began his first term as the President of the United States. Soviet and Chinese forces were fighting on the Manchurian border over some disputed island. A total of 25,000 U.S. troops were withdrawn from…
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Fire & Movement Magazine was a founded in 1975 by Rodger MacGowan with its first publication in 1976 and ended in January 2010 with the last print issue totaling 150 print issues in all. The focus of MacGown’s F&M magazine…
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Armchair General is a magazine distributing company that publishes 11 award-winning magazines focusing on military history. In addition to the print issues, Armchair General has an innovative unique online feature which permits the reader to determine the course of action in thought-provoking and challenging…
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A Historical Look at Our Empires Throughout our world history dating back 500 plus decades, many empires have risen and declined. We have read countless books and articles and scanned through educational webpages relating to our world history on the…
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Having a strong background in teaching and education, I wanted to blog about how playing wargames can teach kids about history in a fun environment. For many years computer wargaming has been used to teach and train military officers on…
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