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词条 Tactics (game)
释义

  1. History

  2. Play

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}Tactics is a board wargame published in 1954, and the predecessor to Tactics II.[2] Primitive by modern standards, it was nonetheless the birth of modern wargaming, and generally credited as being the first commercially successful board wargame.[3][4]

History

Tactics was designed by Charles S. Roberts[5] in 1953,[6][7] and self-published in 1954 under the company name of The Avalon Game Company.[8] Roberts sold the game on a mail order basis from his home in Baltimore for the next six years.[9]

Tactics II is a revised version published by Avalon Hill in 1958, then reissued in 1961 and 1973. In 1972, the game was discontinued due to rising costs, but was redesigned in 1973 with less costly components and used as a loss leader as it was an introductory wargame.[10] In 1983, Avalon Hill released a 25th anniversary edition of the original Tactics, which did (for the first time) include the second map.{{clarifyme|date=November 2018|reason=what 2d map?}}

Play

Tactics pioneered many game mechanics which became standard in the board wargame industry, including the odds-ratio combat results table and variable movement costs for entering squares (later hexes) containing different types of terrain. It also evolved the use of cardboard counters which had been previously introduced with the game War Tactics or Can Great Britain Be Invaded?.[11] Unlike later board wargames which used a hexagonal grid superimposed on the game map, Tactics used a square grid. Pieces include the Armored units, Headquarter units, regular units, and specialized units consisting of mountaineers, para-troopers, and amphibious units.

References

1. ^{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702- 58-7}}
2. ^Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5
3. ^Christopher Lewin, War Games and their History, Chapter 8, Fonthill Media, Stroud (GB) 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-78155-042-7}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hyw.com/Books/WargamesHandbook/5-histor.htm|work=The Complete Wargames Handbook|edition=2nd|title=Chapter 5|author=James Dunnigan|year=1991|accessdate=5 February 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216224503/http://hyw.com/Books/WargamesHandbook/5-histor.htm|archivedate=16 February 2009}}
5. ^Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5
6. ^ Wired magazine, March 2013, p.70
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://dailyworkerplacement.com/2017/05/22/wargames-101-or-how-you-can-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-consims/|title=WARGAMES 101: OR, “HOW YOU CAN LEARN TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE CONSIMS”|publisher=The Daily Worker Placement|author=David W.|date=May 22, 2017|accessdate=September 9, 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|last=Rienzi |first=Greg |title=Baltimore Observed: Encounter |url=http://issuu.com/urbanitemagazine/docs/may2009_issue |date=May 2009 |work=The Urbanite Magazine |publisher=Urbanite Baltimore | accessdate=2009-05-11| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608191106/http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=72§ionID=4&articleID=1214 |page=35 |archivedate= June 8, 2009 | deadurl= no}}
9. ^Avalon Hill's General Magazine Index and Company History 1952-1980 Volume 1- Volume 16 page5
10. ^{{cite journal|title=The General Index and Company History|journal=The General Magazine Index and Company History|date=1980 |url= https://archive.org/stream/GeneralMagazine_GeneralIndexVolumes1to16/General%20Index%20Volumes%201%20to%2016#page/n3/mode/2up |pages=6 |accessdate=August 5, 2015}}
11. ^War Tactics or Can Great Britain Be Invaded? at the Imperial War Museum
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External links

  • {{bgg|5295|Tactics (1983 reprint)|1574|Tactics II}}

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