Wild Bill Wilder passes

[SirAndrewD]

Extremely sad.  I loved his games. 

[Yskonyn]

Rest in peace, sir.

[Shelldrake]

A huge loss for the wargaming community...RIP  :'(

[GroggyGrognard]

Bill made such a big impact and was a fixture in the wargaming world. I remember spending gobs of enjoyable time with TOAW: Century of Warfare. Even to this day, TOAW game series holds as one of my favorites.

RIP. A giant among men.


Groggy

[Redwolf]

Sad to hear this.

[Michael Dorosh]

If I remember correctly, he used to hang-out here on occasion. What a great loss we've suffered this day but the man made his mark on the world he loved for sure. I remember the very first scenario I ever played in the original CMBO was his excellent Michael Wittman at Villers Bocage. I was forever in love with that game after that. Thank you Wild Bill for some of the great joys of my life.  :'(

I liked that scenario so much I redid it for CM:BN. full credit to him, and name in the title. What's more fun than going to a shooting gallery in a Tiger tank?

https://www.thefewgoodmen.com/tsd3/combat-mission-battle-for-normandy/cm-battles-for-normandy/cw-twc-wild-bills-villers-bocage-tiger/

Wild Bill had a real eye for "fun" and wasn't scared to change or even ignore historical settings, force mixes, or whatever, in order to get the feel right. I remember his SPR scenario for CMBO as well. As a man-for-man recreation of the movie battle at Ramelle, it was nowhere close, but of course that was never the point. He put together a very nice matchup that invoked the 'last stand' vibe. I think he had pretty good vision when it came to that.

[Sir Slash]

I played your recreation of that scenario Michael. It was considerably scarier than Wild Bill's but I loved it. 

[Old TImer]

Very sad to hear this.  I was a big fan of "Wild" Bill's work on TOAW, Combat Mission, Steel Panthers and many others.
A true giant.  RIP Bill.

[Boggit]

Very sorry to hear this.

I had a good correspondence with him a few years back and we got on very well. When we last corresponded he had breathing issues but was always upbeat and positive. In his last few years he did a lot of voluntary work helping people in the prison system at a personal level. He was a good man and a fine example to us.

RIP. Gone but not forgotten.

[Sir Slash]

That's good to hear. Thanks Boggit.