I know most of those authors, and have worked with a few of them. They are wargamers through and through.
They're the kind of gamers that will sit down and play with you for 18 hours at a convention without batting an eye
Quote from: besilarius on October 29, 2015, 06:25:20 AM
https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/zones-control
Not sure what to make of this. If MIT has deigned to notice wargames, does our hobby meet the criteria of being "respectable" and having value to the Intelligentsia?
No, this is more like Jane Goodall noticing the chimps. :P
Quote from: besilarius on October 29, 2015, 06:25:20 AMIf MIT has deigned to notice wargames, does our hobby meet the criteria of being "respectable" and having value to the Intelligentsia?
The editor (Matthew Kirschenbaum) is a longtime DC-area wargamer, but he's also on faculty at U of Maryland, so he understands the path to getting the book published like this.
Of the contributors, Jeremy Antley, Larry Bond, Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, Rex Brynen, Luke Caldwell, Stephen V. Cole, Greg Costikyan, James F. Dunnigan, A. Scott Glancy, Troy Goodfellow, Mark Herman, Mark Mahaffey, Brien J. Miller, Joseph Miranda, Peter P. Perla, Jon Peterson, John Prados, Ted S. Raicer, Volko Ruhnke, Philip Sabin, Marcus Schulzke, John Tiller, J. R. Tracy, Brian Train, and Charles Vasey are all published designers that I know off the top of my head. Many of the rest are professionals working for the DoD or similar agencies.
But the majority of these guys are actual wargamers that have a long time love of slinging dice over hexes, counters, and occasional bits & bytes.
Steven V. Cole = Star Fleet Battles (https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aarcentral.com%2Fpics%2Fworship.gif&hash=5710f5bfb020c671b0d5b3957c76f589f2922b06)
Quote from: Barthheart on October 29, 2015, 11:07:40 AM
Michael Peck (Diced T) is in that list too.
yep, he's a Friend of Grog, but I don't think he's a published designer.