Comment from MikeD on 2010-08-30
This is both shocking and distressing news. I have many a fond memory of playing AH games. From simple ones such as B-17 Queen of the Skies to the incredibly over-complex Advanced Squad Leader. I...
View ArticleComment from Justthisguy on 2010-08-30
May he rest in peace. I wish I still had my copy of Tactics II, which my ex-brother stole from me. I mostly had to play it against myself, not knowing anyone else who wanted to play. Made it hard for...
View ArticleComment from John of Argghhh! on 2010-08-30
I think I have a copy of Tactics II in a box somewhere. I'll have to rummage a bit and see.
View ArticleComment from Boquisucio on 2010-08-30
This geeky 'Rican, grew-up in a steady diet of Avalon Hill boardgames. We used to spread our battleships all over my friend's carport/terrace while re-enacting The Battle of Jutland. We played every...
View ArticleComment from Ted (Worldgamer) on 2010-08-30
Many of my friends got deep into the Avalon Hill games at my college age game store hangout. I never got into the map games, but I loved throwing down in Up Front, the card based version of Squad...
View ArticleComment from AW1 Tim on 2010-08-30
Damn! I, too, cut my teeth on Panzer Blitz, and many another AH wargame. Following in AH's footsteps was Yaquinto Games, and then Victory Games (and the ever-present SSI), but I digress. A lot of...
View ArticleComment from BloodSpite on 2010-08-30
Just dammit. <br> Too many of the most creative minds are going away and not being filled. What passes for creative thought today leaves me shaking my head. Where are the people who can create...
View ArticleComment from JimC on 2010-08-30
Sad day for two generations of gamers. I believe Jim Dunnigan designed games for AH too. He had his own company and was somehow subsumed into AH. I still have some of Dunnigan's games somewhere in...
View ArticleComment from Guy S on 2010-08-30
Spent many a night after work playing D&D with my fellow co-workers. To Charles S. Roberts, and somewhat belatedly to Gary Gygax, thank you gents for providing what was the forerunner to "social...
View ArticleComment from RetRsvMike on 2010-08-30
may his path to Fiddler's Green be straight and level, and not some cockeyed hexagonal swervy jinking path that only goes straight on the North/South Axis...
View ArticleComment from MAJ Mike on 2010-08-30
I played Stalingrad, Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Waterloo, and Afrika Korps. Wish I still had them. We owe a debt to Mr. Roberts.
View ArticleComment from Doctor Funk on 2010-08-30
I spent some great times playing Panzergruppe Guderian with friends in my youth. A Dunnigan design that was re-released by Avalon Hill in the 80s.
View ArticleComment from Fishmugger on 2010-08-30
Yup...after reading the post I went down to the garage and looked. They're still there: Panzer Leader, Panzer Blitz, Squad Leader...I couldn't find Tactics II or Midway. Now I just play Civ II on the...
View ArticleComment from David Brown on 2010-08-31
John, thank you for the news, no matter how sad. I am part of a group, Schwerpunkt, that still designs for and plays ASL. Oh, and I still have nearly every battle game from Tactics II to the Panzer...
View ArticleComment from Mythilt on 2010-08-31
RIP. I played a lot of AH games when I was a kid (Finished only a few of them, but played a lot.) Didn't Curt Schilling purchase a bunch of rights to lesser known AH games from Hasbro? I know he did...
View ArticleComment from Quartermaster on 2010-09-01
I spent many a night playing Blitzkrieg, Midway, and Panzer Blitz. Later Bought several of SPI's products. Alas, life got in the way and I had to start making a living. RIP Mr. Roberts. And, thanks...
View ArticleComment from Ian Argent on 2010-09-02
I played a chunk of AH games, inlcuidng Diplomacy, Tactics 2, and Tactics (my father has both, Tacticsw having been released after it's somewhat more famous brother). Played 2 games of ASL. I can still...
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Charles S. Roberts, one of my enduring heroes, has passed. The company he founded, Avalon Hill, and the products it produced, awoke a part of me that still earns me gainful employment to this day. I...
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