Richard Berg
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For the television producer see Dick Berg
Dick Berg
Richard Berg was an American screenwriter as well as a film and television producer. Among his credits is the 1985 miniseries Space and Wallenberg: A Hero's Story....
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Richard Berg, trained as a lawyer, is a prolific wargame
Wargaming
A wargame is a strategy game that deals with military operations of various types, real or fictional. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations, or consims for short. When used professionally to study warfare, it is generally known as...
designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award
Charles S. Roberts Award
The Charles S. Roberts Awards are given annually for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. It is named after Charles S. Roberts the "Father of Wargaming" who founded Avalon Hill. The award is informally called a "Charlie" and officially called a "Charles S...
in 1987. Notable games include SPQR
SPQR (board game)
SPQR is a board wargame designed by Richard Berg and Mark Herman, and released in 1992 by GMT Games, as part of the Great Battles of History series of games on ancient warfare...
and The Campaign for North Africa
The Campaign for North Africa
The Campaign for North Africa , was an unprecedentedly detailed military simulation game of the North African Campaign of World War II. It was designed by Richard Berg and published by Simulations Publications, Inc...
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He was the editor and publisher of the now defunct Berg's Review of Games
Berg's Review of Games
Berg's Review of Games is a publication started by game designer Richard Berg. The magazine debuted in 1991 and has since made its archive available on online. The publication featured reviews of wargames, a genre of video game that emphasizes warfare.The magazine is known for its thoughtful but...
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Wargames
Richard Berg designed or co-designed the followinghttp://www.gmtgames.com/gmt0bts.htm#r.berg.- The Conquerors (SPI)
- Druid (West End Games, 1984)
- Julius Caesar (TSR-SPI)
- The Great Battles of Alexander (GMT)
- Juggernaut (GMT)
- SPQRSPQR (board game)SPQR is a board wargame designed by Richard Berg and Mark Herman, and released in 1992 by GMT Games, as part of the Great Battles of History series of games on ancient warfare...
(GMT, 1992) - War Elephant (GMT, 1992)
- Consul for Rome (GMT, 1992)
- Pyrrhic Victory (GMT, 1993)
- The Great Battles of Julius Caesar (GMT)
- Africanus (GMT, 1994)
- Chicken of the Sea (GPG)
- The Great Battles of Alexander, Deluxe Edition (GMT, 1995)
- Dictator (GMT, 1995)
- Diadochoi (GMT, 1995)
- Successors (AH)
- Jugurtha (GMT, 1998)
- Phalanx (GMT)
- Caesar: The Conquest of Gaul (GMT, 1998)
- War Galley (GMT)
- Cataphract (GMT)
- Salamis (GMT)
- Veni, Vidi, Vici (GMT)
- Caratacus (GMT)
- Simple GBoH (GMT)
- Caesar in Alexandria (GMT, 2001)
- Nero (Phalanx)
- Attila (GMT)
- Tyrant (GMT)
- Ancient World, Rise of the Roman Republic (GMT)
- Zama (BSO)
- Alesia (GMT, 2004)
- Carthage (GMT)
- Pax Romana (GMT)
- Mamluk (GMT)
- Gergovia (GMT, 2007)
- The Crusades (SPI)
- Constantinople (SPI)
- Soldiers of the Queen (S&T-TSR)
- Hastings, 1066 (S&T-TSR)
- Lion of the North (GMT)
- The Battles of Waterloo (GMT)
- A Famous Victory (MiH)
- Fields of Glory (MiH)
- Rivoli 1797 (Vae Victis)
- Kingdom for a Horse (BSO)
- Devil’s Horsemen (BSO)
- Les Pyramides (Vae Victis)
- Zurich, 1799 (Vae Victis)
- Triumph & Glory (GMT)
- Simon Says (BSO)
- Risorgimento 1859 (GMT)
- The Last Raid (BSO)
- Longbow (BSO)
- The Last Crusade (BSO)
- Waterloo (Phalanx)
- The Marlborough Man (BSO)
- Medieval (GMT)
- Zulu! (BSO)
- The Prince (Phalanx)
- Borodino (GMT)
- Highlander (BSO)
- Suleiman the Magnificent (ATO)
- Men of Iron (GMT)
- Manchu (S&T-3W)
- Shogun Triumphant (XTR)
- Samurai (GMT)
- Devil’s Horsemen (GMT)
- Sideshow(S&T-3W)
- The Campaign for North AfricaThe Campaign for North AfricaThe Campaign for North Africa , was an unprecedentedly detailed military simulation game of the North African Campaign of World War II. It was designed by Richard Berg and published by Simulations Publications, Inc...
(SPI) - The Desert Fox (SPI)
- Battle for North Africa (GMT)
- June 6 (GMT)
- Greek Tragedy (BSO)
- Bitter Victory (BSO)
- Conquistador (SPI, AH)
- Vera Cruz (SPI)
- Birth of a Nation (3W)
- 13: The Colonies in Revolt (S&T-TSR)
- Blackbeard (Avalon Hill)
- Geronimo (Avalon Hill)
- Las Batallas de los Gringos (BSO)
- Line of Fire (BSO)
- Rough & Ready (S&T/Decision)
- Dillinger (BSO)
- Gringo (GMT)
- Carolina Rebels (BSO)
- Turning Point (BSO)
- Hooker and Lee (SPI)
- Terrible Swift Sword (1st Ed, SPI; 2nd Ed, TSR)
- Bloody April (SPI)
- Murfreesboro (Yaquinto)
- Corinth (SPI)
- A Gleam of Bayonets (SPI-TSR)
- South Mountain (West End Games)
- Shiloh (West End Games)
- Rebel Sabers (SPI-TSR)
- The Horse Soldiers (S&T-3W)
- The Guns of Cedar Creek (SD)
- Baton Rouge (S&T-3W)
- First Blood (SD)
- 1862 (SD)
- Dead of Winter (SD)
- Rio Grande (S&T/DG)
- 1863 (GMT)
- Chancellorsville (Clash of Arms)
- War of the Rebellion (DG)
- The Three Days of Gettysburg (GMT)
- Glory (GMT)
- River of Death (GMT)
- Confederate Rails (BSO)
- Red Badge of Courage (GMT)
- Across the Rappahannock (GMT)
- East-West (BSO)
- Louisiana Tigers (BSO)
- SPI Baseball (SPI)
- SPI Football (SPI)
- BSO Football (BSO)
- The War of the Ring (SPI)
- Gondor (SPI)