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Price: (as of – Details) Stalingrad, the 1963 game from Avalon Hill, is the most intensely analyzed board wargame in the history of the wargaming hobby. Stalingrad for Beginners – Basic Wargame Tactical Analysis – presents fundamentals of play and basic strategic concepts at a level suitable for beginners. For game designers, Stalingrad for Beginners
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Price: (as of – Details) Now with a new cover! "Designing Modern Strategy Games" is the definitive book on the design of modern strategy games. "Designing Modern Strategy Games" can also be used as a textbook; it includes more than 100 game design projects. For instructors, an Appendix includes the day-by-day course plans for three
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