Recommended Sites

 

Book Stores On-Line
Computer Gaming Companies
Defunct Computer Gaming Companies
Computer Gaming Magazines
Gaming Reference Sites
Miscellaneous

 


BOOK STORES ON-LINE:

Amazon: Largest book store on-line; good search engine.
Barnes & Noble: A traditional bookseller.
Books-a-Million:  Among the deeper discounts on-line, but with less rating information.
Military Books On-Line: Excellent source for military books and discussions.

COMPUTER GAMING COMPANIES:

Battlefront.com:  On-line site of Big Time Software (COMBAT MISSION: BEYOND OVERLORD) and TAC OPS.
Blizzard Software: Home of WARCRAFT in its multiple incarnations.
Electronic Arts: Ubiquitous, with several affiliated labels as well.
HPS: Extremely detailed simulations of relatively modern warfare; affiliated labels include ISI.
NovaLogic: Graphically intensive "simulators" (e.g., COMANCHE, ARMORED FIST, DELTA FORCE).
Schwerpunkt: Grognard-like company emphasizing the Great Patriotic War.
Sierra On-Line: Strategy games for the mass market.
Sir-Tech: Occasional tactical type wargames, e.g., JAGGED ALLIANCE.
Strategic Studies Group: Australian-based wargaming company, with decreased recent output, and now emphasizing "Orcs & Dorks".
TalonSoft: Prolific designer of BATTLEGROUND series.
UbiSoft.com:  Strategy and wargames, including labels such as SSI and Red Storm..

DEFUNCT COMPUTER GAMING COMPANIES:

Forgotten Fronts:  Boardgame-type conversions, but somewhat unusual subject coverage of World Wars I-II.
LucasFilm:  Replaced by LucasArts
Strategic Simulations, Inc.:  A publishing line now by UbiSoft, but originally, the premier wargaming company for two decades.
 

COMPUTER GAMING MAGAZINES:

Computer Gaming World: Oldest mass-market computer game review magazine.
Computer Games Strategy Plus: Computer game review magazine.
PC Gamer: Largest selling computer game review magazine.

GAMING REFERENCE SITES:

Age of Rifles PBEM Wargame Club
Alan Emrich HomePage
Apple Emulator:  Over 130 8-bit games from "those thrilling days of yesteryear" -- free for the downloading.
Art of RTS War
Chris' ConSim Collection
Coming Soon Magazine
CRISIS Advanced Strategic Wargame
Croatian STEEL PANTHER site
Die Hauptkampflinie:  AIDE-DE-CAMP 2 gamesets, editors and scenarios.
Eastfront:   A user page devoted to TALONSOFT's game of the Russian Front.
Erwan's World:   Scenarios for AGE OF RIFLES and STEEL PANTHERS.
Game Pen
Games Domain
Game Slice
Game Spot
Great Battles of History: Covers the GMT Great Battles of History series (paper).
Happy Puppy: Games of all sorts -- reviews, demos, etc.
Hundred Years War Site: On-line edition of James F. Dunnigan's WARGAMES HANDBOOK.
Independent Players
Panzer Page:  Scenarios for PANZER GENERAL and THE OPERATIONAL ART OF WAR.
Underdogs:  Like the APPLE EMULATOR (infra), only with PC games.  
Unofficial Battleground Site:  Run by one of TalonSoft's chief designers, this offers comments, scenario editors and other beneficial additions to a good series.
The Virtual Wargamer: Discussions by wargamers about wargames.
The War Page: Highly recommended for wargame coverage.
Web-Grognard: THE site for serious wargamers.


MISCELLANEOUS:

Korean Central News: North Korean official news site; a radically different perspective.
Military Reference Sites: Excellent pointer to veteran-military web sites.


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Revised: July 20, 2002.