{"id":2791,"date":"2026-08-01T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:24:55","slug":"designing-wargames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/designing-wargames\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Wargames"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Designing-Wargames-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Designing-Wargames-Small.jpg 216w, http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Designing-Wargames-Small-116x150.jpg 116w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/>Originally a collection of essays commissioned by the Simulations Design Corporation (SDC), it became Special Issue #1 of <em>Campaign<\/em> magazine (not labeled as such, but the<em> Gamer&#8217;s Guide to Squad Leader<\/em> was #2).<\/p>\n<p>This is a collection of essays on game design by nine notable wargame designers written in 1976.<\/p>\n<p>Authors:<br \/>\nRichard Berg<br \/>\nTom Dalgliesh<br \/>\nJohn Hill<br \/>\nDon Lowry<br \/>\nMike McGuire<br \/>\nAl Nofi<br \/>\nJohn Prados<br \/>\nRandy Reed<br \/>\nLou Zocchi<\/p>\n<p>Available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wargamevault.com\/en\/product\/578583?src=FoxDen\">Wargame Vault<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally a collection of essays commissioned by the Simulations Design Corporation (SDC), it became Special Issue #1 of Campaign magazine (not labeled as such, but the Gamer&#8217;s Guide to Squad Leader was #2). This is a collection of essays on game design by nine notable wargame designers written in 1976. Authors: Richard Berg Tom Dalgliesh &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/designing-wargames\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Designing Wargames<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[22,19],"class_list":["post-2791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-campaign","tag-wargaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2791\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rindis.com\/fox-den\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}