| Charles S. Roberts |
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Charles S. Roberts is known as "The Father of Board Wargaming". He created the first modern Wargame (boardgame) in 1952 , and the first wargaming company in 1954 . Charles created the first board wargame, '' Tactics '', in an apartment in Catonsville, Maryland in 1952. In 1954 out of a garage in Avalon, Maryland he began selling it via mail-order as The Avalon Game Company, which later become Avalon Hill . Starting in 1974 , Roberts' name was given to the Charles Roberts Awards , given for excellence in the historical wargaming hobby. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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