The Complete Wargames Handbook
by James F Dunnigan
Publisher: Quill 1992
ISBN/ASIN: 0688103685
Number of pages: 292
Description:
With the wide availability of the home computer, wargame enthusiasts (now numbering nearly half a million) regularly confront each other in action-packed simulated battles. This is the definitive all-in-one sourcebook on the new potentials and classic excitement of wargaming -- one of America's fastest growing hobbies.
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