Tom Lehmann
United States
Palo Alto
California
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I'd like to share the following story:
Back in the early 90s, I was a self-published board game designer with only a few credits. I designed a game, Age of Exploration, which covers a period -- the early exploration of the New World -- that Richard Berg had covered before (and much more besides) in his very well received Conquistador.
Various production glitches had delayed the printing of Age so that it was two weeks late for Origins that year. We flew in 48 hand assembled copies, so that we could get the game in the hands of some players and take pre-orders. Richard showed up at our booth and his enthusiasm and interest in seeing another designer's take on a very difficult to handle historical subject was palpable. I thanked him for Conquistador, gave him a copy of Age, and watched him head off with no small amount of trepidation for what he would say about my game.
Richard played and reviewed it for his BROG newsletter. His review (you can download it from his site here) was the funniest, kindest, most generous, and most thoughtful review I have ever received. He understood and got exactly what I was aiming for with my design, even if I hadn't quite managed it and my execution was a bit sloppy.
As a fellow creator, I salute Richard for his enormous output, vast range, and sustained creativity. It's a tremendous achievement.
And, for that review, after all these years, I am still very, very grateful. Thank you, Richard.
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Robert Sweeney
United States
Clinton Township
Michigan
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Spent many a enjoyable hour with his productions....especially the GBACW series....
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Giles Pritchard
Australia
Shepparton
Victoria
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I am by no means a war-gamer, but my foray into Berg games has been through Men of Iron, Volume I: The Rebirth of Infantry. I have only played a few scenarios, but it has been a great learning experience. I appreciate the depth of history that is captured by the design. Hopefully I will get to enjoy many more such games.
Cheers,
Giles.
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Neil Christiansen
United States
Mount Pleasant
Michigan
OOK! OOK! OOK!
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I was 12 years old when War of the Ring came out and it educated me on more gaming concepts than I can ever enumerate. (I was already a Tolkein scholar). Gondor, Sauron...just wow.
For that and so much else, my hat goes off to Mr. Berg.
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[wailing winter winds]
United States
Hillsboro
Oregon
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Quote: as a small response to another thread in this forum
Note that the other thread is purged from the system (as is the user who started the thread).
Three cheers for AH Blackbeard & War Galley!
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Richard Berg
United States
South Carolina
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My thanx to you Tom, for such nice comments . . .and for what is really an under appreciated game design (AGE...) I try to steal from it regularly . . .
Kind of disappointed they kaiboshed that rather strange thread that was running . . . i would like to have maintained some form of discourse with that unhappy gamer.
Then crush him with leftover tacos.
RHB
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4.1 Rules
United States
Rutland
Vermont
Drop the dice and step away from the table!
Move along, nothing to see here!
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Richard I read an interesting article (which I can't find now) about your work on Panzergruppe Guderian. Thank you for that ( and of course Jim Dunnigan) and many other great games!
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Richard Berg
United States
South Carolina
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billyboy wrote: Richard I read an interesting article (which I can't find now) about your work on Panzergruppe Guderian. Thank you for that ( and of course Jim Dunnigan) and many other great games!
One of my few "developer" credits . . . and, what, 30 years ago?
RHB
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Heath Avery
Australia
Mount Keira
New South Wales
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Yes I too want to say thankyou RHB for all these designs
I am in the starting turns of Manchu as I write on my day off and thats the beauty of your games....Just reach onto the shelf...blindfolded..and there a GOOD CHANCE THAT ILL PULL OUT A BERG GAME TO PLAY THIS WEEK hahahahah So many classics
I do hope one day that my 2 favourite games can be given a volume 2 !!
Hastings 1066-The battle of Senlac Hill The best Sword.Axe and Shield period wargame ever....
How about a Stamford Bridge or even better CLONTARF !!!
The system screams for Brian Boros Irish clashing against the Dublin Danes and the Viking " guests"
My number 1 of all time Sekigahara
Solo gaming glory....treachery means every game is different
I actually wore the counters out and had to buy a 2nd copy hahahaha
The system would work with any battle from the gmt series
OK Where do I send the pic of me begging Richard
Heath the mad aussie wargamer
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Posted Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:30 pm
