A founding father passes on.

[mogami]

Hi, I was never a big fan of AH. (I thought their games were more generic compared to the detail in SPI games.)
I finished many games of WIE. We had a regular crew of players (multiplayer WIE)
In more then one location we had the game set up. I used to play at one house on certain nights and another on other nights and I had a game set up in my front room. (I didn't own a TV back then)

[kayjay]

I still have every copy of S&T from issue 1 to 200



Kevin

[Skyros]

I met him once at Origins, he tried to sell me Campaign for North Africa. Unfortunately, for me or him I don't know, I did not have the money.

Still have all my games AH, SPI, GDW, GRD, Yaquinto etc. although wife 1.0 would love to move em out.

[steveh11Matrix]

Skyros, it was definitely your loss - one of those in good condition, if you were to bring yourself to sell it, would be worth a fortune today. Personally, I bitterly regret losing most of my copy in moving - although a full game was nigh-on impossible I enjoyed playing with it so much that it didn't matter.

Redmond Simonsen contributed so much to gaming. He was superb at graphic design. I started boardgaming with Borodino in S&T32 (iirc) and stayed with it up to Jim Dunnigan's departure. If you compare the layout and graphic quality of S&T to it's rivals at the time, there's no doubt who was streets ahead.

Steve.

[steveh11Matrix]

Just one further post: The NYTimes obituary.
<Raises glass>Bye, Mr. Simonsen.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/obitu ... 99&ei=5088

Steve.