When was The Complete Book of Wargames by Jon Freeman published?
Jon Freeman released The Complete Book of Wargames in 1980 through Simon & Schuster. The Fireside imprint carried the volume to shelves that year.
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Jon Freeman released The Complete Book of Wargames in 1980 through Simon & Schuster. The Fireside imprint carried the volume to shelves that year.
Part one introduced wargaming concepts and occupied about 25% of the total page count. Part two evaluated specific games and filled the remaining three-quarters of the book.
A hardcover edition contained 285 pages while a paperback version offered the same text. Readers found these distinct parts within these covers.
Nick Schuessler wrote in October 1980 that wargaming grew too fast for any single book to track. Tony Watson stated the variety of games made specific evaluations outdated only months later.
The volume reviewed and described only board wargames exclusively. It ignored miniatures wargames despite their importance to the hobby and fantasy role-playing games also appeared absent from the final count.