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Avalon Hill founder Charles S. Roberts has died

Started by Koltar, August 29, 2010, 11:58:36 PM

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Koltar

August 29, 2010, 11:58:36 PM
The founder of Avalon Hill - Charles S. Roberts died this past week.

 Here is the article/news announcement:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2010-08-28/news/bs-md-ob-charles-roberts-20100827_1_b-o-halethorpe-railroads

There is an award given at ORIGINS every year named after him.


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arminius

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August 30, 2010, 02:48:25 AM
Thanks for posting that. There are a couple of minor errors that I noticed: Rail Baron was published long after Roberts left Avalon Hill AFAIK, and the company was taken over by Monarch Printing, not Parker Brothers. (Much later, it was sold to Hasbro, which by then also owned Parker Bros. I believe.)

I had no idea what Roberts did with himself after giving up AH; it's nice to read that he had even more success with another geeky pursuit.

Cylonophile

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August 30, 2010, 09:01:18 AM
One of my earliest games was the starship troopers original bookcase wargame...
Go an\' tell me I\'m ignored.
Kick my sad ass off the board,
I don\'t care, I\'m still free.
You can\'t take the net from me.

-The ballad of browncoatone, after his banning by the communist dictators of rpg.net for refusing to obey their arbitrary decrees.

Benoist

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August 30, 2010, 12:58:25 PM
So many things Avalon Hill participated to gaming...

DKChannelBoredom

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August 30, 2010, 01:56:50 PM Last Edit: August 31, 2010, 03:40:53 AM by DKChannelBoredom
He sounds like a fantastic geek and person in many ways.

Diplomacy is probably the board game I have played most over the years, and I still cheerish the (old?) Avalon Hill Edition I bought some 15 years ago.

That and that crazy Empires in Arms campaign I was part of a couple of years back, all good Avalon Hill stuff.
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August 30, 2010, 11:36:05 PM
Tactics II is probably still my favorite board wargame I've ever plain.
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