Charles S. Roberts

For the news anchor, see Chuck Roberts.
Charles S. Roberts
Born(1930-02-03)February 3, 1930
DiedAugust 20, 2010(2010-08-20) (aged 80)
Resting placeNew Cathedral Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
OccupationGame designer
Home of Charles S. Roberts during the 1950s located on a hill in the Avalon neighborhood of Catonsville, Maryland. The Avalon Hill Game Company sold mailorder games from the garage for six years 1952-1958.[1]
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Charles Swann Roberts (February 3, 1930 – August 20, 2010,[2][3][4] Baltimore, Maryland[5]) was a wargame designer, railroad historian, and businessman. He is renowned as "The Father of Board Wargaming", having created the first commercially successful modern wargame in 1952 (Tactics),[6][7] the first wargaming company in 1954 (Avalon Hill), and designed the first board wargame based upon an actual historical battle (Gettysburg). He is also the author of a series of books on railroad history, published by the small publishing firm, Barnard, Roberts, and Company, Inc.

  1. ^ "The General Index and Company History". The General Magazine Index and Company History. 1980. Retrieved August 5, 2015.
  2. ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VM8R-W2V : accessed 17 Feb. 2013), Charles S Roberts, 20 August 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  3. ^ "Charles S. Roberts". Baltimore Sun. August 23, 2010.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, Frederick N. (August 28, 2010). "Charles S. Roberts, train line expert, dies at 80". Baltimore Sun.
  5. ^ Charles S. Roberts, train line expert, dies at 80
  6. ^ Christopher Lewin, War Games and their History, Chapter 8, Fonthill Media, Stroud (GB) 2012, ISBN 978-1-78155-042-7
  7. ^ James Dunnigan (1991). "Chapter 5". The Complete Wargames Handbook (2nd ed.). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2017.