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Rodger B. MacGowan

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Danny Holte
John Kranz
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Charles S. Roberts

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The Awards Story

The first Charles S. Roberts Awards were presented at Origins I in Baltimore, Maryland, July 25-27, 1975. The originator of the CSR Awards was John Mansfield (at that time editor of the amateur magazine Signal). John collected ballots from attendees and based these awards on this voting held at Origins I.

Best Professional Game
Bar-Lev (Conflict Games)
Starforce (SPI)
&Third Reich (Avalon Hill)

Best Amateur Game
&Manassas (Historical Simulations)
Parliament (H. Patterson)
Zeppelin (Jagdpanther Publications)

Best Professional Magazine
Conflict (Simulations Design Corporation)
The General (Avalon Hill)
&Strategy & Tactics (SPI)

Best Amateur Magazine
&Albion (Don Turnbull)
Europa (Walter Luc Haas)
Jagdpanther (Jagdpanther Publications)

Hall of Fame
Charles S. Roberts: founder of The Avalon Hill Game Company and designer of TACTICS, the first modern era board wargame. Designer of:

Don Turnbull: Founder of Albion magazine. Designer of Schweinfurt (Cranwell House); Developer for Kingmaker (Avalon Hill)

& = Awarded Best in that Category

1974: That Was the Wargaming Year That Was!

It was around year's end in 1974 that Avalon Hill offered lifetime memberships in its "Elite Club."