Editing Wargame (section)

==Notable people==
===Wargaming as a hobby===
* [[Georg von Reisswitz]], who with his father invented ''Kriegsspiel''.
* [[H. G. Wells|H.G. Wells]] – Pioneer in miniature wargaming, author of ''[[Little Wars]]''. His usual companion in wargames was [[Jerome K. Jerome]] (of ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' fame).
* [[Jack Scruby]] – After H.G. Wells, he did the most to make miniature wargaming a respectable hobby. He also popularized miniatures wargaming with a cheaper production process for miniature figures, publishing the first miniature wargaming magazine, the ''War Game Digest'', and community building.
* [[Donald Featherstone (wargamer)|Don Featherstone]] – Known in the UK as the "co-father" of modern miniature wargaming.
* [[Charles S. Roberts]] – Known as the "Father of modern board wargaming", designed the first modern wargame, as well as the company most identified with modern wargames ([[Avalon Hill]]).
* [[Phil Barker]] – Co-founder of ([[Wargames Research Group]]),<ref>{{cite web|last=Phil|first=Barker|title=Wargames Research Group|url=http://www.wrg.me.uk/|publisher=WRG|access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> co writer of WRG Ancients in 1969 and of DBA the innovative 1990 ruleset.

===Designers/developers===
* [[Richard Berg (designer)|Richard Berg]] – Designer of ''[[Terrible Swift Sword (game)|Terrible Swift Sword]]'', and worked at [[Simulations Publications|SPI]].
* [[Larry Bond]] – Designer of ''[[Harpoon (computer game)|Harpoon]]'', and best selling author
* [[Frank Chadwick]] – A co-founder of Game Designers Workshop (along with [[Loren Wiseman]], [[Marc W. Miller|Marc Miller]], and [[Rich Banner]]), one of the first major competitors to Avalon Hill, and himself a prolific wargame designer and innovator.
* [[Jim Dunnigan]] – considered "The Dean of Modern Wargaming", founder of [[Simulations Publications|SPI]] and the most prolific print wargame designer in history. His designs included many firsts in wargaming, including the first [[tactical wargames]].
* [[Charles Grant (game designer)|Charles Grant]] – Author of ''The Wargame''.
* [[E. Gary Gygax]] – Designer of several miniatures and board wargames who went on to co-create (with [[Dave Arneson]]) and publish ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.
* [[Larry Harris (game designer)|Larry Harris]] – Designer of ''[[Axis and Allies]]'', ''Conquest of the Empire'', and other games in the Axis and Allies Series.
* [[Bruce Quarrie]] – wrote rule sets for Napoleonic and World War II wargames and also on military history.
* [[John Hill (game designer)|John Hill]] – Designer of ''[[Squad Leader]]'', ''[[Johnny Reb (game)|Johnny Reb]]'', and other well-received designs.
* [[Redmond Simonsen]] – Co-founder of [[Simulations Publications|SPI]] and introduced many advanced graphics design elements to wargame designs.

===Notable players===
* [[Peter Cushing]] – Actor<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/BGag8Qllgnw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140420093734/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGag8Qllgnw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGag8Qllgnw| title = Peter Cushing (1956) | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[Curt Schilling]] – Former baseball player and commentator<ref name="autogenerated1">[[The General Magazine]], Volume 27, No. 5</ref>