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Redmond Aksel Simonsen

308 games Designed 33 games Art for 305 games

Redmond Aksel Simonsen (June 18, 1942 in Manhattan, New York – March 9, 2005 in Garland, Texas) was an American game designer and graphic artist best known for working with wargames at SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), where he supervised the release of over 400 games. He was a game graphics innovator and is sometimes even credited with creating the term "game designer". He was also an editor for game magazines…

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Strategy and Tactics, Moves, and Ares. After SPI went bankrupt, he worked as a computer game consultant and freelance writer for computer magazines. In late 1985, he moved to the Dallas area to market Amiga peripherals. "Redmond was the first human being on this planet -- with the possible exception of Sid Sackson -- to think seriously about game design." -- Greg Costikyan Boardgamegeek Geeklist Tribute Articles Charles S. Roberts Awards Museum biography and obituary (Internet archive from 2016) Strategy Page obituary New York Times obituary The Mumpsimus Blog obituary Role-playing games listing at Pen-paper.net Awards In 1977, inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Charles S. Roberts Awards at Origins '78.

'Wacht am Rhein': The Battle of the Bulge, 16 Dec 44 – 2 Jan 45	1977	0
Chickamauga: The Last Victory, 20 September 1863	1975	0
Strategy I: Strategic Warfare 350BC to 1984	1971	0
After the Holocaust: The Nuclear Devastation of America – Recovery and Reunification	1977	0
Bastogne: The Desperate Defense, December 1944	1976	0
Shiloh: The Battle for Tennessee, 6-7 April, 1862	1975	0
Damocles Mission	1983	0
Breakout & Pursuit: The Battle for France, 1944	1972	0
Crusader: Battle for Tobruk, November 1941	1976	0
Rostov: The First Soviet Counter-Attack, 1941	1979	0
Desert War: Tactical Warfare in North Africa	1973	0
Supercharge: Battle of El Alamein, October 1942	1976	0
Hurtgen Forest: Approach to the Roer, November 1944	1976	0
WorldKiller: The Game of Planetary Assault	1980	0
Dragonslayer	1981	0
Remagen: Bridgehead on the Rhine, March 1945	1976	0
Dixie: The Second War Between the States, 1937	1976	0
Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972 – Deluxe Edition	2027	0
Conflicts in American History: The Civil War – Module 1	1979	0

War in the East: The Russo-German Conflict, 1941-45	1974	0
SPI Football	1980	0
Basic Training		0

Russian Civil War 1918-1922	1976	0
Fifth Corps: The Soviet Breakthrough at Fulda	1980	0
Spies!	1981	0
BAOR	1981	0
Invasion: America – Death Throes of the Superpower	1976	0
Atlantic Wall: The Invasion of Europe June 1944	1978	0
The Game of France, 1940: German Blitzkrieg in the West	1971	0
Hof Gap: The Nurnberg Pincer	1980	0
Crimean War Battles	1978	0
Fulda Gap: The First Battle of the Next War	1977	0
Bloody April: The Battle of Shiloh, 1862	1979	0
War Between The States 1861-1865	1977	0
The Conquerors	1977	0
Musket & Pike: Tactical Combat, 1550-1680	1973	0
Dawn of the Dead	1981	0
Dreadnought: Surface Combat in the Battleship Era, 1906-45	1975	0
Wurzburg: Soviet-American Combat in the '70's	1975	0
Objective Moscow: The Death of Soviet Communism	1978	0
Quatre Bras: Stalemate on the Brussels Road	1976	0
War in the East: The Russo-German Conflict, 1941-45 (Second Edition)	1976	0
TaskForce: Naval Tactics and Operations in the 1980's	1981	0
MechWar '77: Tactical Armored Combat in the 1970's	1975	0
Ligny: The Incomplete Victory	1976	0
U.S.N.: The Game of War in the Pacific, 1941-43	1971	0
Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943	1980	0
The Kaiser's Battle: The German Offensive, March 1918	1980	0
The Alamo	1981	0
The Big Red One: The Game of the First Infantry Division at the Battle of the Bulge	1979	0
Firefight: Modern U.S. and Soviet Small Unit Tactics	1976	0
Red Sun Rising: The Russo-Japanese War 1904-05	1977	0
Patrol!: Man-to-Man Combat in the 20th Century	1974	0
The Flight of the Goeben: World War I Naval Operations in the Mediterranean	1970	0
The American Revolution 1775-1783	1972	0
Solomons Campaign: Air, Land, and Sea Warfare, Pacific 1942	1973	0
Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam – 1965-1966	1975	0
La Belle Alliance: The Battle of Waterloo	1976	0
Antietam: The Bloodiest Day, 17 September 1862	1975	0
Saipan: Conquest of the Marianas, June 1944	1975	0
Miscellaneous Game Magazine		0
Chattanooga: Gateway to Victory, Nov. 24-25, 1863	1975	0
War in the West: WWII in Western Europe, 1939-1945	1976	0
The Battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805	1980	0
Operation Star: The Soviet Winter Offensive, 1943	1979	0
The Campaign for North Africa: The Desert War 1940-43	1979	0
Chinese Farm: Egyptian-Israeli Combat in the '73 War	1975	0
Tamburlaine the Great: The Battle of Angorra, 1402	1979	0
Anzio Beachhead	1969	0
Golan: Syrian-Israeli Combat in the '73 War	1975	0
Cauldron: Battle for Gazala	2010	0
Minuteman: The Second American Revolution	1976	0
Robert at Bannockburn: The Battle of Bannockburn, 1314	1979	0
Normandy: The Invasion of Europe 1944	1971	0
World War II: European Theater of Operations, 1939-45	1973	0
The Battle for Jerusalem 1967	1977	0
Wavre: The Lost Opportunity	1976	0
Cauldron: Battle of Gazala, May 1942	1976	0
Rocroi: 19 May 1643 – The End of Spanish Ascendancy	1976	0
MechWar 2: Red Star / White Star Modern Mechanized Combat in Europe	1979	0
Fredericksburg: The Union Repulsed, Dec. 13, 1862	1975	0
Kursk: Operation Zitadelle, 4 July 1943	1971	0
Nordlingen: 6 September 1634 – Triumph of the Imperialists	1976	0
The Battle of Moscow: The German Drive on Moscow, 1941	1970	0
Bundeswehr: Northern Germany, late 1970's	1977	0
Crusader: Battle for Tobruk	2010	0
Mukden: Sino-Soviet Combat in the '70's	1975	0
Kiev: The Battle of Encirclement, 1941	1979	0
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall	1972	0
Grunt: Tactical Combat in Vietnam, 1965	1971	0
StarGate: The Final Space Battle for Galactic Freedom	1979	0
Dark Ages: Tactical Warfare, 500-1300	1971	0
Hooker and Lee: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 2-3, 1863	1975	0
The Fast Carriers: Air-Sea Operations, 1941-77	1975	0
Destruction of Army Group Center: The Soviet Summer Offensive, 1944	1973	0
Okinawa: The Last Battle, April 1945	1975	0
Renaissance of Infantry: Tactical Warfare, 1250 A.D-1550 A.D	1970	0
The Black Prince: The Battle of Navarette, 1367	1979	0
Ragnarok: The Twilight of the Gods	1981	0
Yugoslavia: The Battles for Zagreb, 1979	1977	0
Titan Strike! Battle for the Moon of Saturn	1979	0
Rapid Deployment Force (RDF)	1983	0
El Alamein: Battles in North Africa, 1942	1973	0
Alma: The First Battle, 20 September 1854	1978	0
Kasserine: Baptism of Fire, February 1943	1976	0
Centurion: Tactical Warfare, 100B.C.-600A.D.	1971	0
Lost Battles: Operational Combat in Russia	1971	0
Bloody Ridge: Turning Point on Guadalcanal, September 1942	1975	0
The China War: Sino-Soviet Conflict in the 1980s	1979	0
Korsun: The German Pocket on the Dniepr, 1944	1979	0
Battle of the Wilderness: Gaining the Initiative, May 5-6, 1864	1975	0
DMZ: The Battle for South Korea, late 1970s	1977	0
The Battles of Bull Run: Manassas – June 1861 and August 1862	1973	0
Grenadier: Tactical Warfare 1680-1850	1972	0
Rifle & Saber: Tactical Combat 1850-1900	1973	0
DeltaVee	1981	0
Canadian Civil War: La Guerre de la Sécession du Canada	1977	0
Cemetery Hill: The Battle of Gettysburg, 1-3 July, 1863	1975	0
Spitfire: Tactical Aerial Combat in Europe 1939-42	1973	0
Kampfpanzer: Armored Combat, 1937-40	1973	0
Commando	1979	0
Bastogne ...and the Battle of the Ardennes December, 1944	1969	0
Chicago, Chicago!	1970	0
Up Scope! Tactical Submarine Warfare in the 20th Century	1978	0
Vector 3: Tactical Space Combat in Three Dimensions	1979	0
Sixth Fleet: US/Soviet Naval Operations in the Mediterranean in the 1970's	1975	0
Arena of Death: Heroic Combat in the Fantasy World of DragonQuest	1980	0
The Battle for Cassino: Assaulting the Gustav Line, 1944	1978	0
Combat Command: Tactical Armored Warfare, France 1944	1972	0
'CA' Tactical Naval Warfare in the Pacific, 1941-45	1973	0
Tank! Armored Combat in the 20th Century	1974	0
Panzer Battles: Tactical Armored Warfare in World War II	1979	0
Foxbat & Phantom: Tactical Aerial Combat in the 1970's	1973	0
World War 3: 1976-1984	1975	0
Combined Arms: Combat Operations in the 20th Century	1974	0
Scrimmage: Tactical Professional Football	1973	0
Four Battles of Army Group South	1979	0
Air War '80	1979	0
MechWar 2: Suez to Golan	1979	0
Great Medieval Battles: Four Battles from the Middle Ages	1979	0
Balaclava: The Charge of the Light Brigade, 25 October 1854	1978	0
Acre: Richard Lionheart's Siege, 1191	1978	0
StarForce Trilogy	1977	0
Modern Battles II: Four Contemporary Conflicts	1977	0
The First World War	1977	0
Lützen: 16 November 1632 – Gustavus Adolphus' Last Battle	1976	0
War in Europe	1976	0
PRESTAGS Master-Pack	1976	0
Thirty Years War	1976	0
Freiburg: 3-9 August 1644 – Conquest of the Rhine Valley	1976	0
War in the West: Expansion Module	1976	0
Blue & Gray: Four American Civil War Battles	1975	0
Blue & Gray II: Four Civil War Battles	1975	0
Modern Battles: Four Contemporary Conflicts	1975	0
Island War: Four Pacific Battles	1975	0
Napoleon at Waterloo: Advanced Game Expansion Kit	1971	0
Napoleon at Waterloo	1971	0
PanzerBlitz Minigame	1970	0
T-34	1970	0
Crete	1969	0
Tannenberg	1969	0
Blitzkrieg Module System	1969	0
Tactical Game 3 (Russia 1944)	1969	0
Destruction of SPI Center		0

Redmond Aksel Simonsen

Designed and illustrated 30 games

Designed 3 games

Art for 275 games