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Ty Bomba

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Tyrone S. Bomba (born c. 1953) is a game designer who grew up and attended college in Pennsylvania. He is a U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army veteran and has a bachelor's degree and master's degree in history and a master's degree in communications. He has spent several years in the intelligence community, after learning Arabic and Russian. He left the military and became the editor of Strategy & Tactics magazine. A…

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year later he founded Command magazine where he has worked as its editor and publisher. He has designed several wargames, specializing in World War II Eastern Front games and modern world situations. He has also developed nearly every game to appear in Command magazine. He later co-founded XTR (Crossing the Rubicon) corporation. He has been inducted into the Wargaming Hall of Fame and won many gaming awards. He was also instrumental in helping to get Paths of Glory designer Ted Racier to become a more accomplished game designer. Awards Winner of the 1988 Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award at Origins '89. Runner up of the 1989 James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design at Origins '90. Runner up of the 1990 Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Historical Article at Origins '91. Winner of the 1996 James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability and Design at Origins '97.

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Proud Monster: The Barbarossa Campaign box cover Proud Monster: The Barbarossa Campaign · 1994
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Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (Second Edition) box cover Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (Second Edition) · 2011
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Afrikakorps: Decision in the Desert, 1941-42 box cover Afrikakorps: Decision in the Desert, 1941-42 · 2010
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Drive on Moscow: Operation Typhoon, 1941 box cover Drive on Moscow: Operation Typhoon, 1941 · 2007
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The Kaiser's War: World War I, 1918-19 box cover The Kaiser's War: World War I, 1918-19 · 2010
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The Tigers Are Burning box cover The Tigers Are Burning · 1988
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Fortress Stalingrad box cover Fortress Stalingrad · 1988
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Cold War Battles 2: Pentomic Wurzburg & Kabul '79 box cover Cold War Battles 2: Pentomic Wurzburg & Kabul '79 · 2010
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The Finnish Front, 1941-42 box cover The Finnish Front, 1941-42 · 2009
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Greater East Asia War box cover Greater East Asia War · 2009
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Nine Navies War box cover Nine Navies War · 2007
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Oil War: Iran Strikes box cover Oil War: Iran Strikes · 2012
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Dagger Thrusts: Patton & Montgomery, September 1944 box cover Dagger Thrusts: Patton & Montgomery, September 1944 · 2005
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Middle East Battles: Suez '56 box cover Middle East Battles: Suez '56 · 2004
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Soft Underbelly: The War in Southern Italy 1943 box cover Soft Underbelly: The War in Southern Italy 1943 · 2010
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War of the Triple Alliance: Paraguay – 1865-1870 box cover War of the Triple Alliance: Paraguay – 1865-1870 · 2007
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1944: Second Front – From D-Day to Victory in the West box cover 1944: Second Front – From D-Day to Victory in the West · 1990
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Back to Iraq box cover Back to Iraq · 1993
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The Mannerheim Line Campaign 1939-1940 box cover The Mannerheim Line Campaign 1939-1940 · 2019
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Wagram 1809: Napoleon's Last Triumph box cover Wagram 1809: Napoleon's Last Triumph · 2019
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Middle East Battles: El Arish '67 box cover Middle East Battles: El Arish '67 · 2004
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Back to Iraq (Third Edition) box cover Back to Iraq (Third Edition) · 2001
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