John Young
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John Young

27 games Designed 27 games

John Michael Young (September 2, 1947 - May 1978) was a game designer who appears to have only designed wargames for SPI when he worked there as an employee. He designed the SPI Tactical Series of wargames and designed and developed the SPI "Pre-Seventeenth Century Tactical Game System" known as PRESTAGS. Note: He is perhaps most famous for using the word "grognard" to describe veteran wargamers in the early…

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1970s. Designs: ARMAGEDDON, AUSTERLITZ (I), BORODINO, DREADNOUGHT, 1812 (Hex version), FALL OF ROME, LA GRANDE ARMÉE, LEE MOVES NORTH, THE MARNE, MUSKET & PIKE, PHALANX, PRESTAGS (including LEGION, CHARIOT, YEOMAN, VIKING and SPARTAN), RED STAR/WHITE STAR (I), RIFLE & SABER, SEARCH & DESTROY, SEEL…WE, SNIPER!, STRATEGY I, and WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. Development: AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ANTIETAM, ANZIO BEACHHEAD, ARDENNES OFFENSIVE, BULL RUN, CA, CEMETERY HILL, CHICKAMAUGA, COMBAT COMMAND, FLYING CIRCUS, GRENADIER, GRUNT, KOREA (1st Edition), LEIPZIG, MOSCOW CAMPAIGN, NORMANDY (2nd Edition), SHILOH, STARFORCE, USN, WORLD WAR II, and YEAR OF THE RAT. System Development for the BLUE & GREY QUADs I and II.

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Designed 27 games

The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 box cover The Battle of Borodino: Napoleon in Russia 1812 · 1972
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La Grande Armée: The Campaigns of Napoleon in Central Europe box cover La Grande Armée: The Campaigns of Napoleon in Central Europe · 1972
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1812: The Campaign of Napoleon in Russia box cover 1812: The Campaign of Napoleon in Russia · 1972
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Seelöwe: The German Invasion of Britain, 1940 box cover Seelöwe: The German Invasion of Britain, 1940 · 1974
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Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 box cover Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 · 1975
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Spartan: Tactical Warfare in the Hellenistic Age, 500-100BC box cover Spartan: Tactical Warfare in the Hellenistic Age, 500-100BC · 1975
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Legion: Tactical Warfare in the Roman Age, 100BC-700AD box cover Legion: Tactical Warfare in the Roman Age, 100BC-700AD · 1975
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Lee Moves North: The Confederate Summer Offensive, 1862 and 1863 box cover Lee Moves North: The Confederate Summer Offensive, 1862 and 1863 · 1972
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Austerlitz: The Battle of Three Emperors, 2 December 1805 box cover Austerlitz: The Battle of Three Emperors, 2 December 1805 · 1972
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Chariot: Tactical Warfare in the "Biblical" Age, 3000-500 BC box cover Chariot: Tactical Warfare in the "Biblical" Age, 3000-500 BC · 1975
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Yeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550 box cover Yeoman: Tactical Warfare in the Renaissance Age, 1250-1550 · 1975
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The Fall of Rome box cover The Fall of Rome · 1973
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The Wilderness Campaign: Lee vs. Grant, 1864 box cover The Wilderness Campaign: Lee vs. Grant, 1864 · 1972
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Phalanx: Tactical Warfare 500-100 BC box cover Phalanx: Tactical Warfare 500-100 BC · 1971
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Turning Point: The Battle of Stalingrad box cover Turning Point: The Battle of Stalingrad · 1972
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Armageddon: Tactical Combat 3000 to 500 B.C. box cover Armageddon: Tactical Combat 3000 to 500 B.C. · 1972
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Chickamauga: The Last Victory, 20 September 1863 1975 0
Musket & Pike: Tactical Combat, 1550-1680 1973 0
Dreadnought: Surface Combat in the Battleship Era, 1906-45 1975 0
Strategy I: Strategic Warfare 350BC to 1984 1971 0
Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam – 1965-1966 1975 0
The Marne: Home Before the Leaves Fall 1972 0
Grunt: Tactical Combat in Vietnam, 1965 1971 0
Rifle & Saber: Tactical Combat 1850-1900 1973 0
Blue & Gray Deluxe Edition 2025 0
PRESTAGS Master-Pack 1976 0
Blue & Gray II: Four Civil War Battles 1975 0