John Astell
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John Astell

27 games Designed 27 games

John M. Astell is a wargame designer and developer who took over from Frank Chadwick as the principal game designer for GDW's Europa series of wargames. In 1985, he along with Winston Hamilton, a developer and designer of WWII games, formed Game Research/Design, a company committed to the enhancement of Europa. They also began a newsletter that became the magazine, Europa. In 1989, GDW transferred the copyrights…

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and trademark of Europa to GR/D. Periodical Interviews Game Characters, The VIP of Gaming (Issue 3 - Apr 1986).

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Designed 27 games

Fire in the East box cover Fire in the East · 1984
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Arctic Front: Battle for Norway box cover Arctic Front: Battle for Norway · 1985
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Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East box cover Persian Gulf: Battle for the Middle East · 1986
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Western Desert box cover Western Desert · 1982
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Fifth Frontier War box cover Fifth Frontier War · 1981
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1941: Operation Barbarossa box cover 1941: Operation Barbarossa · 1981
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Torch box cover Torch · 1985
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Storm Over Scandinavia box cover Storm Over Scandinavia · 1998
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Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+ box cover Traveller: The Classic Games, Games 1-6+ · 2004
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Scorched Earth box cover Scorched Earth · 1987
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The Near East box cover The Near East · 1983
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Balkan Front 1990 0
War in the Desert 1997 0
Second Front 1994 0
The Fall of France 1981 0
First to Fight 1991 0
Marita-Merkur: The Campaign in the Balkans, 1940-41 1979 0
Eylau: Napoleon's Winter Battle, 1807 1980 0
War of Resistance 1998 0
1815: The Waterloo Campaign 1975 0
Invasion: Earth 1981 0
Red Army: The Destruction of Army Group Center 1982 0
Attack in the Ardennes: The Battle of the Bulge 1982 0
WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 2024 0
The Urals 1989 0
Spain and Portugal 1984 0
Total War 0