Richard Berg's Review of Games explained

Richard Berg's Review of Games was a wargaming review magazine edited by Richard Berg and first published in 1980 by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI).

Contents

Richard Berg's Review of Games was a slim professionally produced fanzine with over 20 issues published per year, dedicated to publishing game reviews. In 1980, Richard Berg, then working as a game designer for (SPI), started writing and editing reviews of wargames, which SPI published as Richard Berg's Review of Games. It began as a two-page standalone newsletter, published twice a month for 25 issues.[1] SPI then converted it into a regular feature in the pages of SPI's Strategy & Tactics until late 1985.[2]

In the fall of 1991, Berg started up a self-published fanzine, the similarly titled Berg's Review of Games (or BROG).

Reception

Steve Jackson reviewed Richard Berg's Review of Games in The Space Gamer No. 37.[3] Jackson commented that "This is a good effort. I just can't pick it up without thinking 'Where's the rest of the magazine?' Recommendation: Subscribe to [''[[Strategy & Tactics]]], [''[[Fire & Movement]]], Dragon, and [''[[Space Gamer|The Space Gamer]]] first. If you still have time and money, by all means get this."[3]

Other recognition

Twenty-one of the twenty-five issues of Richard Berg's Review of Games are held in the "Edwin and Terry Murray Collection of Role-Playing Games, 1972-2017" at Duke University.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard Berg's Review of Games . Costkyan . Greg . costik.com . 2022-02-12 .
  2. Web site: Strategy & Tactics: Issues 76 to 139 . Strategy & Tactics Press . 2022-02-12.
  3. Jackson. Steve. Steve Jackson (American game designer) . March 1981 . Capsule Reviews. The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games. 37. 29.
  4. Web site: Richard Berg's Review of Games, 1980-1982 . Duke University Libraries: Archives and Manuscripts . Duke University . 2022-02-12.