Talk:Sid Sackson

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"It can be argued that German-style board games wouldn't exist without his creations"

Eh? I don't have a clue what a "German-style board game" is, but I gather from the article on them that a large proportion of them come from Germany. And so presumably don't have a lot to do with this Sid Sackson chap. Or am I wrong? I won't change the article, as it would probably be better to leave it to someone who actually knows about these games. -- Oliver PEREIRA 01:14 Dec 10, 2002 (UTC)

Oliver-go to kriegspiel, these "german-style" board games were around before this man was born. It is probably more accurate to say that he helped them grow in popularity within the US. Furthermore, Acquire isn't a "German style board game". Im gonna remove it. Vera Cruz 01:20 Dec 10, 2002 (UTC)

Kriegspiel isn't a German-style board game in the context of the article as far as I can make out. I've not come across any of these "designer games" myself, but I used to play wargames as a kid. Kriegspiel was a game played by German military students and was then used as the name of an Avalon Hill wargame. However, if your assertion that Acquire isn't a German-style board game is correct then I'm sure you were right to remove the comment. Mintguy 02:21 Dec 10, 2002 (UTC)


Thanks for clarifying that! -- Oliver PEREIRA 01:33 Dec 10, 2002 (UTC)

User:63.225.161.90, if you've got a reason to remove the statement that he specialized in wargames, could you explain it? I'm going to put it back in until then. -- John Owens 05:43 Apr 9, 2003 (UTC)

It seems like, given the fact that *none* of the significant games cited in the article are wargames, the burden of proof is still on the assertion that they were a specialty. I myself can think of no Sackson wargames (except in the loosest sense). Though, given how prolific he was I'd not be surprised to find out that there were some. --Stellmach 20:29, 13 July 2006 (UTC)