Richard Berg's Review of Games
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
[edit]Richard Berg's Review of Games was a slim professionally produced fanzine with over 20 issues published per year, dedicated to publishing game reviews.[1] 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.[2] SPI then converted it into a regular feature in the pages of SPI's Strategy & Tactics until late 1985.[3]
In the fall of 1991, Berg started up a self-published fanzine, the similarly titled Berg's Review of Games (or BROG).
Reception
[edit]Steve Jackson reviewed Richard Berg's Review of Games in The Space Gamer No. 37.[1] 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 [The Space Gamer] first. If you still have time and money, by all means get this."[1]
Other recognition
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Jackson, Steve (March 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (37). Steve Jackson Games: 29.
- ^ Costkyan, Greg. "Richard Berg's Review of Games". costik.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Strategy & Tactics: Issues 76 to 139". Strategy & Tactics Press. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Richard Berg's Review of Games, 1980-1982". Duke University Libraries: Archives and Manuscripts. Duke University. Retrieved 2022-02-12.