Rodger B. MacGowan

7 January 2025 – Soichiro Nakane – “Hi Rodger, I saw your post on your Fire & Movement sketch maps. All of the sketches are amazing! It's very useful for planning operations. I compared it with the "War in Europe" SPI map & it was a very accurate sketch!”

7 January 2022 – Wargame Memories – by Timothy Billy – "My copy of MacGowan & Lombardy's The Great War came in! The illustrations from Rodger MacGowan are beautiful, as always! The playmats are really nice. And it comes with a War of the Worlds expansion."

7 January 2020 – Wargame Memories – Game Designer’s copy “hot off the presses” of C3i Magazine Nr33 arrives with Mark Herman’s “WATERLOO CAMPAIGN, 1815” from RBM Studio

Brad Stock & Brian Stock’s Pursuit of Glory: The Great War in the Near East – Rodger MacGowan Series Art Director, Cover Design, Logo Design ©2008, 2024

6 Jan 2018 – Wargame Memories
Rodger MacGowan’s F&M Hand Drawn Sketch Maps
“One of my favorite items from Fire & Movement Magazine. I used them many times when playing my top 5 wargames. Rodger thanks for your artistic skills :-)”
Report by Rick Fortier

5 Jan 2025 – by Soichiro Nakane – Hi, Rodger, "Combat Commander: Europe” – One of my favorite box covers. I like the colors, composition, fonts, everything that you chose. I think the repurposed cover art from your original "Up Front!" Cover is perfect for "Combat Commander".

1979 Release – "Midway: Wargamer’s Guide to Midway" – Avalon Hill – Rodger MacGowan Cover Art ©1979, 2025

4 January 46 BC – The Battle of Ruspina, Tunisia, North Africa
Mark Herman’s & Richard H. Berg’s "The Great Battles of Julius Caesar" – Rodger MacGowan Series Art Director, Cover Art, Counter Art & Logo Design ©1994, 2025 – Published 1994 – Charles S. Roberts Award Nominee

2015 RBM Studio Game Release – "10th Anniversary" –
Mark Herman's "Plan Orange: Pacific War, 1930-1935" INSIDE C3i Nr29 from RBM Studio – Rodger MacGowan Publisher, Editor, Art Director – Golden Geek Award Nominee 2015

YouTube video by Cardboard Commander The Art Of Rodger B. MacGowan

3 January 2025 – by Cardboard Commander – The Art of Rodger B. MacGowan – “I feel honored that they sent me a copy to review.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQuq...

2 January 2025 – by Soichiro Nakane –“Hi Rodger, I saw your post about game designer John Hill (21 February 1945 – 12 January 2015) . I have great respect for John Hill, Rodger MacGowan, Don Greenwood, & everyone involved in creating “Squad Leader”.

2 January 2017 – Wargame Memories
“Philip Kosnett's Wargame Design Career, 1976-1982” – Working at SPI Games and Fire & Movement Magazine (RBM Studio)
– By Philip Kosnett @markherman54.bsky.social

2 January 2014 – “Before the Internet”
“By the year 2000 you will be able to challenge someone hundreds of miles away to a game...”
By Mister Nizz

“Top Wargames of 2018”
Mark Herman’s “Gettysburg” INSIDE C3i Magazine Nr32 from RBM Studio
By Wargame HQ

1 January 1959 – Batista forced out by Castro-led revolution - Volko Ruhnke’s & Jeff Grossman’s "Cuba Libre: Castro’s Insurgency, 1957-1958"

1 January 1958 – C3i Magazine Photo Report
RAND Corporation: Wargames Division – Headquartered in Santa Monica, California – “The Delicate Balance of Terror” – The Soviet Threat 1958

Thanks for sharing. Happy 2025!! All the Best, Rodger

Farewell Fearless Leader John Hill Mr. Patrick LeBeau sent a beautiful message to the "Squad Leader PreASL" YahooGroup to remember John Hill.  I asked and he kindly gave his permission to republish it here, for all of us whose memories...

I came across this again today. hongkongwargamer.com/2015/01/14/f...
#advancedsquadleader #squadleader #avalonhill #AHGC

1 January 2025 – By Dave Davieau – “This is my Personal Museum of Wargaming.”

YouTube video by The Players Aid Interview | Trevor Bender | Korea | The Players' Aid

By The Players’ Aid, Grant Kleinhenz – Interview with Trevor Bender on "Korea: Fight Across the 38th" upcoming game inside C3i Magazine Nr38 from RBM Studio. While attending the SDHistCon in San Diego in November, we got together with Trevor Bender.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUPt...

31 December 2024 – by Soichiro Nakane –"Squad Leader: The Game of Infantry Combat in WWII"
One of my all-time favorite box covers!
The Legend Begins!
One of the most iconic box covers in wargaming! I absolutely fell in love with Squad Leader and your art!
Wish you a happy new year!”

31 Dec 2024 – by Soichiro Nakane – “Just a few hours left until 2025. "Squad Leader: The Game of Infantry Combat in WWII" – The Legend Begins! One of the most iconic box covers in wargaming! I absolutely fell in love with Squad Leader and your art!
Wish you a happy new year!”

Today last day to lay claim to your FREE, signed RBM Art Poster alongside a pre-order of C3i Nr 38. Issue is packed with 3 games:
Trevor Bender's Korea: The Fight Across the 38th
Daniel Hernández Iniesta's The Siege of Cádiz 1625
& intro game Battle for Moscow
c3iopscenter.com/rbm-studio-s...

31 December 1862 – Battle of Stones River / Murfreesboro – Great Battles of the American Civil War Series

Dave Powell & Richard H. Berg’s "Dead of Winter" – Rodger MacGowan Series Art Director, Counter Art, Cover Design, Logo Design ©2009, 2024

18-21 February 2011, Los Angeles – Guest of Honor: Rodger B. MacGowan – RBM Seminar – Strategicon 2011 – Sheraton Gateway Hotel – Los Angeles International Airport

30 December 2024 – by Soichiro Nakane – “Squad Leader Gamette: Cross of Iron: Tactical Warfare on the Russian Front” – Excellent cover, one of my favorites! I can almost hear the leader shouting, "Advance!". I like the impressive Iron Cross medal & red ribbon under the title.”

30 December 2014 – 10 Years Ago – Wargame Memories
Frank Chadwick’s Objective Kiev: The Advance of Army Group South, June-August, 1941 INSIDE C3i Magazine Nr26 from RBM Studio – Rodger MacGowan Publisher, Art Director, Editor, Logo Design ©2014, 2024
C3i Photo Report by Kev Sharp

30 December 2015 – Wargame Memories
Mark Herman’s & Richard H. Berg’s HOPLITE: Warfare in the Greco-Persian Age – 479 B.C. – The Battle of Plataea: – GBoH Series – Rodger MacGowan Series Art Director, Cover Design, Counter Art, Logo Design ©2014, 2024
C3i Photo Report by Gian Carlo Ceccoli

30 December 1460 – The War of the Roses – Ralph Shelton’s THE BATTLE OF WAKEFIELD
Richard H. Berg’s MEN OF IRON Series – INSIDE C3i Magazine Nr31 from RBM Studio – Rodger MacGowan Publisher, Art Director, Editor, Logo Design ©2017, 2024

29 December 2018 – Military Diorama entitled "White Death"
Rodger MacGowan Cover Art ©1979, 2024 – GDW Game (1979)
Diorama by ByungWook Kim