Kevin Zucker (game designer)

Kevin S. Zucker (born June 26, 1952)[1] is a prolific wargame designer, historian, author, and musician from Baltimore, Maryland.[2] Zucker is credited as the designer of over 40 board games or game items.[3] He mostly designs Napoleonic wargames. His game Napoleon at Leipzig won the 1979 Charles S. Roberts award for Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game.

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He has run the company Operational Studies Group and has been a former managing editor for Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI). Zucker helped found Conflict magazine with Dana Lombardy in the early 1970s.[4] In 2003, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame.

References
  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KT66-8C4
  2. "Flower Essence Society". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  3. "Kevin Zucker: boardgamegeek.com designer entry". Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  4. "Kevin Zucker interview". Retrieved 2018-05-24.

Bibliography

PUBLISHED GAMES
Bloody Ridge (in Island War Quad), 1974, SPI
Napoleon’s Last Battles, 1975, SPI; reprint 1984, TSR; reprint 1995, DG
Napoleon at Bay, 1978, OSG; reprint 1983, AH; reprint 1997, OSG
Battles of the Hundred Days, 1979, OSG; reprint 1983, AH
Arcola, 1979, OSG; reprint (as Battle for Italy), 1983, AH
Napoleon at Leipzig, 1979, OSG; reprint 1989, COA; reprint 1994, COA
Bonaparte in Italy, 1980, OSG; reprint 2000, OSG
Struggle of Nations, 1982, AH
1809: Napoleon on the Danube, 1984, VG
The Emperor Returns, 1986, COA
1807: The Eagles Turn East, 1994, COA
1806: Rossbach Avenged, 1998, OSG
La Guerre de l'Empereur (The Emperor's War) 1998, OSG
Last Days of the Grande Armée, 1999, OSG
Highway to the Kremlin, 2001, OSG
The Sun of Austerlitz, 2003, OSG
Seven Days of 1809, 2004, OSG
Four Lost Battles, 2005, OSG
Napoleon at the Crossroads, 2006, OSG
The Habit of Victory, 2007, OSG
The Coming Storm, 2010, OSG
The Last Success, 2012, OSG
Napoleon at Leipzig, 5th Edition, 2013, OSG
La Patrie en Danger, 2014, OSG
Napoleon Against Russia, 2015, OSG
Napoleon’s Last Gamble, 2016, OSG
Napoleon’s Quagmire, 2017, OSG
Napoleon’s Resurgence, 2018, OSG
Napoleon Retreats, 2019, OSG
Napoleon's Wheel, 2020, OSG

Unpublished Hex-and-Counter Prototypes
The Solomons Naval Campaign, 1942
PQ17: The Knight’s Move—The Murmansk Convoys
The Battle of Britain

SPECIAL STUDIES (Historical Research Series)
Nr. 1, 1813: The Year That Doomed the Empire, 2007; Second Edition, 2016
Nr. 2, 1806: The Autumn of No Return, 2008
Nr. 3, 1807: Stalemate in the Snow, 2008
Nr. 4, 1807: Triumph Without Victory, 2008
Nr. 5, 1806: The Coming Storm, 2009
Nr. 6, 1809: A Fatal Necessity, 2012
Nr. 7, 1814: The Fall of Empire, 2016 (with Louis Bélanger)

PUBLISHING
Conflict Magazine, Founding Editor, 1971-72
Simulations Publications Inc., Production Managing Editor, 1972-76
Operational Studies Group, President & Founder, 1978-79 & 1997-
The Avalon Hill Game Company, Staff Designer, 1980-81

PUBLISHER ABBREVIATIONS
AH. The Avalon Hill Game Co.
COA. Clash of Arms Games
DG. Decision Games
OSG. Operational Studies Group
SPI. Simulations Publications Inc.
TSR. Tactical Studies Rules
VG. Victory Games.

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