We the People

Date: 1994

Publisher: Avalon Hill

Designer: Mark Herman

Why It's Significant (in 25 words or less): We the People's wargame innovations have been borrowed many times in such notable games as Paths of Glory.

More About We the People: Recreating the American Revolution in about two hours isn't a simple task, but We the People accomplished it. This game, one of the last from Avalon Hill before that company was purchased by Hasbro, introduced several new elements to the wargame genre, such as replacing traditional hex-based wargame maps with a more abstract board, using strategy cards, using battle cards to resolve skirmishes, and simplifying the armies.