Date: 1961
Publisher: Avalon Hill
Designer: Charles Roberts
Why It's Significant (in 25 words or less): Tactics II is recognized as the genesis of the modern wargame hobby.
More About Tactics II: In 1958, Charles Roberts founded the Avalon Hill company and published Tactics, marking the real beginning of wargaming as its known today. But Tactics II, published three years later, significantly improved on the original and is believed by many to be the first influential commercial wargame.
