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Craig Besinque

b. 1946

Wargame designer

Board game designer
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Born 1946. Craig Besinque is a board game designer.

Craig Besinque (born 1946) is a wargame designer from British Columbia, Canada, who grew up in Arcadia, California. Most of his games are block wargames which have World War II as a theme. In 1991, his game East Front, co-designed with Tom Dalgliesh, won the Charles S. Roberts Award for Best World War Two Game, a James F. Dunnigan Award for playability and design, and the Origins Award for best Modern-era wargame. His game Triumph & Tragedy was the runner-up for the best 2015 Golden Geek Wargame. His other popular games have included Rommel in the Desert and Hellenes: Campaigns of the Peloponnesian War.

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1946
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Board game designer

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wargame designer

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Craig Besinque was born in 1946.

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Craig Besinque is a board game designer.

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· Wikipedia: Craig Besinque

· Wikidata: Q53614803

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