Charles Grant (game designer)

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Charles Grant was a game industry author who helped popularize the hobby of tabletop wargaming. He is best known as the author of The War Game.

Born in Scotland, and served in the Royal Air Force in World War 2. Later in Scotland Yard's Special Branch. Contributor to Military Modelling and Battle. Sometime editor of Slingshot the Journal of the Society of Ancients.

Died May 1979. He is survived by his son Charles S. Grant, who is also a published wargamer.

[edit] Books

• Battle: Practical Wargaming, Charles Grant, Model and Allied Publications, 1970.
• The War Game, Charles Grant, A. & C. Black, 1971, ISBN 0-7136-1240-1.
• The Ancient War Game, Charles Grant, A. & C. Black, 1974, ISBN 0-7136-1448-X.
• Napoleonic Wargaming, Charles Grant, Model and Allied Publications, 1974. ISBN 0-85242-348-9
• Ancient Battles for Wargamers, Charles Grant, Model and Allied Publications, 1977. ISBN 0-85242-553-8
• Wargame Tactics, Charles Grant, Cassell, 1979. ISBN 0-304-30470-0