If you've ever seen a copy of Squad Leader, you'll remember the high quality of its components. Given that, it might seem strange that it looms so large in my memory, but, thinking back on it, it makes a great deal of sense. That's the extent of my direct involvement with this simulation of squad-level tactics during World War II. I never owned a copy of the game and can't recall ever actually having played it myself, but I often watched others play. When I think of the word 'wargame,' one of the images that immediately pops into my head is the cover to Avalon Hill's Squad Leader, designed by John Hill and first published in 1977.
