{"product_id":"wargames-according-to-mark","title":"Wargames According to Mark","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am delighted to write a second foreword to Mark Herman’s book, even if I’m playing the proverbial second fiddle to Jim Dunnigan, who mentored Mark at Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) and played a huge role in sucking me into the Wargaming hobby and, ultimately, the wacky world of professional Wargaming. Although I knew of Mark from those early SPI days, I did not have the pleasure of meeting him until a game convention (Avaloncon, if I remember correctly) back in the late 1980s. I was working on my own book about Wargaming and went to the con primarily to meet Mark and ask him if I could set up a time to interview him for my own research. His very gentlemanly agreement led to a long-term friendship and even a professional collaboration, on our game \u003cem\u003eWar in the China Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, created for the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43241868394547,"sku":"2416","price":59.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/files\/1113.png?v=1743139235","url":"https:\/\/www.boardgamebliss.com\/products\/wargames-according-to-mark","provider":"Board Game Bliss","version":"1.0","type":"link"}