RIP: Allan B. Kalhamer
Feb. 28th, 2013 06:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalNever heard of him? It's not surprising if you didn't play wargames in the mid to late 20th century. Even if you did, you might not have seen the credits on a little game called Diplomacy. It was wargame, of sorts, with units and borders but no dice, where up to seven people wheedled and lied to try and control pre-WWI Europe, and was one of Avalon Hill's classics.
On the basis of the game he was hired by Sylvania do work in operations research, but eventually he ended up as a simple mail carrier, where he worked until retiring in the 90's. Though he licensed the game to Avalon Hill, he never made much money off it.
On the basis of the game he was hired by Sylvania do work in operations research, but eventually he ended up as a simple mail carrier, where he worked until retiring in the 90's. Though he licensed the game to Avalon Hill, he never made much money off it.
