Richard Berg

Richard Harvey Berg (1943 – July 26, 2019) was a prolific American wargame designer, and recipient of the Charles S. Roberts Hall of Fame Award in 1987.

Background
Berg was born in New York City. He earned a B.A. degree from Union College in Schenectady, New York, majoring in Asian History,. He then earned a J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in New York.

Berg served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1969. During his time in the service, he was assigned to be the musical director for the Army Theater in Frankfurt, West Germany.

From 1971 to 1988, he worked as a criminal defense attorney in private practice and for the Legal Aid Society. He died in Charleston, South Carolina on July 26, 2019.

Career
In addition to being a game designer, Richard Berg also worked as a criminal defense trial attorney (disbarred in 1989), media communications consultant, actor, director, author, lyricist, composer, as well as working briefly for the Internal Revenue Service.

Notable games include SPQR and The Campaign for North Africa.

Berg was the editor and publisher of the now-defunct Berg's Review of Games.

He was voted as a "famous game designer" to be featured as the king of diamonds in Flying Buffalo's 2014 Famous Game Designers Playing Card Deck.

Charles S. Roberts Awards

 * 1977 — Best Tactical Game : Terrible Swift Sword by Simulations Publications, Inc.
 * 1977 — Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Wargame : War of the Ring by Simulations Publications, Inc.
 * 1984 — Best Pre-20th century Game : South Mountain by West End Games
 * 1987 — Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame
 * 1988 — Best Historical or Scenario Magazine Article : S&T #119 — Forrest at Bay
 * 1992 — Best Pre–World War Two Game : SPQR by GMT Games (with Mark Herman)
 * 1994 — Best Pre–World War Two Game : Battles of Waterloo by GMT Games
 * 1995 — Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine : Berg's Review of Games (BROG)
 * 1996 — Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine : Berg's Review of Games (BROG)
 * 1996 — Best Pre–World War Two Game : Fields of Glory by Moments in History
 * 1997 — Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine : Berg's Review of Games (BROG)
 * 1998 — Best Amateur Wargaming Magazine : Berg's Review of Games (BROG)
 * 2001 — Best DTP Game : Longbow by BSO Games
 * 2004 — Best DTP Game : Louisiana Tigers by BSO Games
 * 2006 — Best Magazine Game : Kulikovo 1380: the Golden Horde in Against the Odds Magazine

Wargames
Richard Berg designed or co-designed the following:


 * 13: The Colonies in Revolt (S&T-TSR)
 * 1862 (SD)
 * 1863 (GMT)
 * A Famous Victory (MiH)
 * A Gleam of Bayonets (SPI-TSR)
 * Across the Rappahannock (GMT)
 * Africanus (GMT, 1994)
 * Alesia (GMT, 2004)
 * Ancient World, Rise of the Roman Republic (GMT)
 * Attila (GMT)
 * Baton Rouge (S&T-3W)
 * Battle for North Africa (GMT)
 * The Battles of Waterloo (GMT)
 * Birth of a Nation (3W)
 * Bitter Victory (BSO)
 * Blackbeard (Avalon Hill)
 * Bloody April (SPI)
 * Borodino (GMT)
 * ''BSO Football (BSO)
 * Caesar in Alexandria (GMT, 2001)
 * Caesar: The Conquest of Gaul (GMT, 1998)
 * The Campaign for North Africa (SPI)
 * Caratacus (GMT)
 * Carolina Rebels (BSO)
 * Carthage (GMT)
 * Cataphract (GMT)
 * Chancellorsville (Clash of Arms)
 * Chicken of the Sea (GPG)
 * Confederate Rails (BSO)
 * Conquistador (SPI, AH)
 * The Conquerors (SPI)
 * Constantinople (SPI)
 * Consul for Rome (GMT, 1992)
 * Corinth (SPI)
 * The Crusades (SPI)
 * Dead of Winter (SD)
 * The Desert Fox (SPI)
 * Devil's Horsemen (BSO)
 * Devil's Horsemen (GMT)
 * Diadochoi (GMT, 1995)
 * Dictator (GMT, 1995)
 * Dillinger (BSO)
 * Druid (West End Games, 1984)
 * East-West (BSO)
 * Fields of Glory (MiH)
 * First Blood (SD)
 * Flintlock: Black Powder, Cold Steel Vol.1(Lock 'n Load, 2009)
 * Gergovia (GMT, 2007)
 * Geronimo (Avalon Hill)
 * Glory (GMT)
 * Gondor: The Siege of Minas Tirith (SPI)
 * The Great Battles of Alexander (GMT)
 * The Great Battles of Julius Caesar (GMT)
 * Greek Tragedy (BSO)
 * Gringo (GMT)
 * The Guns of Cedar Creek (SD)
 * Hastings, 1066 (S&T-TSR)
 * Highlander (BSO)
 * Hooker and Lee (SPI)
 * The Horse Soldiers (S&T-3W)
 * Juggernaut (GMT)
 * Jugurtha (GMT, 1998)
 * Julius Caesar (TSR-SPI)
 * June 6 (GMT)
 * Kingdom for a Horse (BSO)
 * The Last Crusade (BSO)
 * The Last Raid (BSO)
 * Las Batallas de los Gringos (BSO)
 * Les Pyramides (Vae Victis)
 * Line of Fire (BSO)
 * Lion of the North (GMT)
 * Longbow (BSO)
 * Louisiana Tigers (BSO)
 * Mamluk (GMT)
 * Manchu (S&T-3W)
 * The Marlborough Man (BSO)
 * Medieval (GMT)
 * Men of Iron (GMT)
 * Murfreesboro (Yaquinto)
 * Nero (Phalanx)
 * Pax Romana (GMT)
 * Phalanx (GMT)
 * The Prince (Phalanx)
 * Pyrrhic Victory (GMT, 1993)
 * Rebel Sabers (SPI-TSR)
 * Red Badge of Courage (GMT)
 * Rio Grande (S&T/DG)
 * Risorgimento 1859 (GMT)
 * River of Death (GMT)
 * Rivoli 1797 (Vae Victis)
 * Rough & Ready (S&T/Decision)
 * Salamis (GMT)
 * Samurai (GMT)
 * Shiloh (West End Games)
 * Shogun Triumphant (XTR)
 * ''Sideshow(S&T-3W)
 * Simon Says (BSO)
 * Simple GBoH (GMT)
 * Soldiers of the Queen (S&T-TSR)
 * South Mountain (West End Games)
 * SPI Baseball (SPI)
 * SPI Football (SPI)
 * SPQR (GMT, 1992)
 * Successors (AH)
 * Suleiman the Magnificent (ATO)
 * Terrible Swift Sword (1st ed., SPI; 2nd ed., TSR)
 * The Three Days of Gettysburg (GMT)
 * Triumph & Glory (GMT)
 * Turning Point (BSO)
 * Tyrant (GMT)
 * Veni, Vidi, Vici (GMT)
 * Vera Cruz (SPI)
 * War Elephant (GMT, 1992)
 * War Galley (GMT)
 * War of the Rebellion (DG)
 * The War of the Ring (SPI)
 * Waterloo (Phalanx)
 * Zama (BSO)
 * Zulu! (BSO)
 * Zurich, 1799 (Vae Victis)