User talk:Doug Me

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 * Regarding Phil Barker, CSCWEM is on an indefinite wikibreak so he won't be replying, but I'll leave the deleted content below if you want to build upon it somewhere in your userspace before copying it back into the mainspace with appropriate referencing. Please let me know when you do, and I'll restore the prior history for GFDL attribution. –  xeno  ( talk ) 18:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Phil Barker was a founder of the Wargames Research Group and writes rules for miniature wargaming.

Barker was a significant figure in the early development of miniature wargaming, representing the first major attempt to introduce historical research to provide historical realism in wargames. Thus, Barker referred to the original historical texts as the basis for his rules sets and army lists.

Also, Barker introduced the notions of reaction tables to establish the morale of simulated military units. Previously, the 'brave lead soldier' did not run away; after Barker's rules units that suffered significant casualties or were in danger from attack from behind were likely to turn and run.

In a sense, his work was a precursor to the later historically-based computer games such as Age of Empires.