James M. Day

James M. Day is an American game designer best known for military based board games, computer games, card games, and miniature rules. He is also a historian and military weaponry subject matter expert.

His first published title was the board game Panzer[1] from Yaquinto Publications in 1979. This was followed by the board games 88[2] and Armor[3] from the same publisher.

After leaving a career in healthcare administration, Day spent eight years in the computer gaming industry (1990-1998). Six of those years were spent as a game designer and producer for MicroProse Software,[4] during which he was responsible for the games Gunship 2000,[5] Gunship 2000: Islands & Ice,[6] F-15 Strike Eagle III,[7] and Across the Rhine.[8]

Day continued to contribute to a number of game and historical publications, as well as designed the board games MBT[9] and IDF[10] for the Avalon Hill Company and wrote the user manual for Jane's F/A-18.[11]

Day returned to his original interest in miniatures designing the Panzer Miniatures Rules for StrikeNet Games.[12] The card game The Kaiser’s Pirates[13] was published in 2007 for StrikeNet Games—included in Games Magazine's top 100 for 2008.[14] The Kaiser's Pirates was re-published by GMT Games in 2009. It was nominated for a Charles S. Roberts award in 2009.[15]

The World War II tactical combat board game Panzer was published in 2012 by GMT Games.[16] It was nominated for a Charles S. Roberts award in 2013.[17]

It was followed by two expansion sets in 2012, Panzer Expansion#1: The Shape of Battle - The Eastern Front[18] and Panzer Expansion#2: The Final Forces on the Eastern Front.[19] The third expansion set followed in 2014, Panzer Expansion#3: Drive to the Rhine - The 2nd Front.[20] Panzer Expansion #1 was nominated for a Charles S. Roberts award in 2013.[21] The fourth expansion, Panzer Expansion#4: France 1940 was released in 2018.[22]

Day moved from tank oriented games in designing the American Civil War tactical naval game Iron & Oak. It was published in 2013 by GMT Games.[23]

Day designed a new version of the modern tactical combat board game MBT in 2016;[24] its three companion expansions FRG and BAOR were released in 2018, followed by 4CMBG in 2019 by GMT Games.[25][26]

A stand-alone World War II tactical combat board game Panzer North Africa was released in January 2024.[27] The game subsequently won three 2024 Charles S. Roberts awards, including Game of the Year, Best World War II Game, and Best Tactical Game.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Panzer (first edition)". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. ↑ "88". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. ↑ "Armor". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Game Designer James Day – Armchair General Interview | Armchair General Magazine - We Put YOU in Command!". armchairgeneral.com. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  5. ↑ "Gunship 2000 for DOS". Moby Games. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. ↑ "Gunship 2000 Scenario Disk and Mission Builder for DOS - MobyGames". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
  7. ↑ "F-15 Strike Eagle III for DOS (1992) - MobyGames". MobyGames.
  8. ↑ "Across the Rhine for DOS (1995) - MobyGames". MobyGames.
  9. ↑ "MBT (first edition)". BoardGameGeek.
  10. ↑ "IDF (Israeli Defense Force)". BoardGameGeek.
  11. ↑ "Jane's Combat Simulations: F/A-18 Simulator (2000) Windows credits". MobyGames. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  12. ↑ "Panzer Miniatures". BoardGameGeek.
  13. ↑ "The Kaiser's Pirates". BoardGameGeek.
  14. ↑ "2008 Games Top 100".
  15. ↑ "2009 Charles S. Roberts Awards".
  16. ↑ "Panzer - Reprint Ed". GMT Games, LLC. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  17. ↑ "2012 Charles S. Roberts Awards".
  18. ↑ "Board Game Publisher specializing in strategy and war games but also offering a line of family and Euro games". GMT Games, LLC. Archived from the original on 2014-12-06. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  19. ↑ "Panzer Expansion #2: The Final Forces on the Eastern Front". GMT Games, LLC.
  20. ↑ "Panzer Exp. #3: Drive to the Rhine - The 2nd Front". GMT Games, LLC.
  21. ↑ "2012 Charles S. Roberts Awards".
  22. ↑ "Panzer Expansion #4: France 1940". GMT Games, LLC.
  23. ↑ "Iron and Oak". GMT Games, LLC.
  24. ↑ "MBT". GMT Games, LLC.
  25. ↑ "FRG: MBT Expansion". GMT Games, LLC.
  26. ↑ "BAOR: MBT Expansion". GMT Games, LLC.
  27. ↑ "Panzer North Africa". GMT Games, LLC.
  28. ↑ "2024 Charles S. Roberts Awards".
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