Kevin Zucker (game designer)

Kevin S. Zucker (born June 26, 1952) is a prolific wargame designer, historian, author, and musician from Baltimore, Maryland. Zucker is credited as the designer of over 40 board games or game items. He mostly designs Napoleonic wargames. His game "Napoleon at Leipzig" won the 1979 Charles S. Roberts award for Best Pre-Twentieth Century Game.
He has run the company Operational Studies Group and has been a former managing editor for Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI). Zucker helped found "Conflict" magazine with Dana Lombardy in the early 1970s. In 2003, he was elected to the Charles Roberts Awards Hall of Fame.
Bibliography.
PUBLISHED GAMES<br>
Bloody Ridge (in Island War Quad), 1974, SPI<br>
Napoleon’s Last Battles, 1975, SPI; reprint 1984, TSR; reprint 1995, DG<br>
Napoleon at Bay, 1978, OSG; reprint 1983, AH; reprint 1997, OSG<br>
Battles of the Hundred Days, 1979, OSG; reprint 1983, AH<br>
Arcola, 1979, OSG; reprint (as Battle for Italy), 1983, AH<br>
Napoleon at Leipzig, 1979, OSG; reprint 1989, COA; reprint 1994, COA<br>
Bonaparte in Italy, 1980, OSG; reprint 2000, OSG<br>
Struggle of Nations, 1982, AH<br>
1809: Napoleon on the Danube, 1984, VG<br>
The Emperor Returns, 1986, COA<br>
1807: The Eagles Turn East, 1994, COA<br>
1806: Rossbach Avenged, 1998, OSG<br>
La Guerre de l'Empereur (The Emperor's War) 1998, OSG<br>
Last Days of the Grande Armée, 1999, OSG<br>
Highway to the Kremlin, 2001, OSG<br>
The Sun of Austerlitz, 2003, OSG<br>
Seven Days of 1809, 2004, OSG<br>
Four Lost Battles, 2005, OSG<br>
Napoleon at the Crossroads, 2006, OSG<br>
The Habit of Victory, 2007, OSG<br>
The Coming Storm, 2010, OSG<br>
The Last Success, 2012, OSG<br>
Napoleon at Leipzig, 5th Edition, 2013, OSG<br>
La Patrie en Danger, 2014, OSG<br>
Napoleon Against Russia, 2015, OSG<br>
Napoleon’s Last Gamble, 2016, OSG<br>
Napoleon’s Quagmire, 2017, OSG<br>
Napoleon’s Resurgence, 2018, OSG<br>
Napoleon Retreats, 2019, OSG<br>
Napoleon's Wheel, 2020, OSG
Unpublished Hex-and-Counter Prototypes<br>
The Solomons Naval Campaign, 1942<br>
PQ17: The Knight’s Move—The Murmansk Convoys<br>
The Battle of Britain
SPECIAL STUDIES (Historical Research Series) <br>
Nr. 1, 1813: The Year That Doomed the Empire, 2007; Second Edition, 2016<br>
Nr. 2, 1806: The Autumn of No Return, 2008<br>
Nr. 3, 1807: Stalemate in the Snow, 2008<br>
Nr. 4, 1807: Triumph Without Victory, 2008<br>
Nr. 5, 1806: The Coming Storm, 2009<br>
Nr. 6, 1809: A Fatal Necessity, 2012<br>
Nr. 7, 1814: The Fall of Empire, 2016 (with Louis Bélanger)<br>
PUBLISHING<br>
Conflict Magazine, Founding Editor, 1971-72<br>
Simulations Publications Inc., Production Managing Editor, 1972-76<br>
Operational Studies Group, President & Founder, 1978-79 & 1997-<br>
The Avalon Hill Game Company, Staff Designer, 1980-81<br>
PUBLISHER ABBREVIATIONS<br>
AH. The Avalon Hill Game Co.<br>
COA. Clash of Arms Games<br>
DG. Decision Games<br>
OSG. Operational Studies Group<br>
SPI. Simulations Publications Inc.<br>
TSR. Tactical Studies Rules<br>
VG. Victory Games.