Paul Koenig

My first wargame was Avalon Hill's D-Day in 1977. I was 10 years old. That was soon followed by the boxed version of SPI's Kharkov. My first strategic game was AH's Third Reich. My former next door neighbor has been my constant gaming companion for more than 30 years.

I began playtesting games in the late 1980s. My first playtest was GRD's Second Front. I have been credited with playtesting so many titles that I lost track long ago of all of them.

My first design that was purchased by a publisher was Shiloh: Bloody April, 1862. It uses a modified version of the intermediate game system of AH's Gettysburg 1977. It was published in issue #264 of S&T.

My first published game was Paul Koenig's D-Day: The Canadian Beach. It is the first of five games using the same system, which was adopted from Paul Rohrbaugh's Blood & Steel.

Paul Koenig's Market-Garden series uses a similar system to PKDD. Arnhem and Eindhoven are now available. Nijmegen is about to begin beta testing. XXX Corps is now being designed, which will be both a stand-alone game and an expansion kit to link all four games in the series into a single campaign.

Other games in the works using a similar system include: Paul Koenig's The Bulge, Paul Koenig's Eastern Front, and Paul Koenig's Pacific Battles.

In addition to these titles intended to be published by VPG, I expect Deluxe Fortress Europa to be published at some point by L2 Design Group. I was the developer on that project. I am also currently working as a developer for ATO Magazine.

I have many other designs in various stages of development, including additional titles in the Bloody Civil War series. Chancellorsville is done and I am seeking a publisher. Legion Wargames, Compass, and GMT have emerged as possible candidates. Furthermore, I am currently designing Europe Besieged for L2.