Game Developer John Tiller

[KG_Jag]

One of my brothers is an attorney in northern Alabama. He and his firm have represented John Tiller, who is well know for computer war games published by Talonsoft and HPS. I sent my brother a link to the web site that concerns Tiller's June 17-19, 2005 gaming convention in Richmond, VA. After he looked at the link, my brother (whose name is also John) sent John Tiller a short congratulatory note. The next day John Tiller responded with a copy to me. The most interesting thing to me in the Tiller e-mail response was the information about Tiller's old Talonsoft games, which include the Campaign series.

Here's the reply:

John,

Good to hear from you. I'm going to attend Tiller Con next month in Richmond. Should be a lot of fun. There are several people who work for me that I've never met in person, including some Canadians who are making the trip.

Work is going very well. I'm doing a lot of work for the Air Force. They are using wargames in their education and training, particularly at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery. Since I am doing so much work for them, I got an interest in aviation and ended up getting my pilot's license. Now I fly around to various places I have Air Force business, including San Antonio last week.

Legally things have been very quiet, which suits me just fine <g> I incorporated last year with help from your firm. This is mainly for my accounting on government contracts. I talked with someone last week and they said Take-Two was looking to sell all of their old TalonSoft holdings, including my games, and they wanted to know if I wanted to work on the games for them and provide updates. Quite an ironic ending to that whole episode.

Let me know when your brother is in town and we can have lunch.

John

[KG_CrimsonTrooper]

You lucky little bastard you..... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[KG_Panzerschreck]

thats pretty cool Bill! i loved those games too.

[KG_Jag]

Here's the latest (from the Wargamer site):

"The first annual TillerCon will open this week, bringing together the developers and fans who enjoy the multiple series of wargames from famed developer John Tiller (interview) and publisher HPS Sims. Tiller's storied development history has included a long stint working for Talonsoft, developing the Battleground series, East Front, and Rising Sun, before moving on to team up with HPS Sims and produce dozens of games as part of his Panzer Campaigns, Modern Campaigns, Napoleonic Wars, and American Civil War series.

The convention will open tomorrow, June 17th, in Richmond Virginia (at the "The Showplace" in nearby Mechanicsville) and will run through Sunday. The convention will offer head-to-head play of many of Tiller's games, as well as a chance for gamers to meet with developers like John Tiller, Glenn Saunders and Dave Blackburn (Panzer & Modern Campaigns), Doug Strickler (ACW series), Charlie Cutshall, Bill Peters & Rich Hamilton (Napoleonic & EAW series), Mark Adams, graphics artist, and Mike Avanzini, scenario designer and map designer. In addition to the gaming, HPS plans on announcing two new games at the event, while also offering discounted pricing on their entire lineup of games.

For more information on the convention, including how to get in, visit the TillerCon web site. Look for The Wargamer's full coverage of the event in the coming week."