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Board wargaming in the modern, commercial sense have generally concentrated on gameplay designed for two or more participants. While playing solitaire (i.e., alone) is possible with any game, it is generally done so as an exercise in analysis rather than for enjoyment. ==History== Commercial solitaire wargames have existed from at least the early 1970s. (Operation Olympic ) was perhaps the earliest and was published in 1974. A solitaire game is a form of puzzle, though the enjoyment of solitaire games are as much in the playing as in the eventual solving of the puzzle. A well designed solitaire game attempts to immerse the player in the subject matter, forcing him to make decisions of the same kind made by his historical counterparts who participated in the actual battles or events being simulated. The best games do this through presenting gameplay options based on reality rather than artificial game restraints. One of the first solitaire board wargames was ''Iwo Jima'', a magazine game by TSR and released in 1983. That same year, Avalon Hill produced ''B-17, Queen of the Skies'', possibly the very first boxed solitaire board wargame. ''Ambush!'' is arguably the most successful solitaire board wargame ever made, appearing in 1984 and having spawned three add on games, a companion series of two games, a two-player version, and a similar game focusing on armor in the Second World War. Another solitaire man to man game to appear in 1984 was Ranger by Omega Games, which focused on patrolling missions in a fictional and speculative conflict in Central America. ''Ambush!'' appears to have validated the concept of designing specifically for solitaire play, as other very ambitious and innovative titles appeared in its wake. These include: *''Mosby's Raiders'' (Victory Games, 1985) *''Eastern Front Solitaire'' (Omega Games, 1986) *''Raid on St. Nazaire'' (Avalon Hill, 1987) *''Tokyo Express'' (Victory Games, 1988) *''Open Fire'' (Victory Games, 1988) *''Solitaire Advanced Squad Leader'' (Avalon Hill, 1995) Recently, there have been several downloadable titles for solitaire play on wargamedownloads.com, such as Solitaire Caesar, Barbarossa Solitaire and Vietnam Solitaire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Solitaire board wargame」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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