[HN Gopher] John Tiller has died
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       John Tiller has died
        
       Author : danielrpa
       Score  : 116 points
       Date   : 2021-05-01 05:29 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (johntillersoftware.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (johntillersoftware.com)
        
       | Pet_Ant wrote:
       | I wonder if the source will be released of his games? That will
       | ensure his work and legacy live on.
        
       | ApolloFortyNine wrote:
       | Wow, I just found his war games a few days after getting
       | interested in the board game side of the genre. They're
       | interesting int hat respect in that they seem to remain very
       | similar to the board game style war games, except with some ai
       | and even multi-player features. Rest in peace.
        
       | jbgreer wrote:
       | As I said on the condolences page, John Tiller had a profound
       | impact on my life. As a high school student I participated in a
       | summer study program at a local college where John was an
       | instructor. He provided a whirlwind review of programming
       | languages and gave us assignments in each. I can only say that
       | the lightbulb came on - the notion that there could be so many
       | languages, with so many different affordances,so many ways of
       | expressing problems, fascinated me then and continues to this
       | day. I spent years afterwards trying to track down John until a
       | chance posting on HN led me to John Tiller Software, and an
       | opportunity to thank him. My wife asked me this morning how was
       | it that he had such an impact in so short a time, and I can only
       | say that he taught me what It was that I wanted to learn and set
       | me on a path of discovery.
        
         | alluro2 wrote:
         | Thank you for your comment. I unfortunately didn't know of John
         | Tiller before seeing this post, but I feel it's anecdotes like
         | yours that do disproportionately more to help put color on
         | someone than what you can otherwise just read about them on
         | "static" sources. It brings to mind the quote from Maya
         | Angelou, how people remember how you made them feel.
        
       | steamboiler wrote:
       | I had a lot of fun playing John Tiller's Campaign Series by
       | myself and with my buddies. We'd play the turn based,
       | company/battalion level tactical game on a single computer using
       | its unique single-machine play feature. I can still remember the
       | hex tiles, and the catchy background music.
       | 
       | Thanks for all the memories. RIP John.
        
       | mathattack wrote:
       | Brain cancer is a very tough way to go. My heart is out for him
       | and those close to him.
        
       | unionpivo wrote:
       | His war games are niche, but man so good if you are into such
       | games.
       | 
       | I usually will read a general book about the period and the war,
       | and then more focused from memoirs of people that were in
       | conflict to analyses of battles.
       | 
       | I never knew how much logistic actually shapes conflicts until I
       | started playing games like this.
        
         | Guthur wrote:
         | Logistics is so often ignored or abstracted away to an after
         | thought.
         | 
         | I'm enjoying Shadow Empire right now and logistics is so
         | critical. It'd be an amazing game if the UI was improved, it's
         | pretty terrible.
        
         | Judgmentality wrote:
         | Amateurs study tactics, armchair generals study strategy, but
         | professionals study logistics.
         | 
         | How you feed an army matters more than how you lead an army.
        
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