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|name=Strategic Studies Group | |name=Strategic Studies Group | ||
|image=StrategicStudiesGroup_logo.jpg | |image=StrategicStudiesGroup_logo.jpg | ||
|founded=1983 | |founded=[[1983]] | ||
|founder=Ian Trout, Roger Keating | |founder=Ian Trout, Roger Keating | ||
|location=Australia | |||
|website=http://www.ssg.com.au/ | |website=http://www.ssg.com.au/ | ||
|wikipedia=Strategic Studies Group | |||
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'''Strategic Studies Group''', commonly known as '''SSG''', is an Australian software development company that makes [[strategy]] wargames. The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. The game that launched the company was [[Reach for the Stars]] ([[1983]]). This game is credited for having "effectively launched the genre of 4-X space games - explore, expand, exploit, exterminate." Its success was followed by a string of other, mostly historical military games published throughout the 1980s for [[Apple II]], [[Atari]], [[Commodore 64]], and [[IBM PC]] series of computers. | '''Strategic Studies Group''', commonly known as '''SSG''', is an Australian software development company that makes [[strategy]] wargames. The company was founded by strategy game enthusiasts Ian Trout and Roger Keating. The game that launched the company was [[Reach for the Stars]] ([[1983]]). This game is credited for having "effectively launched the genre of 4-X space games - explore, expand, exploit, exterminate." Its success was followed by a string of other, mostly historical military games published throughout the 1980s for [[Apple II]], [[Atari]], [[Commodore 64]], and [[IBM PC]] series of computers. | ||
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They also made the [[Warlords|Warlords series]] of fantasy turn-based games. In a mutually friendly decision in [[2003]], Warlords designer Steve Fawkner broke away from Strategic Studies Group and started [[Infinite Interactive]] to publish further Warlords games. | They also made the [[Warlords|Warlords series]] of fantasy turn-based games. In a mutually friendly decision in [[2003]], Warlords designer Steve Fawkner broke away from Strategic Studies Group and started [[Infinite Interactive]] to publish further Warlords games. | ||
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