Good night, sweet prince

Charles S. Roberts, train line expert, dies at 80 - baltimoresun.com:

During the 1950s, Mr. Roberts launched his career in advertising, working at VanSant Dugdale & Co. and Emery Advertising Corp.

In 1958, he founded Avalon Hill Co., a Baltimore game publishing company that specialized in war and other mental combat games such as "D-Day," "Stalingrad," "Battle of the Bulge," "Gettysburg" and "Victory in the Pacific."

He later expanded the line of board games to include such rail-related board games "Rail Baron," "Dispatcher," and "B&O/C&O."

He was the right man at the right time. I never cared much for most of Avalon Hill's games, but there's no question that they got the ball rolling. God rest ye, Charles Roberts.

Good night, sweet prince

Charles S. Roberts, train line expert, dies at 80 - baltimoresun.com:

During the 1950s, Mr. Roberts launched his career in advertising, working at VanSant Dugdale & Co. and Emery Advertising Corp.

In 1958, he founded Avalon Hill Co., a Baltimore game publishing company that specialized in war and other mental combat games such as "D-Day," "Stalingrad," "Battle of the Bulge," "Gettysburg" and "Victory in the Pacific."

He later expanded the line of board games to include such rail-related board games "Rail Baron," "Dispatcher," and "B&O/C&O."

He was the right man at the right time. I never cared much for most of Avalon Hill's games, but there's no question that they got the ball rolling. God rest ye, Charles Roberts.