Dave "Blackie" Blackburn
Games I worked on:
In partnership with Glenn Saunders, I've worked on the TalonSoft Campaign Series: West Front Battlepack, Sealion, and Rising Sun. Then we moved over to the
HPS
Panzer Campaign, where we created the Smolensk '41 Battlepack, some scenarios for Normandy '44 and finally, our first full title with Kharkov '42. After this, I created a number of maps for project that John Tiller, including those for Squad Battles Korea and Pacific War. Of course I am also heavily involved in the entire Panzer Campaign and Modern Campaigns Series as well as The newer Total War in Europe Series with "The First Blitzkreig: as the first of that series. And we've still got some new games in the que for later.
Before HPS, I created many homemade scenarios for different games, Steel Panthers, Panzer General, East and West Front. You name the wargame, and if it had an editor in it, then I had it. My scenarios were usually made available for download on various websites. Maps and scenarios are my main interest in wargames. Nothing like a good map I always say ;-)
Click on the thumb nail photo in the top right for a larger picture, showing me getting ready to do something that I love!
Day Job:
Helicopter Pilot, Transport Canada Civil Aviation Inspector in Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA.
Other Interests:
I'm a keen golfer, although I'm no star! I'm very interested in anything military with WWII and particularly the Russian Front which is my primary area of interest. I served in the British Army in my younger days and enjoy armored units, rotary wing aviation, English football (soccer to the unwashed), science fiction and sailing.
Like the other guys here, I too am married, with 2 girls, both out of the nest.[Home || Designers || Blackie || Jim || Wig || Glenn || Mike || Other HPS Designers]