Game Designer

S. Craig Taylor

S. Craig Taylor is a U.S. game designer active 1974–1991, known for tactical wargames and historical simulations.

10 Games

Biography

Samuel Craig Taylor, Jr. appears in our records as a designer from 1974 with ten games listed. He worked mainly on wargames covering naval and land conflicts. unsere Datenbank biography text served as inspiration but is not reproduced verbatim here.

Career

Taylor released a series of wargames between 1974 and 1991 for different publishers, spanning nautical battles to Napoleonic and other historical conflicts. His designs commonly use mechanics such as dice rolling, hexagon grids, grid movement and movement points. He occasionally co-designed titles with James B. Wood, T. O'Neill and Neil Zimmerer.

Most Famous Games

Notable titles in our database include Wooden Ships & Iron Men (1974), Air Force (1976) and Machiavelli (1977). Other significant games are Swashbuckler (1980), The Great Redoubt (1979) and Midway (1991).

Design Style

Taylor favors simulation-heavy wargames that emphasize hex/grid movement and tactical resolution via dice and movement-point systems. His work pairs historical themes (nautical, Napoleonic) with detailed tactical mechanics.