James M. Day

James M. Day is an American game designer best known for military based board games, computer games, card games, and miniature rules. He is also an accomplished historian and military weaponry subject matter expert. His first published title was the board game Panzer, from Yaquinto Publications in 1979. This was followed shortly by the board games 88 and Armor from the same publisher. From 1990 through 1995, Jim was a game designer and producer f... more

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