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Yaquinto Publications
was a publishing firm own by Robert Yaquinto in Dallas, Texas. In
March 1979 Yaquinto employed Steve Peek and Craig S. Taylor, two
experienced wargame designers, to create a competitive game company.
Like
Avalon Hill, Yaquinto had the advantage
of in-house publishing services. Their games offered innovative
features; counters were on thick cardboard providing for easier
handling, and "album games" were modeled after the storage system
employed by vinyl music recordings of the day in that maps, counters
and rules were designed to fit into the cardboard sleeve used to
house a double record set.
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Founded: |
March 1979 |
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Produced: |
►Tactical Wargames |
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Demise: |
1983 |
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Also like Avalon
Hill, Yaquinto branched into non-wargaming titles, and its wargaming
titles covered a wide array of eras and genres, with non-tactical
wargaming titles outnumbering tactical titles. The trilolgy of
88/Panzer/Armor by James M. Day were popular, and the game
system was continued into the modern era later by Avalon Hill's MBT
and IDF titles. Likewise, Craig Taylor's man-to-man game of Second
World War combat, Close Assault, also received an update by
Avalon Hill in the modern era Firepower. Two other
non-descript tactical titles were published before the Yaquinto's
wargaming interest was closed in 1983, presumably due to diminishing
returns. The company's primary business interest, printing, remained
in operation.
Tactical
Games Published by Yaquinto
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