John Cooper's Web Site - Gaming Stuff Page

If you are looking for the downloadable WATERLOO mapboard and counters files, click on this graphic to go to the Waterloo page:

If you are looking for the downloadable FRANCE, 1940 mapboard and counters files, click on this graphic to go to the France, 1940 page:

If you are looking for the downloadable BLITZKRIEG REDUX component files, click on this graphic to go to the Blitzkrieg Redux page:

If you are looking for my downloadable playtest counter and map sheet templates, click on this graphic to go to the Playtest Templates page:

If you are looking for my downloadable SPI icon files, click on this graphic to go to the SPI Icon Library page:

If you are looking for my downloadable wargame terrain tiles, click on this graphic or scroll further down this page:

To see my wargame counter art gallery, click this graphic:

The Game of Go

I am an afficianado of the beautiful ancient Asian game of go. I consider myself a rank beginner (20 kyu), but a big fan of the game just the same. Below are pictures of the go equipment I own. All of it was purchased at Samarkand, which is also where the pictures come from. If you love go, then you absolutely must check them out. They have some of the finest go equipment you will find anywhere in the U.S.

My Go Seigen style bowls (in lovely Cayenne stain)

To the left is a picture of what my Agathis table board looks like. The bowls pictured with the board are not the bowls I have. To the right is a picture of the bowls I have.

This magnificent Katsura floor board is the go board I'd like to own someday. At a mere $1200 (for a 6.5" board), it doesn't bestow nearly as much prestige as a genuine Kaya floor board, but I'm not enough of a go fanatic yet to spend over $6000 just for a board!

And here are the bowls I'd like to own someday. Are they gorgeous or what! At $450 a pair, they don't get any finer unless you are willing to pay $1350 for a pair of genuine Kaya wood bowls.

Mah Jongg

I have also recently become a fan of the game of Mah Jongg. I just love those tiles! I love their solid feel, the clattering sound they make when you shuffle them, the way they look when formed into the Wall, and the wonderful Asian artwork on each one. This is definitely a game for the sensualist! And it is a fun, addictive game to boot! Below is a picture of the tile set I have. It is a full 160-tile set, plus a few spares. Click on the image to see a (much) larger view.

White Wolf Stuff

Here's the part where I shamelessly mention the stuff I wrote for White Wolf Game Studio in the early 90s as a freelancer. That was a short-lived career, mostly because I discovered that even though I loved playing RPGs, I hated writing for them. It just wasn't fun. And it certainly didn't pay very well.
I co-wrote Dark Colony and wrote an adventure for Digital Web. Click on them to see larger images of the book covers.

Dark Colony

Digital Web

Terrain Tiles

If you are an hobbyist wargame designer like me, you probably know how hard it is to find wargame terrain graphics for use in making your own mapboards. Well, I took the time to scan the Letratone sheets that have the good old traditional wargame terrain graphics you've seen on countless wargames from the 70s and 80s, and have turned them into simple black & white, repeating tiles that you can use in any common graphics program.

With a little graphical finesse, you can colorize them to suit your needs and whip up maps like this:

Mapboard sample

I have scanned five different terrain types (woods, light woods, mountain, rough, and swamp), each in three different resolutions (72dpi, 180dpi, and 300dpi). Each tile is approximately 3.5 inches on a side and is a repeating texture in TIFF format. There are five ZIP archives here for you to download, one for each terrain type. Each archive contains all three resolutions of that particular terrain.

Woods Light Woods Mountain

Rough Swamp

Color Counters for Lou Coatney's MOSCOW ATTACKED!

Here you can find color counters for Lou Coutney's free downloadable wargame Moscow Attacked! These counters were produced with Lou's approval. Download them and enjoy!

Moscow Attacked! color counters

Download MOSCOW ATTACKED! Counter Sheet (702KB PDF)

Color Counters for Lou Coatney's THE RUSSIAN PORTFOLIO

Here you can find color counters for Lou Coutney's free downloadable wargame The Russian Portfolio. These counters were also produced with Lou's approval. Download them and enjoy!

The Russian Portfolio color counters

Download THE RUSSIAN PORTFOLIO Counter Sheet (246KB PDF)

Gaming Links

Rival Game Labs	Cool freeware PalmPilot applications for gaming (developed by yours truly).
ASL Crossroads	Excellent site for Advanced Squad Leader aficionados.
Tuomoland	Another site for Advanced Squad Leader players. Check out the primers on basic play.
Web-Grognards	The best wargaming hang-out on the web.
Columbia Games	Their wooden block wargames are absolutely wonderful.
Hero Games	Home of my all-time favorite RPG system, Champions®.
TSR Inc.	Home of the grand-daddy of all RPGs, Dungeons & Dragons®.
CONSIM World	It's back! The best place to find the latest wargaming industry news.
U.S. Chess Federation	If you are a chess fan, you should check out the U.S. Chess Federation web site. You can find all kinds of chess resources there.
Space Vermin Home Page	This is a small gaming club I used to belong to in MA.
Dark Dungeons Page	Yes this is the real McCoy. Yes, this really was published by Chick Publications back in the early 80's to scare good little Christian kids away from Dungeons & Dragons®.
The Munchkin Page	Here it is! The Munchkin Page (the long version).