The first Best of Show award was presented in 1999 to "Freelancer, " a space trading and combat simulation game.

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With its military contacts, expertise in anti-terrorism and combat simulation, and all its detailed models of the effects of various weapons, Digital Sandbox realised that it was in a good position to diversify into extremely realistic computer games.

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An important one is with BAE Systems, for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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An important one is with BAE Systems (other-otc: BAESF - news - people ), for whom Opnet does modeling, simulation and research for big initiatives like the U.S. Army's Future Combat System and the Joint Tactical Radio System.

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Strategy board games back in the 1970s and '80s, like "Blitzkrieg" and "War in Europe, " were simulation-type games requiring players to spend a lot of time rolling dice to resolve combat or find out different game stats -- weather conditions, civil unrest, troop rally points.

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