His interest in war gaming began as a child playing with toy metal soldiers when he found H. G. Wells' "Little Wars", the first book on war gaming rules.
This interest led to a job with the US Army as the Chief of Simulations in the Army Transportation School in 1984 where he designed the simulations, TRANSWAR III, Theater Deployment in the AirLand Battle and TRANSWAR IV, Truck Company Operations in the AirLand Battle [REF].