2023 Connections Wargaming Award

“I am more than pleased to be able to introduce this year’s Connections Award honoree, my friend and colleague, Dr. ED McGrady. Ed, come on down!

I first got to know Ed when he volunteered to help run the CNA Shipbuilding game back in the early 90s. His enthusiasm for getting into the game and driving its stories was infectious. Over the years we have worked and played together innumerable times. In the Wargaming classes we present for MORS, I point to Ed as the archetype for the type of game designer I call the Artist. Ed is a great storyteller, but his stories are based on solid research and analysis. And they inevitably suck the players into his games.

Let me honor you with this award for your long and enduring contributions to professional Wargaming”

-- Peter Perla