[2] The previous year, Linda Mosca had been on the production staff of SPI's house magazine Strategy & Tactics.
[3] A year later, at a time when the industry was dominated by men, Mosca was commissioned by SPI to design a game.
That war is a man's domain is disproven by the fact that its wellsprings are societal and outcome affects all, regardless of gender.
That history belongs to men is disproven by the few accounts of great women that filtered down, even as recorded by male historians.
[9] In the April 1976 edition of Airfix Magazine, Bruce Quarrie called this game "Good exciting stuff, challenging for experienced players but basic enough to make a good starting point for anyone interested in the Civil War and wishing to try board wargaming.
[14] In Issue 25 of the UK wargaming magazine Phoenix, Chris Bramall was impressed by the strategic thinking necessary, and wrote "it is my belief that Rocroi is the best game of the four [in the Thirty Years War quadrigame].
"[15] Writing for Battlefield, Howard Anderson also thought this was "the gem of the Thirty Years War Quad."