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History. The project was inspired by the late Paddy Griffith, a professional military historian on the staff of the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before becoming a full-time author and freelance historian and lecturer in the early 1990s. Paddy Griffith asked why the history of wargaming was poorly documented and ...
Nationality. British. Subject. Military History, Wargaming. Website. www.phil-barker.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Phil Barker (born 5 November 1932) is one of the major figures in the development of the modern hobby of tabletop wargaming, particularly that of ancient warfare, and is a co-founder of the Wargames Research Group. [1]
Professionally a physiotherapist living in Southampton, who worked for both Southampton Football Club and Hampshire County Cricket Club. [1] Featherstone was first introduced to wargaming by reading H. G. Wells ' Little Wars and his first opponent was his brother. His second opponent was Tony Bath many years later in 1955.
Recreational wargaming. A recreational wargame (Here I Stand) in play at CSW Expo 2009. A wargame is a strategy game that realistically simulates warfare. Wargames were invented for the purpose of training military officers, but they eventually caught on in civilian circles, played recreationally.
e. A wargame is a strategy game in which two or more players command opposing armed forces in a simulation of an armed conflict. [1] Wargaming may be played for recreation, to train military officers in the art of strategic thinking, or to study the nature of potential conflicts. Many wargames re-create specific historic battles, and can cover ...
A wargame, generally, is a type of strategy game which realistically simulates warfare. A professional wargame, specifically, is a wargame that is used by military organizations to train officers in tactical and strategic decision-making, to test new tactics and strategies, or to predict trends in future conflicts.
The history of role-playing games began when disparate traditions of historical reenactment, improvisational theatre, and parlour games combined with the rulesets of fantasy wargames in the 1970s to give rise to tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs). [1] Multiple TTRPGs were produced between the 1970s and early 1990s.
Tony Bath was born in Southampton. [1] After serving in World War II, he began collecting military figures.In 1955, he joined the British Model Soldier Society. [2]When Bath began playing wargames set in the ancient period, the only miniatures available were German flats which were difficult to procure. [3]