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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 why there ...
Alexander The Great's Campaigns (a guide to Ancient political and military wargaming), ISBN 0-85059-325-5, Patrick Stephens Ltd., Cambridge 1979; Phil Barker's Introduction to Ancient Wargaming and WRG 6th Edition Ancient Rules 3000BC to 1485 AD. History of Wargaming Project, 2010 www.wargaming.co
Practical Wargaming, Model and Allied Publishing (MAP) 1970. ISBN 0-85344-034-4; Paddy Griffith Napoleonic Wargaming For Fun, Ward Lock Ltd, London, 1980, reprinted 2008 by the History of Wargaming Project link; Paddy Griffith Sprawling Wargames multiplayer Wargaming, Ward Lock Ltd, London, 1980, reprinted 2009 by the History of Wargaming ...
War Games (1962), A revised edition has been printed as part of the History of Wargaming Project (see here), ISBN 1291851429; Tackle Model Soldiers This Way, Stanley Paul, London, (1963), Accident history for B0000CLY2B at Aviation Safety Network; Naval War Games, Stanley Paul, London, (1965), ISBN 0-09-076581-8, Updated edition 2009 [13]
The first wargame was invented in Prussia in 1780 by Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig, who was a college professor in Brunswick.Hellwing wanted to design a game by which he could teach some principles of warfare to his students, many of whom were noblemen destined for military service, but he also wanted his game to be fun and accessible to the general public so that he could sell it as a ...
Wargaming moved from professional training to the hobby market with the publication of Little Wars, children's toy soldier game, by H.G. Wells in 1913. [16] A niche hobby of wargaming emerged for adults that recreated model games around actual battles from the Napoleonic period onward.
Peter Perla's The Art of Wargaming: A Guide for Professionals and Hobbyists. The History of Wargaming Project. ISBN 978-1-4716-2242-7. Philip Sabin (2012). Simulating War: Studying Conflict Through Simulation Games. A&C Black. ISBN 9781441185587. Rolf F. Nohr; Stefan Böhme (2009). Die Auftritte des Krieges sinnlich machen. Appelhans-Verlag ...
The General (1964–1998) was a bi-monthly periodical devoted to supporting Avalon Hill's line of wargames, with articles on game tactics, history, and industry news.It was the first professionally produced wargaming magazine for the nascent cardboard and hex-map wargaming hobby.