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Books documenting the history of Toy Soldier. Toy soldiers have been a key part of the growth of the hobby; New wargaming books e.g. The Fletcher Pratt Naval Wargame, or the Innovations in Wargaming series; Some military novels by well-known wargaming authors, such as Donald Featherstone (wargamer) A few military history books
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.
Charles Grant (died 1979) was a Scottish game author who helped popularize the hobby of tabletop wargaming. He is best known as the author of The War Game . Grant was born in Scotland , and served in the Royal Air Force in World War II .
A Kriegsspiel session in progress.. Kriegsspiel [a] is a genre of wargaming developed by the Prussian Army in the 19th century to teach battlefield tactics to officers. The word Kriegsspiel literally means "wargame" in German, but in the context of the English language it refers specifically to the wargames developed by the Prussian army in the 19th century.
While still in college in the 1960s, Jim Dunnigan became involved in wargaming, and subsequently designed Jutland, which Avalon Hill published in 1967. This was the first of many wargames that Dunnigan designed, including 1914 (1968), PanzerBlitz (1970), and Sniper!
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]
By the late 1960s the miniature wargaming hobby had grown large enough that there was a demand for rulebooks dedicated to a single historical period. Don Featherstone of the UK produced booklets for eight different periods in 1966. [1] A few years later the Wargames Research Group began producing rulesets with an emphasis on historical accuracy ...
Computer wargames derived from tabletop wargames, which range from military wargaming to recreational wargaming.Wargames appeared on computers as early as Empire in 1972. . The wargaming community saw the possibilities of computer gaming early and made attempts to break into the market, notably Avalon Hill's Microcomputer Games line, which began in 1980 and covered a variety of topics ...