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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 ...
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.
C.F. Wesencraft Practical wargaming, Hippocrene Books, 1974 ISBN 978-0-88254-271-3 reprinted by the History of Wargaming Project link; C.F. Wesencraft With Pike and Musket, reprinted by the History of Wargaming Project link; Andrew Wilson War Gaming, Penguin 1970. Terence Wise Airfix magazine Guides: American Civil War Wargaming, P.Stephens Ltd ...
In 1977 he was one of the founder members of the British Commission for Military History. [8] In 1978, Featherstone appeared on the BBC to promote the hobby. [9] After a discussion with Paddy Griffith, Featherstone realised that wargaming as a hobby could aid considerably in understanding military history. [10]
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.
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.
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.
The Wargames Research Group (WRG) is a British publisher of rules and reference material for miniature wargaming.Founded in 1969 they were the premier publisher of tabletop rules during the seventies and eighties, publishing rules for periods ranging from ancient times to modern armoured warfare, and reference books which are still considered standard works for amateur researchers and wargamers.