History of Wargaming Project

The Project aims to research and publish key works in the development of professional, hobby and educational use of wargaming. It currently includes work from Donald Featherstone, Fletcher Pratt, Peter Perla, Phil Barker,Fred Jane, Charles Grant, Stuart Asquith and Terry Wise...

Monday, 28 January 2013

The cost of producing computer wargames

Why do manual military board games still get produced. There are many board games still being produced by makes such as Decision Games...

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Update on Fletcher Pratt Naval Wargame

As a few of you might know I have been hunting down original material on the Fletcher Pratt naval wargame. Over the years, I had enough to ...

Friday, 14 December 2012

Dungeons and Dragons - the return of Gygax

The late Gary Gyax was responsible for the ground breaking Dungeons and Dragons, the roleplaying game that spawned a whole genre of such ga...

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Comments on Reign of Missiles published by Foreign Policy Magazine November 2012

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/11/27/launch_your_own_gaza_war The game portrays the military aspects of the Palest...

Thursday, 22 November 2012

Making a living from wargaming, a modern holy grail

Few people making a living out of hobby wargaming. Many wargamers are outstanding specialists, who know a great deal about partic...

Saturday, 17 November 2012

Bristol (UK) Wargaming Show Sun 25th Nov

An excellent local show: see http://www.bristolwargaming.co.uk/reveille.html I will be trading and selling wargaming books, as well as r...

Friday, 26 October 2012

Two new books in print

Two new books have just been added to the project. Donald Featherstone's Complete Wargaming. As with many of Donald Featherstone...

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John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Project: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/john-curry/

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