tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post6323954251695202290..comments2024-03-19T12:33:07.568-07:00Comments on History of Wargaming Project: Early Wargaming RulesJohn Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-85960487306304950982013-11-30T12:09:10.226-08:002013-11-30T12:09:10.226-08:00Thanks for letting me know about the book. I have ...Thanks for letting me know about the book. I have just ordered it. Good point about the Col Keef's lead soldier collection. There were a number of earlier wargames in the 19th century that have been largely unrecorded. I am trying to trace more of them and get them to print at a sensible price as part of the History of Wargaming Project. A number of other people are helping me with this. <br /><br />As my book Early Wargames showed, there were a number of wargames around after Well's and before Featherstone. The early wargamers of the 1950's 1960's were aware of most of these games and built on them as foundations. The dominance of British innovators in model soldier games in the 1960's onwards is clear and undisputed; partly due to the contribution of Featherstone and his inspired editorship of the Wargames Newsletter. John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-14532395952450379772013-11-30T11:41:53.994-08:002013-11-30T11:41:53.994-08:00John - Have you read JG Garratt's Encyclopaedi...John - Have you read JG Garratt's Encyclopaedia of Model Soldiers (I don't have mine at the moment), I'm sure he covers a lot of this ground. he mentions all sorts of dignitaries and potentates having armies made for them by European artisans, pretty much from the French Revolution and while some were for toy-play or display, I distinctly remember some being for tactical (and/or Strategic) 'gaming' play or planning.<br /><br />I was trying to point out that there's nothing 'new' about the date that has been 'discovered' following the Antique's Road Show programme and some of the excitement it produced on a blog the other day, but one ends up with the feeling that people don't like to hear what they don't want to hear!<br /><br />I also hate the way the 'Courier' website would have us all believe the yanks invented war-gaming in the 60's following an accidental reading of Wells' book!!!Hugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.com