H G Wells, the granddaddy of war gaming

[Blusox69]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22777029

This is a really interesting read, I never realised that one of my favourite authors was also responsible for the creation of one of my favourite hobbies.

[magickbk]

The full text of Little Wars, HG Wells' book that is the focus of the article, is available publicly for free from the Gutenberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3691/3691-h/3691-h.htm

It is worth a skim for the pictures alone.

[Xenith]

I read this earlier today, absolutely fascinating!

WellsHammer? Mark Wells, former Chairmain/CEO/Whatever?

Illuminecktie?

[Wolfshade]

Like the article, not sure why it is in 40k general though, maybe Wargames Historical would have been a better place for it.

[lobster-overlord]

I saw this article late last night and had a good read. Also saw a documentary on Wells the other night on netflix. He's a lot more involved with the genre of Sci Fi and the world of gaming than I ever thought. I knew about this book and even tried to use/read it years ago but couldn't get into it. My favorite game store in the 90's was called Little Wars and first learned of it then, but never got the chance to check it out until last year.

If you've gotten this far in the thread and havn't read the article above, I recommend you go back and do so.

[Mr.Pickelz]

Something else to look up is Kriegspiel, and the evolution of Chess, as both of those are "table-top" wargames from before the 1900's.

[Magpie]

Like the article, not sure why it is in 40k general though, maybe Wargames Historical would have been a better place for it.

The article specifically mentions Warhammer tho'

"The game is a forerunner of modern formats like the Warhammer system sold by Games Workshop."

[Blusox69]

The article specifically mentions Warhammer tho'

"The game is a forerunner of modern formats like the Warhammer system sold by Games Workshop."

Beat me to it :-)

I once read also about a Russian prince who played large scale wargames wit real people as a child, uniforms, fortifications and toy guns/canon.

[Wolfshade]

The article specifically mentions Warhammer tho'

"The game is a forerunner of modern formats like the Warhammer system sold by Games Workshop."

But the whole article is about HG Wells system which was used to fight historical games, hence Wargames Historical.
This article has is not a general discussion of 40k.
Games Workshop also do WFB, LoTR, heck they even have Warhammer Historical (http://www.warhammer-historical.com/) so why is this in the specific 40k general discussion, by this logic it could go in WFB general, LoTR general.