The Universal General or how to play battles with model soldiers. When you scout the web to become familiar with “wargaming”. You will find hundreds of sites. (some of which can explored through the links-section of this one) dealing with this subject.
Introductions to the hobby
As far as we are concerned, one of the best introductions to the hobby goes back to the very beginning of modern wargaming. That can found on the inside of the cover of the classic book “WARGAMES” by Donald Featherstone. First published in may 1962 by Stanley Paul ltd. It goes like this.
For centuries battles with model soldiers have been fought by kings and generals for military purposes. Also for pleasure by boys from nine to ninety years of age. The model soldier possesses unlimited courage on the wargames table. Ably led by an amateur general with a realistic set of rules. He can win great victories or be magnificent in defeat. Grand strategy practised on maps, complicated tactical manoeuvres attempted on the realistic table-top battlefield. Colourful armies of miniature soldiers made to fire accurately, attack forcibly in flank or rear and hold out grimly against vastly superior numbers.
Sometimes called “chess with a thousand pieces”, wargames simple affairs played on the dining room table with a handful of soldiers. Or highly complicated battles involving two thousand or more troops fighting to realistic rules. On large tables with hills, rivers, woods, villages and even towns with streets, factories and stations.
Do you want to know more about my local wargames club “Tin Soldiers Of Antwerp“
and CRISIS (a real SUPER convention)?
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