tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post4668948394044906702..comments2024-03-28T21:06:06.580-05:00Comments on Dreams of Mythic Fantasy: In Which I Find a Dead Tree Copy of Little WarsJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192212467523179768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-13006664657807421082013-09-16T15:17:57.934-05:002013-09-16T15:17:57.934-05:00Little Wars was the book that got me started in Wa...<i>Little Wars</i> was the book that got me started in Wargaming back in the 70s. I had watched <i>Charge of the Light Brigade</i> on TV, and went to the library to get a book on model soldiers I remembered had a lancer on the cover. But the library had done some reorganizing and the model books had been moved. But, nearly in their place was a book with an author I recognized, H.G. Wells. It had toy soldiers on the cover so I checked it out. I started gaming with my back of the comic book American Revolutionary soldiers...and marbles (no firing cannons).<br /><br />This led to Featherstone, Grant, Lawford & Young, et.al. Then to the local wargames store, <i>Little Tin Soldier</i>. It was mostly wargames there, but since it was Minneapolis, I inevitably came into contact with a weird game about dwarves and elves...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-8525910394126479782013-09-12T23:52:06.070-05:002013-09-12T23:52:06.070-05:00No need to apologize. Thanks for the suggestions! ...No need to apologize. Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check em out.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192212467523179768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-12236791280972322042013-09-12T23:19:28.268-05:002013-09-12T23:19:28.268-05:00Sorry to wall of text your blog James.
The avaia...Sorry to wall of text your blog James.<br /><br /><br />The avaialble editions are second, the Batle manual (which is a reordered and rewritten second edition, easier to learn), and the third.<br />All of these post date Chainmail, but the origianl edition pre dates it.<br /><br />Second is very close to first, just more stuff.<br /><br />Also, most of the Napoleonic articles in the Courier relate to the ruleset, as does the series written by Vietmyer in the early, pre-Dunnigan/SPI, issues of Strategy and Tactics.<br /><br />If you can't find any of this material email me at middleton ---- 8vu9----- @ ---- yahoo and I can forward.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-89579174915813806672013-09-12T23:12:21.553-05:002013-09-12T23:12:21.553-05:00Incidentally, I think Gary may just be being geneo...Incidentally, I think Gary may just be being geneorous with his credit in light of wargaming history.<br /><br />I think a huge amount og Chainmail, including cannon firing with the bounce sticks, in actuallity comes form a early 1970's Napoleonic wargame "Column, Line, and Square". This was written mostly by Fred Vietmyer and featured prominently in Twin Cities Napoleonic circles. It seems likely that Gary would have been familiar with it.<br /><br />In the late 60s to early 70s American wargaming had entered a complexity=reality phase and most would eschew earlier rulesets that were simpler, particularly Don Featherstone's, since he was quite vocal about the uselessness of complexity and many American's disagreed.<br /><br />The Column, Line and Square rules are available for free download, just Google search them.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-42387434734280558602013-09-12T22:58:57.434-05:002013-09-12T22:58:57.434-05:00Cool. You might be interested in the books by Joh...Cool. You might be interested in the books by John Curry that are reprinting many other wargaming classics. Wargaming History Project. The Early Pioneer books are especially interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-41023180361394017512013-09-12T22:04:48.980-05:002013-09-12T22:04:48.980-05:00Nice find!
I remember seeing a documentary on Pe...Nice find! <br /><br />I remember seeing a documentary on Peter Cushing that talked about and showed him playing Little Wars. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-67570651018724454622013-09-12T20:42:45.476-05:002013-09-12T20:42:45.476-05:00No. The quote above was the only passage directly ...No. The quote above was the only passage directly dealing with Chainmail/D&D, save for his mentioning that he and his Chainmail co-author turned to other, better developed sources for inspiration in dealing with melee combat resolution. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192212467523179768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2978232334912384498.post-77826254268175790812013-09-12T20:35:26.829-05:002013-09-12T20:35:26.829-05:00How extensive is the introduction? Would it be wor...How extensive is the introduction? Would it be worth picking up this edition for perspective on D&D or Chainmail?Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.com