"Morschauser book back in print" Topic

An early classic, it was very different from the Featherstone concept of individual figures.

It was set at unit level on gridded terrain.

For further details of the new edition, see The History of Wargaming Project at wargaming.co

>>An early classic<<

Ah, Morschauser's book was my first exposure to printed rules after my having "discovered" wargaming via the article about Charlie Sweet in a January, 1965 issue of "Sports Illustrated": "Little Wars Can Be a Lot of Fun"; still have an aged photocopy of the article here somewhere.

Friend and I mounted my Marx "Blue and Gray" set on cardboard squares and had at it. Decades of (mostly) good memories since…

This is the book that hooked me and my brothers in wargaming.

Great news that it is back in print so newies can continue to follow the history of the hobby.

I talked to Joe Morschauser in the late 1980's. He was not deep into the hobby, just some spurts of interest. He was writer for Life Magazine. He wrote the one book and some articles for Jack Scruby's first newsletter, Wargames Digest. He did invent the concept of figures mounted on moving trays, and keeping track of casualties on a paper roster.
Here is a picture and the TOC
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His was the first modern book I found on the hobby (after Little Wars). In local library. I did a game based on his rules at Historicon a couple of years ago.

By the way, here is the Charlie Sweet article in Sports Illustrated.
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Bob,
I have the original and I'm really not interested in his grid system rules. Is there any reason for me to buy this book?

This blog has some further information on the contents of the new edition of the book.

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Editor HistoryWargamingProject,

Thank you for the link.