| taskforce58 | 05 May 2013 6:20 a.m. PST |
A recent article about H.G. Wells' Little Wars: link |
| ajbartman | 05 May 2013 7:02 a.m. PST |
Good for the writer. Needs to clean up the details however. D&D around long before Chainmail. |
John Leahy  | 05 May 2013 7:32 a.m. PST |
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Frederick  | 05 May 2013 7:43 a.m. PST |
I have to agree with John – as a wee nipper I had a set of Chainmail rules before D & D was around |
| kallman | 05 May 2013 8:14 a.m. PST |
Yep Chainmail came first then the first D&D game. A well written article. |
| CraigH | 05 May 2013 8:30 a.m. PST |
This month's MW/BG (#361) has an article on re-creating Little Wars. What I found interesting (and a bit sad) was that apparently no-one makes cannons that actually fire anymore due to a fear of lawsuits. |
| victor0leto | 05 May 2013 8:33 a.m. PST |
Possibly the poster above may be confused about the difference between the little book of rules called "Chainmail" and the Miniatures skirmish game released by Wizards of the Coast in the early 2000's |
| ajbartman | 05 May 2013 9:16 a.m. PST |
I stand corrected, but the date of 2004 for Chain is wrong. Unless I miss read it. |
| dilettante | 05 May 2013 9:37 a.m. PST |
They may have confused the second version of Chaimail with the first. The second version was a fairly short-lived set that came with its own line of miniatures-if i recall correctly-:^) |
| victor0leto | 05 May 2013 9:38 a.m. PST |
I believe the WoC boxed miniature skirmish game (based on their d20 D&D premise) was released in 2002 |
| Phil Hall | 05 May 2013 9:50 a.m. PST |
Theree were two early versions of Chainmail. The first was foldover stapled yellow cover and the second was a ringbound silver colored cover. Both included a fantay section that inspired the development of D&D. |
 The Virtual Armchair General | 05 May 2013 10:10 a.m. PST |
Good on you, Padre Paul! Could wish the Author might have mentioned your own "Funny Little Wars" in the final draft, but proper credit to you as an expert on HG, his works, associations, and ideas. Now that your "Little Campaigns" is approaching publication by late this Spring, perhaps the author will be moved to revisit you times to come. At least, I hope more folks will come to see the charms alluded to in the piece, and try Edwardian War Gaming (with some modern sensibilities), and not only for the nostalgia! TVAG TVAG |
 Parzival | 06 May 2013 8:44 a.m. PST |
Excellent article, all the way around. Thanks for the link! |
 20thmaine | 26 Jul 2013 8:41 a.m. PST |
Good read – and just imagine wargaming with Beloc, Jerome K Jerome, Wells…and maybe Churchill.
I've never been in such an exalted club !
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worries about not losing his rules stuff.
