"Wargaming on an epic scale - Norman Bel Geddes" Topic
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| Vintage Wargaming | 10 May 2013 3:53 p.m. PST |
Harry Pearson has written a short article on the wargaming activities of Norman Bel Geddes in 1930s for Vintage Wargaming. You can read it here: vintagewargaming.blogspot.co.uk |
| Yesthatphil | 10 May 2013 5:42 p.m. PST |
Well, I didn't know Norman Bel Geddes was a wargamer! That's a delightful gem of information … Thanks Phil |
 The Virtual Armchair General  | 11 May 2013 10:35 a.m. PST |
I knew, of course, of Barbara, but nothing of her father! The man sounds--like many geniuses--to have been just "a tetch" mad, but I wish the family, or whoever's in charge now, would publish his war game rules, if nothing else. Of course, the Bel Geddes were well known in their time, and could be the object of at least one gag in a WC Fields movie ("Never Give A Sucker An Even Break," I think) in which the super-rich and high-falutin' family is named the
"Bel Goodies." TVAG |
| Vintage Wargaming | 11 May 2013 10:50 a.m. PST |
There is whole archive at the Harry Austin Center of the University of Texas at Austin – you can see the catalogue on line here: link Seems to include rules,campaign records and reports etc |
Shagnasty  | 11 May 2013 11:15 a.m. PST |
That is the Harry Ransom Center at UT. |
| Vintage Wargaming | 11 May 2013 3:56 p.m. PST |
Yes sorry – I was thinking ahead! |
Chortle  | 12 May 2013 4:58 a.m. PST |
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| The Virtual Armchair General | 12 May 2013 11:35 a.m. PST |
Vintage! Thank you, Sir, for the link! Studying even what is available could be a career--I wish someone would take up the cross and write a overview. If this man had access to anything modern computers for record keeping, etc, he would have been War Gaming's TESLA! TVAG |
| Thomas Nissvik | 13 May 2013 3:00 a.m. PST |
Link straight to the blog entry:
link |
| Thomas Nissvik | 13 May 2013 3:06 a.m. PST |
So, anyone located near Austin that can gain access to Box 5? |
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