"What's the history of the "Imagi-nation" gaming movement?" Topic
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| Stalkey and Co | 14 Nov 2025 8:59 a.m. PST |
I remember reading somewhere that it was started by one of the old giants from the dawn of historical miniatures, like Grant or Featherstone, but I am having trouble finding info thru searches. Can someone fill me in? Working on a Red v. Blue pair of 15mm armies for Horse and Musket period. |
79thPA  | 14 Nov 2025 10:29 a.m. PST |
I'd say Grant and Featherstone are probably the most influential modern champions imagination gaming, but you can also go back to H.G. Wells and "Little Wars" for inspiration. |
| Aviator | 14 Nov 2025 10:42 a.m. PST |
Brigadier Peter Young and his book 'Charge or How to Play Wargames' was also an early proponent of imaginations |
| arthur1815 | 14 Nov 2025 11:00 a.m. PST |
In Little Wars HG Wells referred to the opposing forces at Hook's Farm as the Red and Blue armies in the fashion of British Army exercises, which themselves followed a precedent set by von Reisswitz in his Kriegsspiel in 1824. But he did not create a 'back story'for the battle, nor give readers any information about the Red and Blue countries or their armies. In Charge! Brigadier Peter Young did provide a short explanation of why the opposing sides were at war, and gave their generals names and personalities. But it was surely Charles Grant senior, whose imaginations of the Duchy of Lorraine its enemy the VFS featured in his book The War Game and articles in magazines, who was the main proponent of the idea. I do not recall any significant mention of imaginations in Featherstone's books, which always featured historical wars and battles. |
| Stalkey and Co | 14 Nov 2025 11:57 a.m. PST |
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