Vintage Wargaming: published 1964

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Sunday, 7 February 2010

John C Candler: Miniature Wargames du temps de Napoleon

This famous set of early wargames rules was published by the author, John C Candler, in the States in 1964. They were presented as printed sheets in an A5 size green ring binder. Illustrated with pictures of Scruby 30mm figures, they ran to 120 pages, including rules, historical notes, biographies of Blucher, Archduke Charles, Nelson and Wellington, and notes on suppliers. They include sections on war at sea and international wars. Charmingly it includes the name and addresses of all the wargamers the author knew of, and several items which will be included in later posts.

Monday, 25 May 2009

Wargamers of Southampton: a visit by Joe Morschauser, from Table Top Talk July 1964

Wednesday, 15 April 2009

More Morschauser

This article from September 1964 is taken from Jack Scruby's Table Top Talk. In it Joe Morschauser describes his system for the small table top war game, using a board no larger than 4 foot by 4 foot and no more than 40 20mm figures per side. Morschauser doesn't advocate this approach in all circumstances, but as an option where space is limited. Some notes about the system are included, but full rules are not provided. This article postdates Morschauser's book, which was published in 1962.

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