Charles A. Sweet, Table Top General from Table Top Talk September 1963

Looking in this picture vaguely like Tony Soprano (or really quite a lot like Assistant Commissioner Rawls from The Wire) Charles A Sweet was one of the early godfathers of wargaming in the United States. This was not least because he featured in an article on the hobby in Sports Illustrated. More of this in the next post, from The War Game Digest, another of Jack Scruby's publications.

The Bloody Angle, by Frank Heubusch, from Table Top Talk, September 1963

Early Wargames in Norway: Major Theo Svensen, from Table Top Talk February 1963

Lionel Tarr, from Table Top Talk

Research Review of Knotel's Uniformkunde, Table Top Talk February 1963

These days with the internet, NYPL online, Uniformology, Ospreys etc, it may be hard to remember times when any kind of uniform information was hard to come by. Some of us may remember poring over Rene North's Military Uniforms 1686 - 1918, or Preben Kannik's Blandford, Uniforms of the World in Colour. The Holy Grail at the time was Knotel's Handbuch der Uniformkunde; this is a review of the 1957 reprint, a snip at 7 USD.

Joe Morschauser, War Game General, from Table Top Talk April-May 1963

This War Game General feature from Jack Scruby's Table Top Talk is of interest in linking Morschauser to Professor Gerry deGre, while studying at Bard College New York.

Early WAGs