The History of Wargaming Project
The project aims to make the largest possible collection of wargaming books and rules available to the modern reader. Ranging from second editions of wargaming classics, to professional wargaming rules used by the military and innovations in current wargaming.
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Recreational Wargaming...Other Key Works
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Duke Seifried and the Development of American Miniature
Wargaming
including Duke's Melee
(1960) and Jim Getz's Napoleonique
(1971) 13 Dec 2017 by Duke SeifriedEdited by John Curry and Jim Getz |
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Uncle Duke is one of those larger than life
characters who helped develop miniature wargaming in the United States.
The Jack Scruby Award (1995) summarised him as an American original, an
entrepreneur and business man, a master sculptor, designer, and painter,
a rule writer, publisher, and historian, a master showman, salesman, and
advocate. He was also a good friend of Donald Featherstone. It is impossible to discuss the development of
early American miniature wargaming without discussing Duke and the many
people he collaborated with over the years. This book is a celebration
of his contribution. The book includes: The Jack Scruby Award 1995 citation.
The MWAN tribute of 1989 by Hal Thinglum. Early memories of American miniature wargaming and
reflections by Duke and his lifelong friend Jim Getz. Many previously unpublished photographs of early
games. The book also includes two complete key sets of
rules that were a huge influence on American wargaming: Melee (1960) by Duke. Napoleonique: A Miniature Wargame Strategic-
Tactical Manoeuvre in the Napoleonic Era (1979) Written by Jim Getz with
the assistance of Duke Seifried. This book is published by the History of Wargaming
Project as part on ongoing efforts to document the development of
wargaming. |
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