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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John Candler’s (1964) Edited by John Curry |
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Around the time Donald Featherstone published
War Games in 1962, the book
that was key in launching modern hobby wargames, others were publishing
comprehensive sets of rules. This example by John Candler was published
in the United States in 1964 and was one of the better known. The original rules were published in a green ring
binder, with 123 pages of detailed rules for a Napoleonic land and sea
wargame. They covered all aspects necessary to play a detailed
Napoleonic wargame on the tabletop. They were more complex than
Featherstone’s rules, but lacked the literary charm of the former. They
are published by the History of Wargaming Project in order to preserve
an example of early wargaming rules from the dawn of modern wargaming.
Sections include: Discussion of the game Mechanics
Rules for movement of infantry, cavalry, artillery Combat actions Support services |
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