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...Paddy Griffith
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Sprawling Wargames Multiplayer Wargaming
17 December 2009
by Paddy Griffith Edited by John Curry |
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'Paddy Griffith can be seen as the doyen of British wargaming, and he has certainly been instrumental in the way that the discipline has developed over the decades.' Andrew Roberts author of The Storm of War.
As a professional military historian, Paddy Griffith’s career started as a civilian lecturer at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Since 1989 he has been a freelance author, publisher and occasional university lecturer.
This book explores large-scale multiplayer wargames. From games in large halls, to those run by the modern medium of email, this book outlines how to set about creating and managing these innovative and most entertaining of wargaming experiences: Sprawling Wargames.
Chapters include examples from games run at the Imperial War Museum and at Sandhurst:
Definitions, and Principles of Game Design
Operation Sealion 1940
Operation Mercury 1941
Operation Barbarossa 1941
Suvarov in Alsace 1799
The 'Black Isle' Magical Viking Game. The book is available from Amazon and other online retailers. |
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