Archive for July, 2007
Are wargamers getting a bad press?
Friday, July 27th, 2007I feel that most wargamers get a bad press, not from the media, but by the reactions of the uninitiated. By uninitiated I mean those who live rather ordinary dull everyday lives and have never experienced the thrill of coming home after a hard days graft to then go to your study and invade Poland […]
What is wargaming
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007A wargame is a game that simulates or represents a military operation. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which are also called conflict simulations. The somewhat similar, professional study of war is generally known as a military exercise or “war game,” with the words war and game kept separate. Although […]
My Introduction to Board Wargaming
Monday, July 23rd, 2007 You could say that I was first introduced to wargaming in high school when I joined the chess club and learnt to play chess although I did not think of this as wargaming at that time. I was pretty good at it and obviously had the beginnings of a tactical mind.
It was […]
Monster Mash: The Creature That Ate Sheboygan
Sunday, July 22nd, 2007Having grown up surrounded by games such as ‘The Art of Seige’ and Jacquinto’s ‘Thin Red Line’, there was very little need as a child to actually own a game of my own. However the first game ever bought exclusively for me was SPI’s quirky classic board wargame ‘The Creature That Ate Sheboygan’.
I had forgotten […]