Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_(wargame)

Article from the German "Spiegel" (for non-german speakers: the pictures are the interesting part if you already have reasd the wikipeadia article):
http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/spielzeu ... 45,00.html

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Interesting.
The next step:
Wells

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I actually have a copy of Little Wars, that I found in a store in London, it is a great read.... and I think Kriegspiel has recently been rereleased with large map as a game... I just cant remember by who!

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Too fat lardies, one of them did an interview with meaples and miniatures.

That is where I heard it. Thanks.

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Believe it or not "Little Wars" is what got me into this hobby.  I spent a lot of time in the public library as a kid, and found this book among the hobby and games books. (I had always liked boardgames and model kits).  I checked it out, and made my own version of it using a bucket of little green army men and a plastic gun that shot little rubber pellets. Years later I discovered White Dwarf, realized there was a whole world of games like "Little Wars" and got "Space Marine" for a birthday present. 16 years later, I'm still playing it (Space Marine, not Little Wars, though I could probably be persuaded).

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In the Spiegel article it says: "Vor Reiswitz nutzen Militärs abstrakte, schachbrettartige Spielfelder", that is, "before Reiswitz the military used abstract, chess-like gameboards".

Ive read that Maurice of Orange and/or (cant remember exactly) Gustavus Adolphus played some sort of game in the early 17th century, and that they supposedly used metal miniatures. Anyone know anything abour those older games/tactical simulations?

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Surely Siborne's model int he 19th century would ahve been the first time something like a wargames figure was produced?

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That depends on how you define a wargames miniature  

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