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Trenton 1776

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"...not many may know that if it weren't for this tiny, half-hour battle, the American Revolution was on the verge of collapsing. The United States might never have existed." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us a fascinating, in-depth look at why this was a key engagement. Check out why he asserts that Trenton "...was like one of those Schrödinger moments in quantum theory where the universe split into two metaverses."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 11/1/2024


Data Diving Into the 2024 Solo & Solitaire Wargaming & Historical Gaming Survey

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The Armchair Dragoons look into their 2024 solo/solitaire wargame survey, finding top ranked games "...based on how long respondents reported they’d been playing, as well as how much of their overall gaming diet is wargaming."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 10/14/2024


Danish Hussars (Chocolate Box Wars): a Return to the Painting Desk

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"Now the Danes have a hussar unit with figures that can stand up to their Prussian counterparts on the table." Ed, in his Ed M's Wargames Meanderings blog, discusses some interesting painting and research he has done recently. With excellent photos of the work!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/30/2024


Prague 1757

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"...a near-run battle, with both sides making tactical mistakes that could have easily flipped the victory." Jeff Berry, in Obscure Battles, brings us an insightful view of this Seven Years War engagement, along with his splendid maps. Find out how the clash was a near thing, despite the fact that "...the campaign up to the battle was masterfully played out by Frederick, Schwerin and the other Prussian commanders."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/13/2024


Triangle Simulation Society: Southern Front 2024 Convention

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Triangle Simulation Society of North Carolina will be hosting their Wargame Convention featuring Historical Miniatures and other gaming on the 20th, 21st and 22nd of September 2024.

Poster: Robert Holifield
Post Date: 9/9/2024


Armchair Dragoons Fall Assembly 11-13 October

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Join the Dragoons for a convention with "...multiple tables for wargaming events, plus a large table for all-day monster wargaming across extended sessions."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/3/2024


Sword Lore II: M 1852 Prussian Cavalry Saber

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Having recently completed the research for a newly acquired sword, I thought I'd share what I've come up with...". Ed M brings us a fascinating, detailed look at a recent acquisition!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 9/2/2024


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Game: Fletcher Pratt's Naval War Game



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Publisher: Harrison-Hilton Books
Game Type: Miniatures
Designer(s): Fletcher Pratt
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Description:


Naval miniature's rules circa 1940.


Articles


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6
Date: 10/19/2024
Poster: Pat L.
The History of Wargaming Project and Naval Wargaming

John Curry provides a short history of his role as a rules’ enhancer. He mentions several books of interest to naval miniatures war game enthusiasts. Scroll down to page 12 in this edition of the “All Guns Blazing!” newsletter. We thank Archive.org for preserving this document.
Archive.org
5
Date: 3/13/2022
Poster: Pat L.
The Fletcher Pratt Naval Game as a Lawn Game (pdf)

John Bear takes Fletcher Pratt’s Naval War rules to the lawn in this collection of photos.
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2
Date: 1/4/2021
Poster: Pat L.
The World’s Most Complicated Game

It’s not every day that you see a war game mentioned in Sports Illustrated! Paul Mandel discusses a war game fad from 1929 to 1946 where ball rooms full of people crouched on the floor to decide massive naval battles. Written for a non-war gaming Sports Illustrated audience in 1963, today’s wargamer might consider Fletcher Pratt’s Naval War Game as a game of medium complexity and certainly not the most complicated game published. We thank Archive.org for preserving this article.
Archive.org
1
Date: 1/4/2021
Poster: Pat L.
Fletcher Pratt, Military & Naval Historian

Henry Wessels summarizes the life of Fletcher Pratt, author, historian, and, along with von Reisswitz and H. G. Wells, one of the fathers of modern war gaming.
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3
Date: 9/24/2013
Poster: Pat L.
A Brief History of Naval Wargames

Kyle Mizokami gives a brief history behind the US Navy’s use of war games on the US Naval Institute’s News page. These games have played an important role in US Navy strategy and tactics. “After the war, Admiral Nimitz was to remark, “The war with Japan had been reenacted in the game rooms at the Naval War College by so many people and in so many different ways, that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise . . . absolutely nothing except the kamikaze tactics toward the end of the war; we had not visualized these.”…”
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4
Date: 7/13/2011
Poster: Pat L.
Fletcher Pratt’s Naval War Game

Robert (Bob) Cordery introduces this book of miniature war gaming rules in his blog Wargaming Miscellany.
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