A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author’s style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing statements and then draws them together to describe many facets of war. Free of technical jargon, and suitable for modern readers. This audiobook is based on a 1909 English translation.
For many years, George’s Nafziger’s collection of orders of battle for conflicts dating from the 1600s to the 1900s have been a mainstay of the historical wargaming community.
Once available only commercially, Nafziger recently donated his collection to the Army’s Combined Arms Research Library.
Bodie is a wild west ghost town in California, and the website has virtual tours of the town and some of its 200 buildings. The map alone looks like it would be useful for wild west games. Thanks to reader Troy for the tip.
Here’s an enjoyable video, done in the Ken Burns-music-and-still-photos style, of re-enactors playing the battle of Koniggratz (also spelled Koeniggratz, and also known as Battle of Sadowa, Sadová, or Hradec Králové. It is considered the decisive battle of the 1866 Austro Prussian War.
The New York Public Library has an online collection of color plates of Egyptian uniforms for the period 1820 - 1898. This should be a great reference for people interested in the Sudan and other North African campaigns in which Egyptians participated.
The New York Public library has put online its collection of color military plates. Most are hand colored block prints. The collection of Mexican Uniforms 1826 - 1906 could come in handy as a painting guide for the Texas Rebellion and the US - Mexican War, as well as the Maximilian period.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
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Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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