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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!
Mar 18th, 2013 at 4:05pm
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2013 is the 100th anniversary of the first published table-top miniatures game, which in turn spawned what we now know as role-playing games.

The game was written by H.G. Wells (yeah... THAT H.G. Wells), and is called "Little Wars". It's not a bad little game, but does rely upon proper "gentlemanly" behavior.

Take a look if you like
http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/hgwells/Little-Wars.pdf

It's worth reading just to see how this flippn' ball got rolling in the first place.
  
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Re: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!
Reply #1 - Mar 18th, 2013 at 6:56pm
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Ypsi, thank you very much. You cost brought back a memory of trying to figure out how to play Jetan with my dad when I was a kid.  Smiley
  
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Happy Anniversary!  H.G. Wells.  Who knew?  Smiley
  
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Reply #3 - Mar 19th, 2013 at 3:08pm
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I know, right!  It's gaming AND H. G. flippin' Wells!

I can't find one of the little guns Wells used anywhere (not even in airsoft or softair), so I'm tweaking the rules to use 1d10 instead. I just kinda wanna play some true OLD SCHOOL miniatures (maybe with plastic soldiers or Lego figures???)
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