Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! A favorite of Gary Gygax! Players are 19th century explorers delving into the Dark Continent - Africa! Seek fame & fortune & avoid death! Run by original designers David Wesely & Ross Maker!
Description:
Released in 1977 by Discovery Games, this game was a favorite of Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game and founder of Gen Con. His son, Luke, would play the game while home sick from school and quite often would take an extra day to recuperate and, of course, play more Source of the Nile! The event will be run by none other than the game's co-designer's Ross Maker and David Wesely. Played out on a large hex map with 25mm figures. Players take on the role of European explorers in the 19th century as they explore the interior of the Dark Continent! The seek fame and fortune as they face animal attacks, hostile natives, dangerous river cataracts, starvation, and disease. Each must make some significant discovery and return to England where they present or publish their works to get more funding for further expeditions.
Wow! A favorite of Gary Gygax! Players are 19th century explorers delving into the Dark Continent - Africa! Seek fame & fortune & avoid death! Run by original designers David Wesely & Ross Maker!
Description:
Released in 1977 by Discovery Games, this game was a favorite of Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game and founder of Gen Con. His son, Luke, would play the game while home sick from school and quite often would take an extra day to recuperate and, of course, play more Source of the Nile! The event will be run by none other than the game's co-designer's Ross Maker and David Wesely. Played out on a large hex map with 25mm figures. Players take on the role of European explorers in the 19th century as they explore the interior of the Dark Continent! The seek fame and fortune as they face animal attacks, hostile natives, dangerous river cataracts, starvation, and disease. Each must make some significant discovery and return to England where they present or publish their works to get more funding for further expeditions.