Little Wars & Floor Games - Softcover

Wells, H G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544842171 ISBN 13: 9781544842172

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Little Wars is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by H. G. Wells in 1913. Its full title is 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. It is regarded as the birth of public hobbyist wargaming. Little Wars includes basic rules for infantry, cavalry, and naval artillery in the form of a toy 4.7 inch gun that launched projectiles, usually small wooden dowels to knock down enemy soldiers. In addition to its being a war game, the book hints at several philosophical aspects of war. Floor Games is a book published in 1911 by H. G. Wells. It contains illustrations with photographs and drawings, it briefly describes a number of games that can be played on "well lit and airy" floors with "four main groups" of toys: soldiers about two inches high, largish wooden bricks, boards and planks, and electric railway rolling stock and rails. This edition contains a biography of H.G. Wells' life and work, as well as a bibliography of his works.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1544842171
• ISBN 13: 9781544842172
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82