[Consim-l] Fw: [SoloWarGame] Napoleonic Wargame --- from 1898!!!

[Markus Stumptner]

Thanks Mircea, some classic quotes in there!

"If the game possessed a weakness, it was the unshaken courage of our 
troops, who faced the most terrific odds and endured defeat upon defeat 
with an intrepidity rarely seen on the actual field. An attempt was made 
to correct this with the dice, but the innovation was so heart-breaking to 
the loser, and so perpetual a menace to the best-laid planes, that it had 
per force to be given up. After two or three dice-box panics our heroes 
were permitted to resume their normal and unprecedented devotion to their 
cause, and their generals breathed afresh."

"The war game was constantly improved and elaborated, until from a few 
hours a "war" took weeks to play, and the critical operations in the attic 
monopolized half our thoughts."

Robert Louis Stevenson, the monster gamer...

Markus



On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Mircea Pauca wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "milhistorybuff" <rstewart at mountaincable.net>
> To: <SoloWarGame at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 7:18 PM
> Subject: [SoloWarGame] Napoleonic Wargame --- from 1898!!!
>
>
>> Here's the link for a Napoleonic Wargame that was played over a
>> century ago, by some newbie called Stevenson (as in Robert Louis). Its
>> amazing, in that they are using hidden cards, bad-health modifiers,
>> dice for variables, supply waggons for ammo, morale tests, and a bunch
>> of other stuff that we consider to be absolutely "modern". Take a look
>> at the way the thing is presented, too: first there is a little bit
>> that sets the scene, then there is a tense narrative (like a War
>> correspondent's report) followed by an explanation of the mechanics
>> that caused the results reported (like, someone failed the morale test)
>>
>> Wow! And all of that from 1898!
>>
>> http://www-personal.umich.edu/~beattie/timeline/rlstext.html
>>
>> Seur D'Armadilleaux,
>> Fierce Defender of the Cookie Jar, Router Extraordinaire, Unlucky at
>> dice AND at ... unh ... you'd tell Mrs D, wouldn't you ...


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