Charge!: Or, How To Play War Games

A. S. Barnes and Company, 1970. Hardcover. Good/Poor. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. From private collection, dust cover is in archival mylar. Table of Contents: PART I: 1.) War-Gaming: The Origins -- 2.) The Elementary Game -- 2a.) Movement -- 2b.) Firing -- 2n.) Melees -- 3.) Playing the Elementary Game – The Battle of Blasthof Bridge ------- PART II: 4a.) An Introduction to the Advanced Game – Organization, Formations and Movement -- 4b.) Command and Staff -- 4c.) Grenadiers and Infantry of the Line -- -- 4d.) Formations -- 4e.) Light Infantry -- 4f.) Artillery -- 4g.) Movement -- 5.) Firing -- 6.) Charges and Melees (General and Cavalry), Rallying -- 7.) Artillery and Infantry in Melees, Special and Complex Melees -- 8.) Morale, Field Works and Game Mechanics -- 9.) Playing the Game -- 10.) Tail Piece ------- Appendix I: How to Create an Army Appendix II: Index to the Rules. . . . . . . . . . Originally published in 1967 in Britain, Charge! is one of two foundation texts establishing the modern miniatures war game hobby. Many of those who play miniatures began with this book and almost all existing rules systems can trace their lineage back to this book. The book is a detailed building up of rules for playing a war game. It contains detailed discussion of the rationale behind these rules, grounding them in military theory and history. The book contains two sets of rules: an elementary set for playing simple games and an advanced set of rules to provide a richer simulation. It also contains one scenario, a mythical 18th century battle, which is played out step by step in the book. These rules define the Old School of war gaming: individually based figures in large units with written orders to sub-commanders, etc. Despite its age, there are groups of gamers who continue to base their encounters on the spirit of this book if not its strict letter. -- boardgamegeek Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.