Some years ago, back in 2019, our gaming group managed to organize an event with miniatures expositions and many games. The municipality gave us the use of the public library and also some money as grant, because i presented the whole thing as a cultural event. the event, advertised on the billboards, was this: "THE WAR IN THE POCKET" playing with toy soldiers, from the Prussian army to the present day A wargame in its traditional form is a strategic board game, played on a map, which generally reconstructs historical or imaginary military events. After a series of experiments and prototypes, the first wargame in history appears in the 19th century, introduced by the King of Prussia Frederick William III and used as training in military maneuvers by the officers of the General Staff. Board war games then evolved, finding wide use in the military until the Second World War and then invading the homes of fans from all over the world, finding its logical development in the three-dimensional Wargame and in the use of miniatures. I think that it could be interesting to post here the (translated) billboards and the posters i used for the cultural part of the event, the "war in the pocket". It was basically divided in 3 sections: the history of the wargame, the playful wargame, the alternative wargame
I read your article/posts this weekend and really enjoyed it! They give such a great overview of wargaming history. Fun fact, in the US army there is a step in the planning process called "wargaming" where different courses of action are actually played out in order to determine the outcomes of the plan. Normally this is only accomplised at a high level. And on an adjacent note, many army exercises are simulated wargames put into practice! ....and on another completely separate note, Peter Cushing was also an avid wargamer! (4) Peter Cushing (1956) - YouTube All the King’s Men: Peter Cushing’s impressive 5,000-piece collection of model soldiers & trains | Dangerous Minds