Sunday, 12 April 2020

A question...

I have been looking in vain over the last few days for any references to games with zinnfiguren/ flats in Europe prior to World War One or in the interwar period. Was there anything like  H G Wells and/or the games of the early pioneers ( such a John Curry’s book talk of ) in Europe. One reason this question has come into my mind is I watched “Babylon Berlin “ episode seven this week, set in 1929 and it features a set up of toy soldiers in a flat albeit not wargaming at all but it set my mind going. I know that zinnfiguren are/were such a big thing in Germany but as to gaming I just don’t know. Any one got any information?
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11 comments:

  1. The Good Soldier Svjek12 April 2020 at 08:21

    Not heard of anything from this era , intriguing though .

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  2. Jon Meech12 April 2020 at 09:41

    Have you seen this
    https://medium.com/@increment/petits-soldats-grandes-victoires-ba67873534db?fbclid=IwAR2DDvs25i1JqjSHEqkdmC94rGwCfsSnHrIRJT8KYXkaUNdHxMFwpDZwiPo

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    1. tradgardmastare12 April 2020 at 17:43

      Thanks for this,I think it is new to me. Very interesting indeed, asks many questions re mechanics of the gaming rather than answering them but is quite a story. I feel there would be things to find out if only I had another language to a reasonable standard.

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  3. 54th Grumblies12 April 2020 at 16:21

    I remember a recent article about wargamers/wargaming in occupied Paris, but the article did not describe any of the actual games or if figures were used.

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  4. Jon Meech12 April 2020 at 21:45

    I would quite like to learn more about the approach to wargaming with flats on the continent. I suspect it was a very different style of play.

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  5. Mike13 April 2020 at 14:24

    You can find Pat Condray's translation of Foure's rules here:
    http://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/2012/08/le-kriegspiel-part-1-foreword.html

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