Little Wars – a game by H.G. Wells

Published in 1913; one wonders how many of the boys who played wargames perished in the civilisational catastrophe which was the Great War.

There&#x27;s a simplified how-to with photos of what it would look like:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.instructables.com&#x2F;id&#x2F;How-to-play-Little-Wars-by-HG-Wells&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.instructables.com&#x2F;id&#x2F;How-to-play-Little-Wars-by-H...</a>

I remember reading this a long time ago. I want to think it was influenced by the Prussian General Staff Kriegsspiel training exercises<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kriegsspiel_(wargame)" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Kriegsspiel_(wargame)</a>

For some great context around this, I highly recommend &quot;Playing at the world&quot; by Jon Peterson (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Playing-at-World-Jon-Peterson&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0615642047" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;Playing-at-World-Jon-Peterson&#x2F;dp&#x2F;0615...</a>). It&#x27;s a fairly detailed history of paper and pencil games with quite a bit of focus on Little Wars, Kreigspiel, and D&amp;D. If you&#x27;re a gamer, I highly recommend it.

A boardgamegeek [1] user named Pete Belli has been creating and playing scenarios that use Little Wars rules. He has posted reports (with photos) showing how the plays went. [2].<p>[1]. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;</a><p>[2]. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;geeklist&#x2F;154344&#x2F;1913-2013-centennial-little-wars-hg-wells" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.boardgamegeek.com&#x2F;geeklist&#x2F;154344&#x2F;1913-2013-cent...</a>

Is this a precursor to Warhammer?

Can anyone offer any recommendations on any accessible war games - other than Risk. I&#x27;ve looked around previously and it seems that most are incredibly complex and&#x2F;or require a tremendous amount of time to play.