Vintage Wargaming: HG Wells outgunned

Friday, 1 April 2011

HG Wells outgunned

HG Wells famously used matchstick-firing artillery models in his Little Wars, but he would have been seriously outgunned by Franz Stollberg, unearthed by Don Featherstone in Wargamer's Newsletter 101, of August 1970.

7 comments:

mekelnborg said...: Those were the days.; 1 April 2011 at 00:18
Steve-the-Wargamer said...: Ditto! :o); 1 April 2011 at 12:17
BigLee said...: Lokks like fun.... but I'd never let them aim at my painted minitaures!; 1 April 2011 at 14:25
MSFoy said...: Brilliant article - I note a distinct lack of Frau Stollberg bringing in coffee and biscuits for the chaps - presumably she was in the bunker?

I am still wondering uneasily just what "near lethal" means in this context!

Great stuff - regards

Tony; 1 April 2011 at 21:45
Red Cardinal said...: Tony, I suspect it means that you wouldn't want to stand in front of one of those guns when it was fired :); 8 April 2011 at 12:30
Rafael Pardo said...: Hi
They look as a taem of very serious scientists!
Thanks for sharing
Rafa; 9 April 2011 at 18:39
Der Alte Fritz said...: I'm surprised that he could have made working cannons in such a small scale and not have to worry about them exploding/bursting.; 17 April 2011 at 23:24

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