Little Wars

by H. G. Wells (Author)

Before The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells fought his wars on the nursery floor. Little Wars (1913) is his charming, funny, and surprisingly rigorous rulebook for miniature battles with toy soldiers and spring cannons — the game historians credit as the ancestor of modern tabletop wargaming. This oversized, illustrated booklet edition features a large, easy-to-read typeface, all sixteen original battlefield photographs newly arranged beside the text they illustrate, and the rules reformatted as clear numbered lists you can actually reference mid-game. Includes Wells's appendix on adapting Little Wars into a full Kriegspiel. Public domain text, freshly typeset by Read-Me.Org.

Read-Me.Org Inc. New York-Philadelphia-Australia. 2026. p.50.