I was thinking about this, this morning.
Sure, there's Wells, Morschauser, Grant, Young & Crawford, Featherstone ... but those all came later in life and I didn't read most of them until after I had been gaming a bit.
However, permanently emblazoned in some part of my brain is this scene from a Warner Bros. short:
No fancy terrain, just a grid map and toy soldiers!
Bugs does it again! Great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteIt's funny the things that shape us!
DeleteExcellent find John! I don't remember this cartoon, but it is perfect! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't find the whole thing online or I'd have linked it here. It's not my favorite Bugs short - although the little bit that I could find on YouTube definitely made me laugh today - but the map and toy soldiers have always stuck with me.
DeleteI just KNEW Map War Games with figures could be a thing!
ReplyDeleteIt was clearly good enough for Napoleon according to this no doubt historically accurate rendition!
DeleteLooks like Napoleon's playing one of my games
ReplyDeleteI concur! I even cited your games as an influence in a previous post (the one about limiting options) - I just hadn't made the mental leap from there to here. There's a crisp clean look about your games that I find most appealing.
DeleteThanks John
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