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Post by leswhite on Aug 1, 2019 11:06:39 GMT
Found this image of an old WW1 propaganda postcard. Clearly H G Wells 'Little wars' inspired we have kids on the carpet firing various types of guns at each others armies of old hollow cast figures. Naturally the devastated armies on the right are the enemy and the charging into battle guys are the 'good guys'. 
Of note are the different types of artillery pieces and especially the boy in the foreground with a machine gun. Also interesting for the times that the illustrator has chosen to include girls in the mix, who are also enjoying themselves. No supervision, no health and safety officer checking everyone has eye protection, it's proper FUN FOR ALL! |
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Post by Mike Lewis on Aug 1, 2019 14:36:49 GMT
Nice illo. I can see that the running troops have adopted open order which is why they have fewer casualties... :-)
Mike
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Post by tradgardmastre on Aug 1, 2019 15:09:37 GMT
Splendid illustration,thanks for sharing it with us.
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Post by leswhite on Aug 1, 2019 21:20:26 GMT
Here is the 'big kids' version.  Still lots of fun but more scenery due to more pocket money and a slower pace of game due to a little too much port with lunch  |
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Post by leswhite on Aug 1, 2019 21:27:12 GMT
And the professional war game, the 'Kriegspiel'.  Of note here is the small scale of figures and grid on the board. Doesn't look so much fun though judging by the expression on the officers' faces but this is to be expected as it is a serious business for the Military. |
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Post by v on Aug 4, 2019 8:01:36 GMT
We used to tie a little rubber band around the guns of 1:32 Airfix soldiers, then deploy for battle on the front room carpet. From the lekky band a rifleman could fire one matchstick, a tommy gunner two and the Bren three. Great skill and shooting dexterity was quickly gormed... and then it all ended in tears. A ricocheting matchstick hit the skirting board and ignited, dropped on the carpet, and we'd invented the flamethrower. But, back in those halcyon days a kid stood or fell by his wits, we got our model paints out and camouflaged the scorch mark, in the carpet. It was all of twenty years later before I confessed to Granny wot we'd done in her front room way back in the dim and distant! |
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Post by Mike Blake on Aug 12, 2019 15:12:32 GMT
Brilliant V!
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