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Phil Barker (musician)
Phil Barker (born 5 November 1932) is one of the major figures in the development of the modern hobby of tabletop wargaming, particularly that of ancient warfare, and is a co-founder of the Wargames Research Group. In the 1960s he was a methods engineer at British Leyland. However, in the 1970s he took voluntary redundancy to become the first person in the UK to work full-time on wargames writing and rules design. At the time, he was also a keen horseman, a skill which he used to advantage in carrying out experiments in the use of cavalry weapons. Introduction to Wargaming Barker began wargaming as a boy using H.G. Wells Little Wars, though his interest lapsed during his time serving in the army. In the early 1960s he gamed alongside founders of the modern hobby such as Donald Featherstone, Tony Bath, and Charles Grant. At the beginning he did not play ancients. His introduction to ancients was at a wargames show to which he had come to put on a modern warfare demonstratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tékumel
''Tékumel'' is a fantasy world created by American linguist and writer M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940. In this imaginary world, huge, tradition-bound empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control using magic, large standing armies, and ancient technological devices. In time, Barker created the tabletop role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', set in the Tékumel universe, initially self publishing it in 1974. Later, Barker wrote a series of five novels set in Tékumel, beginning with ''The Man of Gold (novel), The Man of Gold'', first published by DAW Books in 1984. Sources Barker, like the better-known J. R. R. Tolkien, considered not just the creation of a fantasy world but also an in-depth development of the societies and languages of the world. In other words, the setting also provided a context for Barker's constructed languages which were developed in parallel from the mid-to-late 1940s, long before the mass-market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Bellis Renationis
''De Bellis Antiquitatis'' or ''DBA'' (English: Of the Wars of Antiquity) is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1520 AD. Now in 3rd edition. These rules allow entire armies to be represented by fewer than 50 figures. The rules also include diagrams and over 600 army lists. DBA is produced by the Wargames Research Group and was the first game in the DBx series, which now includes De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM), De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (DBMM, a successor or alternative to DBM), Hordes of the Things (a fantasy version), De Bellis Renationis (DBR, a Renaissance version). and for 1700-1920 Horse Foot and Guns (HFG) An online video game titled DBA Online' was also created. Scale and basing Scale: Each army is composed of 12 elements (stands), with several figures fixed upon each one. The number of men represented by an element varies according to the size of the army simula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gush
George Gush (as of 1980) was the head of the history section of West Kent College's " Social and Academic Studies Department", and is now retired. He is most notable for his work on wargaming. He is the founder of the Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society and was its chairman until 2007. In its early days the society had met at George Gush's house.Wargamers Newsletter Nov 1967 Writings by George Gush * ''Renaissance Armies 1480 - 1650'' Patrick Stephens, 1975. * ''A Guide to Wargaming'' with Andrew Finch Andrew J. Finch is a game designer who has worked primarily on role-playing games. Career Andrew Finch began working at Wizards of the Coast in 1996, and held a number of different positions. Finch was ultimately working as the Director of Digi ..., 1980. See also * Don Featherstone * Charles Grant References British historians Miniature wargames Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-nonfiction-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Wargaming Project
The History of Wargaming Project aims to archive and publish wargaming books, rules and documents about wargaming. It has been widely referenced in the wargaming literature. History The project was inspired by the late Paddy Griffith, a professional military historian on the staff of the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before becoming a full-time author and freelance historian and lecturer in the early 1990s. Paddy Griffith asked why the history of wargaming was poorly documented and why there was not a library of wargaming. The aim of the project is to document and equally as important, make the key aspects of the history of wargaming readily available to the public through its publications. Scope Covering hobby, serious and professional wargames, its scope includes: *Reprints of wargaming books (often with unpublished material provided by the original authors, or as the result of new research) *Military/ professional wargames- rules used by the mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sabin
Philip A. G. Sabin is a British military historian who is currently Professor of Strategic Studies in the War Studies Department of King's College London. Biography Sabin is a member of the CAS Air Power Workshop, a small working group of scholars and other theorists convened by the Chief of Air Staff. He is also a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies. His books on modern warfare include: ''The Future of United Kingdom Air Power'' (1988). His works on ancient warfare include: ''Lost Battles: Reconstructing the Great Clashes of the Ancient World'' (2008), which the ''Michigan War Studies Review'' called "engaging and fresh", and ''The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare'' (with fellow editors Hans van Wees and Michael Whitby, 2008). The latter has been praised in the ''Bryn Mawr Classical Review'', which reported: "The editors as well as the authors can be congratulated on their efforts in producing this important r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Society Of Ancients
The Society of Ancients (SoA) is an international, non-profit organizationWargames Illustrated August 2012 p48 based in the UK that aims to promote interest in Ancient & Medieval history and wargaming, covering the periods from 3000BC to 1500AD. The Society The Society publishes a bi-monthly journal entitled Slingshot. Membership proceeds are used, among other things, to fund the publication of the magazine and to sponsor wargames competitions which fall within the society's remit. The Society commonly has a presence at large conventions across the UK and overseas. Founded in 1965 by Tony Bath, the Society started with 20 members. During the next decade it increased in membership by at least 50% every year.The Ancient Wargame Charles Grant p151 Since then its growth has continued - currently it has a worldwide membership of more than 1200. Early members included the actor Deryck Guyler (who served as president of the society), the academic George Gush, Tony Bath and Phil Barker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Bellis Multitudinis
De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) () is a ruleset for table-top miniatures wargames for the period 3000 BC to 1485 AD. It is the big battle development of De Bellis Antiquitatis. As its name implies, it is aimed primarily at simulating large battles. The rules allow armies to be chosen from published Army Lists (in 4 books, with about 250 different army lists in total - but many more once all the in-list variants are taken into account) using a points system to select roughly equal armies if required. History DBM was written by the UK based Wargames Research Group (WRG) team of Phil Barker, Richard Bodley Scott and Sue Laflin Barker. ( DBMM is Phil Barker's intended successor to DBM). First published in 1993, it went through a number of formal revisions with the last published version, DBM 3.0, coming out in 2000. Two unpublished, minor revisions have since been made, with the latest, DBM 3.2, coming into use in 2011 and available through WRG's website. DBM evolved from the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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De Bellis Antiquitatis
''De Bellis Antiquitatis'' or ''DBA'' (English: Of the Wars of Antiquity) is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1520 AD. Now in 3rd edition. These rules allow entire armies to be represented by fewer than 50 figures. The rules also include diagrams and over 600 army lists. DBA is produced by the Wargames Research Group and was the first game in the DBx series, which now includes De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM), De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (DBMM, a successor or alternative to DBM), Hordes of the Things (a fantasy version), De Bellis Renationis (DBR, a Renaissance version). and for 1700-1920 Horse Foot and Guns (HFG) An online video game titled DBA Online' was also created. Scale and basing Scale: Each army is composed of 12 elements (stands), with several figures fixed upon each one. The number of men represented by an element varies according to the size of the army simulat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Grant (game Designer)
Charles Grant (died 1979) was a Scottish game author who helped popularize the hobby of tabletop wargaming. He is best known as the author of ''The War Game''. Grant was born in Scotland, and served in the Royal Air Force in World War II. Later in Scotland Yard's Special Branch. Contributor to ''Military Modelling'' and ''Battle''. Sometime editor of ''Slingshot'' the Journal of the Society of Ancients. He has had influence among the designers of Warhammer Ancient Battles. Jeff Jonas describes his writings as inspirational.Alexander the Great source book by Jeff Jonas p2, pub Warhammer Historical Grant died in May 1979. He is survived by his son Charles S. Grant, who is also a published wargamer, and his daughter Nina. Notes Books * ''Ancient Battles for Wargamers'', Charles Grant, Model and Allied Publications, 1977. * ''Battle of Fontenoy The Battle of Fontenoy was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession, fought on 11 May 1745 near Tournai in mode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
