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'''Kriegsspiel''' (literally meaning "war-game") is a Prussian strategic tabletop game which was invented in 1811 by the fantastically-named ''Lieutenant Georg Leopold von Reisswitz''. | '''Kriegsspiel''' (literally meaning "war-game") is a Prussian strategic tabletop game which was invented in 1811 by the fantastically-named ''Lieutenant Georg Leopold von Reisswitz''. It's over two centuries old, and from a time when being a "wargamer" meant being born into nobility, having a glorious non-[[neckbeard|neck]] beard, and enlisting in some Officers Korps to train to become an armchair general. | ||
Reisswitz's ostentatiously named son: ''Lieutenant Georg Heinrich Leopold (or Rudolf?) Freiherrn von Reisswitz'' continued his fathers work and published an 1824 version, with a considerably expanded scope an ruleset. | Reisswitz's ostentatiously named son: ''Lieutenant Georg Heinrich Leopold (or Rudolf?) Freiherrn von Reisswitz'' continued his fathers work and published an 1824 version, with a considerably expanded scope an ruleset. | ||
==See Also== | |||
*Wikipedia's entry on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_(wargame) Kriegsspiel] | |||
*A FATAL & Friends [http://projects.inklesspen.com/fatal-and-friends/hegel-smoke-a-j/kriegsspiel/ archive about Kriegsspiel] | |||
*BoardGameGeek's entry on [https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/16957/kriegsspiel Kriegsspiel] | |||
[[Category:Wargames]] | |||
Revision as of 19:56, 18 May 2020
Kriegsspiel (literally meaning "war-game") is a Prussian strategic tabletop game which was invented in 1811 by the fantastically-named Lieutenant Georg Leopold von Reisswitz. It's over two centuries old, and from a time when being a "wargamer" meant being born into nobility, having a glorious non-neck beard, and enlisting in some Officers Korps to train to become an armchair general.
Reisswitz's ostentatiously named son: Lieutenant Georg Heinrich Leopold (or Rudolf?) Freiherrn von Reisswitz continued his fathers work and published an 1824 version, with a considerably expanded scope an ruleset.
See Also
- Wikipedia's entry on Kriegsspiel
- A FATAL & Friends archive about Kriegsspiel
- BoardGameGeek's entry on Kriegsspiel