I just found out that the first tabletop wargames where developed

>>55004536
If the Peninsular war was the kind of stupid shit that the wargames taught you to do, they obviously weren't very good.

>>55004536
I think there are some British versions of those floating around somewhere. HG Wells has a version he adapted to be more fun (since he said the wargames were quite dull) called Little Wars

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>>55004536
You're looking for something like this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsspiel_(wargame)

This is the original 1812 table with porcelain tiles to lay out the battlefields.

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>>55004764

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>>55004793

>>55004764
>>55004793
>1812
haha no fucking way

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>>55004822
Yes way. This table was designed specifically for presenting the game to Frederick William III of Prussia.

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>>55004848
And a picture of the cover to the revised 1824 edition.

>>55004764
Shit, you can actually buy this (though it needs a GM as well as the players)

>>55005013
As grog as it gets.

http://grogheads.com/whatever/history/3898

Breakdown of the game. To be honest, it looks awkward and not that much fun, but I guess that's the point of it: it was to be a training tool for actual officers.

>>55004902
God, will 1824fags ever shut up about their shitty system? 1812 edition is objectively superior.

>>55009180
1862, asshole. About time the system updated for actual modern equipment, like Dreyer rifles!

>>55007037
War: Only fun when you get to bathe in the real blood of your foes.

>>55011624
Instead, you get stuffy Prussian umpires.