tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639346543752636107.post2431481202540222113..comments2023-03-19T20:53:40.754+09:00Comments on Will ye go to Flanders: Gaming in the Grand Way...Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07889130893225462338noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639346543752636107.post-47145793388349513232022-10-22T21:28:03.269+09:002022-10-22T21:28:03.269+09:00Apprreciate you blogging thisApprreciate you blogging thisMinneapolis Energy Audithttps://www.local-energy-audit.com/us/energy-experts-minnesota/minneapolis-energy-audit.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639346543752636107.post-799650519488777262009-01-07T00:36:00.000+09:002009-01-07T00:36:00.000+09:00France has a very old (late 19th C.?) tradition of...France has a very old (late 19th C.?) tradition of using flats for <I>kriegspiel</I>, initially with rules derivated from chess but using 'hexes'. At first a military, quasi-professional exercice. <BR/>A 'school' totally independant from the 'war<B>game</B>' initiated by H.G. Wells - and a school which in the "70 hindered not a little the development of 'wargaming as we know it' in France.<BR/>(Tony Bath also used 'flats', but with 'wargaming' rules).<BR/>For me the problem with flats is that they look totally silly as soon as you don't look at them exactly from the 'right' pov.abdul666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16172686098173637906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639346543752636107.post-77894452052098241172008-12-27T16:46:00.000+09:002008-12-27T16:46:00.000+09:00Very carefully, I'd imagine!Interesting thing is, ...Very carefully, I'd imagine!<BR/><BR/>Interesting thing is, they appear to be flats(?)<BR/><BR/>If so, I never imagined flats as being wargaming material, but why not, I guess? I'd have thought they'd have been a little fragile for standing up to too much handling, though- especially in numbers like these.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07889130893225462338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639346543752636107.post-66301606616118188582008-12-27T16:37:00.000+09:002008-12-27T16:37:00.000+09:00But how do you move those guys in the middle?Truly...But how do you move those guys in the middle?<BR/><BR/>Truly an amazing display.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595975572873838050noreply@blogger.com