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Stevenson at Play

By: Skirmisher Publishing

Type: Softcover

Product Line: H.G. Wells - Floor Games & Little Wars

Last Stocked on 11/20/2020

Product Info

Title
Stevenson at Play
Author
Robet Stevenson
Publish Year
2015
Pages
50
Dimensions
5x6x.2"
NKG Part #
2147587650
MFG. Part #
SKPStevensonAtPlay
Type
Softcover

Description

Famous as the author of such great works of literature as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson was also a dedicated war gamer. Stevenson at Play, one of the lesser-known works of this “Grandfather of Modern Wargaming,” describes a complex strategic wargame that the author and his stepson, Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, played in the early 1880s. Skirmisher’s edition of Stevenson at Play includes an Introduction by Osbourne, a Foreword by publisher and wargame designer Michael J. Varhola, and several period pieces of art, including some hand-drawn sketches by Stevenson himself.

This book is part of a thematic series of works on miniatures wargaming published by Skirmisher that includes the H.G. Wells books Little Wars and Floor Games, the company’s spinoff Little Orc Wars rules, and the Quactica miniatures rules.