George Gush is a key contributor to the development of early wargaming.
His WRG rules for 1400-1700 were the standard rules in wargaming for
that period for many years. This book, first published in 1980, is a
lesser known classic from that period. The book traces the history of
the wargame, relating the professional development of kriegsspiel to the
emerging hobby. Then it includes an interesting discussion of the main
issues around developing wargaming rules for table top battles. The
section of periods and types of games is fairly comprehensive guide to
the state of the hobby by 1980. The book includes three sets of complete
rules. Wargame rules for the later nineteenth century 20th Century
Skirmish rules Medieval wargaming rules The History of Wargaming Project
aims to document the development of wargaming; hobby, professional and
the application of wargaming to serious games.