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Phil Barker

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Phil Barker (born 5 November 1932) is one of the major figures in the development of the modern hobby of tabletop wargaming, particularly that of ancient warfare, and is a co-founder of the Wargames Research Group. [1]

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Charles Grant (game designer)

Charles Grant was a Scottish game author who helped popularize the hobby of tabletop wargaming.

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De Bellis Antiquitatis

De Bellis Antiquitatis or DBA (English: Of the Wars of Antiquity) is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1520 AD.

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De Bellis Multitudinis

De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) is a ruleset for table-top miniatures wargames for the period 3000 BC to 1485 AD.

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Donald Featherstone (wargamer)

Donald F. Featherstone (20 March 1918 – 3 September 2013) was a British author of more than forty books on wargaming and military history.

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George Gush

George Gush (as of 1980) was the head of the history section of West Kent College's "Social and Academic Studies Department", and is now retired.

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H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells.

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History of Wargaming Project

The History of Wargaming Project aims to archive and reproduce public domain reprints of historical books and documents about wargaming.

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Little Wars

Little Wars is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by H. G. Wells in 1913.

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Miniature wargaming

Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming which incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain as the main components of play and which was first invented at the beginning of the 19th century in Prussia.

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Society of Ancients

The Society of Ancients (SoA) is an international, non-profit organizationWargames Illustrated August 2012 p48 based in the UK that aims to promote interest in Ancient & Medieval history and wargaming, covering the periods from 3000BC to 1500AD.

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Tékumel

Tékumel is a fantasy world created by M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940.

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Tony Bath

Tony Bath (1926–2000) was a British wargamer who favored the ancient period.

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Wargames Research Group

The Wargames Research Group (WRG) is a British publisher of rules and reference material for miniature wargaming.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Barker

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