1663 — Present Day

Stories

Follow the arc of wartime games from the 17th Century Franco-Spanish War to the fall of the Berlin Wall — each story illuminates a chapter of history through the games of its time.

Stories
7
Chapters
44

  1. The Great Game

    5 chapters

    Wartime games from the 17th through 19th centuries.

  2. The Age of Empires

    8 chapters

    Games spanning the Napoleonic era through the road to global war.

  3. World War I

    4 chapters

    Opening moves of the Great War, from Tsingtao to the Western Front.

  4. Peace for a Time

    4 chapters

    The uneasy peace between the world wars.

  5. World War II

    6 chapters

    The Marco Polo Bridge incident and the war in China.

  6. The Cold War

    10 chapters

    Ideological conflict through games of containment and propaganda.

  7. Special Interests

    7 chapters

    In-depth articles on playing pieces, hidden setup, dexterity games, and more.