Interesting stuff from you, as usual. I do understand your point about wargames being a reason to have our little lead men do more than pose nicely in cabinets, but I also appreciate Paddy's view that as mediums of historical simulation, they often get in the way of his objective of creating analytical models of military history. Since I actually like toy soldiers a lot, and generally focus on having a good time rather than creating an accurate simulation of, well, anything (because I don't want anyone shooting at me, especially in my spare time) I don't agree with him. I don't agree with you, though, about Paddy's wargame writings. His 'Napoleonic Wargaming for Fun' (c. 1980) was a beacon of hope amongst the appalling misery of the WRG/Empire dominated gaming of that period, while the very best miniatures game I have ever played in (aside from my own, which are all marvellous--) Back to Dispatch July 2002 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com