Make your own future

Although it can be a wonderful thing to read a well constructed and researched alternative history story, it is also a neat thing to make your own history. I have found that, when asked, many wargamers disparage alternative history without realizing that wargames provide the easiest way to see what history may have been. When you decide to replay the Battle of the Bulge, it is pointless if it just goes the same as history shows us with the initial Nazi assault slowed and then blunted by ferocious US action and bravery (yes, I know - the Brits were there too). The reason for playing the game is to see what might have happened if, for instance, Bastogne has been taken or the panzer spearheads had reached and crossed the Meuse. You will find that one of the most 'gamed' battles is that of Waterloo - seeing if Napoleon could have triumphed makes it always a favorite part of finding out how wargaming can give you a different view of history.

If you want to see how and why certain military and political decisions were made in the past, a decent wargame will show you. I recently played a game of the WWII Russian campaign and it's interesting when you get to the point of decision for the Nazi juggernaut just before the end of autumn. Do you cut off and destroy the mass of Soviet forces around Kiev or strike for the jugular at Moscow - either could win the war - but which one? Hitler chose Kiev, was he wrong? It quite easy and relatively cheap to get into wargaming - there are a large number of gamers selling games for very reasonable prices. Or you can contact me for more information - you would be welcome.

Comments

[celebrity tube]

I make my own future.

[David Scholes]

I do agree.

I even feel I've done my little bit with my recent publication in the US. The link to my authors page is:

www.StrategicBookPublishing.com/ScienceFictionandAlternateHistory.html

Cheers