Teaching My Son About Miniature Wargaming...

I remember a quote in Charles Grant's book on Miniature Wargaming...  Basically the young 7 year old Charles was told, "Son, this is a Wargame. If you play this game and like it, that's fine. And if not, that's fine too." He played a game with his father and the rest is history. Well, Micah is six years old, and a whiz with math. He will someday teach me a thing or two. Anyway, I decided to teach him the simple version of the wargame I am currently developing. If the picture is any indication, he had a good time. 

 "Daddy, look, your guys are in range... I'm gonna shoot them!" 

The forces on the right are Micah's, the ones on the left are my own. He effectively swam lancers across the river that's in the background, along with two battalions of troops. Next time we're going to talk about attrition... and pontoon bridges... and canister shot...

I use Risk figures as they are cheap and about the right size for my taste. I have to mod the figures a bit to provide standard bearers, limbers, and lancers, but things usually work out well. I'm satisfied with the result, anyway... And I think Micah is too!