Sunday, March 29, 2015

A War Gamer's Guide to teaching History

I have been teaching history since 1993 at the community college and university level, and I've used my models and game scenarios as visual aids to assist my lectures on histoical subjects that vary from Ancient History to the present day.  I have a war gaming collection in 20 and 25 mm scale and includes, (25mm) Normans, Anglo-Saxons, French Foreign Legion, Tuaregs, Darkest Africa, the Boxer Rebellion, the Irish War of Independence, and WWII in the Southwest Pacific.

In 20mm, I have vehicles and figures representing the Irish War of Independence (1919-1922), Europe in 1940, North Africa (1941-43), Russia (1941-45), the Middle East (Iraq), the Far East (1941-45), the Pacific theater (1941-1945), Italy (1943-45), France (1944) and Germany (1945).  In post WWII, I have a collection of Rhodesians and ZAPU, for African Wars; the British Army, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and IRA for Northern Ireland's "The Troubles", and present day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In the coming weeks and months I will post game reports of what I've played with my friends in the area, and interesting articles and historical photos of my travels.

No comments:

Post a Comment