Reply To: Did You "Invent" Miniatures Gaming?

[Darkest Star Games]

My cousin and i started out with the green and tan army men, shooting rubber bands at them and using bath towels crumpled up as terrain.  We used a big fat rubber band that had to bounce off the ceiling for mortar fire.  Wherever it landed you spread your hand out and that was the blast area.  When we had to move it outside we changed to dice because of the wind.  So, 5+ was a hit in the open, 6 was a hit if in cover, and mortars were lobbed rocks.

Then my uncle introduced us to the old Blitzkrieg game, and The Russian Campaign, and Victory In The Pacific…

"I saw this in a cartoon once, but I'm pretty sure I can do it..."