More on the early players and shapers of H.G. Wells’ Little Wars 1913 identified

A certain Mr M (centre) & his brother Captain M, (right), “hot from the Great War in Africa …”

Some of the early players and shapers of H.G. Wells’ Little Wars (1913) identified, from the remarkable Masterman family …

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/mr-m-and-his-brother-captain-hot-from-the-great-war-in-south-africa-identified-h-g-wells-and-little-wars-1913/

The Masterman’s influence on Little Wars …

and three more early players identified from Wells’ Edwardian world of authors, politicians and men of letters

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2021/02/05/three-more-players-of-h-g-wells-floor-game-little-wars-1913/

… which saw Wells and fellow authors working for England / Britain’s cause through the War Propaganda Bureau in WW1. The Great War that the final chapter of Little Wars warned us about!

Blog cross posted to this my Pound Store Plastic Warriors blog by Mark Man of TIN 5 February 2021

And Girls Did Play Too? E.Nesbit does Floor Games in Wings and the Child 1913

One of Edith Nesbit’s toy palaces in Wings and the Child 1913, highly reminiscent of Wells’ Floor Games of 1911 and Little Wars 1913 – read a free online copy here:

https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/and-girls-did-play-too-e-nesbits-version-of-h-g-wells-floor-games-wings-and-the-child-1911/

Cross posted from my Man of TIN blog, 23 January 2021