http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/how-hg-wells-helped-to-pioneer-tabletop-gaming-in.html
Yup.
I was at a convention a few years ago and one vendor was reprinting Little Wars and another companion work (I forget).
Good stuff.
QuoteLittle Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girls who likes boys' games and books
:2funny:
I don't see no sandwich simulator here...!