Sunday, 23 January 2022

Black and white images of the inaugural Waterloo game.

          Two images taken by Joe of Zabadaks Zombies fame at Gilder's Waterloo in London
And a further snippet I located re the inaugural game in London 20th 1965.

Battle of Waterloo

Peter Gilder (left), holding a tool to represent canister grape shot, stands with fellow war-gamer Robert Gould and William Pearce as they take on the roles of the Duke of Wellington and the French Emperor Napoleon to re-enact the Battle of Waterloo, on the 150th anniversary of the battle, with miniature military figurines, 18th June 1965 at the Rembrandt Hotel in London, United Kingdom. (Photo courtesy of  Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 


Monday, 17 January 2022

Simon Stokes at the WHC,

 I received this image from Simon Stokes who kindly sent me this photograph of him and his friends at Peter Gilder's holiday centre. Simon was wearing the dapper hat, ah the embarrassment of youth.