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Skirmisher’s edition of Little Wars is divided into a Foreword, an Introduction, six Chapters, and an Appendix. Features of this edition include:

• Clear, authoritative, and entertaining text that reveals both the great mind and the sense of humor possessed by one of the world’s greatest science fiction authors.
• A complete miniatures wargame system that can be played as-is or used as the basis for other miniatures rules.
• Foreword by Gary Gygax, whose development of Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons were influenced by H.G. Wells in general and by Little Wars in particular.
• Introduction by publisher Michael J. Varhola that discusses the relevance of this book both when it was originally published and now.
• Chapters titled "Of the Legendary Past," "The Beginnings of Modern Little Warfare," "The Rules," "The Battle of Hook’s Farm," "Extensions and Amplifications of Little Wars," and "Ending With a Sort of Challenge."
• Appendix on Kriegspiel that expands upon Little Wars and shows how it can be adapted into a military training tool.
• 20 black-and-white photographs, 19 of them from an original 1913 edition Little Wars.
• More than 200 line drawings from the 1913 edition of the book, shown here in red just as they were in the original.
• Original illustrations for the Foreword and Introduction by artist George Sierestski.