Little Wars

Little Wars was written by the famous author H. G. Wells in
1913 and is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers. Its full title is
Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty
and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books.

Little Wars is considered by some to be the first modern table op war game.
It included fairly simple rules for infantry, cavalry, and artillery in the form
of a toy 4.7 inch naval gun that launched projectiles, usually small wooden
dowels to knock down enemy soldiers. In addition to it being a war game, the
book hints at several philosophical aspects of war.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.