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informal and had no name until the meeting on
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517:Jack Scruby
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511:H. G. Wells
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389:Kriegsspiel
256:HistoriFigs
189:(1973-1974)
177:(1962-1967)
163:Periodicals
102:On The Road
817:Categories
673:Mike McVey
553:Gary Gygax
242:2006-03-25
219:References
158:Literature
113:Gary Gygax
41:type metal
713:Matt Ward
577:John Hill
529:Tony Bath
422:wargaming
376:wargaming
194:Rulebooks
118:Chainmail
69:in 1963.
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367:Wargames
259:Archived
183:(1967-?)
781:Gen Con
646:century
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82:Visalia
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