Dave Arneson Interview in Space Gamer 1979

[gsvenson]

Wargames Research Group had a set of ancient miniatures rules that we were using in the late 60's. In 1989 when I started playing ancient miniatures again that was still the rule set of choice for the new group here in Florida, although a much later revision. I still have it in the attic along with my Castilian army. By we I mean the group I belonged to in Excelsior, MN not the group that Dave was part of in St. Paul. I joined the St. Paul group in 1970 and we never did any ancient miniatures when I was there before we played Blackmoor.

I do not know what rules the Castle and Crusades Society was using at the time. That would probably be what Dave would have been using at the time. Chainmail was probably developed for that gaming club, but they must have been using something else before that came out.