Wei Hai

Wei Hai

Wei Hai is perhaps the oldest wargame, attributed as being invented in 5th century BC by Sun Tzu, the Chinese philosopher and military leader, author of the famous The Art of War. [cite book
coauthors=Robert Cowley, Geoffrey Parker
title=The Reader's Companion to Military History
origyear=1996
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qOEu4ALwR-IC&pg=PA504&lpg=PA504&dq=weihai+war+game&source=web&ots=shqEFd5GRl&sig=-Q5hZjJW-URHr5756DG1iNNck8Y&hl=en#PPA504,M1
publisher=Houghton Mifflin Books
isbn=0618127429
oclc=49030485
pages=504
quote=Some sources also add Wei Hai, a game attributed to Sun Tzu, the Chinese philosopher-general who wrote "The Art of War" in about 500 B.C.
] Wei Hai is played with colored stones representing armies and stresses the movements of large units.

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