Hellwig’s Conquest

The book "Hellwig's Conquest: A Tactical Game based on Chess," from Diluvian Games, translated from the German by Nate Dray, is the first English language version of the oldest set of modern tabletop wargaming rules originally published in German in 1780 under the title "Versuch eines aufs Schachspiel gebaueten taktischen Spiels von zwei und mehrern Personen zu spielen." Designed and written by Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig, the game is the first popular set of wargame rules that covers massed troops, artillery, terrain, line of sight, sieges, supply and more.