Wei Hai

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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.[1] Wei Hai is played with colored stones representing armies and stresses the movements of large units.

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  1. ^ [1996] The Reader's Companion to Military History. Houghton Mifflin Books, 504. ISBN 0618127429. OCLC 49030485. “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.” 
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