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RE: Your first cardboard wargame?
Actually, now that I think of it, my first wargame was even earlier than AH Jutland -- it actually was the American Heritage series of historical board wargames from the mid-1960s. I was absolutely hooked on a game called Broadside, a nicely done little game of the Naval War of 1812 using little red and blue miniature ships on the board (you lost a mast for every hit). I'd enjoy putting my head down at table level and squinting at the ships, seeing masts and imagining the smoke and belching cannon...I especially remember the beautifully researched and illustrated glossy historical booklet that told all about the real ships and battles -- nicer than most of the background materials that came with S&T or more serious wargames in later years.
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