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Little Wars is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by H. G. Wells in 1913. Its full title is Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books.

Little Wars included fairly simple rules for infantry, cavalry, and artillery in the form of a toy 4.7 inch naval gun that launched projectiles, usually small wooden dowels to knock down enemy soldiers. In addition to it being a war game, the book hints at several philosophical aspects of war.


Table of Contents
EDITOR’S FOREWORD
I - OF THE LEGENDARY PAST
II - THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN LITTLE WARFARE
III - THE RULES
THE COUNTRY
THE MOVE
MOBILITY OF THE VARIOUS ARMS
HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING AND CAPTURING
VARIETIES OF THE BATTLE-GAME
COMPOSITION OF FORCES
SIZE OF THE SOLDIERS
IV - THE BATTLE OF HOOK'S FARM
V - EXTENSIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF LITTLE WAR
VI - ENDING WITH A SORT OF CHALLENGE
APPENDIX - LITTLE WARS AND KRIEGSPIEL