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Sunday, 7 September 2025

H G Wells played the Portable Wargame ... according to ChatGPT!

I recently asked ChatGPT if it could find a photograph of H G Wells playing the PORTABLE WARGAME ... and it did!

Of course, it's a fake ... but in my opinion, it is a very good fake, and if he had still been alive, I sort of hope that he would have played a game or several with these rules.

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  1. Bob, that's a very good fake - illustrating the potential hazards of AI! - though I wonder whether HGW would have approved of a game which did not employ toy guns that actually shot projectiles at toy soldiers. I have made a short amendment to my Portable Little Wars rules that I will send you for the Compendium - perhaps you could use this picture to illustrate it?
    What next? Brigadier Peter Young playing Call of Duty on a tablet?
    Best wishes, Arthur

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    1. Arthur1815 (Arthur),

      It’s amazing what AI can do … and also somewhat troubling!

      Thanks for the amendments; they will be much appreciated as well as giving me the opportunity to use this image!

      As for the Brigadier playing CALL OF DUTY … we’ll, that something that I need to think about. (I am currently thinking about asking ChatGPT to create images of other famous wargamers playing PW … so watch this space!)

      All the best,

      Bob

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