Fletcher Pratt and "The World's Most Complicated Game"

[beamjockey]

On rasff, Cryptoengineer has just pointed out a fascinating 1963 Sports Illustrated article, by Paul Mandel, on Fletcher Pratt's legendary naval war games.

Comments

[marsgov.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant.

You know, we have lots of room on the sands, and the ability to use real explosives. Friday sound good?

[guyfie.livejournal.com]

I think we should use bottle rockets during the firing phase.
Is there any way we can get a copy of his published rules?