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=== H. P. Gibson & Sons games === The publishing rights for ''L'Attaque'' were acquired for the United Kingdom by game maker [[Gibsons Games|H.P. Gibson and Sons]] in 1925,<ref name=Time-1942>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,774147,00.html |title=Little Wars |magazine=[[Time Magazine|Time]] |date=14 December 1942}}</ref> retaining the French name through at least the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1155344/lattaque-board-game-hp-gibson/ |title=L'attaque |website=Victoria & Albert Museum |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/board-game-l-attaque-h-p-gibson-and-sons-ltd/PwFvPKR8lrig8A |title=Board game: L'Attaque! |publisher=Google Arts & Culture |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> Gibsons also produced several modified forms of the game, at least one of which predates the acquisition of the rights: * [[Dover Patrol (game)|Dover Patrol]] β a naval warfare game on a board of 12Γ8 squares devised by Harry A. Gibson in 1911, but very similar to L'Attaque (and hence Stratego) * [[Aviation (game)]] β an air battle variation designed by Harry Gibson in 1925, with a variant called Battle of Britain sold in the 1970s * [[Tri-Tactics (game)|Tri-Tactics]] β a game combining land, sea and air warfare on a 12Γ12 board, with 56 pieces per person, dating from 1932, evolved from the above games.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewin|first1=Christopher George|title=War Games and Their History|date=2012|publisher=Fonthill Media|location=UK|isbn=978-1-78155-042-7|page=161}}</ref> In 2019, Gibsons released a 100th anniversary edition of ''L'Attaque''. This edition included both the original and modern rules.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gibsonsgames.co.uk/blogs/news/gibsons-release-100th-anniversary-edition-of-lattaque |title=Gibsons release 100th anniversary edition of L'Attaque |date=February 5, 2019 |website=Gibsons Games |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>
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