Understanding Miniature Wargaming Rules 101 - A Primer
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I did the same library thing
- Tony Bath was the Hyborian guy iirc
When Solo Wargaming first came out, this book and Terrance Wise`s book "Introduction to Battle Gaming" were my hobby bibles.. I literally learned my craft from those two books. 45 years on and I still only use my own rules, and my game tables look just like the ones found in those books... especialy Solo Wargaming hehe. Solo play is my passion, and I would say was definately inspired by these early classics... and I have never altered my approach to the hobby in all those years.
Featherstone’s “War Games” book from 1962 is the one that really did it for me I think because I love the Ancients period and he had a great set of rules for Ancients in this book plus an example scenario.
Perhaps my favorite video of yours so far. I would like to see you review some more books in your collection.
55:34 Totally agree with you ! 🙂👍🏻
Good to see Donald Featherstone getting some screen time. His Bowman of England book is amazing!
Warhammer Historical did have a WW2, it was called Kampfgruppe Normandy. If I remember right it was written by the author of Battlegroup, Warwick Kinrade. From what I have heard it was pretty good but now-a-days its really hard to find.
Subscribed! Great video! Gaming in suits & ties! Lol, you're right, that is some serious business right there! 😄
Very interesting and nice review ! 👍🏻 Thank you ! 🙂
I have that Featherstone, IIRC it's a collection of previously published magazine articles.
Originally, I think that the hobby was about originally recreating historical events and battles, while today it feels that rules are built to tell a story. Maybe i feel like that because I'm more into skirmish than large battles.
In the end, I think I play wargames to continue the adventures I had with my GI Joes :)
Thanks for sharing your hobby origin story. Very interested in checking out that Featherstone book now.
I only have the John Curry digital versions for
Featherstone, but I really need to get my hands on a physical copy of those. Tony Bath was the Hyborean campaign referee.
I have all of the Neil Thomas books, even for periods I don’t play just because they are so, so good!
Silver Bayonet does have the advantage of using ordinary Napoleonic figures
It’s called dumbing down and by trying to speed everything up the writer or committee will often throw the baby out with the bath water.
It sound all very amusing but some of the old school gamers much preferred Empire III than Empire V.
A popular, fun game in the. Uk. (WARHAMMER ancient battles)
Mfs were doing algebra to play tabletop wargames lol. Respect.
The 1970’s is modern !🥸
These old 60s-80s books are great reads from a historical viewpoint & were the very things that got us into wargaming back then; the hobby has moved on in leaps & bounds & the rule systems have changed dramatically since then (not always for the better - some modern writers are rubbish by comparison). Neil Thomas takes a very broad brush approach & isn't too bad, however his research leaves a lot to be desired. As usual, there are probably more rulesets out there than gamers in the hobby - you just have to be really selective about your choices.
Gimme them Index Card Rules