| Editor HistoryWargamingProject | 28 Apr 2009 4:37 a.m. PST |
As part of the History of Wargaming Project, I have put up a short video of Donald Featherstone on Youtube with a few of his thoughts on wargaming. YouTube link I have just added Charlie Wesencraft's Practical Wargaming to the growing list of books and rules from the History of Wargaming. Next is Donald Feathestone's Wargaming Campaigns I will add more in due course. John johncurryevents.co.uk |
| EagleSixFive | 28 Apr 2009 7:20 a.m. PST |
Good advice there, never be in the first tank! |
| plutarch 64 | 28 Apr 2009 7:50 a.m. PST |
Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. |
| Editor HistoryWargamingProject | 28 Apr 2009 12:39 p.m. PST |
He actually said never be in the first tank or ON the first tank, but I simplified his advice. |
| Acharnement | 28 Apr 2009 5:15 p.m. PST |
Great. I'd like to thank Mr. Featherstone for his contributions to the hobby and my enjoyment of it. Thanks very much for putting this up. |
| Darrell B D Day | 29 Apr 2009 2:57 a.m. PST |
Great to see Don again. Some hopefully constructive observations: The interviewer should find a response other than "excellent..!" The editing could do with some sharpening up. Some questions about Don's current attitude to Wargames would have been interesting. Also his involvement or non-involvement in the hobby now would have been worth pursuing. DBDD |
| Vulture | 29 Apr 2009 2:32 p.m. PST |
Good stuff. Thanks for posting. His original book 'Wargames' was quite inspirational for me when I first read it. Vulture. |
| Editor HistoryWargamingProject | 30 Apr 2009 5:00 a.m. PST |
Don still takes an active interest in the hobby and can still be seen wandering around the conventions in the south of England. He is very keen on military history and attends a military dinner once a month I have some more video of him, I will edit and add it to Youtube given time. |
| WW2wargaming | 01 May 2009 1:56 p.m. PST |
Very much enjoyed it, but as someone who works in TV, if and when you interview him again (and I hope you will), try and make it more of a conversation, and do it in a much tighter shot; cut out the background – he was looking lost in it. Aside from his experiences in WW2, Don's memories of the early years of wargaming are priceless – and we owe you a debt for getting at least some of this down on VT. Would love to see some of those unpublished manuscripts in print! |
| Editor HistoryWargamingProject | 02 May 2009 9:11 a.m. PST |
Thank you for the advice. I have learnt from the experience and will do better next time. I have three more books to get to print (Don's Wagaming Campaigns, Don's Airborne Operations, Wesencraft's with Pike and Musket) and by then Don will have finished his new work. |
| WW2wargaming | 02 May 2009 12:32 p.m. PST |
All sounds very good indeed. |
| battleeditor | 02 May 2009 12:33 p.m. PST |
John -- how did you come to meet Don, interview him and re-publish all his books? I'm almost as interested in your story as in his! Henry
Battlegames
battlegames.co.uk |
| The Lost Soul | 05 May 2009 9:39 a.m. PST |
Some years ago when Don was guest of honor at Historicon in Pennsylvania, my wife and son were out by the pool, when a very pleasant older gentleman sat down next to them. He and my wife started chatting, and when he told her his name was Donald Featherstone, my wife replied, "Oh yes, I think my husband has heard of you." Um, yeah. At least she didn't say something like, "Have you ever seen as big a bunch of weirdo's as wargamers?" |
