"Bath/Featherstone et al - How did they get started?" Topic
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| scottjames | 24 May 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
I am new to Historical Wargaming, having spent my formative years playing GW games. I am interested in the Franco-Prussian War, and have just bought my first historical miniatures (some 15mm Prussians) at Partizan last weekend in Newark. I would like to know more about how this hobby's pioneers got started. What inspired them? How did they spend their formative years? What did they collect and play with? I am reading 'Tony Bath's Ancient Wargaming', but it doesn't tell me anything about how he got started or what inspired him. Are there compendiums, or single issues, of old Slingshot copy available that I might find such information in? Perhaps some well known interviews available online that I did not find yet? I haven't read any of Featherstone's books yet. Are there any in particular that cover his early inspirations and gaming and collecting habits? Many thanks! |
| MajorB | 24 May 2016 7:42 a.m. PST |
Plenty here: link including Featherstone's "Lost Tales" that talks about some of his early experiences. |
| Wackmole9 | 24 May 2016 7:44 a.m. PST |
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| Martin Rapier | 24 May 2016 7:51 a.m. PST |
The history of Wargaming Project covers a lot of this stuff: wargaming.co/index.htm the current version of Don Feathersones 'Wargaming' includes a timeline, inspiration etc. as well a several seminal sets of rules. link |
| Who asked this joker | 24 May 2016 11:33 a.m. PST |
"Wargames" and "Lost Tales" are among my favorites by Mr Featherstone. "Wargaming Commando Operations" is another excellent book. All can be had from the link above at the History of Wargaming Project. |
| (Phil Dutre) | 25 May 2016 4:19 a.m. PST |
"Playing at the World" by Jon Peterson has a very extensive history of miniature wargaming, as part of the development towards D&D. He focuses in particular on TOny Bath, since he ran proto-fantasy games set in Conan's Hyboria. Most wargaming enthusiasts during the 30s, 40s, 50s were embedded in the hobby of collecting and painting model soldiers. John Curry's "History of Wargaming" project (links in previous posts) has a good collection of republished wargaming material from those days. You can also check out the Vintage Wargaming blog. |
| scottjames | 24 Jun 2016 7:53 a.m. PST |
Many thanks for the links. I have since read Featherstone's Wargaming, and Solo Wargaming, and have his Wargaming Campaigns on order from the History of Wargaming project. These are great books, still very relevant and inspiring IMHO. The Vintage Wargaming blog is also very interesting. I have enjoyed reading about Lionel Tarr, among others, and am now suitably inspired enough to start my own solo campaign! |
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