I obtained two books published as part of the ‘History of Wargaming‘ Project from John Curry. They were MORE WARGAMING PIONEERS: ANCIENT AND WORLD WAR II BATTLE AND SKIRMISH RULES BY TONY BATH, LIONEL TARR AND MICHAEL KORNS: EARLY WARGAMES VOL. 4 (ISBN 978 1 291 19817 1) and DONALD FEATHERSTONE’S WARGAMING COMMANDO OPERATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON WARGAMING: LOST TALES VOLUME 2 (ISBN 978 1 291 39891 5).

MORE WARGAMING PIONEERS: ANCIENT AND WORLD WAR II BATTLE AND SKIRMISH RULES BY TONY BATH, LIONEL TARR AND MICHAEL KORNS: EARLY WARGAMES VOL. 4

This book is split into a foreword, three main sections, and an appendix:

• Foreword
• Lionel Tarr’s Modern Wargaming Rules for 1939-1945
• INTRODUCTION
• ANALYSIS OF THE LIONEL TARR GAME
• RETASOL TARR’S SOLO WARGAMING CAMPAIGN
• WARGAMING STALINGRAD
• THE LIONEL TARR PERISCOPE
• THE SPACE SIZE CONTINUUM BY CARL REAVLEY
• THE BATTLE OF HOMARD 1956, AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BATTLE REPORT BY CARL REAVLEY
• THE BATTLE OF WAL, A SECOND EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY BATTLE REPORT BY CARL REAVLEY
• War Games of the Middle Ages and Ancient Times by Tony Bath
• Modern War in Miniature (1966)
• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
• PART TWO: THE RULES FOR THE PERIOD 1939 TO 1945
• EQUIPMENT
• SIMULATION CHARTS
• Appendix: An early Portuguese Wargamer – Backyard Wars of the 1920s

DONALD FEATHERSTONE’S WARGAMING COMMANDO OPERATIONS AND REFLECTIONS ON WARGAMING: LOST TALES VOLUME 2

This book is split into a foreword, an introduction, three parts, a list of the books written by Donald Featherstone, and an appendix.

• Foreword by Stuart Asquith
• Introduction by John Curry
• Part 1: Introduction to the British Commandos
• THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE
• CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE COMMANDOS
• CHAPTER 2: TRAINING THE COMMANDOS
• CHAPTER 3: EQUIPMENT
• CHAPTER 4: OPERATION CAULDRON (1942)
• CHAPTER 5: THE ASSAULT ON FLUSHING (1944)
• CHAPTER 6: BRITISH LESSONS FROM COMMANDO OPERATIONS
• Part 2: Rules and Scenarios for Commando Operations
• CHAPTER 7: MEMORIES OF AN EARLY COMMANDO WARGAME
• CHAPTER 8: THE FIRST MEGA GAME
• CHAPTER 9: THE CLASSIC COMMANDO SCENARIO: THE RAID ON ST NAZAIRE
• CHAPTER 10: FIBUA RULES
• CHAPTER 11: WORLD WAR II WARFARE RULES
• Part 3: Reflections
• CHAPTER 12: DONALD FEATHERSTONE ON WAR (1939-45)
• CHAPTER 13: DONALD FEATHERSTONE’S YEAR (1962)
• CHAPTER 14: DONALD FEATHERSTONE ON WARGAMING (1927-2010)
• CHAPTER 15: DONALD FEATHERSTONE ON VISITING BATTLEFIELDS
• CHAPTER 16: DONALD FEATHERSTONE IN THE MEDIA
• CHAPTER 17: DONALD FEATHERSTONE ON THE LATE PADDY GRIFFITH
• CHAPTER 18: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF A WARGAMER
• Wargaming and Military History Books by Donald Featherstone
• Appendix

I also acquired some Minitanks from Tim Gow and John Armatys with the intention that they will form part of the forces that will be fielded in my Eastern Front/Great Patriotic War Campaign project.

I also bought some 15mm-scale Napoleonic infantry and cavalry … because they took my fancy!

This is a pathetic reason to buy some figures … but having done so I am now awaiting Richard Brook’s soon-to-be-made-available Napoleonic wargames rules. These are designed to be used with 15mm-scale figures … so it might not be such a stupid purchase after all.