A couple of secondhand book purchases arrived this past week in the post. The first was "Stuart Asquith and Terry Wise's Wargaming 17th Century Battles" edited by John Armatys and John Curry. This book covers some 20 battles of the period, mainly English Civil War and a couple of rule sets at the end. Each battle has a brief background and description of the battle, order of battle, maps and tips for wargaming the battle. It is not going to be one of those books I read from cover to cover, but rather I will pick up read about a battle and setup on the tabletop.
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| Wargaming 17th Century Battles |
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| Wargaming 17th Century Battles - Contents |
The second book "War-game Campaigns" by C.S. Grant I was lucky enough to pickup on eBay from an Australian supplier of secondhand books, which meant no eye-watering postage costs. It describes itself as a book that provides basic DIY (Do It Yourself) ideas and suggestions for using various campaign rules and playing mechanisms, which are covered in about 150 pages. This is one book I will probably read from cover to cover. As I do like running my own solo campaigns and enjoy the writing style of the author.
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| Wargame Campaign |
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| War-game Campaigns - Contents |
On the tabletop this week has been some 1066 Saxons and Norman games as I try out some rule modifications.
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| 1066 Saxon vs Norman game about to start |
The Grant book is full of good ideas. I don't know the other one, though it's on my wish list!
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to the reading Wargaming Campaigns as I have always enjoyed Grant's other books.
DeleteSome good books there. I have Featherstone's campaign book which is really good and one that I should refer to more. I don't have the Grant one and must check it out to see how much it goes for here in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI have Featherstone's campaign book which is one of my favourite wargaming books. Just so many ideas and period campaigns within its covers.
DeleteTwo worthy additions to your gaming library. For the Asquith and wise book, it might be a fun exercise to compare the scenarios therein against Wesencraft and Featherstone's similar works.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting comparing a few of the battles. There is at first glance a greater consistency and structure in Wesencraft's book which is very much geared to the rules within the book. This is not the case in Asquith/Wise book which is more of a compilation or articles.
DeleteWhat does Asquith and Wise do for gaming the ECW that Wesencraft doesn't? Am I going to have to get this one as well?
ReplyDeleteThey are similar style books both trying doing the same thing. My view is: do I need both books? No. Do I want both books? Yes...
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