10 Desert Island Books
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10 Desert Island Books
Each day I am going to post a hobby related book that I would have on my desert island.
Book 1 - the book that started it all.
Book 1 - the book that started it all.
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Re: 10 Desert Island Books
First wargames book I ever "read" (actually, spent almost an hour ogling in Hamley's to be strictly accurate); the second was Charles Grant's "The Wargame (which I would imagine is also on your list - sorry for the spoiler!).
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
Baron Mannshed von Wreckedoften, First Sea Lord of the Bavarian Admiralty.
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Re: 10 Desert Island Books
Battle for wargames Charles Grant
The Wargame Charles Grant
Uniforms of the Wellingtonic wars, Funcken and Funcken
Oman can't remember the title
Los Campagnes de San Martin - can't remember the author
Thinking about the rest, but Sydney Jary's book is competing with Bowlby's recollections.
The Wargame Charles Grant
Uniforms of the Wellingtonic wars, Funcken and Funcken
Oman can't remember the title
Los Campagnes de San Martin - can't remember the author
Thinking about the rest, but Sydney Jary's book is competing with Bowlby's recollections.
Re: 10 Desert Island Books
Hustler. January through October.
I might drop October in favour of ‘Concise and easy to understand instructions for escaping a desert island. No tools required. ‘
I might drop October in favour of ‘Concise and easy to understand instructions for escaping a desert island. No tools required. ‘
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Re: 10 Desert Island Books
I originally had this out on loan from the Ham Branch Library before buying my copy for 55 shillings from Tradition in Piccadilly. I worked for a my gap year in the same library in 1975/76. I got to order the books. It probably had the best selection of Wargame books in the whole of London.BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 10:24 am First wargames book I ever "read" (actually, spent almost an hour ogling in Hamley's to be strictly accurate); the second was Charles Grant's "The Wargame (which I would imagine is also on your list - sorry for the spoiler!).
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Re: 10 Desert Island Books
Desert war, Moorehead
Campaigns of napoleon, Chandler
The American Civil War, Foote
The Hundred Years War, Sumption
Marlborough, Holmes
Operation Warboard, lyall
Solo Wargames, Featherstone
All American, All the Way, Nordyke
Alexander the Great, Lane Fox
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Engelstein, (currently reading as an ebook, want a hardcopy.)
Ok I cheated there are 16 actual books here, but I count series as one...
Campaigns of napoleon, Chandler
The American Civil War, Foote
The Hundred Years War, Sumption
Marlborough, Holmes
Operation Warboard, lyall
Solo Wargames, Featherstone
All American, All the Way, Nordyke
Alexander the Great, Lane Fox
Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Engelstein, (currently reading as an ebook, want a hardcopy.)
Ok I cheated there are 16 actual books here, but I count series as one...
Re: 10 Desert Island Books
That cover.
Has to be the best cover photo of a wargames book? Iconic
Has to be the best cover photo of a wargames book? Iconic
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Re: 10 Desert Island Books
It was the sight of Stadden Prussian Grenadiers, painted as the Erbprinz, that must have woken Purps up.