Vintage Wargaming Rules

[Correus]

1.5 was the amended, erratad 1.0.

I think I have that then.

BTW - the 2nd Ed downloaded perfectly.

[mikeland]

I think 1.5 is the one I have, picked it up second hand and have even scanned quite a bit in for use on the Mac. I would like to PDF some other rule books I have but they are so beautiful I wouldn't want to damage them on the scanner.

[Correus]

[quote="mikeland"I would like to PDF some other rule books I have but they are so beautiful I wouldn't want to damage them on the scanner.[/quote]

I hear ya!!! I have even bought some rule books just because of their beauty.

Can you imagine the state of the hobby today if they had had these types of rule books, we take for granted, back in the 60s and 70s?

Still...the one that sparks that 'special' something in me each and every time is Quarrie's AIRFIX Guide 4: Napoleonic Wargaming.

[Fury]

Actually one I forgot I have is Legends of the Old West - and I don't think I will be eBaying that one anytime soon.

I got the Legends of the Old West rules and the supplement at 50% off. They may even see some use when I get my Blackwater Gulch minis from the Kickstater.

The closest thing I have to vintage rules is Reaper Fantasy Wargaming Rules (1981) by Richard Halliwell and Richard Priestly.

[Comte Michel]

[quote="mikeland"
Still...the one that sparks that 'special' something in me each and every time is Quarrie's AIRFIX Guide 4: Napoleonic Wargaming.

I concur, still have that one on the shelf. It was that and Charles Grant's 'Napoleonic Wargaming' that first got me into that period. When I started playing though the local group was using the WRG red 'flinch' rules.

The book that really got me hooked on wargaming in the first place was 'Introduction to Battle Gaming' by Terence Wise. Full of black and white photos of Airfix figures. I rushed out immediately and cleared every local Airfix stockist of ACW figures

[Phillistien]

The books that inspired me were.
Dons Wargames, the first time I realsied we had an actual hobby.
David Chandlers The Art of Warefare on land. Lots of pics with Gilders figures, and others.
And any of the Airfix Guides. The napoleonic, Ancient and WW2 were exellent.

I still have all the Wargame books and rules from those early days, The Newsletters (now beginning to fade), all the pre Wargame Illustrated attempts at bringinging out a wargame magazine. Battle magazine (thats really missed by wargamers) plus lots more. I have all my old magazines, sealed and in boxes ready to be passed on to my son when hes old enough to appreciate the importance of Dons Wargame Newsletter despite its old fashioned look.

One set of rules I will still use is George Gushes Renaissance from WRG ( once Warlord bring out the Poles), plus I will always be indebted to George Gush for bringing out his book on Renaissance Armies. The first time so much information was to be found in one place.

I still subscribe to SOA and P and S Society, 2 organisations that are sometimes under appreciated. Anyway thats my ramble for the day. Sorting out my painting desk as I change painting on the 1st June. WH40 stops and I commence in June/July with my WW2 Normandy. I need to set myself a schedule, 2 months per period, or I will never get anything done.

[Rod MacArthur]

I have kept all my old rules (including my very battered red cover WRG 1971 Version), but cleared out several old magazines from time to time. I used to have several years of Wargamers Newsletter (and even featured in one as "Wargamer of the month" in Army uniform and looking a lot younger than I do now. Unfortunately I cleared them out during a move. Don later told me that was a mistake as they would have been worth a lot in USA.

Rod

[Phillistien]

Must be old age, the book with the wargame collections illustrating 10 important battles was of course, Brig Youngs The War Game, still have my battered copy plus his Charge, luckily the original one as well. I sold all my WI and Min Wargame but will be replacing them on disc for the PC. Now if only they did that with all the old stuff.

This is the edited bit: I have a video ( now well used and dying the death) with 4 episodes of Edward Woodwards BattleGround. Has anyone all the series on a DVD, would be willing to pay.