The History of Wargaming Project
The project aims to make the largest possible collection of wargaming books and rules available to the modern reader. Ranging from second editions of wargaming classics, to professional wargaming rules used by the military and innovations in current wargaming.
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Recreational Wargaming...Early Wargames
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The Discovering Wargames Series and Bill Lamming’s
Medieval Campaign Rules: by John Curry, Arthur Taylor, John Tunstill & Bill Lamming |
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John
Tunstill, Arthur Taylor and Bill Lamming were some of the early
wargamers who through their enthusiasm, knowledge and writing helped
turn miniature wargaming into a worldwide hobby.
John
Tunstill’s Discovering Wargames- published by Shire Books. Arthur
Taylor’s Rules for Wargaming - published by Shire Books. Bill
Lamming’s tremendously popular Medieval Campaign and Battle Rules. Between these
authors, they wrote a large range of wargaming rules, from ancient to
WW1 Air warfare. Tunstill’s work was an introduction to the hobby and
the rules were introduced period by period throughout the whole book.
Taylor assumed the reader was already familiar with wargaming and so
included no less than 8 sets of rules in just 68 pages. The Lamming
campaign rules were ahead of their time and allowed the creation of a
medieval world to run detailed wargaming campaigns.
All three of
these works were widely read in the early 1970’s, but now the originals
are starting to disintegrate and a new publication is needed to preserve
these key works. The book is available from Amazon and other online retailers. |
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