Tuesday 4 February 2020

Wargamers Newsletter July 1963.

I have been lucky enough to trace and purchase some really old wargames magazines these last few months. Most weren't cheap a lot were in a poor condition but the actual text I have found very interesting.
My latest purchases contained two references to Peter Gilder.
 One is dated July 1963 and is a small piece from Donald Featherstone in the fledgling Wargamers Newsletter. Now considering Peter Gilder had only taken up the wargaming mantle a matter of months before this mention by Featherstone it shows just how gifted he was and how enthusiastic in advancing the hobby.


The second is an article by Peter Gilder, again from the Wargamers Newsletter September 1963





I can only apologise for the poor scanning, but given their age and the cheap printing process that Featherstone would have used its frankly amazing the pages are legible at all. One can see that Peter Gilder was already looking to create some sort off sculpting/ terrain/wargaming enterprise after only a matter of months of discovering wargaming.I hope these are of interest to some wargamers.



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  1. Steve-the-Wargamer4 February 2020 at 09:35

    Cracking, and two of the issues John Haines is looking for to complete the print run at his online Wargamers Newsletter archive... would you consider scanning the rest of the magazines and letting him have a copy?? See more at http://www.fourcats.co.uk/mags/

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    1. Independentwargamesgroup4 February 2020 at 10:25

      Not a problem, Ill check out the link. I was also lucky enough to obtain more of the Newsletter rule-booklets that were released by Tony Bath and Donald Featherstone.

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  2. WSTKS-FM Worldwide4 February 2020 at 09:48

    Yes, it's always really interesting to see what "the greats" were thinking and doing in the hobby's early day. Thank you for posting this.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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    1. Independentwargamesgroup4 February 2020 at 10:27

      Im currently working my way through Jack Scruby's magazines. I dont have the full print run of his Digest but it is a lovely magazine and although older than the Newsletter far more professional. But then he was a printer. I was also able to get the Tabletop Talk which came after the splt with Featherstone. These were given to Jack's customers as a freebie to help them understand wargaming.

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