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Saturday, November 16, 2024

A wargamers' guide to the Crusades

This was a book I purchased in April 1984 for $7.95 from Mary Martins in Adelaide.  I have now finished reading it.  I hasten to add I really only started to read it when Richard and I started playing Kingdom of Heaven.


I also have the WRG book Armies and Enemies of the Crusades 1096-1291 which is also by Ian Heath.  Both are more reference books than narratives, although both do a good job of covering the events and conditions of the Crusades.  They certainly hit the wargaming mark and my next job is the have a game of Basic Impetus 2.0 using my figures.  It will be Later Crusaders versus Seljuk Turks.

A future project maybe to do something using the Pyrrhic Campaign mechanics.  Hopefully sooner than in 40 years time!

Only other observation is I wish I still had the SPI Strategy and Tactics magazine game on the Crusades.


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4 comments:

  1. Ben CatoNovember 17, 2024 at 6:50 PM

    Never mind the lead pile, how big is the reading pile 😁

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    1. Sun of YorkNovember 18, 2024 at 9:16 AM

      Books are one thing, but magazines...

      I have some great reference books, but often fail to use them, relying in the Internet for ease of use etc.

      Sad.

      But at least I have more chance of finding the right book rather than the half-remembered magazine article.

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  2. James FisherNovember 20, 2024 at 7:11 AM

    Ditto. I have this one, not yet read. Still, I got it some 37 years after you bought yours, so have a few years to go, haha! I have flicked through several times and it looks good.
    Regards, James

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    1. Sun of YorkNovember 20, 2024 at 8:46 AM

      Pencilling in the date and cost of the purchase seemed to be a thing I did 30 or 40 years ago. Not sure why.

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