) it struck me that if everyone who owns one occasionally puts up a post giving links to books that might appeal to their follow war-gamers, the world would indeed be a better place..... so in the first of what will be a fairly occasional series I offer the following possibilities....First; I recommend Calibre [click here] for managing your Kindle library - I find it very easy to use - you can manage the device files through the normal Windows Explorer type display, but Calibre allows you to handle multiple files, from multiple sources, and liberates you from the Amazon "benign tyranny"...
So - a few suggestions to get the series started.....
- All About War Games by Jack Scruby [click here] "One of the first ever published sets of wargame rules, from the 1950s. An early work by Jack Scruby, a classic for wargamers. Covers rules, how to paint miniatures and more". This is a free download, in PDF format but still readable on your Kindle...
- The WRG "Armies and Enemies" series are also available as PDF's [click here] - I've not downloaded them so I have no idea how these would display on a Kindle, but given the originals were all black and white they should display - if not - download them to your main device (PC/iPAd or whatever) as these are a superb resource for an Ancient gamer! They're free....
- "Floor Games; a companion volume to 'Little Wars'" [click here] - HG Wells classic - (currently) free from Amazon (it's also available in multiple formats from Gutenberg [click here] for the same price)
- "Little Wars" [click here] - the HG Wells classic - is available from Gutenberg free, but for a price on Amazon
- Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh [click here] first person account... free from Amazon
- Shed loads of books by the likes of Henty, Dumas, Stevenson, etc are all free on Amazon/Project Gutenberg....
Get on Casemate's list, they have been sending out regular lists of eBook memoirs for as low as 0.99 USD.
ReplyDeleteAndy - any idea where they are listed - looked on the UK and US websites but couldn't see anything?
ReplyDeleteThey are selling them through Amazon and other retailers-- check out this link.
ReplyDeleteCheers Andy..
DeleteDefinitely recommend Project Gutenberg; I've downloaded Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" and Kincaid's "Adventures in the Rifle Brigade in the Peninsula" as well as "Little Wars".
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