What are you currently reading ?

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Tawa

Quote from: fsn on 28 July 2015, 09:09:33 PMI loves me a nice OOB, and this has one every few pages. It's a compendium of OOBs. OOBs everywhere. British OOBs, French OOBs, Spanish OOBs, Portuguese OOBs and Dutch OOBs. Lovely OOBs.

Or "porn" as I call it  :D

Quote from: Leman on 28 July 2015, 07:55:09 AM
Yes, I will keep an eye open for that one as I like the actions away form the Essex and Oxford armies, particularly in the North and the South-West.

Quote from: Bodvoc on 28 July 2015, 08:21:05 AM
...and I shall look out for that one too.

You're both welcome :)
Well that went down like a lead baboon......

O.P.E (Oik of the Pendraken Empire) - 2015 Honours List.

FierceKitty

First Steps in East Africa by Richard Burton. I'd have liked to know that man.
I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

If you read his biography you would realise actually you wouldn't!
Egotistical and vain, his row with Speake for instance, is horrific.
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FierceKitty

I don't drink coffee to wake up. I wake up to drink coffee.

Fenton

Currently reading Chinese opium wars by Edgar Holt

IThe book was written in the 50's I think and picked it up after reading the Ibis trilogy by Amitav Ghosh

If does mention the Chinese Rebellion of the 1850's which be something interesting to do using BBB
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Duke Speedy of Leighton

You may refer to me as: Your Grace, Duke Speedy of Leighton.
2016 Pendraken Painting Competion Participation Prize  (Lucky Dip Catagory) Winner

Steve J

The History of the 12th SS (Hitler Jugend) Panzer Division: Volume One by Hubert Meyer.

An interesting read so far (I'm up to circa 8th June '44) but at times hard going due to the translation and proof reading combined with the sheer level of detail. It helps to know the actions described so definitely not a first time read on the Normandy campaign.

From a wargaming perspective very interesting to see how the unit was formed and with what equipment etc. In the early days of action a lot of it was simply not available due to strung out lines of march etc. So far plenty of ideas for wargames scenarios for the future.

Osprey Units of the English Civil War.

Basically re-reading this for ideas for the P&S variant of Lion Rampant that has just been announced.

Tawa

Tyrant's Test. Book 3 of The Black Fleet Crisis.  :D





Quote from: Steve J on 06 August 2015, 10:20:43 AMOsprey Units of the English Civil War

Which one is this?  :)
Well that went down like a lead baboon......

O.P.E (Oik of the Pendraken Empire) - 2015 Honours List.

kipt

Finished "Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry 1880 -1918" by Stephen Badsey.

Good read and it had several items about WWI of which that I was unaware .

"...the most recent research has identified at east 20 British cases of arme blanche charges and combat on the Western Front 1916-1918"

and

"...the Desert Mounted Corps history lists 14 significant mounted charges in the 1917-1918 campaign (fewer than on the Western Front 1916-1918 but usually involving larger formations)..."

Discusses the controversy over the cavalry officer mentality during and after the war.

Steve J

QuoteOsprey Units of the English Civil War.

Sorry TAWA but I was a bit vague on this due to being in a rush. Specifically they are:

Elite 25 Soldiers of the English Civil War (Infantry)
Elite 27 Soldiers of the English Civil War (Cavalry)


Chad

Just started to re-read 'Anatomy of Victory' by Brent Nosworthy.

Plan is to write rules for WSS now that I have a larger library of reference work.

Ithoriel

Just started Angus Konstam's "Sovereigns of the Seas: The quest to build the perfect Renaissance battleship." Only got to the introduction, so far!
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Tawa

Quote from: Steve J on 08 August 2015, 07:21:17 AM
Sorry TAWA but I was a bit vague on this due to being in a rush. Specifically they are:

Elite 25 Soldiers of the English Civil War (Infantry)
Elite 27 Soldiers of the English Civil War (Cavalry)




Aah, fair play. I've got all of the ECW/TYW Osprey books. I thought you might have meant a new one that I'd missed.  :)
Well that went down like a lead baboon......

O.P.E (Oik of the Pendraken Empire) - 2015 Honours List.

kodiakblair

Read Imperial Governor by George Shipway yesterday.

I loathe the Roman Empire so I don't know why I do it. The period interests me but it seems most of this type of fiction is pro-Rome and rooting
for a bunch of murdering slavers ain't for me.That's my fingers burnt for awhile :)

I did enjoy Dennis Dunaway's memoir this week "Snake,Guillotines & Electric Chairs".

To cleanse my soul after Shipway maybe some REH Bran Mak Morn or Ian Watson's Iron Age is needed.
Romans are all baddies in those ;) 

Ithoriel

Quote from: kodiakblair on 08 August 2015, 05:36:43 PM
I loathe the Roman Empire so I don't know why I do it. The period interests me but it seems most of this type of fiction is pro-Rome and rooting
for a bunch of murdering slavers ain't for me.That's my fingers burnt for awhile :)

To cleanse my soul after Shipway maybe some REH Bran Mak Morn or Ian Watson's Iron Age is needed.
Romans are all baddies in those ;) 

So you're fine with rooting for one set of murdering slavers but not another ... ???

Each to their own I suppose.
There are 100 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who can work from incomplete data