tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post4383989811641936773..comments2024-03-15T02:55:43.872+00:00Comments on Roundwood's World: Donald Featherstone – Rest in PeaceSidney Roundwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03440705981976797774noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-22657819669223686162013-09-06T09:24:20.910+01:002013-09-06T09:24:20.910+01:00A great writer and a brave soldier has passed.
RI...A great writer and a brave soldier has passed.<br /><br />RIP.<br /><br />DarrellBedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04363108327445559579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-84357470062959629592013-09-05T14:26:18.818+01:002013-09-05T14:26:18.818+01:00Many thanks to you all for commenting. Yesterday ...Many thanks to you all for commenting. Yesterday was a sad day, although mixed with great memories of reading Don's books. It has been great to read your own blogs, and the comments of many other wargamers on TMP and various groups and forums, and see that we share so many experiences and that the giants of the hobby (Messrs. Featherstone, Grant, Tarr, Gilder, Griffiths, Bath, Quarrie, Beck and many others) who have passed away have left a fine and strong legacy. May they all rest in peace.Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-671237166749043122013-09-04T21:26:03.764+01:002013-09-04T21:26:03.764+01:00A lovely tribute. I also haunted the local library...A lovely tribute. I also haunted the local library, keen to get my juvenile hands on copies of the wargaming books, of which Don's were the most sought-after. He'll be sadly missed. A Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834159033854153921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-11249458950162088142013-09-04T21:21:28.394+01:002013-09-04T21:21:28.394+01:00Great tribute, Sid. I too would get Don's book...Great tribute, Sid. I too would get Don's books from the local library, a fitting tribute to the grandfather of wargaming. Sadly missed. Abwehrschlachthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17947283932230918452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-50219822862241892002013-09-04T20:37:39.596+01:002013-09-04T20:37:39.596+01:00Great tribute, Sid. It is a sad day, but his life ...Great tribute, Sid. It is a sad day, but his life has made so many people happy.Natholeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359406949497306737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-35171095719684978702013-09-04T18:33:19.300+01:002013-09-04T18:33:19.300+01:00Good tribute señor Roundwood, to the father of mod...Good tribute señor Roundwood, to the father of modern wargaming. Well known also in our little corner here in South Europe, specially for those of us with greing hair... Descanse en paz Anibal Invictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574972963418062956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-2621885673902261322013-09-04T18:31:33.378+01:002013-09-04T18:31:33.378+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anibal Invictushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574972963418062956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-24697940685584271522013-09-04T14:43:32.876+01:002013-09-04T14:43:32.876+01:00Well said Sidney. Like yourself I never met the ma...Well said Sidney. Like yourself I never met the man, but saw a few videos of interviews with him. He struck me as a very down to earth, friendly and highly informed. Really the founder of modern wargaming as we know it. Funnily I same experiece as yourself floating between the school wargames club and the public library as another child of the late 60's. RIP Don.The Wilde Goosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078032098900017477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-55985982162258971262013-09-04T13:41:25.976+01:002013-09-04T13:41:25.976+01:00Lovely tribute Sid.
Of all his published works, ...Lovely tribute Sid. <br /><br />Of all his published works, it was his Wargames Campaigns that captured my imagination. I spent long hours in Birmingham Central Reference library on Saturday afternoons in the 1980s pouring through his and Charles Grants books. I think you are right for wargamers of our generation, wargaming and public libraries were inseparable.<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Jim<br /><br /><br />Dopplebockdunkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993901046901618317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-8240022809310770942013-09-04T12:34:16.289+01:002013-09-04T12:34:16.289+01:00Indeed a great tribute. My introduction to his boo...Indeed a great tribute. My introduction to his books came a bit later in life, after I had been a war-gamer already for several years. But his work helped encourage me to change direction and get into historical wargaming just at the point when I was starting to loose interest in the Fantasy/Sci-fi games I had played until then. His books gave my hobby a new lease of life and have entertained, informed and inspired me ever since. <br /><br />He will be sadly missed, but fondly remembered. BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-34641176147061524912013-09-04T12:02:59.261+01:002013-09-04T12:02:59.261+01:00Nice tribute. Indeed a lifelong friendship for a ...Nice tribute. Indeed a lifelong friendship for a man I never met.marinergrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393687295535460527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-42455371186183823162013-09-04T11:55:13.855+01:002013-09-04T11:55:13.855+01:00Sometimes, not often, I got as far as Ferriby, Mik...Sometimes, not often, I got as far as Ferriby, Mike! I always brought them back on time though:) Thanks, mate - War Game Campaigns is such a fine book.Sidney Roundwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795563060856586670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3279786472578722137.post-89040793142914576742013-09-04T11:44:58.892+01:002013-09-04T11:44:58.892+01:00"and by cycling around the libraries in Hull,..."and by cycling around the libraries in Hull, or using the inter-library loan exchange"<br /><br />Ah. THAT's why I sometimes couldn't find Ferriby's copies :D<br /><br />Nice tribute, and I share your love for War Game Campaigns.Mike Whitakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165272678144625943noreply@blogger.com