Magazines

Introduction

Wargamer's Newsletter was produced from 1962 to 1980 by Donald Featherstone, one of the founders of modern wargaming. He also published many books. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Featherstone_(wargamer)

This site provides access to scans of the magazine. All files are pdf.

All the issues from August 1964 (#29) to the last issue, Jan 1980 (#214), excluding Feb 1965 (#35) are currently available here. The aim is to complete the set.

Thanks to Steve, Jim, Mike and Iain for their contributions.

Instructions

Use the links below to access the files. Depending on your browser and setup the file will either launch in a window or download to your default download folder.

For example, my installation of Firefox shows the window empty and downloads the file. Chrome shows the file in the window.

Problems have been reported with the display window on mobile devices. All files are pdf and can be downloaded directly.

Index

There is a virtually complete index to Wargamer's Newsletter at:

https://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/

Quality

The quality of the originals, especially the older ones, is variable. This may affect the readability. Where this is particularly difficult there may be a comment mark. Hover over it to show the inserted text.

The pages are scanned as jpgs and some further compression may be used to keep the file size of each issue reasonable. While this should not affect readability, it may affect pictures, although, oddly, some are improved by the process.

Optical Character Recognition - OCR

All PDFs have been run through Adobe Acrobat text recognition. but, given the variable quality of the originals, it's not perfect.

These issues are reproduced here with the kind permission of the History of Wargaming Project and Donald Featherstone's estate.

Missing issues

There are still a number of issues to find and scan to complete this collection. These are shown below. If anyone can help with these, please let me know at jhaines@fourcats.co.uk.

Update record

For issues added see the update record at the bottom of this page.

Other significant updates:

Availability information updated 24/12/20 after review.

Updated 01/12/20 with new Copyright information.

16/02/21 added caption to magazine cover after email from Don's daughter.

20/07/21 simplified issues not yet available.

History of Wargaming Project

The History of Wargaming Project is run by John Curry and aims to research and publish key works in the development of wargaming. This includes many of Donald Featherstone's books. The collection being made here will be passed to John Curry for his archive.

You can find it at http://www.wargaming.co

1962
Date	Issue No.



April 1962	1
May 1962	2
June 1962	3
July 1962	4
August 1962	5
September 1962	6
October 1962	7
November 1962	8
December 1962	9

1964
Date	Issue No.
January 1964	22
February 1964	23
March 1964	24
April 1964	25
May 1964	26
June 1964	27
July 1964	28
August 1964	29
September 1964	30
October 1964	31
November 1964	32
December 1964	33
Special 1964

1963
Date	Issue No.
January 1963	10
February 1963	11
March 1963	12
April 1963	13
May 1963	14
June 1963	15
July 1963	16
August 1963	17
September 1963	18
October 1963	19
November 1963	20
December 1963	21

1965
Date	Issue No.
January 1965	34
February 1965	35
March 1965	36
April 1965	37
May 1965	38
June 1965	39
July 1965	40
August 1965	41
September 1965	42
October 1965	43
November 1965	44
December 1965	45

Key
Date	Issue number	Link to scanned issue
Date	Issue number	Not available

Don Featherstone with his daughter Sally, who helped with the production of the Newsletter.

1967
Date	Issue No.
January 1967	58
February 1967	59
March 1967	60
April 1967	61
May 1967	62
June 1967	63
July 1967	64
August 1967	65
September 1967	66
October 1967	67
November 1967	68
December 1967	69

1968
Date	Issue No.
January 1968	70
February 1968	71
March 1968	72
April 1968	73
May 1968	74
June 1968	75
July 1968	76
August 1968	77
September 1968	78
October 1968	79
November 1968	80
December 1968	81

1971
Date	Issue No.
January 1971	106
February 1971	107
March 1971	108
April 1971	109
May 1971	110
June 1971	111
July 1971	112
August 1971	113
September 1971	114
October 1971	115
November 1971	116
December 1971	117

1975
Date	Issue No.
January 1975	154
February 1975	155
March 1975	156
April 1975	157
May 1975	158
June 1975	159
July 1975	160
August 1975	161
September 1975	162
October 1975	163
November 1975	164
December 1975	165

1972
Date	Issue No.
January 1972	118
February 1972	119
March 1972	120
April 1972	121
May 1972	122
June 1972	123
July 1972	124
August 1972	125
September 1972	126
October 1972	127
November 1972	128
December 1972	129

1976
Date	Issue No.
January 1976	166
February 1976	167
March 1976	168
April 1976	169
May 1976	170
June 1976	171
July 1976	172
August 1976	173
September 1976	174
October 1976	175
November 1976	176
December 1976	177

1966
Date	Issue No.
January 1966	46
February 1966	47
March 1966	48
April 1966	49
May 1966	50
June 1966	51
July 1966	52
August 1966	53
September 1966	54
October 1966	55
November 1966	56
December 1966	57

1970
Date	Issue No.
January 1970	94
February 1970	95
March 1970	96
April 1970	97
May 1970	98
June 1970	99
July 1970	100
August 1970	101
September 1970	102
October 1970	103
November 1970	104
December 1970	105

1974
Date	Issue No.
January 1974	142
February 1974	143
March 1974	144
April 1974	145
May 1974	146
June 1974	147
July 1974	148
August 1974	149
September 1974	150
October 1974	151
November 1974	152
December 1974	153

1969
Date	Issue No.
January 1969	82
February 1969	83
March 1969	84
April 1969	85
May 1969	86
June 1969	87
July 1969	88
August 1969	89
September 1969	90
October 1969	91
November 1969	92
December 1969	93

1973
Date	Issue No.
January 1973	130
February 1973	131
March 1973	132
April 1973	133
May 1973	134
June 1973	135
July 1973	136
August 1973	137
September 1973	138
October 1973	139
November 1973	140
December 1973	141

1977
Date	Issue No.
January 1977	178
February 1977	179
March 1977	180
April 1977	181
May 1977	182
June 1977	183
July 1977	184
August 1977	185
September 1977	186
October 1977	187
November 1977	188
December 1977	189

1979
Date	Issue No.
January 1979	202
February 1979	203
March 1979	204
April 1979	205
May 1979	206
June 1979	207
July 1979	208
August 1979	209
September 1979	210
October 1979	211
November 1979	212
December 1979	213

1980
Date	Issue No.
January 1980	214

Update record 1
28/02/20	#98
14/02/20	#99
11/02/20	#88, #100
09/02/20	#34
08/02/20	#33, #101
05/02/20	#30, #31, #32, #102
26/01/20	#103
25/01/20	#29
19/01/20	#167
30/12/19	#166
27/12/19	#175
14/12/19	#37, #163
09/12/19	#164
02/11/19	#181, #182
21/06/19	Site set up.
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Update record 2
10/04/20	#62, #63
09/04/20	#58, #59, #60, #61
07/04/20	#70, #81
05/04/20	#40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45
01/04/20	#36, #38, #39, #93
31/03/20	#91, #92
30/03/20	#89, #90
26/03/20	#86, #87
25/03/20	#85
24/03/20	#83
21/03/20	#82
20/03/20	#94
16/03/20	#95
09/03/20	#96
06/03/20	#97
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1978
Date	Issue No.
January 1978	190
February 1978	191
March 1978	192
April 1978	193
May 1978	194
June 1978	195
July 1978	196
August 1978	197
September 1978	198
October 1978	199
November 1978	200
December 1978	201

Update record 3
23/03/21	#71, #72, #73, Special 1964
16/02/21	#74
21/01/21	#75, #76, #77, #78
24/12/20	#79, #80
25/04/20	#56, #57
24/04/20	#53, #54, #55
22/04/20	#51, #52
20/04/20	#49, #50
19/04/20	#48
18/04/20	#46, #47
17/04/20	#67, #68, #69
12/04/20	#64, #65, #66
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