One of Featherstone's pioneering works that contributed to the hobby of wargaming and ultimately to modern computer games and role-playing games. This begins with a brief overview of the history of the hobby and then covers a wider range of periods than his War Games and War Games through the Ages part 1 (reviewed elsewhere), in particular breaking down the period between medieval and modern ( broadly called "horse and musket") into sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Marlburian and Seven Years War, the Crimean, American Civil and Franco-Prussian Wars, and Colonial Wars, before passing on to World Wars 1 and 2 and "Wars of Today" (up to 1970). It has more detailed discussion of the use of the cheap plastic Airfix 20 mm. soldiers (of which I bought quantities at this time), with conversions (which I was rarely ambitious enough to attempt), scenery, , artillery and (for modern wars), tanks. The Airfix figures are less dominant now,but still available., so this discussion is till somewhat relevant today. ( )