New interesting books
One week ago i was searching for 20mm miniatures of samurai. I discovered somewhere a link to http://www.sagaofthesamurai.com. I never heard about this site and they propose a serie of books about the samurai of the Sengoku-jidai.
I bought the four, already, available books at once. This morning i received them at home. At first look these books are really great. They are in the same fashion as the Osprey-books.(but a little larger format). There are at least 10 pages of colored illustrations and a lot of little drawings. These drawings show some weapons or the use of these in battle. I saw for the first time a picture of a japanese slinger. I wasn't even aware that those existed.
There are alot of appendices, which are very interesting(there is a family-tree of the Takeda, or the Kamon used by the Takeda and their vasals)
There are 4 books available for now.
The first discuss about the early Takeda's until the beginning of the Onin-war.
The second tells the story of Takeda Nobutora(father of Shingen)
The third tells the ascending of Shingen
The fourth goes on with the growth of Shingen.
There are 4 other books in the making. The 2 following books are still telling the story of the Takeda family but 7 and 8 will treat the story of a not so well known family, the Omi Gamo.
On the site there is an interesting photogallery. It show some photos of castles that the author of the books visited.
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Cool, it's dutch right? And is it just info or is it sourcebooks for a wargame?
Originally Posted by Taneda Santôka
