Bob, A very Happy Christmas and New Year to you and Sue. I'm sure 2018 will see more developments of the Portable Wargame and its off-shoots, about which I look forward to reading on your blog in due course. Best wiahes, Arthur
May I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward with working with you on future projects, including my planned PORTABLE NAPOLEONIC WARGAME.
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The First Rule of Wargaming and the Spirit of the Wargame
The First Rule:
‘Nothing can be done contrary to what could or would be done in actual war.'
- From 'The Rules of the Naval War Game' by Fred T Jane
The Spirit of the Wargame:
‘Wargames are played, for the most part, without the supervision of an umpire. The game relies on the integrity of the individual players to show consideration for other players and to abide by the rules. All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how competitive they may be. This is the spirit of the wargame.’
- Adapted from 'The Spirit of the Game' in 'The Rules of Golf' as published by the R&A Ltd.
Austria Versus Prussia
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I played another SYW game at the Guildford Club this week using Honours of
War rules.
Chris and I took the Prussians against the Austrian hordes. We ...
Is DBA 4th coming?
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Chris K is in contact with the team behind the recent fantasy derivation of
DBA called DBF. It wasn't a DBA game for a number of reasons and was more
of ...
My ROBOT BATTLE- Kreiger Mk44.
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Hi...I've decided to collect ROBOT BATTLE by Hasegawa.
The Maschinen Krieger 44 Type Mk44.
The models are in 1:20th scale.
I really like the figures.
Ar...
Army Men vs Zombies
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This week it is Halloween, which originally is a celebration to *'All
Saints'. *In modern times and pop culture *Halloween *has focused more on *'to
frig...
The '45 with Dominion of... Part 2.
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A couple more engagements from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion using Dominion
of the Claymore etc. in 2mm. This time it is Clifton Moor and Falkirk Muir.
Th...
Reviewing New Recruits (5): One More Heave..
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Regular readers will know what this post is about (and possibly be bored
rigid, I admit!); I am continuing to review my recently acquired vintage
Minifi...
Friday’s game and a mini arms race
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I hosted a wee VBCW game here on Friday but didn’t remember to take many
photos.
The commanders chatting and setting up.
The old gun deployed and waitin...
A Week of Varying Fortunes
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*A welcome addition to the 1815 section of the man cave library - £2
compared to the published price of £45!*
It has been a miserable week. On Tuesday I...
Bf109 E4: Job done!
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I am pleased that this is now finished. I got this Airfix kit from Aldi
last year. Having spent some time admiring the work of some skilled model
mak...
Collaborative Campaign Year 4: Part 2
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Further action from the Year of the Mountain Lion:
Battle of the Mouth of the Ypokos (the B movie)
In response to attacks on Cyraenian merchants by pir...
Nordhausen Campaign – Day Two
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*3 September 1813 – Nordhausen Campaign - Day 2*
French defend Sangerehausen
4 French army – retreat to Weringerode
5 French army – defend Sangerhausen
6...
"New" 15mm Frontier Miniatures
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I recently won 14 packages of Frontier. French & Indians War and American
Revolutionary War miniatures. For now they have been set aside while I
continue...
Napoleonic Naval Game Report and Rules
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Last week my daughter visited for the day. When she is over we will often
play a couple of One-Hour Skirmish Wargames using my Games Workshop
Necromunda ...
Gulltransporten Norway April 1940
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What happened to The Norwegian Treasury Gold in April 1940? Crossposted
from my Sidetracked occasional blog on railways and gaming overlaps:
https://sidetr...
A T Party.....(T Junction that is...)
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When Brigadier Ross, the British General in Pisiquid, heard that the Duc
d'Anville's armada had arrived in Chebucto Bay (*now known as Halifax
harbour*),...
Quick minefields
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I needed a couple of unmarked minefields for the Foy-Notre-Dame game
recently. Luckily I remembered I had a few of the 15mm Peter Pig minefield
castings...
More Hebridean Piracy
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Our club has gone Viking ship crazy at the moment, with lots of them being
painted for the game Fjord Serpents. So this kind of influenced my decision
as...
Unternehmen Merkur at The Other Partizan 2025
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Two big games in three days. That’s something of a personal best for me.
Partizan was bustling, as always, with the usual excellent mix of
participation ga...
Operation Archduke - The Landing
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The Plan.For years before the opening of hostilities between Azuria and
Ruberia, the latter's High Command had been planning - and rehearing far
from ...
Bots - Are we back to normal "hit levels" again?
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Last post was only 56 hits after the first 24 hours. Which I think are
probably real people! Compared to the thousands previous .. what has
changed? Ask ...
Playmobil with Bear
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The convoy sets out.
The Kinchlets and I were gifted a rather magnificent 18th century Playmobil
set by my friend Stefan. We've been playing games w...
A Medieval host at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
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You never know what will turn up at the PW Show each year, it's a perfect
mélange of toy soldiers, all scales large and small, collectable rarities
rub ...
Battle of Long Ridge
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While the local levies occupied a prominent hill, hoping to stop the
enemy's forces, the Duke gathered whatever reinforcements were in reach and
forced m...
Claymore 2025
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It's that time of year again, doesn't time pass quickly!
Claymore 2025 – South East Scotland Wargames Club
I hope to be present at the show again althou...
NEW Smaller LAYOUT.
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I've gone for a smaller Layout - the track is about 25ft and most
enjoyable- I hope to add some scratch built model OO buildings soon.
All the track is m...
Dominion of the Spear Army Builder
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It seems that the new hotness is a series of rules by Steve Parker
starting with *The Dominion of the Spear* and having expanded to cover
several other ...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
Update and WIP
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[image: Merry christmas wallpaper design]
Well, it certainly has been eventful, this year. Shortly after my last
post, far too long ago, some things...
Blog Closing…
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This blog will be closing down on 1st July. I have a fairly expensive
hosting package that I no longer need as I am only running Black Hat and
selling pain...
New Accessions – tidying up …
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So, 3 items under the camera … Chris gave me a P&G SU-76i quite a while
ago, and I’ve been meaning to get round to it … the SU-122 I did years ago.
It’s a ...
Solo Play Testing
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The next Seven Years Wargame with the "Usual Suspects" has moved to the
right by a couple of weeks. One of our group, who has been unavailable for
a few ...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
Take the High Ground
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“Take the high ground”. These were Captain Scarlett’s latest orders in the
ongoing campaign to repel the Teutonians from Albionia’s green and pleasant
lan...
Focus on 2020
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*G*reetings my fellow wargame bloggers. Instead of doing the annual recap
of 2019 I'm just going to skip that and focus on what I plan to achieve in
this n...
Initial...
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...deployments.
Seconds out...first two rounds, of 15. In the Blue corner (US invaders):
On the right flank, a unit of US Regulars, an artillery battery, a...
I have been wargaming for as long as I can remember. One of the first toys that I was bought was a wooden fort that was garrisoned by assorted lead soldiers ... and I have never looked back!
The first wargames book I bought was CHARGE! (although I had taken out [and repeatedly read] Donald Featherstone's WAR GAMES book beforehand [and many thanks to John Curry for republishing it!]).
My first 20mm figures were the good old Airfix Guards Infantry and Band (in shocking pink!), soon followed by others as they were released, and by 1968, when I bought my first metal Hinton Hunt 20mm figures, I had a large collection of World War II figures, tanks, guns, and aircraft.
I was a founder member of WARGAME DEVELOPMENTS and have been the treasurer and membership secretary ever since. I have also organised – along with Tim Gow - the annual conference (COW – Conference of Wargamers) for more that fifteen years.
My main interests are wargaming any wars from 1850 onwards, although I have a special interest in Colonial, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II wargaming. I also have a special interest in wargames that use square or hex grids for movement and weapon ranges.
Merry Christmas to you!
ReplyDeleteDavid Cuatt,
DeleteAnd a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you!
All the best,
Bob
Tidings of the season to you as well!
ReplyDeleteEd M,
DeleteMay I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas, Bob!
ReplyDeleteJonathan Freitag,
DeleteWishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Merry Xmas and Seasons Greetings to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteRob Young,
DeleteMany thanks, and may I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
And a very happy Christmas to you!
ReplyDeleteWhisperin Al,
DeleteMany thanks ... and I hope that you have a great time in 2018.
All the best,
Bob
A Merry Christmas to you and yours , Tony
ReplyDeleteThe Good Soldier Svjek (Tony),
DeleteMany thanks, and may I wish you and yours a great Christmas and New Year.
All the best,
Bob
A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you...
ReplyDeleteAll the best. Aly
Alastair Morrison (Aly),
DeleteMany thanks for your best wishes. I hope that you and your have a great Christmas and a very Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
DeleteA very Happy Christmas and New Year to you and Sue. I'm sure 2018 will see more developments of the Portable Wargame and its off-shoots, about which I look forward to reading on your blog in due course.
Best wiahes,
Arthur
Arthur Harman (Arthur),
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward with working with you on future projects, including my planned PORTABLE NAPOLEONIC WARGAME.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas, Bob and Sue.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Chris and Suzanne.
Notquitemechanised (Chris and Suzanne),
DeleteBest wishes to both of you. We hope you had a great Christmas and have a wonderful New Year.
All the best,
Bob and Sue
Happy Christmas Bob!
ReplyDeleteMIN ManofTin,
DeleteMany thanks; I hope the you and yours have a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Xmas to you and yours Bob
ReplyDeleteAlastair,
DeleteThanks for your kind greetings. I hope that your Christmas went well, and that you and yours have a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas! Just opened When Empires Clash.
ReplyDeleteDan Foley,
DeleteThank you for your best wishes, and I hope that you have a great New Year ... and that you enjoy the book!
All the best,
Bob
Hope your Christmas was much, much better than mine although that wouldn't be difficult.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas
Jim
Jim,
DeleteThanks very much for your best wishes. I know that your consultation will be taking place very soon, and I hope that the news that you get is good.
My best wishes go out to you and yours for a good New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Back at you, Bob. Have a good one.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteThanks very much for your best wishes. I hope that you and yours have a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas to you Bob!
ReplyDeleteRay Rousell,
DeleteMany thanks for your kind greetings. I hope that you and yours had a great Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas Bob!
ReplyDeleteMichael Mills,
DeleteMany thanks for your best wishes. I hope that you and yours had a great Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas to you too
ReplyDeleteAnibal Invictus,
DeleteI hope that you had a great Christmas, and that the New Year will be a very happy one for you and yours.
All the best,
Bob
Merry Christmas, Bob..
ReplyDeleteSteve-the-Wargamer,
DeleteThanks for your best wishes. I hope that you and yours had a wonderful Christmas, and that you all have a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Merry, Merry Xmas Bob
ReplyDeleteAll the best
Mark
Geordie an Exiled FoG (Mark),
DeleteThank your very much for your kind greetings.
I hope that your Christmas was a joyful one, and that you and yours have a wonderful New Year.
All the best,
Bob