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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.
New Troops and Three Man Patrols
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A while back I saw some pictures of some figures of 1 inch pirated
Airfix paratroopers. They used Airfix 1/32 poses. However, all of the
figures have...
Making a Semi-Flat Town
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In a few recent games I played scenarios which had a town is positioned on
the edge of the tabletop, serving as an anchor for an army’s flanks.
Typically...
Santander Campaign – Day One
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*Campaign Map*
The campaign opens with a surprise French attack on Villacayo
10 French army – hold Sarautz
11 French army – hold Bergara
12 French army ...
No money, no Swiss! The hills are alive!
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The Zinnfiguren madness continues, this time with the ferocious mercenaries
of the Swiss Cantons; the title of this post (at least the first part)
refers...
Garden
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I am battling to bring order to the garden. However the joy of the
greening hedge and the plant in the photos below spur me on my way-
In other news l...
Fnuraban #29 I Am Legion
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The other day I was fortunate to be able to visit the British Museum, to
see their exhibition Legion: Life in the Roman Army. the first thing to
say is ...
Review – Skytrex Churchill Crocodile and AVRE
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With the Argenta Gap Battle coming up for Partizan, I needed a Crocodile
and an AVRE in a hurry. Butler’s Printed Models have them, but they are
printed to...
A Waterloo Footnote - Literally!
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*The front cover of the digital version….*
*….and the contents.*
*The footnote to page 4 - I cannot help but be delighted by this!*
A short while ago ...
Peoples War in Voronoi
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For our mid week remote session it was another very clever game design
from Ian Robinson (he of Take That Hill, Sweeping Satellites and
Quadwrangles). T...
At The End Of The Day
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*I*f I'd known this 3 hour game was going to take me 8 days to play, I
probably wouldn't have started! However, I'm glad I did.
*Somewhere around turn 1...
33rd Battle of the Isonzo - part 2
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The Italian attack was led off by the Alpini battalion - off they went,
dodging between the shellbursts.
Meanwhile, atop Hill 177 an Austrian company ...
Sikh War Project - A project long in the making?
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*The 16th lancers charging Sikh troops*
I've been thinking about wargaming the Sikh wars since I first read about
them in Ian Hernon's book "Britain's Fo...
It seemed to work... Thoughts on Portable Lutzen
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My recent Battle of Lutzen (1632) project threw up several thinking points,
mostly occasioned by the way my armies have been designed and based. Having
s...
NAC Marine POWER ARMOR Figures.
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Hi...I've painted the NAC Marine Power Armor figures- I designed the Power
Armor many years ago and the talented Mike Broadbent sculpted them- the
figur...
Plastic Warrior Show 2024
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* Only a couple of weeks to go to the Plastic Warrior Show:*
*......And here are the directions to get there:*
*TRAVEL GUIDE*
*Directions to The Pla...
Displacement Activity
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What I'm Supposed To Be Doing: Packing for our trip to the UK
What I'm Actually Doing:
I decided I needed some more hexaremes and have started work on a...
No longer a mystery!
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Some valiant guesses but my map remained enigmatic to say the least. Top of
the map is North. The sandy coloured road is the main route from Belgorod
...
Tressle
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More than a year after Count Enarriere saw off the last incursion by a
Lord of Chaos (*here*), another Chaotic army has appeared in the Wastes
north of ...
Okay for AK...47
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We played AK47 Republic (classic edition) back in January after a break of
a few years. As we were likely to have an even number show for this week's
gam...
Those Buildings.
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This article is of my personal observation of the hobby.
Buildings in Wargaming can be both a blessing and a bind. Currently there
are companies making...
They Shall Not Pass!
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*OOPS! * I just discovered that I did not finish this battle report from
last June! Well, hopefully late is better than never. Good thing I have
some pic...
Driving Bears pt.2
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As a parent, I should have known that if I made a toy/game for one kid, I'd
have to make something completely different for the other. My son is
currently...
Happy New Year
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Hi everyone, normally I would be posting my "review of the year" today and
my plan for 2024 tomorrow.
But as some of you may know I'm poorly in hospital...
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...
Is It Christmas yet?
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A few weeks ago when the bitterly cold weather started I had to curtail the
figure painting sessions in my garden hobby hut as it took forever to heat
...
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 ...
Real...
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Old School.
After my recent brush with the Bad Mahdi, I thought I 'needed' some more
Jacklex 20mm figures. I love the little chaps, they have a real air...
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 ...
NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG
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I've created a new blog to record my miniature craftwork in my imaginary
cold war gone hot campaign setting. I will remove those posts from this
blog ...
Bridgehead
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Teutonic forces were by now overwhelming Albionian defences. At the Running
River however it’s soldiers faced a problem in being able to secure a
crossin...
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 the past ten 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.
And Happy New Year to you.
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And to you Bob. All the best!
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Happy New Year, Commander. ππΌππΌππΌ
ReplyDeleteMartin S.
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Happy New Year to you Bob and Sue- may 2023 prove to be the best ever for you.
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Happy New Year! All the best, Karl
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Best wishes to you and everyone in 2023!
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Happy New Year.
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Pete.
Pete.,
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