I spent quite a lot of Saturday working on the Third Portable Wargame Compendium, and to date it now has three articles.
One of these was written by me and re-examines six wargame scenarios that were included in three of the first wargame books that bought ... H G Wells’s LITTLE WARS, Brigadier Peter Young and Lieutenant Colonel James P Lawford’s CHARGE! OR HOW TO PLAY WAR GAMES, and Donald Featherstone’s WAR GAMES. I have drawn suitable square and hex gridded maps for each scenario and included both the original Orders of Battle and suitable PORTABLE WARGAME Orders of Battle.
The other two articles were written by Arthur Harman and are entitled:
- Ideas for developing the Portable Napoleonic Big Battle or Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable Wargame Rules
- A simple English Civil War campaign system for Portable Pike and Shot
I have several other articles in the pipeline and hope to publish the latest Compendium by September.
I will be following your progress with great interest. Bob good to see that you are feeling stimulated enough to indulge in more projects after what you have been through recently. Well done!!! Quinn
ReplyDeleteGlory to Ruritania (Quinn),
DeleteCheers! It’s nice to get my teeth into something serious.
All the best,
Bob
Sounds great already, I'm looking forward to seeing what other goodies will be included within.
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteHopefully it will include something by you!
All the best,
Bob
I would be very happy to contribute.
DeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteThat's great news!
All the best,
Bob
Wow a hive of activity! Very exciting stuff!
ReplyDeleteDemitri Ioannou,
DeleteI have several other very interesting contributions in the pipeline and I expect that this Compendium will be as good as the first two.
All the best,
Bob
I just picked up a wonderful book at a local thrift shop titled The War Game, published in 1973, edited by Michael Leitch. It details 10 games played by (I'm presuming) various big names in wargaming, including Donald Featherstone. It even has chapters on Waterloo and Gettysburg!
ReplyDeleteIf I can piece an essay together by the end of June I'll send it to you for consideration in the upcoming book.
Mr. Pavone,
DeleteI think that I bought a copy of that book when it was published, and if it is the same book, it was inspirational to me as a (relatively) young wargamer.
All the best,
Bob
Good to hear of your excellent progress, Bob. Looking forward to seeing those scenarios especially !!
ReplyDeleteMartin S.,
DeleteCheers! The scenarios are an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to try out the PW rules as they are tried and tested.
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
ReplyDeleteProgress on 'Byzantiad'.
I've done an extensive cut/paste/edit for the game set-up - army lists, 3x3'Byzantiad' special rules, campaign system and what not. Have made a beginning on the campaign. Rather than use the blog campaign, I began a new one. As it turns out there is one invasion and one revolt - coincidentally in a situation most awkward for the Empire (that was just the way the dice fell)!
The plan is a brief pictorial narrative of the campaign battles, then ending with the changes to the xenographical and domestic situation leading into a second month.
Looks as though Compendium III will have plenty of variety!
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteThat is excellent news and sounds very exciting!
I am hoping that this edition of the Compendium is going to appeal to an even wider audience than the previous ones ... and I think that your contribution will go a long way to achieving that.
All the best,
Bob
Are the Compediums available in print? I checked your list of publications but didn't see them listed.
ReplyDeletePhf,
DeleteBoth are on sale on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Bob-Cordery/author/B00OGG8P2O?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1719406144&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true) and Wargame Vault (https://www.wargamevault.com/product/395026/The-Portable-Wargame-Compendium and https://www.wargamevault.com/product/439137/The-Second-Portable-Wargame-Compendium).
All the best,
Bob