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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.
Aliwal Again
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I ran Sir Harry Smith's "battle without a mistake" back in January, using
tweaked Neil Thomas 19th century rules. I can't say it was a great success.
Sin...
Mexican Revolution from White Tower Miniatures.
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I went along to the London Toy Soldier Show at the weekend to see Matt
Thair, who was showcasing a mass of his new castings for the latest range
of Whit...
Mammoth For Lunch
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One of the nice things about working from home is that if I feel the desire
I can set up a quick game to play at lunchtime. And that's what I did the
oth...
Boot Sale Bargains - For a Change!
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*A couple of useful paperbacks for the collection - £1 each - and I may
look to acquire hardback versions in due course. *
Yesterday, Laurel and I braved...
Stones River 1862 - ACW rules revisited
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I was having a vague hankering to do something with my ACW stuff as I've
spent an awful lot of time on Ancients, WW2 and Napeolonics in the last
couple ...
Road Blocks Can Be A Problem
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There is an old army saying "*Fastest with the most-est*" but having
studied military history, planning, and keeping a reserve, can also help a
General ...
Cordoba Campaign – Day Seven
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*15 September 1813 – Southern Spain – Day 7*
French occupy Cordoba and win campaign
13 French Army occupy Muriano
14 French Army occupy Cordoba
15 French...
Garden mainly
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A few photos, mainly of the garden. Note the John Ruddle figure on guard
in the alpine planter, the hedgehog seen yesterday evening and a couple of
inte...
STAR TREK Figures.
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I've ordered some 28mm STAR TREK figures as sculpted by Mike Broadbent -
the figures are coming from Drew at 'Slave2Gaming'. Really looking forward
to t...
Star Wars Rebel Snow Troopers more 54mm conversions
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More figure conversions and head swaps changing German Paratroops into
German Mountain Troops and vice versa, then more ‘Carry on Converting’,
making six m...
Box Inserts
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There has been a fair amount of discussion about storage solutions on
blogs recently and I am no different in trying the find the perfect
solution for s...
Collaborative Campaign Year 16: Part 6
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The Year of the Garrulous Ram concludes with a further battle between the
Picenians and Allies of the Cyraenian Tetrapolis. (Text and Pictures kindly
pr...
Little Great War: Aithiops Convoy
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The Azurian convoy intercepted by two Ruberian
warships.
The hostility simmering between Azuria and Ruberia having broken out into
open warfare, the fo...
What more Gauls? Or, how many Gauls is enough?
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As may be gathered from the title post, the focus on completion has been
the Gauls painted previously who have been based and put in the storage
boxes (w...
Where did you get those HaTs?
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A slight hobby hiatus occurred last week, while we took a short break in
sunny ( but breezy!) Great Yarmouth. I didn't particularly seek out
military hi...
Hannibal!
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I recently received a nice package from Second Chance Games, Hold the Line:
Hannibal by Worthington Games. I pre-ordered many months ago. The box
weig...
Hex Acrylic Templates
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I am a big fan of Archduke Piccolo's Napoleonic campaigns, and have been
thinking of trying to use his rules for a game. While leaning towards using
2...
Wild West Town Tabletop Shootout
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I recently acquired a collection of 1960’s era wooden Old West Buildings
made by Hausser Elastolin. The idea was to marry them with some 1970’s
Timpo Sw...
Return to the Hobby
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It has been quite a while since I last posted here. When I started my tool
truck business back in 2021, most of my hobby time disappeared almost
overnigh...
WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks
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I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in
a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them!
They're certainly a co...
Reading, Painting, Sikhs, Turtles & Salute.
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One of the things that I noticed last year is that I barely read anymore.
Between work and children, I rarely get time to just sit down and
appreciat...
A Festive Surprise
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The Midlish plan was to surprise the Valdurians, spoil their New Year's Eve
and Day and make up for all of their defeats over the last decade......
But...
Forest Dragon 3D Sculpts
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A Christmas pressie to myself ...
... and on the inside.
Not the best presentation with their packaging.
Contents are revealed.
Can you tell what the...
Winter Break: A Beary Simple Wargame
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*A Beary Simple Wargame *made it out of the box today. My daughter set out
the terrain while I cleaned up lunch and we played while the boys took
their...
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...
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.
Happy New Year! As of this reply we're not quite there yet on this side of the pond.
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to follow your activities and blog in 2025!
Roger,
DeleteHappy New Year to you and yours! I have a few things planned for 2025 … so keep reading the blog!
All the best,
Bob
HNY to you and yours Bob!
ReplyDeleteSteve J.,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a great 2025!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob!
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteA Happy New Year to you too!
All the best,
Bob
A Good New Year to you and yours, Tony
ReplyDeleteThe Good Soldier Svjek (Tony),
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year from Nevada!
ReplyDeleteMr. Pavone,
DeleteA Happy New Year from the UK!
All the best,
Bob
Here's wishing you a Happy and healthier New Year.
ReplyDeleteRob Young,
DeleteMany thanks! I’d like to wish you and your family a great and healthy 2025!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you BOB and Sue- hope 2025 is a great year for getting things done.
ReplyDeleteKev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI’d love to wish you and Chris a great 2025, and hope that you have healthy and prosperous time.
All the best,
Bob
HNY Bob, Jim
ReplyDeleteJim Duncan,
DeleteWishing you a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Tiberian General (Willz),
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
I hope the two of you have a happy and as healthy as possible 2025.
ReplyDeleteRoss Mac,
DeleteSue and I send our best wishes to both of you for the New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Best wishes for the New Year, Bob!
ReplyDeleteEd M,
DeleteMay I reciprocate and wish you and your family a Happy New Year!
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob to you and yours and I wonder what 2025 will have in store for us!
ReplyDeleteDonnie McGibbon,
DeleteCheers! May I wish you and your family a great 2025 … whatever I challenges it presents us with!
All the best,
Bob