tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post4075866441392810157..comments2024-03-28T19:58:17.811+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: The Portable Seventeenth Century Wargame book: Update Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-71429061512161362822020-06-29T22:22:39.395+01:002020-06-29T22:22:39.395+01:00Simon,
It’s certainly something that I’d like to ...Simon,<br /><br />It’s certainly something that I’d like to include.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-50373412127511610302020-06-29T22:17:53.327+01:002020-06-29T22:17:53.327+01:00Any chance you can include the Ottomans for Siege ...Any chance you can include the Ottomans for Siege of Vienna etc? Will add even more excitement and variety!<br /><br />SimonSimonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16685946344478456214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36716783170300882342020-06-29T08:25:33.055+01:002020-06-29T08:25:33.055+01:00Archduke Piccolo (ion),
I'll keep writing the...Archduke Piccolo (ion),<br /><br />I'll keep writing them if you'll keep buying them!<br /><br />Thanks for the modelling tip. It is the sort of thing that people used to do a lot back in the days when there were far fewer figure ranges being manufactured and we had to 'make do and mend' if we want to have something that wasn't freely available.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9586402002136318372020-06-29T08:22:42.757+01:002020-06-29T08:22:42.757+01:00Steve*,
Cheers!
All the best,
BobSteve*,<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-78161644227098129992020-06-29T00:46:23.918+01:002020-06-29T00:46:23.918+01:00This is looking like another addition to my expand...This is looking like another addition to my expanding 'Portable Wargames' library! I might be forced (at LOOOOOONG last) to paint up my Swedish Horse.<br /><br />Incidentally, Swedish battalion guns can be made from the Airfix French Napoleonic artillery, with the gun barrel removed and replaced with the smaller gun barrel from the ESCI British Napoleonic artillery. They make superb battalion guns.<br />Cheers,<br />Ion<br /> Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-32872782469293502822020-06-28T23:32:18.263+01:002020-06-28T23:32:18.263+01:00All goodAll goodSteve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-92163054465546765402020-06-28T20:36:07.281+01:002020-06-28T20:36:07.281+01:00Steve8,
Thanks for the offer. I may well send you...Steve8,<br /><br />Thanks for the offer. I may well send you a copy of the finished draft to cast your eye over it.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-51353520008779767992020-06-28T20:14:03.828+01:002020-06-28T20:14:03.828+01:00Please feel free to consider me for helping with y...Please feel free to consider me for helping with your projects. I like to think I have been useful in making the rules ‘idiot proof’.Steve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-33071512809171648422020-06-28T13:40:32.475+01:002020-06-28T13:40:32.475+01:00Ed M,
I hope. That you won’t have to wait too lon...Ed M,<br /><br />I hope. That you won’t have to wait too long!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-24418784315464679812020-06-28T13:32:29.807+01:002020-06-28T13:32:29.807+01:00Splendid news: I will be able to use my "Baro...Splendid news: I will be able to use my "Baroque Battles" collection to play this PW variant. I'm looking forward to it!Ed Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486985414917229516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-18786346817901728192020-06-28T13:09:14.571+01:002020-06-28T13:09:14.571+01:00Kaptain Kobold,
I’m not rewriting people’s contri...Kaptain Kobold,<br /><br />I’m not rewriting people’s contributions, but editing them ... which is subtly different.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-68086647353384236222020-06-28T13:07:18.646+01:002020-06-28T13:07:18.646+01:00Trebian,
I learned about consistency from Arthur ...Trebian,<br /><br />I learned about consistency from Arthur Harman, who has edited almost all my PW books to date. It was him who pointed out the need for consistency in order to ensure that readers did not get confused.<br /><br />I’m told that my books have got better as I’ve gained more experience as a writer, and I must admit that even a casual look at my first PW book made me realise that I ought to rewrite it at some point.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3444517483508391032020-06-28T12:54:25.952+01:002020-06-28T12:54:25.952+01:00OK. That sounds reasonable :)OK. That sounds reasonable :)Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-85086472246981924812020-06-28T12:52:43.304+01:002020-06-28T12:52:43.304+01:00Bob,
Fully agree that authors should try to be co...Bob,<br /><br />Fully agree that authors should try to be consistent in their use of language and in their style, punctuation (Oxford comma or not?) and layout. It makes transition from one set of rules to another more straight forward, and also imposes a discipline on the writer that should improve the overall quality. I really felt that with the last set I published, which were written by someone else. <br /><br />Trebian.Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-9540291956798372712020-06-28T12:48:33.561+01:002020-06-28T12:48:33.561+01:00Kaptain Kobold,
The rewriting is more to make thi...Kaptain Kobold,<br /><br />The rewriting is more to make things consistent across the book, and does not change the mechanisms or turn sequence used. For example, ‘a D6 die is rolled‘ rather than ‘a D6 is thrown‘. Nothing drastic, just a few minor tweaks ... and the text will be submitted to the contributors before I go to publication.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-63674377245381920652020-06-28T12:43:01.576+01:002020-06-28T12:43:01.576+01:00Kev Robertson (Kev),
After a very brief spell of ...Kev Robertson (Kev),<br /><br />After a very brief spell of hot weather (less than a week), we are back to mild, wet, and windy weather.<br /><br />At least it means that it isn’t too hot to work in my office ... which is in our loft conversion.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-3416942053937859222020-06-28T12:39:03.030+01:002020-06-28T12:39:03.030+01:00Trebian,
It’s mainly going to cover the Thirty Ye...Trebian,<br /><br />It’s mainly going to cover the Thirty Years War and the English Civil Wars, although I’d like to include stuff from both ends of the century as well.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-74363394141026740482020-06-28T12:13:19.360+01:002020-06-28T12:13:19.360+01:00I'm a little bit perplexed by this idea of rew...I'm a little bit perplexed by this idea of rewriting the rules to fit a house style. But I await the end results with interest.Kaptain Koboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17082772546044655044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-88364411300088195182020-06-28T11:51:59.626+01:002020-06-28T11:51:59.626+01:00Hi Bob,
Good to hear you have a writing and editin...Hi Bob,<br />Good to hear you have a writing and editing project for this Summer. We're in the grip of Winter - cold days and even colder nights- some rain about which is good...I'm already looking forward to Spring though it is a long way away. Hope your staying safe and well there in London. Cheers. KEV.KEV. Robertson.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03057624752614080866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-53017832041066369542020-06-28T10:54:08.933+01:002020-06-28T10:54:08.933+01:00Intrigued. How early/late are you going, or is thi...Intrigued. How early/late are you going, or is this mainly ECW/30YW?Trebianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02221916804339000102noreply@blogger.com