tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69334702537159103662024-03-19T09:45:23.475+00:00Wargaming MiscellanyThe random thoughts of an ancient wargamer. Featuring rules, battle reports, and all sorts of miscellaneous wargaming (and other) topics.Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-6142451039273901352024-03-17T09:58:00.001+00:002024-03-18T13:57:23.268+00:00What size grid? A few experiments might help<p style="text-align: justify;">Before I begin work on my new gridded terrain board, I need to decide what size grid squares I’m going to use. I laid out the options available to me in <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2024/03/what-size-grid.html#comment-form">a recent blog post</a> … and most comments from my regular blog readers seemed to favour the 8cm x 8cm/11 x 7 grid.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">To help me decide which of the three options I will choose, I drew three squares and placed a number of figure bases from my Belle Époque collection in each to see both how many each would hold, and which looked best. The results are as follows:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>11cm x 11cm</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>8cm x 8cm</b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQJPWgsCjLCeD6UTnX735p-DzJ1IoerZ5XtvnTsLL1pe4ud6fU8iUD3H1VNQG7QJ_VlYN7lUxB-9asrQXqTYnLSsJeftgUxqxg5XrLz1DjbVI82Al3UweOVP8yK25U5fmbeRO_w5S47BW3eJh3usGS4TyRfdvx0y9qdyRrh0uwoSvfUag55EzYhtJBbI/s1950/ComparingGridSizes17-03-24-02.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1750" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQJPWgsCjLCeD6UTnX735p-DzJ1IoerZ5XtvnTsLL1pe4ud6fU8iUD3H1VNQG7QJ_VlYN7lUxB-9asrQXqTYnLSsJeftgUxqxg5XrLz1DjbVI82Al3UweOVP8yK25U5fmbeRO_w5S47BW3eJh3usGS4TyRfdvx0y9qdyRrh0uwoSvfUag55EzYhtJBbI/s400/ComparingGridSizes17-03-24-02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I could just about get two double-base infantry units and a single-base artillery unit into an 8cm x 8cm grid square.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>4cm x 4cm</b></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-zno9RLk9G8LiXfjahm2uZ92M9uHQqTXvi0zdpR4locZ0WxDxNi6uCvyosnqPt2Jn7DqioepgaA5kVlG4xey903w31hXsrsLRHuUCN7ZoMoe8GmrbwYXIaMW5aO5wLSELXe5xZqhkslAgSPQaiSDIKmmuvbUJbvq1S9tBQ8eDdMbOFxg0N3aldUQIb4/s1950/ComparingGridSizes17-03-24-03.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR-zno9RLk9G8LiXfjahm2uZ92M9uHQqTXvi0zdpR4locZ0WxDxNi6uCvyosnqPt2Jn7DqioepgaA5kVlG4xey903w31hXsrsLRHuUCN7ZoMoe8GmrbwYXIaMW5aO5wLSELXe5xZqhkslAgSPQaiSDIKmmuvbUJbvq1S9tBQ8eDdMbOFxg0N3aldUQIb4/s400/ComparingGridSizes17-03-24-03.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I could only get a double-base infantry (or a single-base artillery unit) unit into a 4cm x 4cm grid square. I could <u>not</u> have got a double-base cavalry unit into the size of grid square.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I think that having done this the best option is obvious ... it has to be the 8cm x 8cm grid square.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-31750010169185405952024-03-15T09:40:00.010+00:002024-03-15T09:52:08.195+00:00Meeting the Curator of Time<p style="text-align: justify;">Last night Sue and I visited the <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre">Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre</a> where we meet the ‘Curator of Time’ (Dr Emily Akkermans) and one of the conservators who work on the museum's collection of timepieces.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">After a brief introduction, the Curator took us to one of the large climate-controlled store areas, and after explaining the difference between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_time">solar time</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time">siderial time</a>, she showed us some examples of timepieces and other material that are part of the collection but not currently display.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQATcsG3F0bs7qlnnftXtn18OBtTQu5fhkI_W3FhH3mOAtxfWGJnVYvIQrLSOXdNYLi183FGDK6Vnu72B31wsZNkaJOol9xJTVfV95omDCkgoCRioSW_GN1Fd-Yt60lw0-qm7Y-rA0K8Yf26GvhwPbKxXPVmqrT8O7m0LZYywbILs_6ktImpRtrPMmvks/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-02.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1925" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQATcsG3F0bs7qlnnftXtn18OBtTQu5fhkI_W3FhH3mOAtxfWGJnVYvIQrLSOXdNYLi183FGDK6Vnu72B31wsZNkaJOol9xJTVfV95omDCkgoCRioSW_GN1Fd-Yt60lw0-qm7Y-rA0K8Yf26GvhwPbKxXPVmqrT8O7m0LZYywbILs_6ktImpRtrPMmvks/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-02.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A very early and very expensive chronometer.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJdrMAn21PA55m9rIvG9D2Hcq83B4rH8pLHYtZ7P_jielsXyBZ-CF0QCKWqhu8OBaXJL05Q-OKd34JTKlOIZHhe3ohv1a-xNqE3qLA7tPKwDAZ_D7t6YsRNzKbI_4T2A5-PWmRYd7fFFn4E7aNkV1ff1swcMK-RnGuKzVC6CW1DVsu5TrmPQToQa144Q/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-03.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1075" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJdrMAn21PA55m9rIvG9D2Hcq83B4rH8pLHYtZ7P_jielsXyBZ-CF0QCKWqhu8OBaXJL05Q-OKd34JTKlOIZHhe3ohv1a-xNqE3qLA7tPKwDAZ_D7t6YsRNzKbI_4T2A5-PWmRYd7fFFn4E7aNkV1ff1swcMK-RnGuKzVC6CW1DVsu5TrmPQToQa144Q/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-03.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">An early pendulum clock. It was only capable to telling the hour, which is why it only has one hand..</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLss-daJ4FlwHZgJqJBr3IToALZ7O7izGx6UA1dSTILfmx1e_ETCnxuXF-LOUIFyUN88eZlZQv7GyuT8YBR9lx6979UvryXLeN3T8dY_gMA4PpuTM4lGV_Szn8yA2h4n5NMGZpavMMSSGyXQmI_UFU5XsBoQUFu88C-k66a6-O5kfBHhIGRApdQLy_ew/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-04.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLss-daJ4FlwHZgJqJBr3IToALZ7O7izGx6UA1dSTILfmx1e_ETCnxuXF-LOUIFyUN88eZlZQv7GyuT8YBR9lx6979UvryXLeN3T8dY_gMA4PpuTM4lGV_Szn8yA2h4n5NMGZpavMMSSGyXQmI_UFU5XsBoQUFu88C-k66a6-O5kfBHhIGRApdQLy_ew/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-04.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A drawing by the famous chromometer designer, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison">John Harrison</a>.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHFDNWE8jt7FTRZAouzyikXvHXkfSXfMp4Dz8wYBE5fIZr1tXskhdU8moJIVYqE2_7SlQkUkuOKvK0RFQZafhfVER8dRHMbbYFWX8nn1Imm03fse2mMYOFUsQndixZoe4T7-Up8S-kQXIAUAqXkfb58AznPltmPf2TQoUnuv3zDE1uezz1BqymhsrorE/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-05.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHFDNWE8jt7FTRZAouzyikXvHXkfSXfMp4Dz8wYBE5fIZr1tXskhdU8moJIVYqE2_7SlQkUkuOKvK0RFQZafhfVER8dRHMbbYFWX8nn1Imm03fse2mMYOFUsQndixZoe4T7-Up8S-kQXIAUAqXkfb58AznPltmPf2TQoUnuv3zDE1uezz1BqymhsrorE/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-05.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This chronometer was graded as 'useless' when it was purchased because it could not keep accurate time of a number of months. It was therefore 'converted' into a clock that could be carried around the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, where it was used to set the time on all the clocks in use there.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFWMB7qUJCYffyzIVZ6fTKRn1dTKlV_RkZL84Lnyt72euw0L9H1rPR4cWD2WJnyxUF_G_xWQ0aWvU_N3jd1Y2sZYbQ4P67lAdjxMnKKKwOqO1-_dlXF_K2DXCilHHNKB6zLrvmt84orY5ULs-gupY8GZFfh4_eg-8alPzDb37yLEr3yg2RMrcJlwFm7I/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-06.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFWMB7qUJCYffyzIVZ6fTKRn1dTKlV_RkZL84Lnyt72euw0L9H1rPR4cWD2WJnyxUF_G_xWQ0aWvU_N3jd1Y2sZYbQ4P67lAdjxMnKKKwOqO1-_dlXF_K2DXCilHHNKB6zLrvmt84orY5ULs-gupY8GZFfh4_eg-8alPzDb37yLEr3yg2RMrcJlwFm7I/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-06.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">This chronometer was used on several expeditions across the globe.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEs74o1imIDhndURWcvQyXjngsNCY36BFQesSew95hMLpxKFsRx8OPRHZv_XFadUqJr0mNGX_E_lNaUJUEF0Gwd5-zSmoA9N1CFtfgnJ8wnAVoZ6Yc37sOqiRemYSjkuTOuvVz72c7zuicEXKLDdo3tDKH93dw3b-sVtrO-e6u58M_UyD2hIEp45Lrewg/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-07.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1925" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEs74o1imIDhndURWcvQyXjngsNCY36BFQesSew95hMLpxKFsRx8OPRHZv_XFadUqJr0mNGX_E_lNaUJUEF0Gwd5-zSmoA9N1CFtfgnJ8wnAVoZ6Yc37sOqiRemYSjkuTOuvVz72c7zuicEXKLDdo3tDKH93dw3b-sVtrO-e6u58M_UyD2hIEp45Lrewg/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-07.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A timepiece that can best be described as an alarm clock that was used to alert astronomers at the Royal Observatory as to when to sight their telescopes on certain stars. The names of these stars are engraved on the clock's face.</i></span></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69A2r1T50X-CIQpVuCqCAikbv6xHY9l1YvXSnw4I_AwKiTZ0Qr4PmM60eldxOkKvjtlQdjc__4OONr5cE_tBzdz5NfJuz40miYDcROKVFdtDcojem-9BOjeMfOaa2IrhzPs4hHzfr_LZcMjRq7JLBHxVa8TPLZKNZ60M9GdQ0pJgr64DfdefHKqFc5Bg/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-08.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69A2r1T50X-CIQpVuCqCAikbv6xHY9l1YvXSnw4I_AwKiTZ0Qr4PmM60eldxOkKvjtlQdjc__4OONr5cE_tBzdz5NfJuz40miYDcROKVFdtDcojem-9BOjeMfOaa2IrhzPs4hHzfr_LZcMjRq7JLBHxVa8TPLZKNZ60M9GdQ0pJgr64DfdefHKqFc5Bg/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-08.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Part of the electrical relay system used to coordinate the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_ball">time ball</a> signals at Greenwich and Deal.</span></i></center></blockquote>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiL8vMx3jLsUjttmieyI1mnqN4TiT91FYRvIkrjimge0QrKtMs7wzcupRbPZaQIyFZLjIWqEKWVsaDBOexdzcVPQLVefvcd12skSWikM1dFnDj1UdNeo5UI8B3ZOSJQBqfEi-fWyiofPqX_yCkYVX88A5mZa-zVE_3vI2HqZ0Sf_jCwacREQDZtYQOfU/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-09.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiL8vMx3jLsUjttmieyI1mnqN4TiT91FYRvIkrjimge0QrKtMs7wzcupRbPZaQIyFZLjIWqEKWVsaDBOexdzcVPQLVefvcd12skSWikM1dFnDj1UdNeo5UI8B3ZOSJQBqfEi-fWyiofPqX_yCkYVX88A5mZa-zVE_3vI2HqZ0Sf_jCwacREQDZtYQOfU/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-09.JPG" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">An atomic clock. This has been recently acquired by the museum from the National Physical Laboratory</span></i></center></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We then made our way to the conservation area where all the museum's timepieces are conserved and maintained. We saw various timepieces in different stages of repair and renovation, and the conservator explained how the different lubricants that had been used in the past (and some that were currently in use) caused corrosion and wear. (I must admit that I thought that there was very little difference between the types of lubricants used in clockmaking, but apparently they all have their costs and benefits.)</p><p style="text-align: justify;">He also demonstrated the machine that they use to cut the teeth on gear wheels before finishing his talk with a flourish when he unveiled a replica clock that had been built some years ago by the museum and that was being prepared for loan to another museum.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTqYz9FvGNwzgHckSMDcoBnRIeKmFC4SWQlmXqiB1osfwJTOYEpR3lOBGUMUJiiOT9fGlcdVjB8QcDLDmcyxMy14q1a8cG0ZTSLd9_HeBCk2AEVg11K4QIBI-9ysCv4WL57LDM3Oxmyttf2TuDH3l5ex82dY3diZlpcXexnE8UdHaf1gyTsGTxpyXWyI/s1950/CuratorofTime15-03-24-10.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTqYz9FvGNwzgHckSMDcoBnRIeKmFC4SWQlmXqiB1osfwJTOYEpR3lOBGUMUJiiOT9fGlcdVjB8QcDLDmcyxMy14q1a8cG0ZTSLd9_HeBCk2AEVg11K4QIBI-9ysCv4WL57LDM3Oxmyttf2TuDH3l5ex82dY3diZlpcXexnE8UdHaf1gyTsGTxpyXWyI/s400/CuratorofTime15-03-24-10.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The tapes and ropes have been used to ensure that no part of the clock is damaged in transit..</span></i></center></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Our tour lasted over ninety minutes and we could easily have spent twice that time at the <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre">Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre</a>. In fact, we enjoyed ourselves so much that we are booked on the next <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre/delve-deeper-specialist-tours">Delve Deeper tour</a> of the <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre">Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre</a> which will be taking place on the 11th April. It is entitled PROTESTS AND CAMPAIGNING: REVEALING STORIES THROUGH OBJECTS FROM THE PAST AND PRESENT and will be presented by Laura Boon, the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Senior Curator: Contemporary Maritime.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-50534323482439115372024-03-14T09:48:00.003+00:002024-03-15T09:44:22.001+00:00The Curator of Time<p style="text-align: justify;">Sue and I need a break from decluttering, and we have booked a visit to the <a href="https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/prince-philip-maritime-collections-centre">Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre</a> to meet the ‘Curator of Time’ (Dr Emily Akkermans) ... which is a wonderfully Whovian title for the person in charge of all of the National Maritime Museum’s timepieces.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2023/02/delving-deeply-at-prince-philip.html">We’ve met them before</a>, but this time our visit will be as part of a small group who will be given the opportunity to see those items from the collection that are currently not on show or are undergoing preservation.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-28677702999465262422024-03-11T10:14:00.001+00:002024-03-12T10:35:37.708+00:00What size grid?<p style="text-align: justify;">I have been pondering what size grid to use on my new terrain board. The board measures 35" x 22", which translates into 88.9cm x 55.9cm.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">If I select a grid square that is 11cm x 11cm (or 4.33" x 4.33"), I can create a gridded terrain board that is roughly 8 x 5 (and have 40 grid squares), ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... but if I choose a grid square that is 8cm x 8cm (or 3.15" x 3.15"), the grid will be 11 x 7 (and have 77 grid squares).</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As my Belle Époque collection is based on 4cm wide bases and cavalry and infantry units consist of two bases, it means that I can deploy individual units in line without them overhanging the edge of the grid squares.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I did consider making the grid squares 4cm x 4cm (or 1.6" x 1.6"), but this would mean that a two-base unit would occupy two grid squares if it is in line or – in the case of cavalry – column. The upside of this option would be that my grid would be 22 x 14 and have 308 grid squares.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">At present I have not made a decision as to what size grid square I intend to choose. Each of the options has its pros and cons and I need to carefully look at them before making my final decision.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-12297823711901849062024-03-09T09:51:00.003+00:002024-03-09T09:51:00.127+00:00The Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel: A bit of progress has been made ... but not much!<p style="text-align: justify;">I have finally started work on creating a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22oQYo7mMzF5CmMb0ffiTQ">Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel</a>. To date, I have designed a banner ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... and a watermark, ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... and actually registered the channel with YouTube. However, there is no content as yet and the channel's front page currently looks like this:</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I hope to put together a short welcome video at some point over the next week, and I will write a blog post when I have and invite my regular blog readers to subscribe to the channel. After that, who knows what will happen!</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-30604940460394426832024-03-08T09:10:00.001+00:002024-03-08T09:10:00.127+00:00John Ruddle’s garden wargame: Some more photos<p style="text-align: justify;">Whilst sorting through the pile of clippings in my office I found several more photographs of John Ruddle’s garden wargames.</p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDhZ3uFgVhH7Uj3K6Tshab0ysrW2fbHh_CQQfZieoNrB6AbqHlBjp7QzxWThFIopMG613iEk_qdxaZb7qZzU_6wNgklVc0i-CRMUEnsIQmsdv23oqEPPHd9f92Olx59JQ_NbRfekEn7XeswSAfe0sREXgD6aUpHzSCt5PeSVyzR_TqUOVnPJfHjyqZFA/s1950/JohnRuddle07-03-24-01.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDhZ3uFgVhH7Uj3K6Tshab0ysrW2fbHh_CQQfZieoNrB6AbqHlBjp7QzxWThFIopMG613iEk_qdxaZb7qZzU_6wNgklVc0i-CRMUEnsIQmsdv23oqEPPHd9f92Olx59JQ_NbRfekEn7XeswSAfe0sREXgD6aUpHzSCt5PeSVyzR_TqUOVnPJfHjyqZFA/s400/JohnRuddle07-03-24-01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The man himself! John Ruddle sitting in the midst of his garden, surrounded by the terrain over which he fought his wargames.</span></i></center></blockquote>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcpCEMIrBboPNEBhUeTQEc2SE81hyphenhyphenUuUZnaqdm_H-TeaxlbrIeeWLKOI-L1WC04PTwK-Q27VUlbAxVDZqNgEbotDD-J6U4Ca26EVF55Y51FU6f36k8lmA_X3Ft-n2J_sYdvaKdHTv4tmvaI4lLnIQl-U-wCcAvpZMoMvWdcc2HRrHrar98OclCnNbQzg/s1950/JohnRuddle07-03-24-06.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1950" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJcpCEMIrBboPNEBhUeTQEc2SE81hyphenhyphenUuUZnaqdm_H-TeaxlbrIeeWLKOI-L1WC04PTwK-Q27VUlbAxVDZqNgEbotDD-J6U4Ca26EVF55Y51FU6f36k8lmA_X3Ft-n2J_sYdvaKdHTv4tmvaI4lLnIQl-U-wCcAvpZMoMvWdcc2HRrHrar98OclCnNbQzg/s400/JohnRuddle07-03-24-06.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote><center><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">A British coastal town. It has several defensive mobile artillery batteries as well as a small barracks for its defenders.</span></i></center></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I was particularly interested to see so many of his warship models ‘sailing’ across his lawn/ocean. Truly inspiring, as were all his models.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-48328273821308883872024-03-07T09:35:00.003+00:002024-03-07T09:37:05.945+00:00Decluttering our home office … and building a baseboard<p style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I started the process of decluttering our home office. My first task was to clear the large pile of cardboard boxes that we had been saving ‘just in case’ we needed them, and these have now been collapsed and consigned to our recycling bin. This took longer than I expected, mainly because I had to carry everything down two flights of stairs from our second-floor office to the ground floor.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I also began to sort through my pile of magazine clippings and put them in files, a task that I expect will take me quite a long time. I took several breaks whilst I did this, and when I did, I disassembled the spare half of my pasting table so that I could glue and screw the hardboard top to the pinewood frame. The pasting board had been very made as cheaply as possible and was only held together by a number of metal staples. The corners of the frame were held together by unglued open mortise and tenon joints. By gluing and screwing the whole thing together I was able to make it much stronger. I also cut down two of the pasting table’s wooden legs to make cross-braces which I then glued in place.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I have also retained the unused half of the pasting table that I used for my model railway layout, and I am thinking of using it to create a SHAMBATTLE/3 x 3 PORTABLE WARGAME terrain board. It would certainly give me the opportunity to build upon my recent model railway terrain building experience and will help to occupy my downtime whilst I declutter our home office. (I find that I need a break every couple of hours when decluttering to stop me getting too bored and our home office is on the same floor as my toy/wargame room. I can easily slip from one to the other without having to climb up and down stairs.)</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-34947942746683429932024-03-03T09:46:00.001+00:002024-03-06T18:52:18.338+00:00Rediscovering the RISK EXPRESS dice<p style="text-align: justify;">Back in 2011 I experimented with the use of the dice from the RISK EXPRESS game as a way to randomise the number of units a side could activate during a PORTABLE WARGAME turn. I later moved on to other methods and had – to all intents and purposes – forgotten about the RISK EXPRESS dice until I rediscovered them again during the decluttering of my toy/wargame room.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The dice had to following symbols on the sides of the dice:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>A general</li><li>A cannon</li><li>A cavalryman</li><li>One infantryman</li><li>Two infantrymen</li><li>The infantrymen</li></ul>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I used the RISK EXPRESS dice in a number of Colonial battles that were fought on my original 8 x 8 chessboard. The dice were allocated as follows:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: justify;">European troops: one RISK EXPRESS dice for every three non-Command Units (with any remainders being rounded up) plus one RISK EXPRESS dice for the Command Unit.</li><li style="text-align: justify;">Native troops: one RISK EXPRESS dice for every three non-Command Units (with any remainders being rounded down) plus one RISK EXPRESS dice for the Command Unit.</li></ul><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For example, if a European force of eight Units (including a Command Unit) were facing a Native force of eight Units (including a Command Unit), the Europeans would be allocated four RISK EXPRESS dice (7/3 = 2.66 [which when rounded up = 3] plus 1 = 4) and the Natives would be allocated three RISK EXPRESS dice (7/3 = 2.66 [which when rounded down = 2] plus 1 = 3).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This would supposedly reflect the superior discipline of the European troops as well as preventing the Native force from having far more RISK EXPRESS dice than the European force.
In addition, the number of RISK EXPRESS dice allocated to each side should diminish as Units are destroyed, and the loss of a Command Unit would therefore have serious consequences.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Looking back at this, it is a game mechanism that I should probably have persevered with a bit more than I did. One reason why I did not was the fact that Parker/Hasbro – who manufactured the game – ceased production and I saw no point in describing and developing a game mechanism that other wargamers could not try for themselves.</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">I did investigate how much copies of RISK EXPRESS are now selling for on eBay ... and the prices ranged from £25.00 (with free postages) to £65.50 (plus £3.99 postage). That seems quite a lot to me, and I won't be buying another copy of the game just for the dice!</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-72503169802971918572024-03-01T09:38:00.003+00:002024-03-01T09:38:00.236+00:00Thinking about a YouTube channel<p style="text-align: justify;">Over the years I have made a few <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBah_qQYRlZAZug8yFrCtrA">YouTube videos</a> which I uploaded to my YouTube channel.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, some of them related to games I had taken part in or seen at <a href="https://wargamedevelopments.org/conferences/cows/">COW</a> (The annual <a href="https://wargamedevelopments.org/conferences/cows/">Conference of Wargamers</a>), one was a sort of scene-setter for a game I played based on <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/search?q=Attack+on+the+hill+people">the attack on the hill people</a> from Korda's film THINGS TO COME, and a couple were of car accidents that I had been involved in or witnessed. The most recent is the video I made about the narrow-gauge model railway that I built.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was after making the last short video that I began to think about the possibility of creating a YouTube channel devoted to supporting this blog. I have a few ideas that I would like to explore, such as documenting the story of how the PORTABLE WARGAME came about and possibly converting some of my 'How to ...' documents into short presentations that people can access. I might even include the odd battle report or news item.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This is all very much at the 'thinking about' stage, but it is something that I am giving serious thought to whilst working on the decluttering of our house.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-28412651373373697032024-02-29T09:22:00.004+00:002024-03-06T18:51:26.401+00:0029th February: A bunce day … and my days as a shop worker<p style="text-align: justify;">I had hoped to have finished decluttering my toy/wargame room by the end of February, but it looks as if I’m going to miss my self-imposed deadline … but not by much because 2024 is a Leap Year and February has an extra day … a bunce day!</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">I hadn’t heard of the term ‘bunce’ until I started work as a callow (I was a pupil at a single-sex grammar school) and very young (I was fifteen years-old) shop worker at the local branch of J Sainsbury, but soon learned that its slang meant an unexpected bonus. It was the first of many slang words that I learned whilst working in retailing, the others mostly being shop or back slang.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Shop or back slang was developed so that shop workers could converse with one-another in front of customers without the customers knowing or understanding what was being said. For example, feeb meant beef, bemal meant lamb, and rettub meant butter. It was, however, mostly used to talk in insulting terms about the customers. Hence, a troublesome female customer might be referred to as a delow woc … or old cow!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I got the job at Sainsburys by going along every week and asking the manager for a part-time job. Eventually he gave in, and after a period of training at the company’s training school at Stamford Street in central London, I began work handing out baskets to customers as they entered the supermarket.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This was somewhat ironic as the training school was set up to train staff to work in a traditional-style grocers. I learned how to slice cold meat, pat butter into shape, cut cheese with a cheese wire, and make sugar bags from sugar paper … and my local branch was one of their first supermarkets where none of these skills were used!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I soon progressed to become a bag packer (i.e. I packed customer’s bags for them) and then to work in the buffer store. This was where tinned goods and pre-packed goods (e.g. packets of biscuits) were price-stamped before being put out on the shelves and where any surplus was stored. If you worked in the buffer store you spent your time bringing stuff down from the warehouse, pricing it up if it wasn’t pre-priced, and then putting it on the shelves. We had to use spacers between each stack of tins and to ensure that the newest stock was always at the back of the display. We also had to regularly check the shelves to ensure that displays were tidy, and any depleted stocks were restocked promptly.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I stayed in the buffer for about a year before moving on the the dairy section, where my main tasks were stocking and cleaning the pre-cut cold meat, milk, cream, butter, margarine, and egg displays. I stayed there until I left school at the age of eighteen and moved on to full-time work at Coutts and Company, although I was offered the opportunity to become a trainee manager with Sainsburys.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Looking back, working at Sainsburys helped me to grow up and mature. Like every other newly-recruited worker, I was subject to a degree of what would now be regarded as low-level bullying (e.g. being told to go and get some tins of elbow grease from the warehouse) but once I learned to laugh when I was caught out, I was soon accepted by my coworkers.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The final incident was being invited to join the card school in the staff canteen one Saturday lunchtime. The game being played was whist, and the stakes were six pence per game. My coworkers obviously expected me to be an easy touch and I lost the first couple of hands we played. However, playing cards (particularly whist and crib) was something that my father enjoyed and from an early age I’d learned to count cards. By the end of that lunchtime I’d taken five shillings off each of the other players. After that, the bullying stopped … and I was never invited to play cards again!</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-22626289728058897642024-02-28T08:52:00.005+00:002024-03-06T18:51:02.847+00:00Just how much wargaming stuff do I own?<p style="text-align: justify;">As the decluttering progresses, I keep asking myself just how much wargaming stuff do I own.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have been working around my toy/wargame room doing a section at a time and packing away stuff in a variety of different crates and boxes ... almost all of which are from the range manufactured by Really Useful Boxes. However, I am discovering all sorts of stuff that I had forgotten that I had and that I don't think that I will need when I move home. I don't have the time or inclination to sell the excess on eBay, and I am trying to think of ways that I can pass on what I don't want to wargamers who might find a use for it and that will involve me in the minimum amount of time and effort.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Any sensible suggestions would be welcome.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-14662390581650736642024-02-27T09:03:00.002+00:002024-02-27T11:01:14.429+00:00I have been to … Cavalier 2024<p style="text-align: justify;">The last time I attended the CAVALIER wargame show in Tonbridge was in February 2020, less than five weeks after the Chinese government announced that an outbreak of a previously unknown virus had occurred in Wuhan.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That seems a lifetime ago … and those intervening four years have seen life-changing events for all of us.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As usual, the show was held in the Angel Centre in Tonbridge …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... but one has to wonder for how much longer it will be as the Centre has been slated for demolition by the local council as the current building is no longer fit for purpose.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My main reason for going was to meet up with a number of other wargamers, including David Crook (on the right) & Roy Rousell (on the left), ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... Postie (AKA Stu), ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... Henry Hyde, ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... Nick Huband, ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... Nigel Drury (on the left) & Pete Grizzell (on the right), ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... and Big Lee (whose photo was so blurred that I decided not to us it) and to have a look at the various wargames that were on show. The show was spread over two rooms, the main hall ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... and the Conway Room.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><b>THE WARGAMES</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Retired Wargamers Reloaded</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Hold until relieved: German counter-attack against the Ox and Bucks at Pegasus Bridge, 6th June 1944 (15mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gravesend Gamers Guild</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A Song of Ice and Fire (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Society of Ancients</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Battle of Ilipa 208BC: Punic War action in Spain (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Friday Night Firefight Club</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fall of the Reich: Battle round the Reichstag in the last days of WW2 (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Milton Hundred Wargame Club</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">"<i>Eine Bruecke zu Weit</i>": An armoured bridge assault including a paradrop (1/100th)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Deal Wargames Society</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Death on the Savannah (Survival of the Thickest): Can the Wildebeest cross the Savannah, hunted by lions and crossing a crocodile-infested river? (1/32nd)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>South East Essex Military Society (SEEMS)</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><i>Nach Paris</i>!: Franco-Prussian War (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Blood in the Lotus Garden: Honour Satisfied! Samurai Skirmish (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>South London Warlords</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We Do Not Kneel – Battle of the North Wall: An epic battle between the Night Watch and Free Folk (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Real Time Wargames</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Glittering River: Riverine Actions in the Russian Civil War 1917 - 1921 on river, land and air (1/600th)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Central London Wargames Club</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tally Ho Vera: Napoleonic (15mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Konfederacy of Eastbourne Gamers</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Battle of Villamuriel: Napoleonic Peninsular Campaign (10mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tonbridge Wargames Club</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">LRDG<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> – </span>The First Rogue Heroes: LRDG Raids in the Western Desert 1942 (28mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cheshunt Wargames</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Hoth: Star Wars (6mm)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Maidstone Wargames Society</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Summer of '77: The Battle of Britain (1/300th)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rainham Wargames Club</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Hammerin' Iron: Riverboat Action in the American Civil War (1/600th)</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Interestingly, at the majority of the wargames I stopped to photograph, someone from the group or club staging it talked to me about their game. This is a vast improvement when compared to my experience at other shows over recent years and is to be applauded.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-92152300886369660142024-02-26T09:35:00.002+00:002024-03-06T18:50:41.064+00:00Military History Plus podcasts: The second episode of the newest series<p style="text-align: justify;">The ongoing process of decluttering my toy/wargame room has given me the opportunity to listen to the second of the latest series of Military History Plus podcasts.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">This podcast is entitled <a href="https://www.militaryhistoryplus.com/podcast/s2e7-winston-churchill-pt2-the-great-war/"><b>WINSTON CHURCHILL – PT 2 – THE GREAT WAR</b></a> and covers Churchill’s military experience and leadership during the Great War, including his tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty, his involvement in the Gallipoli Campaign, his service as a battalion commander on the Western Front, and his eventual return to a ministerial role as Minister of Munitions and Secretary of State for War.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As I have commented before, this excellent series of podcasts from <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/Professor%20Gary%20Sheffield">Professor Gary Sheffield</a> and <a href="https://www.drspencerjones.co.uk/">Dr Spencer Jones</a> is a joy to listen to, and I eagerly await each new episode's upload.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-37968607306098394582024-02-24T08:57:00.010+00:002024-03-06T18:50:23.307+00:00Making choices<p style="text-align: justify;">As <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-decluttering-continues.html">the decluttering gathers pace</a>, I have been having to make decisions as to what will go into store for the medium to long-term, and what I will keep in my toy/wargame room until we have sold up and need to move home.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">One thing that I have not put into store are my books. These are a useful source of information and inspiration that I want close at had as well as 'decorating' the room by their presence on the bookshelves. I also want to cull my book collection, but I want to take time to do this and so will probably leave this until our house is on the market.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My recently-built model railway layout (and all the locomotives and rolling stock) is also not going into storage. It does not take up a lot of room and can easily be stored in my toy/wargame room by resting the board against one of the room's walls.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have also decided to keep one of my figure collections out of storage ... and decided that the Belle Époque one was the most obvious choice. It is relatively small, there is work that I can continue to do on it, and it will provide me with the opportunity to have the occasional wargame when the mood takes me. It is also likely to be the collection that will form the basis of my future solo wargaming projects in our new home and is therefore the obvious candidate for being readily available before and after we move.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-12210932922035033332024-02-23T09:53:00.005+00:002024-02-23T10:47:41.098+00:00Wargaming China<p style="text-align: justify;">The very first wargaming article that I wrote was published over fifty years ago in the WARGAMER’S NEWSLETTER.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It was about a solo battle that I had fought between Chinese and Japanese troops during the early part of the Sino-Japanese War. I used Airfix British World War I infantry and artillery figures to represent the Chinese …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… and Fujimi Japanese World War II infantry and artillery and Airfix Japanese infantry for the Japanese forces.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I’ve always had an interest in this war … for which I partially blame Herge's THE BLUE LOTUS as the story deals with the incident that leads to the outbreak of the fighting between the Chinese and Japanese.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Whilst browsing YouTube I came across a very interesting channel entitled <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@wargamingchina9174">WARGAMING CHINA</a> ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... which describes itself in the following way:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><i>This channel focuses on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression 1931-45 or the Second Sino/Japanese War 1937/45 as its known in the west. It is a channel for modellers, wargamers, armchair historians and lovers of toy soldiers or anyone who is interested.</i></blockquote><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Since discovering it, I have spent several hours trawling though the numerous (over fifty) videos on the channel, and I particularly liked the ones that featured the scratch-built ship models that have been used in some of the tabletop battles.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Road and Rail Ferry</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The ferry has embedded railway tracks so that it can carry trains as well as road vehicles.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Motor Boat, Tug, Barges, and Docks</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I loved the very typical Dutch-style double-beam drawbridge.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cargo Ship, Barges, and Docks</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Coaster, Warehouse, and Docks</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Floating Crane</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The cotton reel winch drums are both very simple and very effective.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Tug</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cargo Ship</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">As I wrote in my blog post about my recent visit to the <i>Het Scheepvaartmusum</i> in Amsterdam, these wooden toy ships were featured in an exhibition entitled <b><a href="https://bruynzeelhomeproducts.nl/nl-nl">Bruynzeel</a> Havenspeelgoed</b>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The museum's website explained that <a href="https://bruynzeelhomeproducts.nl/nl-nl">Bruynzeel</a> was a company based in Zaan (which is just north of Amsterdam) and that it was one of the largest manufacturers of doors, kitchens, cupboards, wooden flooring, and pencils in Europe in the 1930s, and that during the early part of World War II they supplied the German Army with doors for their barracks. At the same time, they employed workers who would otherwise have been redundant and therefore liable for forced labour duties in German with work producing these toy model ships.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The models were all made by hand using whatever surplus materials were available (e.g. offcuts of wood, bits of wooden dowel, wire, cotton reels). The shape of some of the masts would seem to indicate that a number of old dip-pen handles or artist' paintbrush handles may have been used to make them, and a lot of the detail on the models (e.g. the lattice framework on the crane jibs) was achieved using simple paint techniques.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The company is still extant today and still manufactures a wide range of wooden and other products.</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">These wooden model ships put me in mind of the models featured on the <a href="https://gridbasedwargaming.blogspot.com/">GRID BASED WARGAMING - BUT NOT ALWAYS</a> blog, and especially the models used in the re-fight of <a href="https://gridbasedwargaming.blogspot.com/2020/01/st-nazaire-raid-game-report.html">the attack on St Nazaire</a> ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">... and the simple but very effective-looking landing craft he built for his <a href="https://gridbasedwargaming.blogspot.com/2021/03/ww2-wargaming-on-floor.html">D-Day landings wargame</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">This particular podcast is entitled <a href="https://www.militaryhistoryplus.com/podcast/s2e6-winston-churchill-pt1-his-early-life/"><b>WINSTON CHURCHILL – PT 1 – HIS EARLY LIFE</b></a> and covers Churchill's life up to the end of the Second South African War (Boer War) in 1901/2.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This excellent series of podcasts from <a href="https://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/Professor%20Gary%20Sheffield">Professor Gary Sheffield</a> and <a href="https://www.drspencerjones.co.uk/">Dr Spencer Jones</a> continues to be a joy to listen to, and I can hardly wait for the next episode to become available ... hopefully later this week!</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-30577203556827792552024-02-20T08:31:00.071+00:002024-02-20T08:31:00.129+00:00Five million hits … on the right day!<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">5,000,000 hits!</span></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I just realised that my blog has achieved over five million hits! The blog achieved a million hits by December 2015, three million by December 2018 (I missed when it achieved two million hits), four million hits by November 2021 ... and now it has passed five million hits.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I started my blog on Thursday 18th September 2008, and since then I have written over 5,350 posts, had more than 43,250 comments, and attracted over 400 followers. I don't think that's bad for something that I described as being '<i>self-publicising, self-centred, self-indulgent</i>' back when I started!</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">Something odd happened to this blog post. I wrote it on Monday 19th February and set it up to be published on Tuesday 20th February … but then it appeared to have been published on 13th February, which is six days BEFORE I WROTE IT!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have no idea how or why this happened. I wrote this blog post on my iPad, and as I was setting up the publication date and time, the iPad suddenly stopped working. Its battery power dropped from 40% to 2% in a matter of minutes before it switched itself off and all I can surmise is that this scrambled the date and time set up … but why did it choose to apparently publish it on 13th February? Who knows? I don’t … and I suspect that no one can explain it.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36475751917576003702024-02-19T09:16:00.031+00:002024-03-06T18:49:46.381+00:00The decluttering continues<p style="text-align: justify;">As I continue to declutter my toy/wargames room as part of the process of preparing our house for sale, I am amazed at just how much wargaming stuff I actually have ... and this is <u style="font-weight: bold;">after</u> undertaking some serious downsizing over the past few years.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It's not just how much stuff that I have painted and organised that has astounded me: it's how much stuff I still have to make or paint or finish! This has created something of a dilemma for me. Should I just move everything into storage and sort it our <u>after</u> we have moved into our new home, <u>or</u> should I do it as I declutter and dispose of what I don't need before I put the rump into storage?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In some ways I am too far down the former path to stop taking that course of action, but part of me feels that if I am sorting stuff out to put it into storage, why not get rid of the surplus as I go along. I suspect that I am going to end up doing a bit of both, with the very obviously surplus stuff that I am never, ever going to use being disposed of if only to ensure that the storage unit doesn't end up full to capacity.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Oh, the joys of moving house!</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">One thing that I have discovered as I was decluttering my toy/wargames room and packing figures into Really Useful storage boxes is a substantial number of very bad cases of lead rot amongst the figures in my Del Prado pre-painted 25/28mm Napoleonic collection. I estimate that at least two hundred figures are showing signs of the dreaded rot and I had to decide whether or not to triage the figures as I packed them away or leave it until we have moved and to do it as we unpacked. In the end I chose the latter option, otherwise it would have taken me far longer to pack the figures and move them into the storage unit we are renting.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-48382209027441940662024-02-18T09:46:00.005+00:002024-02-18T13:31:04.259+00:00I have been to ... the Het Scheepvaartmusum (National Maritime Museum)<p style="text-align: justify;">Sue and I visited this museum during our recent cruise to Amsterdam. It is located in the Kattenburgplein district of Amsterdam, which is about 1.5km/1 mile from the centre of the city. It is housed over three floors of a 17th-century building* that has a central courtyard.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The central courtyard has been covered by a glass roof ...</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… and all the main sections of the museum are accessible from it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The museum is organised into three main sections, North, East, and West, and during our visit we were able to spend time in each.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We began in the north, which gave access to the three outdoor exhibits, the replica East Indiaman <i>Amsterdam</i>, the steam vessel <i>Christiaan Brunings</i>, and the Royal Barge/<i>De Konigssloep</i>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The <i>Amsterdam</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This replica was built in 1985 and has been moored at the museum since 1991. The original <i>Amsterdam</i> was built in 1748 for the Dutch East India Company (<i>Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie</i> or <i>VOC</i>) and set sail for Asia from Texel in 1749. Unfortunately, she sank off Hastings during a ferocious storm in January of that year and at low tide her remains are visible and have been the subject of archaeological studies since 1984.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The <i> Christiaan Brunings </i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The <i> Christiaan Brunings </i> was built in 1900 for the Dutch Board of Works and was used to make inspections, to perform maintenance, and to act as an icebreaker on the main rivers of the provinces of Holland and Zeeland.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The vessel is named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Brunings">Christiaan Brunings</a> (3rd November 1736 to 16th May 1805) who was a famous hydraulics engineer who became Inspector General of the Government Rivers in 1769</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>The Royal Barge/<i>De Konigssloep</i></b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Housed in a specially built facility, the Royal Barge/<i>De Konigssloep</i> was built for King William I of the Netherlands between 1816 and 1818. It was intended to be used on state occasions and was last used during the celebrations of the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1962. It has been part of the museum’s collection since 1983 and underwent considerable restoration before being put on display in 2015.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">We then made our way to the east where we visited galleries devoted to <b>Maps & Marvels</b>, …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… models of <b>Yachts and Small Vessels</b>, …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… The <b>Solebay Tapestries</b> (which commemorate the famous Dutch victory over the Royal Navy), …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… <b>Ship Decorations</b>, …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… <b>Navigational Instruments</b>, …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… and an exhibition of photographs of the Amsterdam harbour and the area around the museum that were taken by a local photographer, Cor Jaring.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">A huge statue named Kaatje is on display between the 1st and 2nd floors of the east side of the museum. It originally adorned the entrance to the Dutch Nautical College, which was founded in 1785 and closed in 2000. The statue then became part of the National Maritime Museum’s collection.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">On the ground floor of the eastern part of the museum was a temporary exhibition that was my favourite of everything that we saw. It was about the toy ships that were built during the Second World War by workers whose pre-war jobs in kitchen and pencil production had ceased to exist and who would otherwise have been conscripted as forced labour in Germany due to their unemployment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The exhibition was entitled <b>Bruynzeel Havenspeelgoed</b> …</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">… and the background to the exhibition was explained in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62C7Ji-apdU">short video</a> by one of the museum’s conservators, Isaäc Vogelsang.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">All the toys were modelled after real ships that could be seen in and around Amsterdam during the pre-war period.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Although they are toys that were robustly constructed to withstand the rigours of play by small children, they are amazingly detailed and very accurate.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By the time we had seen all of the above, both Sue and I were feeling rather tired, and as we were unable to buy anything to eat or drink at the museum due to its cashless sales system (you have to pay for everything using a credit or debit card), we reluctantly had to make our way back to our ship for lunch. As a result, we missed out on some of the exhibits in the western side of the museum … but this does give us an excuse to go there again!</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">* The building was constructed in 1656 as a naval magazine and storehouse (<i>'s Lands Zeemagazijn</i> or <i>Admiraliteits Magazijn</i>). It was designed by the Dutch architect Daniël Stalpaert and became the home of the museum in 1973.</p>
Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-21588813888061346792024-02-17T09:16:00.002+00:002024-02-17T09:34:45.284+00:00The MF&FMLR model railway project: A bit more work … and a short video!<p style="text-align: justify;">Since my last blog post about my model railway, I’ve painted the edge of the baseboard matt black and added some bushes.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have also recorded a short video that shows the layout in its current state and some of my locos and rolling stock on it.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">(Please note that this is the first time I have created a video in a very long time and after I had made it, I realised that I had managed to have two commentaries recorded over each other during the first segment. I hope to avoid this next time!)</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-67332674378588409172024-02-16T08:51:00.001+00:002024-02-17T09:15:25.612+00:00Operation Polo: Some more information about the troops involved<p style="text-align: justify;">I’ve been doing some more online research into the forces that took part in Operation Polo.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>INDIAN FORCES</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 1st Armoured Division was the main formation tasked with conducting the operation. It had previously been the 31st Armoured Division of the British Indian Army (it was renamed on 1st September 1945) and at the time of Operation Polo it comprised three brigades, 1st Armoured Brigade (formerly 255th Indian Tank Brigade), 7th Infantry Brigade, and 9th Infantry Brigade. The division was commanded by Major General Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri, who also had overall command of the Indian forces involved in the operation.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">For the operation, the division was divided into four forces, <b>Strike Force</b>, <b>Smash Force</b>, <b>Kill Force</b>, and <b>Vir Force</b>.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Strike Force</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>9th Dogra Infantry Regiment (motorised) (less one company)</li><li>1st Cavalry Regiment (Skinner’s Horse) (less one squadron): <i>Stuart</i> tanks</li><li>1st Troop, HQ Squadron: <i>Sherman</i> tanks</li><li>1st Battery, 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Self-propelled): <i>Sexton</i> 25-pounder self-propelled guns</li><li>1st Forward Air Control team: Auster <i>AOP.6</i>s</li></ul><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Smash Force</b> (Commanded by Brigadier S D Verma)</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>3rd Cavalry Regiment (less one squadron): <i>Stuart</i> tanks</li><li>17th Horse Regiment (Poona Horse) (less one squadron): <i>Stuart</i> tanks</li><li>Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment (Skinner’s Horse): <i>Stuart</i> tanks</li><li>48th & 50th Batteries, 1st Field Artillery Regiment (Self-propelled): <i>Sexton</i> 25-pounder self-propelled guns</li><li>2nd Battery, 40th Medium Artillery Regiment: 5.5” guns</li><li>Company, 9th Dogra Infantry Regiment (motorised)</li></ul><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Kill Force</b> (7th Infantry brigade) (Commanded by Brigadier Gurbachan Singh)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>2nd Sikh Infantry Regiment</li><li>1st/3rd Grenadiers Infantry Regiment</li><li>14th Rajput Infantry Regiment</li><li>9th Para Artillery Regiment: 75mm pack howitzers</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Vir Force</b> (9th Infantry brigade) (Commanded by Brigadier Apji Randhir Singh)</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>3rd/2nd Punjab Infantry Regiment</li><li>2nd/1st Gurkha Rifles</li><li>34th Anti-tank Regiment: <i>Archer </i>17-pounder self-propelled guns</li></ul><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The 1st Armoured Division mounted its attack from the west.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The force attacking the Aurangabad area of Hyderabad from the Bombay Area comprised:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>4th Rajputana Rifles</li><li>3/5th Gurkha Rifles</li><li>17th Sikh Infantry Regiment</li><li>A number of ad hoc tank and armoured car squadrons</li></ul>The force attacking from the north (the Jabalpur Independent Sub Area) comprised:<p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>18th Cavalry Regiment (King Edward's Own): <i>Sherman</i> tanks</li><li>7th/2nd Punjab Infantry Regiment</li><li>2nd Jodhpur Infantry Regiment</li><li>3rd Sikh Infantry Regiment</li><li>A company of police</li></ul>The force attacking from the east (Vilayawada Station) comprised:<p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Squadron, 17th Horse Regiment (Poona Horse): <i>Stuart</i> tanks</li><li>2nd/5th Gurkha Rifles</li><li>6th Jat Infantry Regiment</li><li>6th Kumaon Infantry Regiment</li><li>9th/2nd Punjab Infantry Regiment</li><li>3rd Sikh Light Infantry Regiment</li></ul>The force attacking from the south (Vilayawada Station) comprised:<p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Mysore Lancers (provided by the State of Mysore)</li><li>1st Mysore Infantry Regiment (provided by the State of Mysore)</li><li>5th/5th Gurkha Rifles</li></ul>Indian Air Force Hawker <i>Tempest</i> fighters from 3 & 4 Squadrons (based in Poona) were available to give ground-support and to drive off any Pakistani or Portuguese aircraft* that might seek to intervene.<p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><b>HYDERABAD FORCES</b></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Regular forces comprised:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Northern Sector (Aurangabad, Nanded, and Adilabad): 2 Regular Infantry Battalions (commanded by Brigadier Taufiz Ali)</li><li>Eastern Sector (Nalgonda, Warangal, and Karim Nagar): 2 Regular Infantry battalions (commanded by Brigadier M H Khan)</li><li>Southern Sector (Gulbarga): 3 Regular Infantry Battalions (commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ali Ahmed)</li><li>Western Sector (Bidar and Osmanabad) : 3 Regular Infantry Battalions (commanded by Brigadier Syeedy Habib Ahmed)</li><li>Hyderabad area (Medak and Altaf-i-Balda): 7 Regular Infantry Battalions plus number of other Infantry Battalions# (comprising the Arab Brigade (3 Infantry Battalions); the Paigah Brigade (2 Infantry battalions), the Saraf-i-Khas Brigade (3 Infantry Battalions), 3 Household Infantry battalions, and 3 Bodyguard Infantry Battalions) There was also a Bodyguard Cavalry Regiment</li><li>4 Armoured Car Regiments (1st Hyderabad Lancers, 2nd Hyderabad Lancer, 3rd Golconda Lancers, and 4th Hyderabad Lancers): <i>Humber</i> and <i>Staghound</i> armoured cars</li><li>A Field Artillery Regiment: 18 x 25-pounder guns</li></ul>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Hyderabad had no aircraft but hoped that aid would come from Pakistan and/or the Portuguese colony of Goa.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Irregular forces comprised:</p><p></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>10 Battalions of Razakars#</li><li>A number of Pathan Battalions# (used mainly for border raids)</li></ul>This is as far as my research has reached but I will continue to look for further sources.<br /><p></p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">* The Nizam of Hyderabad had been negotiating with the Portuguese about the possible use of Goa as an entrepot.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"># All poorly armed, some with just swords, spears, and/or muzzle-loading muskets.</p><p></p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-21959401681797405702024-02-15T08:43:00.027+00:002024-02-15T08:43:00.150+00:00Wargames from World War II<p style="text-align: justify;">When I got back from my recent cruise, a package containing a book was awaiting me ... but this was no run-of-the-mill book, it was the latest published by <a href="https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/john-curry/">John Curry'</a>s <a href="http://www.wargaming.co/">The 'History of Wargaming' Project</a> and was entitled WARGAMES FROM WORLD WAR II: EXAMPLES OF AXIS AND ALLIED WARGAMING RULES AND UMPIRE GUIDELINES FOR TACTICAL ACTIONS.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That is some title ... and as you will read, it is some book!</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Now it is very rare that I open a book, look at the contents page, and go '<i>Wow</i>!' out loud ... but I did when I opened this book. Not only that, but I kept having that reaction the more and more I read. This is a genuine <i>tour de force</i> and is the result of very detailed and comprehensive research into an area of wargaming history that has been greatly ignored up until now. Not only that, but it is chock full of information anyone who likes to think of themselves as a serious wargamer will find useful.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">A simple examination of the contents page will give some idea as to why I reacted in the way that I did.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">I think that most wargamers are aware that the Germans conducted a large number of operational and lower level wargames during World War II, and if one watches the film THE LONGEST DAY, the staging of a high-level wargame is featured in passing as many senior German commanders in Normandy were either in or scheduled to be in Rheims for a wargame on the day that Operation Overlord /D-Day took place.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Less well-known is the fact that the Russians also wargamed quite extensively, and it was his performance in pre-1941 wargames that brought <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Zhukov">Georgy Zhukov</a> to the attention of the senior leadership (i.e. Stalin) of the Soviet Union.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Japanese Navy's wargame about the attack on Midway is another example of an operational-level wargame that is probably know about by most wargamers, and the intervention of the officer overseeing the wargame – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matome_Ugaki">Admiral Ugaki</a>* – to disallow the result when two of the Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk by air attack is often cited as an example of a bad wargame and atrocious umpiring. Of course, the truth of the matter is that the air attack in the wargame was made by land-based B-17 <i>Flying Fortress</i> level bombers flying at high altitude, and as even a casual study of the effectiveness of such bombing against stationary – let alone moving – targets shows, the likelihood of this happening was exceedingly small. Had the attack been made by dive bombers, then disallowing the result would have been wrong ... but this is not what happened in the wargame.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In recent years, the work of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Approaches_Tactical_Unit">Western Approaches Tactical Unit</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Approaches_Tactical_Unit">WATU</a>) in the use of wargames to both teach naval officers better anti-submarine tactics as well as to develop those tactics in the light of changing tactics and weapons used by the U-boats, has come to great prominence ... but as this book shows, the use of wargaming by the Allies was extensive. In fact, it was more extensive that its use by the Axis powers, and that will come as a revelation to many students of the history and development of professional wargaming.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Even a casual reader of this blog post will realise that I think that this is a ground-breaking addition to the study of wargaming, and if <a href="https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/john-curry/">John Curry</a> did not already have a Doctorate, this would have achieved him one!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In my opinion, this book <u>should</u> be on the reading list of anyone who is or aspires to be a professional wargamer. For one thing, it should enable them to avoid reinventing the wargaming wheel!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">(It happens to be one of my bugbears that so often people with little or no knowledge or understanding of what has already been done 'discover' something new, only to find out that it isn't new or revolutionary but has been around for many years.)</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">WARGAMES FROM WORLD WAR II: EXAMPLES OF AXIS AND ALLIED WARGAMING RULES AND UMPIRE GUIDELINES FOR TACTICAL ACTIONS was written by <a href="https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/our-people/john-curry/">Dr John Curry</a> and published in 2023 by The 'History of Wargaming' Project (ISBN 979 8 8723 2804 9).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It is currently <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wargames-World-War-Guidelines-Professional/dp/B0CQNSC674/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2BA8R6IFAOBZK&keywords=john+curry&qid=1707904349&sprefix=john+c%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1">on sale on Amazon</a> for £19.95 in hardback, £17.95 in paperback, and £9.99 in Kindle formats or can be bought direct from <a href="http://www.wargaming.co/index.htm">The 'History of Wargaming' Project</a>. In my opinion, it is worth every penny it costs whichever format you choose to buy!</p><hr />
<p style="text-align: justify;">* It is of passing interest to note that <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matome_Ugaki">Admiral Ugaki</a> died on 15th August 1945 in one of the last Kamikaze attacks of the war. This took place <u><b>after</b></u> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito_surrender_broadcast">Emperor Hirohito had announced on the radio that he had conceded defeat</a> and called upon all members of the Japanese military to lay down their arms and surrender.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-37306132835234692352024-02-14T08:27:00.001+00:002024-02-14T08:27:00.239+00:00Jack Alexander RIP<p style="text-align: justify;">I just read on <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=576671">The Miniatures Page</a> that Jack Alexander - the creator of the Jacklex range of 20mm figures - died on 12th February at the age of 95.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">At one stage I owned quite a few of his range of colonial figures and still have a bagful of Russian figures in my unpainted lead pile. What I like about his figures is their nice body proportions and Jack’s style of figure sculpture, which is definitely ‘old school’ and almost toy soldierly. Over recent years I’ve thought about replacing my existing 15mm Belle Époque collection with 20mm figures … and Jacklex are the front runners if I do.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Luckily, if I do choose to go down that route, Jack’s figures are still available from <a href="https://www.jacklexminiatures.com/">Jacklex Miniatures</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The owner of the figure ranges is Mark Lodge, and he has continued to develop the range using masters made by Jack and others that have been sculpted in the same style.</p>Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com12