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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.
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- War memorials and statues in the Whitehall area
- A few more 'fine fellows'
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 29th September 1936
- I have been to ... the Banqueting House, Whitehall
- The Men Who Would Be Kings
- Nugget 293
- I have been to ... the Household Cavalry Museum, W...
- Miniature Wargames with Battlegames Issue 402
- I have been to ... Horse Guards, Whitehall
- Nugget 293
- A bag full of goodies
- I have been to ... Skirmish in Sidcup
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 19th September 1936
- A busy weekend
- I saw a tall ship sailing by ...
- Brazilian training ship Brasil
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 16th September 1936
- Tank warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1942
- Even more 'fine fellows'
- A progress report on my Portable Wargame book
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 13th September 1936
- The Black Dog has paid me a visit ... but now he h...
- Gibraltar National Day
- Connections UK 2016: Day 3: Thursday 8th September
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 9th September 1936
- Connections UK 2016: Day 2: Wednesday 7th September
- Connections UK 2016: Day 1: Tuesday 6th September
- Nugget 292
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 7th September 1936
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 6th September 1936
- Thank you Mr F!
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 5th September 1936
- Some more of my 'fine fellows' ... who are also Hi...
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 4th September 1936
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 3rd September 1936
- Charles Lightoller and his children
- I've started ... so I suppose that I'm going to ha...
- 'If I was going there, I wouldn't have started fro...
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New Falcon Civil War Reinforcements - Last week in the middle of the night, I realized that it had been a long time since I checked Ebay for Falcon Civil War figures. Next morning while drin...
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Cruisers from 1865 to 1910 - *Really chuffed to have gotten a copy of this - it will save me having to trawl through some dozen or so books at once!* I must confess that I remember s...
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Devils in the Dark - In a change from the Normandy hedgerows, our plucky US Paras are now in sunny Sicily in 1943, although perhaps not very sunny as it is night time. This ...
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Fight For The Ford - When the word came to the Commander on the Frontier that the Saxons and Picts were marching to meet up and ravage Britain, there was dismay. Could enough...
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Magical Athlete - My latest boardgame obsession is Magical Athlete. Each player has a team of four racers. Each racer takes part in one of four races, with increasing rewa...
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Cordova Campaign – Battle of Montoro - *Battle of Montoro – table at start of game* Start of move 1 Both armies start the game on the table. At the top the Spanish are deployed in and around Mo...
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Progress report - Perhaps not as simulating as a discussion on storage options😎 * https://russetcoatcpt.blogspot.com/2026/02/fnurban-40-boxing-clever.html* Nevertheless...
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Getting Hammered in Castleton - Day trip for the Monday Night Boys! Up at 5:30am to get to Phil's for a prompt 6:30am start...or not. Chris of the broken clock was our driver, and arriv...3 days ago
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‘Why I wargame’ blog post by Guru Pig - Interesting blog post or ‘rant’ by Guru Pig Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog Two https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2026/02/08/guru-pig-on-why-i-warg...3 days ago
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Gaul army gets to the tabletop for a game - Having recently completed some additional bases for my Gaul army, it did not take long for me to get them on to the tabletop for a game. Here the scenari...
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54mm ECW Collection for sale - I am selling this collection on behalf of a friend It is a large, well-painted collection of 1/32 ECW figures and includes Leaders, Infantry, Cavalry,...
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Medieval figures on display. - Slowly getting around to putting figures back on display after they had to be packed away for work on the house a few years ago, a change is as good as ...
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Fnurban #40 : Boxing Clever - I should give fair warning, this post is about storage boxes. I don't want any of my readers to risk triggering any adverse physical or mental health r...
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My Model Railroad Ideas. - I've set myself some ideas on what to do in the future. I'll be running just one GP9 Deisel and matching UP Caboose with six Reefers- Boxcars. I'll popu...
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Creating an 'Army' of the 'dirty dozen' - [image: Easy conversions of ugly inexpensive pond store plastic soldiers into civilian snowball fighters] Last year *I bought a bag of (probably) the worst...
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Sikh, interrupted. - *Andy Copestake & James Main's excellent book on wargaming the Sikh Wars. * Never let it be said that we move hastily here at Joy & Forgetfulness. I ...
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The 'Goeben' Incident - Retests - You would have thought, wouldn't you, that a force whose combined Flotation Points at 36FP versus 48FP, and firepower not much in excess of the enemy, and ...
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Happy new.........er Blenheim! - Well, far too late for any type of seasonal greetings but never to late for a nice Blenheim! Zvezda 1/200 Mk IV. This has rested on my desk unpainted ...
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More Dominion of the Blitzkrieg - A couple of weekends ago I played a few more games of DOTB. Partly to get more experience of the game in different theatres of war and partly as an exc...2 weeks ago
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Midwinter Spuddling 005 – Tanky Stuff - It is a damp wet British winter. I have a plastic sprue tree to prune. Roll on the good times! Plastic Soldier Company kits normally come four to five to...2 weeks ago
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Collaborative Campaign Years 10-11: Part 2 - Continuing the Year of the Snake, another report has arrived regarding the machinations of the Picenian Empire. Words and game images are the intellectu...
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Happy New Year - 2026 - The good news it that we are still here! I checked! Best Wishes and I hope 2026 is good to you.3 weeks ago
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A Festive Surprise - 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...1 month ago
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D’Erlon’s I Corps Shiny French Infantry - Scott MacPhee (MacPhee’s Miniature Men Blog) just finished painting the figures for the 4 Divisions of French Infantry for my shiny Napoleonic Armies pro...
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Forest Dragon 3D Sculpts - A Christmas pressie to myself ... ... and on the inside. Not the best presentation with their packaging. Contents are revealed. Can you tell what the...
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Winter Break: A Beary Simple Wargame - *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...
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The Battle of Valverde. New Mexico Territory, February 21st 1862. - This article is my personal interpretation of events at this time. Any mistakes are my own. On a cold morning in February of 1862 a watery sun shone thr...
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Warp Speed into 2025 - 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...
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Update and WIP - [image: Merry christmas wallpaper design] Well, it certainly has been eventful, this year. Shortly after my last post, far too long ago, some things...
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Blog Closing… - 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...3 years ago
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Sharp Practice. SP3 - Adventures in the Peekaboo Valley – Clash at the Crossroads! - *'DaDa Dah, diddler, DaDa Dah, diddler, DaDa Dah.....'* Episode Three in our Mighty War of 1812 Sharp Practice Saga! *"The Heroic British forces led...
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New Accessions – tidying up … - 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 ...4 years ago
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Solo Play Testing - 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 ...5 years ago
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Warplan 5/5 Campaign System - 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...
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Take the High Ground - “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...
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Focus on 2020 - *G*reetings my fellow wargame bloggers. Instead of doing the annual recap of 2019 I'm just going to skip that and focus on what I plan to achieve in this n...
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Initial... - ...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...
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- Robert (Bob) Cordery
- 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.
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