A large part of Spain's Gold Reserve (which remained in Republican controlled Spain after the Rising) was transferred to Russia. This was to pay for Russian "aid".
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Tuesday, 25 October 2016
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80th Anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine - [image: 80th Anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine] I know the 80th Anniversary of the original *Railway Series* by Rev. W. Awdry was last year, but the mo...
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Wofun Italian Wars - I have been thinking about an Italian Wars project for a while and was planning on using 6mm Baccus figures and a set of hex based rules from Battlegam...
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Aleksandra Kasuba at Tate St Ives - A trip to a modern art gallery beside the sea reminds me of Star Wars and my SciFi gaming project. And an echo of 9/11 … Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blo...4 days ago
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Colours 2026 : A Day at the Racecourse - After a bit of a summer hiatus, the wargame show season seems to be re-starting, and on Saturday I was able to go to Newbury and Reading Wargames Societ...
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Collaborative Campaign Turn 21 (Year of the Tenacious Bee) - A fairly quiet Year across the known world, with Picenia still getting used to the idea of internal strife and the loss of Therissa (more on Picenia bel...
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Tigers at Minsk - The Road to Beaumont, 15 May 1940 - Time for some more TaM, and yet another Fireball Forward scenario converted to TaM. Once again the map looks identical in style to a Skirmish Campaigns ...
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Further Adventures with 1mm MDF - *All the hulls currently under construction for the Anglo Turkish War of 1883. The red-brown edged hulls at the bottom of the picture are for the Royal N...
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The other model railway show photos - Here are the other photos l took at the Edinburgh Model Railway show on Saturday- This and the next few photos are from a layout called Colinton, an area...
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Dawn Patrol - In my previous game of Spandau & Lewis I tried out the Taubes for the first time. In my next game I wanted to use the Bleriot XIs. They didn't seem to ha...
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American Civil War battles - 'The Hornet's Nest' - from my own depiction of the battle of Shiloh April 6 1862. I've recently discovered a whole series of videos of animated narrativ...
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About Me
- 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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