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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A Yokai/Kobold Scuffle - I tried another game of Fantastic Scuffles yesterday, and went for two extremely different warbands. The first used my Yokai figures and used three chara...
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Happy Mother’s Day 2025 - Topical Repost from 2023 for Mother’s Day: https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/19/mothers-day-2023/ Thanks Mum! Remembered especially today … Blog r...2 hours ago
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God Emperor! Concluding the first stab at it.. - Continuing on from last weeks post, I have played the rest of the reign of Gaius Maudlinus (see below), but first a word about the game itself. Surplus ...
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Bakudan o otosu! - Or "Bombs Away!". Tim put on trial game of his VCOW offering, covering Japanese air raids on Wake Island in December 1941. This is of the one player = o...
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Ready To Go - Practice helps! The armies are good to go. There are more battalions, squadrons and batteries to be cast, converted, and painted, but the lads are ready...
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French Indian War Campaign - Game 2 Report - The French and Indian War mini-campaign continues with the battle of Fort Robert. General William Colchester, commanding the British forces, has swiftly ...
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Send Reinforcements: I need more Adventurers - Female Elf Adventurers - The eldest son is off at university and it comes as no surprise, he is soon to be found running a Dungeons and Dragons campaign with new found friends (and...
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SANTA FE - HO Train Crew. - Hi...Today I received my NOCH Figures from Western Australia. The NOCH Train Crew figures are excellent. The NOCH Train Crew with the GP7 Diesel and Sant...
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First Alamein – Mersa Matruh - Second Alamein is a beast of a wargame. I have only managed it at Front Scale Orbat (FSO) on one table by creating a carpark, or by splitting it into two s...2 days ago
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Minifigs 25mm Seven Years War - I haven't managed to do much painting over the last 3 weeks due to other calls on my time - managed some gaming. I have been trying to work out how to o...
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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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