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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What more Gauls? Or, how many Gauls is enough? - As may be gathered from the title post, the focus on completion has been the Gauls painted previously who have been based and put in the storage boxes (w...
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Cordova Campaign – Battle of Cordova - *Battle of Cordova – table at start of game* Both armies are full strength at the start of the game Each army has three corps The Spanish have 12 infan...
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The Autumn Games - 5 - Round 5 would be the last round of the campaign. The prestige stood as follows: Catherine - 8 Prestige Me - 13 Prestige Tertius - 13 Prestige Either I o...
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A change of painting subject - I have been painting Zulus for a few weeks now, 240 completed so far, and felt it was time for a change of subject. The 1:72 scale plastic Zulus complete...
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Army Accommodations - A recent posting on Bob Cordery's blogspot, Wargames Miscellany reminded me of something I've been meaning to do for a long time: tell of the accommo...
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Brian Aldiss, Buccaneer and Pirates! - Science Fiction writer Brian Aldiss on his reworking of a favourite pre-war Waddington’s Buccaneer, a pirate board game that I remember playing as a child ...1 day ago
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Gazala - First Clash, 27th May 1942 - I have long been fascinated with the Battle of Gazala in 1942, yet it often seems to get skipped over in wargames. I was very excited about the release ...
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May Day Parade – Bombastia - Putin seems to be having inexplicable trouble fielding tanks on his May Day Parades over the last four years, culminating in this year’s lack of any tanks ...2 days ago
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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