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The random thoughts of an ancient wargamer. Featuring rules, battle reports, and all sorts of miscellaneous wargaming (and other) topics.
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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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- The Portable Wargame book ... is almost ready to b...
- Still very busy
- Busy, busy, busy!
- My Portable Wargame book ... another update
- How to ... construct a boxed version of the Portab...
- Time Commanders
- Merry Christmas!
- I have been to ... the Caribbean and the Azores
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 23rd December 1936
- Miniature Wargames Issue 405
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 21st December 1936
- Back to dear old Blighty ...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 17th December 1936
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 13th December 1936 ...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- The sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
- Tora! Tora! Tora! ... the replica warships
- Tora! Tora! Tora! ... the replica aircraft
- A date which will live in infamy
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 6th December 1936
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
- Ships of the Nationalist and Republican Navies dur...
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- The Battle of Austerlitz
- The birth of Georgy Zhukov
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Links to my websites
Links to my favourite websites
My favourite blogs
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Rescue - I put myself down to run a game of Torpedoes & Tides at our club last night, and Daniel was up for a game. When looking for a suitable scenario I was ins...
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Aly Morrison - Just learned that Aly Morrison passed away on Wednesday. I only really knew him from blogging and some brief chats at Partizan. He was a follower of this...35 minutes ago
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The Bishopric of Weizenbierland : a Napoleonic imagination (1) - Nestling in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps lies the Bishopric of Weizenbierland. During the Napoleonic Wars it became famous for lying low and avoid...
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First Italian Wars Game - Finally had a chance to try out a game with my 25mm Wofun Italian Wars Collection. The bases still need flocking, but they are ready apart from that....
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A Grand Day Out 058 – SCW NQM CSO Crossing the Ebro - Graham’s last Spanish Civil War (SCW) Not Quite Mechanised (NQM) Corps Scale Orbat (CSO) game was great fun to play in. This one was more ambitious, had lo...1 day ago
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Little Great Wars: Azurian Campaign - The story continues... Azurian defence lines about Azmezidon Having secured a strong foothold upon Azurian territory, the Ruberian army struck out along ...
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Battle of the Marne 1914 - Dominion of the Trenches has been sitting on my shelf for some time, but Tim suggested getting some toys out and pushing it around one Tuesday evening a...
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Victory Games - Wargaming History - My Wargaming History deep dive continues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1IS24oJYgg
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Ambush! - "*Deploy the column and drive the French back!"* *The battle begins.* "*Major, how many French did our Rangers spot? I thought they said the way was cle...
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SHOCK - UPDATE - My goodness, an update from me, midweek. I must be feeling better today. Here's a peek at some Warlord Games EPIC Zulus. This is one base, 8 figures or...
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Flights of Fancy - *The latest additions to the Angels 20/Bandits High collection. From left to right: top row - two each of Typhoon, Spitfire 9 and Yak 1, middle row - two...
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Smilestones - Miniaturwelt am Rheinfall - *[image: Smilestones - Miniaturwelt am Rheinfall/ Smilestones Miniature World. Switzerland's largest model railway layout opened to the public]* *The mode...
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Anglo-Zulu War camp and more units painted - This past I have been focused on getting a few more units painted and making a start on some terrain for my Anglo-Zulu War project. I needed to make camp...
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Fnurban #45. Exhibition: Paul Sarrut and the Indian Army - A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of looking at an exhibition at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London : *Paul Sarrut and and the Indian Army.* ...
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Designing my fictional 1813 maps of Europe - *Map of Europe* Previously I explained how I created my 1813 armies. All were designed to fit on my 6x6 foot wargames table. I would now have to de...
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Toy Soldier Parade for the War Effort 1944 - My Remembrance Sunday post, a wartime toy soldier parade in Leamington for the 1944 Salute the Soldier campaign and the war effort: https://manoftinblogtwo...5 days ago
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Shedquarters Day Q4 2026 - Crossing the Ebro - So it finally arrived, the last Shedquarters day of the year and the play thorough of the Battle of the Ebro NQM scenario I've been working on. Phil, Chr...
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VIETNAM War - 25mm Figures. - I have ordered some Vietnam War figures from Eureka. I have ordered fourteen Australians and four Viet Cong. I intend to write up some simple straight f...6 days ago
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'Ricardian' Hay on Wye and the Napoleon of Notting Hill - FLW HQ is now established in Hay, albeit as a '*forming up point*' for retirement at some stage in the next few years, all being well. Hay on Wye is the...
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The 5th Century in Britannia Part 14: Arthur’s 12th Battle: Mount Badon: Cerdic, the Jutes and Bannerdown Ridge : Early September 490AD. - By Mike Smith.author of Table Top Battles. This article is my personal view of events in this era. Any mistakes are my own. I have used the Ordinance Su...
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Collaborative Campaign (update) - There was much rolling of dice and consulting of entrails (well lists anyway) over the weekend, and the fate of Nations was decided. The red-handed Haru...
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PanzerMuseum East - I visited this museum in Denmark last September. It was something of a random find as I had no idea it even existed until Mrs G spotted a sign for it on...
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Aspern-Essling & Eggmuhl buildings - *Austrian Grenadiers assault the Granary at Aspern Essling * There is something really special about being able to put something that is recognisabl...
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Just In Time - After a long march through the rugged pass, the Midlish Earl was surprised when his scouts reported that the enemy was alert and in battle line with dust...
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Another Idea - The Bears made it to the table Saturday morning. The game didn't finish but everyone had fun. Some bears got scared early and "ran away" while others w...1 month ago
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Hans Joachim von Zeiten by Elastolin - Back in the 1930's Elastolin made a small range of figures relating to the 7 Years War, there were nine foot poses of Prussian Grenadiers and three moun...
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June Cruise - Fort Charlotte Halifax Nova Scotia Approaching Bermuda from the east, we past this fortress. Another shot of the fortress. One of the forts protecting the...
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On the beach! - Not actually on a beach but reading about it! On the left, Omaha beach by Joe Balkoski. Published in 2004 but by no means an "old" book. If you want t...
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Wild West Town Tabletop Shootout - I recently acquired a collection of 1960’s era wooden Old West Buildings made by Hausser Elastolin. The idea was to marry them with some 1970’s Timpo Sw...7 months ago
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Return to the Hobby - It has been quite a while since I last posted here. When I started my tool truck business back in 2021, most of my hobby time disappeared almost overnigh...
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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...4 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 ...5 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 ...6 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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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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