The Republican gunboat Laya was sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Valencia.
The Republican gunboat Laya.
Friday, 15 June 2018
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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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- Gridded Naval Wargames ... has been published!
- Comments: Problem fixed? Blogger says it is!
- A double celebration
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- Conference of Wargamers 2018 Programme
- Published and be damned!
- Spanish Civil War: Day-by-Day: 15th June 1938
- Downsizing: Another progress report
- Comments: The problem still continues
- Conference of Wargamers 2018 Programme ... and Tim...
- My latest book sales figures
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- Miniature Wargames Issue 423
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- Downsizing: A progress report
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Pass In Review - ”Yes Colonel, that's our newly raised 2nd Dragoons passing by us now." "*Would you and your lady like to review the new Squadron, Colonel?”* "*Oh, of co...
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A Different Kind of Naval Gaming - *The box art….* *….and the contents on the back.* I own a variety of naval boardgames, most of which of the ship to ship nature and take place on a gri...
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Oh, those Russians! - After last time's coastal wanderings, it's been more of an 'at home' week and I've managed a bit of hobby time. As I had hoped, I did managed to complet...
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A Near Run Thing - *Background* My armies, scenery and rules are designed to wargame my 1813 campaign. For many years all of my games have been based on the campaign. There...
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More Dancing In The Dark - I played out the Grey Christmas Plus scenario I'd run at the club a couple of weeks ago on Friday. This sees two British steam gunboats against a couple ...
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A big battle fought in three games - part 1 - I quite often enjoy picking up an old wargaming book in the evening and reading a chapter or two. Recently, I picked up my battered copy of "War Games" b...
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Operation Market - Groesbeek 18th September 1944 - Second in my little Arnhem/Operation Market trilogy is the 82nd Airborne at Nijmegen, specifically the Groesbeek Heights on 18th September. I've run thi...
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Running Trains - [image: Hagejernbane treff i Gleng modelljernbaneklubb. Running trains on Erik's garden railway. Tåg i High Chaparral. High Chaparral Western Railroad] We...
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Da British Isles Alternative - The final (for me) themed DBA evening of the summer saw us back home for Dark Ages in our Sceptere'd Isle. We were all supplying our own armies (except T...5 days ago
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Sieges, and rules - The nights are beginning to draw in after a simply glorious summer. Activity in FLW land will now move to t'other blog, as new rules are developed fo...
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Collaborative Campaign - The campaign has reached Turn 20, the Year of the Hamster. Mark Cordone, having been allowed to have a well-earned rest, once more takes up the tale... ...
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Back to the Siege Lines - Laid out a 6' x 5' table this morning and the siege part of the Dendermonde setup up to the Glacis. Still working out exactly how many more gabions I ...
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A Portable Shiloh - The narrative begins... - In the leading map, the Confederate Army of the Mississippi, under *General A.S. Johnston* advances in the pre-dawn upon the slumbering Union camps. T...
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Who remembers "Civil War News" cards by A&BC - Well, hopefully anyone reading who had been a schoolboy in the 1960's! I couldn't get enough of them, I was addicted to them. In each pack you got a ...
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SW Steam Fair Swag 2026 - A few interesting civilian figures … Crossposted from Man of TIN Blog Two: https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/sw-steam-fair-swag/1 week ago
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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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Spuddling 008 – DBA in the Garden - Due to the heat buckling rail tracks and causing normally peaceful vegetation to burst into flames, we have been wargaming in the garden of late, playing D...1 week ago
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Making progress....despite the weather! - I have been plowing on with the Celts (and the odd German) with what free time I have after work and at weekends. The more I have done, the more enthused...
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My GNOME Ornament. - I've ordered a GNOME Couple ornament. It measures 4" wide and 5" tall. It will look really good on my shelf. I did want to find a whole batch f Gnome mi...
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The Start of The Seven Years War and the Battle of Lobositz: Bohemia: 1st October 1756. - This is my personal interpretation of events at this time. Any mistakes are my own. As the year 1756 dawned, the political situation in Europe was once a...
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Prepping for Aspern Essling & Eggmuhl - We're hoping to do Aspern Essling and Eggmuhl next month, which has meant that I've been doing some quick work bringing the Austrian collection up to sp...
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Hinton on AI - Hinton on AI - already conscious? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7t1Q_p2gZs2 months ago
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Edmund's Civil War Marines - I recently found another set of Edmund's Toy Soldiers at a reasonable price. This set is Civil War US Marines in dress uniforms. Marines brought to lif...
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A New Alliance - The recent invasions by the Midlish armies, have led to a new coalition of the weaker, less aggressive peoples. On the eastern border of the Midlands, ...
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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...5 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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WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks - I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them! They're certainly a co...5 months ago
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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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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 ...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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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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