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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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Off the painting table - Finished some 28mm Border Reivers and Towns folk/ Warden of the Marches men today. I’ve been converting the metal figures with parts from Perry Plastics...
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Bots Going On? - Way back in September last year I wrote the following blog post: *Bots the matter? 2,000,000 plus or is it?* Well, it looks like they are at it again as ...
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Steppe-ing out in January - Only a couple of weeks before the DBA tournament in Castleton (theme: Steppe armies), so it's time to get back in the DBA groove, and see what I've forgo...
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Little Great War: TO&E Izumrud-Zeleniya - North of the Karadeniz lies the vast realm of Izumrud-Zeleniya, ruled over by the Czar, Constantine LXXVII of the long-lived Romanovitchski Dynasty. Ever...
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The HOTT Literature Championship - First Semi-Final - Now things have settled down a bit after Christmas and the New Year I decided to pick up my HOTT mini-campaign again. The first four rounds saw the four ...
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Manky Matildas Pt 2 - Along with the second hand Stuart, I picked up a couple of second hand Zvezda Matildas at Partisan. Regular readers will recall my travails as they fell...
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Another Late Night 2mm Wargame - Once again I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought of my 2mm games and Horse & Musket 2.0 rules. I started thinking of different ways to deploy ...
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At last! - At last a move or two have been made and dice have been rolled! Maybe this afternoon I *may* get at it again once I get back from a visit to the dentist.
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Rationalising - Not managed to paint or assemble anything in this last week. Made a start on painting some Space 1889 Martians for a friend but only got the flesh do...
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Collaborative Campaign Years 10-11: Part 2 - Continuing the Year of the Snake, another report has arrived regarding the machinations of the Picenian Empire. Words and game images are the intellectu...
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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.
I see that the larger squares make it a "Portable Wargame Board" rather than an "Arena". I suspect that this distinction may puzzle people who don't read your blog.
ReplyDeleteYou are clearly highly influential in the Wargame industry.
Mike Hall,
DeleteIn truth, I suspect that only people who read my blog or buy my books will even look at the catalogue for this item.
As for being influential in the wargames industry ... that I seriously doubt, but as Warbases are a small yet very efficient company, I think it is more a case of them seeing an opportunity to expand their range of products. If only other businesses were so forward thinking and responsive.
All the best,
Bob