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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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My favourite blogs
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Warfare 2024 - The Day Went Well - On Saturday just gone I was fortunate enough to spend the day at *Warfare 2024 *wargaming show, run by the Wargames Association of Reading, at Farnborou...
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Matchbox Challenge Ideas - On the Duchy of Tradgardland and Man of Tin blogs, there has been an ongoing challenge to fit a wargame into a matchbox. It made me think of what I woul...
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Auld Lang Syne - Yesterday was most enjoyable, a close game played by 5 *old*...long time... friends with mostly 25mm Minifig ECW figures painted in the 70's followed by ...
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When is need of painting inspiration .. paint Sci Fi or Fantasy, nobody can say you are wrong! - GW 1990's era Space Orcs for Space Crusade which is a early (before) Xmas painting project, where I intend to run a retro Space Crusade for my original D&D...
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The Brontes, Tiny Books and A Wargame In A Wee Matchbox challenge? - Flight of Fantasy: Wouldn’t it be great if the Bronte Wargame or RPG Rules were finally found at last tucked away in one of their tiny handwritten books? W...13 hours ago
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Joining the Matchbox Challenge (Part 1) - Two wargaming blogs I enjoy following, Man of Tin and The Duchy of Tradgardland, have been discussing a design challenge to create a wargame that fits in...
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Falcon - Here is today’s memory- I am looking for a 28mm falcon and falconer for a current project. Any suggestions? Also birds of prey in 28mm I can use in conv...
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Review – 115mm/1:100 PSC Resin AEC Mk I Gun Carrier ‘Deacon’. - 15mm PSC Resin AEC Mk I Gun Carrier ‘Deacon’. For a while, I was making do with an ersatz Deacon, then a model of a Syborg 3D FDM portée 6pdr came along t...1 day ago
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Doctor! Doctor! - Now that I seem to be playing a lot of One Hour WW2 which needs some logistics vehicles, as well as reviving Megablitz for our occasional Tapton games a...
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STAR TREK- Shuttle Goddard. - Hi...I've ordered the Playmates SHUTTLE Craft - Goddard from the US. The model should be here in the next few weeks. The SHUTTLE will go very nicely with...
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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