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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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My favourite blogs
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Zvezda 1/100th scale Nashorn - Having sold my 20mm Nashorn (converted from no less than three Airfix kits!), I just had to get one to replace it in my 15mm collection. I have a couple...
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American Civil War Snowball Fights - Accounts of American Civil War snowball fights from both sides: Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog Two: https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2025/01/23/a...2 hours ago
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Gone West, yesterday - Yesterday saw me through to Glasgow for my course- Very foggy from the bus crossing the Forth at Kincardine. An enjoyable bracing walk ended up with views...
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Box Labels - I was at a loose end early evening so decided to try and learn how to make some labels in Publisher - its something I have been meaning to do to tart up...
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STAR WARS - My Straight Forward- simple RULES. - Here are my STAR WARS Rules -very easy to use and especially to play Solo. They are written as if Donald Featherstone had done a set of Star Wars rules. I...
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An Age of Sail Mystery - *Something that piqued my curiosity - cheap and cheerful age of sail wargame of indeterminate origin, circa 1982. This folds in four with the game compon...
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Incident At Belmont Station - *"Were you there Grandpa?"* *"Sure thing! I was a Corporal with the Belmont Fusiliers, and we were in the midst of it."* *"Let me see......yes, the r...
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Scratch building some supply carts - I plan to set up a small campaign for the French and Indian War (FIW) in the near future. As I don't have any supply carts, I decided to scratch-build so...
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Inability to focus - Before any concerned blog readers think I have some sort of problem with my eyes, I should clarify it's about an inability to *mentally *focus on produci...
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Capture French Eagle - *Melee* For many years I have preferred to fight multi corps wargames, usually three per side. Each corps has a game objective, and the winner is the ...
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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