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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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My favourite blogs
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54mm 1815 DBN game. - Tried out the DBN rules with my 54mm figures on Monday morning. I've looked at they in the past but they were still too close to DBA with recoils, et...
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Campaigns 137 – D-Day Through German Eyes (03) - The WHELKS assembled on Tuesday evening, minus Tim who is currently saving the planet from being overrun by mad AI-powered killer robots. Phil bravely volu...22 hours ago
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Back to the Balkans - After playing some of the larger and more complex Unconditional Surrender scenarios, I wanted to re-visit some of the earlier ones, in particular the in...
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End of an era - Here is a photo of my father and his siblings, mid 1940s . My father , in school uniform, died forty years ago, my aunt three years ago and my uncle a ...
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Contact - The pass through the mountains is not a speedy route for an army, and the raven's message gave just enough time for the local nobles to gather their levi...
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Expanding the World of Madasahatta - *Bob Cordery’s excellent compilation of the Madasahatta archives.* *The new map of the island, again prepared by Bob Cordery.* Sometime ago I gave serio...
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Once More Unto The Pass - The harvests had been collected and the Midlish nobles were eager to wipe out the shame of their repulse at the New Year's raid. It had been years that t...
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The Battle of Peinne - *25 September 1813 – Hannover Campaign – Day 2* French advance to the border Prussians attack Peine The Prussians occupy Celle and attack Peine 1st Pru...
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Scratch building some mountains for my Samurai games - I am always impressed by the screen paintings of Samurai battles. Many of them depict armies fighting in mountainous terrain. So I thought it was time to...
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New Army Men to the Collection? - [image: A Bag of Army Troopers. Cheap Army Men by Tobar] This Blogpost could just have been another *shelfie*, but I saw these Army Men for sale in a Nor...6 days ago
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