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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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Problem children - Indians & Honeys-modelling madness part 2 - The title refers firstly to the discovery that the Indians I had primed needed some remedial Greenstuff work and unfortunately, the primer on the bases h...
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Making some English Civil War fortifications - Continuing the siege theme from my last two posts, this afternoon I decided to make some quick English earthworks using upholstery foam. These will be usef...
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Rescue! - I had another game of 'Torpedoes & Tides' today, trying out one of the generic scenarios in the rules. This is a rescue mission, with one side trying to ...
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Burgos Campaign – Day One - *26 August 1813 – North Spain – Day 1* British attack Pisuerga 1 British army – attack Pisuerga 2 British army – observe border 3 British army – ob...
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Steam Fair Soldier Haul 2025 - A couple of hours on a hot day at a local west country steam traction rally. There were the familiar and usual model tents, the craft tents and working agr...18 hours ago
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Me and Mrs Traquair… - It has been a busy but enjoyable week of guiding as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe- Now as Mrs Traquair ( she was always Mrs Traquair in life neve...
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Kitbashed ACW Figure - Kitbashed figure using a Mignot head and Britain's West Point figure. I was wondering what a Britains figure would look like with a Mignot Civil War hea...
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Games in the Gazebo (SHQ Day Q3 2025) - The weather has been so lovely that for this quarter's meet up I resolved to reutilise my gazebo and fold up tables for our gathering. I have done this o...
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Testing OHW Fantasy Game ideas - John Y over at the *54mm or Fight!* blog kindly shared *ideas and mechanics* he uses to adapt Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames (OHW) rules to Fantasy War...
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En Garde once more! - Regular reader may recall that we started playing En Garde back in 2023: https://tgamesweplay.blogspot.com/2023/05/en-garde.html. Rather like our Gereon...
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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