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Wednesday, 5 June 2019
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My favourite blogs
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Proper Napoleonic gaming : Medina de Rio Seco, 1808 - Last week I was lucky enough to have a session of 'proper' ( i.e. 'in person' ) gaming, courtesy of old buddies Tony and Reg, and hosted by Tony at his l...
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Mr Toad’s friends and enemies… - Seeing the Portable Badger rules on the Portable Wargame facebook page earlier in the month encouraged me to finish painting some Wind in the Willows in...
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The Bronte Sisters and Brother, authors, proto-wargamers and paracosmic early role-playing gamers as action figures? - The Brontes! Some more unlikely Heroes of Wargaming redesigned or celebrated as ‘action figures’ – Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog Two: https://manofti...7 hours ago
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What did NQM do in the Great War Daddy? - NQM proudly states that it covers 1914 - 1945. As regular readers will know I have tested it out with the Spanish Civil War with a decent amount of succe...
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Thursday HOTT - 'Thursday HOTT' is becoming a common title here. That's because (i) my wargames club meets on a Thursday and (ii) I sometimes play HOTT. Anyway, yesterd...
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Once More Unto The Bases - Yup. These veterans have been on various bases from individual washers to various multi-figure bases, often more than once. Having shaken the 60mm wid...
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Not Quite 1918 CSO Game - Graham wanted to see what a late WWI NQM game would look like, so he set a game up on the fly at short notice, with two British brigades attacking a sectio...1 day ago
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More 15mm BPM US Dodge trucks and US softskins in general - I already have one Dodge light truck from BPM and I wanted a couple more trucks to make them up to three in number. It seemed sensible to get them from ...
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New Freight Cars on Order. - Hello...Tonight I've ordered two 37ft Covered Hoppers and a 40ft Box Car from Walthers (USA). The 40ft Box Car. The 37ft Covered Hopper. ( Both cars ord...
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ACW in 20mm - Played an ACW Game this morning with Anthony, my regular opponent, using the Osprey With Hot Lead and Cold Steel rules and my 20mm collection. Enjo...
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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