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Wednesday 4 March 2020

The Portable Colonial Wargame book: A progress report

I have been working on the draft of the book, and I really feel as if I am fast approaching the home stretch of the race to finish it. At present I have completed the text of the sections and chapters of the book shown in below in bold:
  • Introduction
  • Organising and basing units
  • ‘The Gatling’s jammed …’ Simple Colonial Wargame Rules
  • ‘The Gatling’s jammed …’ Simple Colonial Wargame Rules in action: The attack on Morobad
  • ‘The Widow at Windsor’ Colonial Wargame Rules
  • ‘The Widow at Windsor’ Colonial Wargame Rules in action:
  • Railways and Ships
  • A playing card-driven turn sequence
  • Heroic Leadership
  • A simple Colonial campaign system
  • A simple Colonial campaign system in action: More trouble in Zubia
  • A simple tabletop terrain generator
  • A simple tabletop terrain generator in action
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix 1: Colonel Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842-85)
  • Appendix 2: Heroic Leadership cards
I still need to add appropriate images to some of the above, but my main task over the next week or so is to fight and record the two exemplar tabletop battles. I might also add an additional chapter that looks at how the rules can be adapted to fight from some of the Colonial wars that took place from 1900 to the late 1930s (e.g. the Mesopotamian campaign, the Third Afghan War, and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War).

8 comments:

  1. Hi Bob,

    Re: "I might also add an additional chapter that looks at how the rules can be adapted to fight from some of the Colonial wars that took place from 1900 to the late 1930s (e.g. the Mesopotamian campaign, the Third Afghan War, and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War)".

    Absolutely!

    All the best,

    DC

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    1. David Crook,

      I thought that you might like this idea!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Well, I had promised myself not to buy any rules this year, but looks like this won't happen! All looks very interesting Bob and look forward to their publication.

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    1. Steve J.,

      Sorry about putting you in this position ... but I’m sure that you’ll think that it is money well spent when you buy a copy.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Interesting! Looking forward to how it all comes together.

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    1. A J,

      My only worry is that people might be disappointed with the book when it’s published.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  4. Hi Bob,

    Very pleased to see that your progressing towards publication- I assume that your rules will pertain to 15mm...would the Colonial Rules be adaptable for 25mm? Regards. KEV.

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    1. Kev Robertson,

      Although almost all of my Colonial stuff is 15mm-scale, like all my other rules, they will be usable with other scale figures.

      All the best,

      Bob

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