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The First Rule of Wargaming and the Spirit of the Wargame
The First Rule:
‘Nothing can be done contrary to what could or would be done in actual war.'
- From 'The Rules of the Naval War Game' by Fred T Jane
The Spirit of the Wargame:
‘Wargames are played, for the most part, without the supervision of an umpire. The game relies on the integrity of the individual players to show consideration for other players and to abide by the rules. All players should conduct themselves in a disciplined manner, demonstrating courtesy and sportsmanship at all times, irrespective of how competitive they may be. This is the spirit of the wargame.’
- Adapted from 'The Spirit of the Game' in 'The Rules of Golf' as published by the R&A Ltd.
H G Wells, died 13th August 1946 80 years ago
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This week sees the 80th anniversary of H.G. Wells’ death on 13 August 1946.
Grandfather of our gaming hobby, writer of classic science fiction and
Little W...
On the beach!
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Not actually on a beach but reading about it! On the left, Omaha beach by
Joe Balkoski. Published in 2004 but by no means an "old" book. If you want
t...
1915 And All That
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Inspired by his recent visit to the Hendon collection, Daniel asked if I
could run a game of Spandau & Lewis last night. Originally I was going to
run so...
Spuddling 008 – DBA in the Garden
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Due to the heat buckling rail tracks and causing normally peaceful
vegetation to burst into flames, we have been wargaming in the garden of
late, playing D...
To Infinity and Beyond….
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*Starfighters R Us! Registers very highly on the fun factor and with bags
of potential!*
Yesterday evening at the club saw your truly taking command of a...
Books and Looks
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Little or no hobby work done. Yesterday l got up very early and half
asleep decided to give an armoured car a coat of army painter wash as part
of a giv...
Action at Kassassin 1882 - 54mm Battle Cry game.
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Casting around for our next game, Anthony came upon a Battle Cry scenario
for the Action at Kassassin 1882 on the Commands & Colours website, so we
thoug...
Da Baltic Armies evening
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Themed DBA rolls on across the summer. Phil's choice for this week. He went
for armies linked to his Medieval Scandinavians. Being Phil he went outside
t...
The Red Cavalry - Ukraine 1941
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Time for another trip to Tigers at Minsk, slowly playing my way through
the scenarios in the Fireball Forward rulebook. I've had a bit of gap from
TaM,...
Making progress....despite the weather!
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I have been plowing on with the Celts (and the odd German) with what free
time I have after work and at weekends. The more I have done, the more
enthused...
Russian Command
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Finally finished painting something. These are 3d printed 54mm Russian
Command figures to complete some units.
Pleased with how well they have come...
Ratisbon Campaign Day 7
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*22 September 1813 – Southern Germany – Day 7*
The French occupy Ratisbon
7th French army – occupy Lappersdorf
8th French army – occupy Ratisbon
9th Fr...
Dominion of the Orc
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Dominion of the Orc
The latest (I think) of the prolific Steve Parker's *Dominion of*... rules
brings very fast play solo wargaming into the world(s) o...
North American Campaign - final battle
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Glorious weather at FLW HQ, and finally some time off to finish the
campaign. The clash of the pre-dreadnoughts had been played with JW in
London, and ...
Counter-attack at Bir Kalifa - second remote game
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This past Friday I played a couple of remote WW2 Western Desert games with
Jon from the Palouse Wargaming Journal. The games moved along at a brisk
pace,...
A Portable Shiloh
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The table set up: CSA advancing; the Union Army in their
camps. Only one Union brigade would be allowed to
organise automatically and at once (Peabody's);...
Preparing For Battle
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The Oberhilse army has reorganized although a few battalions of volunteers
and a few squadrons of cavalry are not yet ready to take the field.
While the ...
My GNOME Ornament.
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I've ordered a GNOME Couple ornament. It measures 4" wide and 5" tall. It
will look really good on my shelf.
I did want to find a whole batch f Gnome mi...
Prepping for Aspern Essling & Eggmuhl
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We're hoping to do Aspern Essling and Eggmuhl next month, which has meant
that I've been doing some quick work bringing the Austrian collection up to
sp...
Edmund's Civil War Marines
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I recently found another set of Edmund's Toy Soldiers at a reasonable
price. This set is Civil War US Marines in dress uniforms.
Marines brought to lif...
A New Alliance
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The recent invasions by the Midlish armies, have led to a new coalition of
the weaker, less aggressive peoples. On the eastern border of the
Midlands, ...
Wild West Town Tabletop Shootout
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I recently acquired a collection of 1960’s era wooden Old West Buildings
made by Hausser Elastolin. The idea was to marry them with some 1970’s
Timpo Sw...
Return to the Hobby
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It has been quite a while since I last posted here. When I started my tool
truck business back in 2021, most of my hobby time disappeared almost
overnigh...
WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks
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I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in
a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them!
They're certainly a co...
Forest Dragon 3D Sculpts
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A Christmas pressie to myself ...
... and on the inside.
Not the best presentation with their packaging.
Contents are revealed.
Can you tell what the...
Winter Break: A Beary Simple Wargame
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*A Beary Simple Wargame *made it out of the box today. My daughter set out
the terrain while I cleaned up lunch and we played while the boys took
their...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
Update and WIP
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[image: Merry christmas wallpaper design]
Well, it certainly has been eventful, this year. Shortly after my last
post, far too long ago, some things...
Blog Closing…
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This blog will be closing down on 1st July. I have a fairly expensive
hosting package that I no longer need as I am only running Black Hat and
selling pain...
New Accessions – tidying up …
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So, 3 items under the camera … Chris gave me a P&G SU-76i quite a while
ago, and I’ve been meaning to get round to it … the SU-122 I did years ago.
It’s a ...
Solo Play Testing
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The next Seven Years Wargame with the "Usual Suspects" has moved to the
right by a couple of weeks. One of our group, who has been unavailable for
a few ...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
Take the High Ground
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“Take the high ground”. These were Captain Scarlett’s latest orders in the
ongoing campaign to repel the Teutonians from Albionia’s green and pleasant
lan...
Initial...
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...deployments.
Seconds out...first two rounds, of 15. In the Blue corner (US invaders):
On the right flank, a unit of US Regulars, an artillery battery, a...
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.
And Happy New Year to you.
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And to you Bob. All the best!
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Happy New Year, Commander. ππΌππΌππΌ
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Happy New Year to you Bob and Sue- may 2023 prove to be the best ever for you.
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Happy New Year! All the best, Karl
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Best wishes to you and everyone in 2023!
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Happy New Year.
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Pete.,
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