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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.
New Year, Old Challenges….
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*Portable Ironclads in action*
*The Block of Ages - expect to see these in the new year!*
*Our first trip abroad since Laurel’s surgery - a fantastic ...
Desert Shermans and some extra desert crews
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The last bit of desert armour on my painting list were some Shermans for
El Alamein and onwards. Some years ago I picked up a very, very cheap PSC
'US T...
Beginning 2025
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We left the latest mini-campaign (in 2024) at the end of Turn 1; The
Vardian Empire had invaded the Salarin Caliphate and taken control of
Marhacan Prov...
Come together, right now
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Often our hobby interests wax and wane over time. We become focussed and
enthused then go onto to something else. Many of us have interests to in a
part...
On the Ninth Day of Christmas
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On the ninth day of Christmas, my True Love gave to me … Nine truckers
trucking, Eight swords a-waving, Seven bombers bombing, Six Schwimms
a-schwimming, F...
Table Top Battles 2nd Edition; The Addendum. 2025.
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When I wrote Table Top Battles, I was quite happy with the result. As I,ve
been writing the blogs, I,ve been adding extra rules either for general use
or...
Summing Up 2024
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Looking back on the times I've done this yearly review one of the things I
note is that I really shouldn't bother trying to predict what I'm going to
do ...
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...
Hello 2025, goodbye 2024! New Year ruminations
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A happy New Year to any followers of this blog!
As is traditional amongst bloggers, I've looked back at 2024 and thought
about where I'm going in 2025. O...
2024 In Pictures
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2024 in pictures, with minimal words.
Once again the order is a bit random.
Fokker Scourge
Ticket To Ride
Organising The Troops
French Ships
Squidmen
Duel
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The Waiting Game.
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Hi...I've been waiting on the delivery of 3PO - so far it has been thirty
one days since ordering from the US- I've recently had an item sent from
the U...
Finally some painting time to end 2024
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I finally found the time to break out the paints and work on some models.
This was a refreshing change from the past couple of months where my time
was foc...
SCW Asturian miners
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I needed a detachment of coal miners from the region of Asturia for a game
in which such chaps would dig siege works. I rummaged in the box of random
fi...
Merry Xmas 2024 !
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Just a very quick post to wish everyone who follows and reads this blog a
very Merry Xmas, and a Happy New Year!
Looking to create a vaguely seasonal ...
Roman Civil War - Curio's African Expedition
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The Caesarians under Curio having successfully landed in North Africa close
by the sea port of Thapsus, the local Pompeian forces under Attius Varus
s...
Days Gone Bye
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Wishing all my readers and contacts a Merry Christmas and all that which
comes with it.
Here's a picture of me with my non-wargaming buddies in times go...
Jean Campaign – Day Seven
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*Campaign Ma*
Main French depot at Hellin – 18 days supplies
French occupy Je
Spanish attack Huelma
Guerrilla brigades active
13th French army – regrou...
A tale of three books.....
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This is not a good, bad and ugly type review. Just some reflections on what
I have been reading recently.
The first of the three is James Holland's S...
And on to Austrians...
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I have some HAT Austrians that I intend to paint at some point (some are
currently painted as British, French and Dutch!) so I thought I'd tried
printin...
Plastic Warrior Show 2025
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*The date for the 2025 Plastic Warrior Show has now been released.....*
*......And here are the directions to get there:*
*TRAVEL GUIDE*
*Directions ...
The Battle of Prokhorovka
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We’re re fighting the battle of Prokhorovka at the moment using Memoir ‘44.
This was the giant armour clash between the 11th SS Panzer Korps under
Mans...
Bear Terrain
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Above is are first three structures and some forest for A Beary Simple
Wargame. They will be primed and painted in the same glossy style as the
Bear...
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 ...
Fighting for Hearth and Home
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When word came from the Watchers that the host of Iron Men in the pass had
taken the North East road, the Elder of Smawlton was quick to send word to
Duke ...
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...
Focus on 2020
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*G*reetings my fellow wargame bloggers. Instead of doing the annual recap
of 2019 I'm just going to skip that and focus on what I plan to achieve in
this n...
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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