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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.
Where did everybody go?
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After a brief dalliance with Mondays, the MNG was back to Tuesday this week
as no one could make Monday. As it turned out, most people couldn't make
Tues...
Renault R35 turrets
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While I was sorting out the Fowler tractor, I came across some old resin
R35 turrets. I recall they were donated by Tim, and I had some vague idea
about...
Epic Failure...
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I have been thinking about a 30Yw project for some time, possibly starting
with Swedes vs Poles and have bought a couple of boxes of figures (Swedish
Inf...
Back to the future
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On Friday l will be playing a renaissance Wargame with my regular opponents
, P and G. After much chat we have decided to give DBR a whirl. I looked
ou...
Airfix 1/72 Airborne and Willy's Jeeps
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It goes without saying that you can never have too many jeeps in a WW2
Western US or British Allied army. Hence the unmade box of plastics spilled
forth fo...
Lunchtime Hunts
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I set up some Palaeo Diet on my lunchbreak, and ran a couple of hunts.
In the first a group of three hunters (Axe, Spear and Bow) were after some
big birds...
Deciding On A New MYSTIC Project.
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Hi...Over the past few days I've decided for a NEW Project to sculpt up
some 28mm Master Figures.
I'm going to sculpt some New South Wales Navy Officers...
There Once Was A Troop of Republican Dragoons
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and there will be again ere long.
*Prince August SYW Dragoons with Zinnbrigade Waterloo British Dragoon
heads.*
In addition, I finally broke down, gave ...
No-Score Draw at Germantown
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Faced with the proverbial rainy day ( or at least a 'long morning' ), I
took the opportunity to try out a recent purchase:*Germantown, *a board
game fro...
Developing the Portable Ironclads Wargame….Part 2
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*Confederate gunboats on patrol under the guns of a fort and with an
ironclad in support.*
This was not quite the weekend I envisaged for a number of rea...
Merida Campaign – Battle of Calamonte
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*Start of game*
15thFrench army have orders to attack Calamonte
Three infantry brigades are detached
They have casualties to six brigades
The whole ...
Mother’s Day 2023
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Burning the Toast – a National Breakfast Ritual on Mother’s Day. This is a
Land Of Counterpane style Mother’s Day card that I drew a few years ago in
2016 ...
More Electoral forces
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A couple of weekends has seen the addition of another contingent for the
Electoral Army; Markgraf Reinhard Wulf Elector of Cotlas and his forces.
Alth...
Long Live the Revolution: the Whole Story
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Here are the links to all the postings for the whole 'Long Live the
Revolution' campaign narrative, from the small beginnings in a regional
market town, ...
WW2 scenario and game report
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This scenario, set in North West Europe, draws inspiration from the events
that took place in Villers Bocage during WW2 in 1944. It depicts an Allied
eff...
Jacobites - City of Edinburgh Regiment
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John Roy Stewart leads his men past a rank of scoundrels, neer-do-wells
and ruffians. At least his men are gentlemen from Edinburgh
Apologies for the po...
Painting Progress
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I've spent the past few posts explaining how the ruleset I've been
developing working with digital models. I enjoy explaining with the
digital models be...
Woking Wargames Day 2023
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Yesterday I managed to get along to the Woking Wargames Day, once more an
annual event since the passing of the Covid pandemic lockdown (that seems a
l...
Crumbling Corsair
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A welcome find in JB's box of treats was this old Airfix Corsair. It was
actually pretty solid and needed only paintwork and decals.
I went for an over...
Battle of Five Armies Portable Wargame
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I have tried in the last couple of months to get a project off the
ground, without success. A couple of weeks ago I brought out "The Battle
of Fiv...
Fifty Shades of Feldgrau
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The joke goes that in Heaven, the chefs are French, the lovers Italian, the
taxi drivers are German and the police are British … so Fifty Shades of
Feldgra...
Back in the Saddle
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So after a rather muted start to the year I've got back in the saddle with
some more 3D modelling (which I'm finding works quite well as therapy).
I've ...
Review: The Wargaming Compendium by Henry Hyde
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I have started experimenting with YouTube a little, mainly because it
offers the chance to record something short and to the point without too
much prep....
Not Dead Yet!
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Being at loose ends, I decided that it was time to add a few more 1/72nd
figures to round off my portable, card table, ancient/medieval/fantasy
collectio...
Battle for the Green Hills
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A blisteringly hot day outside so I thought I'd indulge in an indoor
activity, and what better than a game using some Portable Wargame variant
rules of my ...
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 ...
Real...
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Old School.
After my recent brush with the Bad Mahdi, I thought I 'needed' some more
Jacklex 20mm figures. I love the little chaps, they have a real air...
A Glitch in the Matrix
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As my friends are aware, I have perhaps the worst luck of any living
person.
The day after I finished writing the rules for the bot, on my classroo...
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 ...
NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG
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I've created a new blog to record my miniature craftwork in my imaginary
cold war gone hot campaign setting. I will remove those posts from this
blog ...
Bridgehead
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Teutonic forces were by now overwhelming Albionian defences. At the Running
River however it’s soldiers faced a problem in being able to secure a
crossin...
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 the past ten 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. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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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.
Pete.,
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