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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.
Whelps
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The final unit for my Turnip 28 regiment The Gentleman's Gentlemen. These
are Whelps, which are basically light cavalry. They're based on Perry
Russian/P...
God Emperor! Concluding the first stab at it..
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Continuing on from last weeks post, I have played the rest of the reign of
Gaius Maudlinus (see below), but first a word about the game itself.
Surplus ...
Bakudan o otosu!
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Or "Bombs Away!". Tim put on trial game of his VCOW offering, covering
Japanese air raids on Wake Island in December 1941. This is of the one
player = o...
Ready To Go
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Practice helps! The armies are good to go. There are more battalions,
squadrons and batteries to be cast, converted, and painted, but the lads
are ready...
French Indian War Campaign - Game 2 Report
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The French and Indian War mini-campaign continues with the battle of Fort
Robert. General William Colchester, commanding the British forces, has
swiftly ...
SANTA FE - HO Train Crew.
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Hi...Today I received my NOCH Figures from Western Australia. The NOCH
Train Crew figures are excellent.
The NOCH Train Crew with the GP7 Diesel and Sant...
First Alamein – Mersa Matruh
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Second Alamein is a beast of a wargame. I have only managed it at Front
Scale Orbat (FSO) on one table by creating a carpark, or by splitting it
into two s...
Minifigs 25mm Seven Years War
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I haven't managed to do much painting over the last 3 weeks due to other
calls on my time - managed some gaming.
I have been trying to work out how to o...
Command and Colours: Medieval(?)
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*The modest selection of titles I own covering much of the material from
the base game - note the hardback version of the venerable Armies of the
Dark Ag...
I think it's Tuesday, where are we again?
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It isn't actually Tuesday. I'm fairly sure of that. Mrs T and I have been
away on holiday, mostly without internet connection, so I haven't been
posting ...
Hawker Demon
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Sorry it's been a while since my last post - busy with work and other
stuff, meaning lots of screen time and a resulting disinclination to write
blog pos...
All about the base
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Fancied a wee period change and looked these out-
I’m wondering if l can’t be bothered with the single bases, should take the
figures off them and glue ...
Soldier King project update
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After much lethargy, distractions and a lack of focus, I have attempted to
get my wargaming mojo back by concentrating on part-completed projects. One
of...
Ingolstadt Campaign – Day Three
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*Campaign Map*
*14 August 1813 – Southern Germany – Day 3 *
French attack Bergheim and retreat to Lauf
7th French army – retreat to Lauf
8th French army...
The (almost) Finished 1859 Armies
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With apologies for the lack of posting recently, I wanted to wait until I
had finished painting my 6mm Risorgimento armies for Italy 1859, but that
took ...
The Last of the Chromatic Naval Builds...
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Having been considering, over several weeks, building an armoured cruiser
for Ruberia, and finding myself at something of a loose end, I finally
built on...
Woking Games Day 2025
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Last Saturday a small band of the faithful from the Little Wars Revisited
group assembled in Woking for this years Games Day. The event was hosted
by M...
Red Metal: Nearly there...
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I have managed further work on the rules, lots of tidying up and
simplifications. I have now completed the counters for the play test. The
pic above is ...
New Bear Range Kicked Off
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In my dwindling free time, I sometimes think about ranges I would finish if
there were interest. I’m more likely to have a free 10 minute block where ...
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...
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...
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...
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. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
ReplyDeleteMartin S.
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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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