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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.
Seven Years War Armies ready
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I have finished basing the Prussians and the Austrians and now have enough
forces for a game.
The Prussian Army
Their Austrian opposition.
They me...
Carry on Up the Yangtse
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Last week I had a first go at trying to game the assault on Chin-Keang-Foo
(modern Zhenjiang) at the end of the first Opium War. One of my takeaways
from...
General Standing's Brigade
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After last week's ACW game, I decided to fill out the ranks. I've settled
on brigade units with 3 regiments/battalions (*in case I want to do a
smaller ...
Simple Knockout Mini Campaign (SKOMC)
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A Knock Out mini campaign was fought over the weekend; well that was the
plan. In fact it's not finished yet, but more of that later. The system was
bas...
Little Great War - Prologue
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Tensions throughout Europeia had been tightening as the Settee Empire of
Turcowaz found itself under increasing pressures from all quarters. They
began ...
Hildesheim Campaign – Day Three
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21 August 1813 – Northern Germany Day 3
The Prussians attack Holle
1st Prussian army – occupy Seesen
2nd Prussian army – attack Holle
3rd Prussian army ...
Father’s Day Parade … for the love of toy soldiers!
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Father’s Day gathering, Three Man Patrols and toy soldiers in the garden.
Crossposted on 15th / 16th June from my Man of TIN Blog Two post:
https://manofti...
Mauryan Indians
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An old army tidied up.
10mm Mauryan Indians by Pendraken
Archers of the main body, elephants in support
Light cavalry (am still short of heavier cava...
New recruits in the Duchy of Tradgardland
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Latest recruits for the Duchy of Tradgardland gather today .
They are vivandieres for the regiments.
Here is one of the vivandieres on parade with her r...
Finishing the Sci-Fi buildings and some foam hills
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I have finished making all the terrain I currently need for my Star Wars
project, which included one final building and a few hills. For the hills,
I dec...
Risorgimento 1859 : Preparing for Battle
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Having painted and based a reasonable number of figures for my
'Risorgimento' 1859 Italian campaign project, I have recently managed to
complete some s...
NEW Smaller LAYOUT.
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I've gone for a smaller Layout - the track is about 25ft and most
enjoyable- I hope to add some scratch built model OO buildings soon.
All the track is m...
Daylight Robbery
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We played a three-player game of What A Cowboy last night. Stuart surprised
us with a pile of terrain and table clutter he'd printed and painted, so we
f...
More on Mike’s Models Colonials
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The great figure rebase for the recently acquired Mike’s Models 15mm
Colonial collection has resumed once again. I had a little break from it,
occasioned b...
First Alamein Summary FSO Orbat Summary
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First Alamein was a desperate, piecemeal affair for both sides. The British
were superior in numbers and undaunted, but confused by a campaign in which
the...
Dominion of Patriots and Redcoats
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Ork Publishing has come out with their newest ruleset, "Dominion of
Patriots and Redcoats". As one can figure out, it is a ruleset for the
American R...
Progress report and new temptations
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Progress on the Soldier King project continues - the small armies of
Sinistria and Dupanen have been cleaned up, prepared and in the case of
Sinistria (bar...
Lionheart - more playing with old toy knights.
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Our first trial game of Lionheart worked very well so we decided to expand
on it by introducing some terrain elements and and an additional two unit
typ...
Dominion of the Spear Army Builder
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It seems that the new hotness is a series of rules by Steve Parker
starting with *The Dominion of the Spear* and having expanded to cover
several other ...
Gumbinnen 1914 (yet again!) with Op14
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Last Friday, and clearly still on a Great War roll, Lloyd and Jerry joined
me for a game. As it was arranged at fairly short notice I dug out a
battl...
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 ...
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...
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. 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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