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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.
Space Shipping Containers from Card
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A crafty family weekend and hacking about a card template to make a generic
space building, storage or shipping container for 54mm. Add Grunge to
taste. Cr...
Battle of the Bulge - August 2024
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Because I am weak, biddable and easily distracted, I 've had these pictures
sitting around for ages and didn't do anything with them. We played three
Ba...
WW1 Italian Front - some approaches
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Now that I have a number of figures painted and books too-
Perhaps it is time to think how to game this. Some approaches-
http://megablitzandmore.blogsp...
Tigers at Minsk - training scenario one
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My interest in tactical warfare has been rekindled by playing the WRG
1925-50 (neu) test games. Tactical games aren't really suitable for our
remote ses...
A One Hour Wargame Scenario
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Scenario 1 from Neil Thomas's One Hour Wargames was fought this morning -
the report can be found *here*. Having played through them all in order
once I...
Summary of 1813 Campaign
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*1813 Campaign map*
The campaign started in July 2009.
The campaign has been reorganised six times since then, either because it
ran out of days in t...
Come On Ye Sassenagh Sissies!
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That didn't take as long as I expected.
*40mm: 2x3d printed (1 highlander, 1 viking), 1 homecast Prince August
Viking, with minor tweaks.*
*The gatheri...
A solo Napoleonic siege - Battle report
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This post turns out to be my 1000 blog post and what better way to mark
this milestone than with a battle report of a Napoleonic siege wargame.
Austrians ...
Wargaming Largesse and a Delicious Dilemma
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*A profile shot - ‘purely representational’ and sadly lacking a spanker on
the mizzenmast. Two decks worth of gunports which will cover most of what I
w...
Reviewing New Recruits (1) Cavalry
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You may remember that couple of posts ago I reported that I had acquired
quite a large number of 'pre-loved' Minifigs 25mm Seven Years War /
American W...
Little Great War - Azuria's latest battleship
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Azurian pre-Dreadnought *Chevalier Rouge...*Seeing Bob Cordery's Chris van
Allsberg style picture of a generic French pre-Dreadnought battleship, I
found...
2mm Artillery
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I bought some new artillery for my 2mm armies. They are cannons being towed
by caissons. I find handling them easier than deployed models. I haven't
dec...
3d Printing and a new toy
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I have been thinking for a while about upgrading my 3d printer. I bought
the Cubicon Style 9 years ago when I wanted to design and print Toy Soldier
te...
Indian!!
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The title of this post popped into my head from the wonderful TV series *Goodness
Gracious Me *where in a series of sketches, an Indian father insists to ...
More Sikhs
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I've been painting one each of the unique troop types in my expanding Sikh
Army. The last two troop types left are a unit of Akali - Sikh fanatics -
and ...
Shamus O D Wade Oojah-Cum-Pivvy range list
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I mentioned in an earlier post that I was attempting to compile a list of
all 36 figures in the Oojah-Cum-Pivvy range produced between 1982 and 1984
by ...
Claymore 2025
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It's that time of year again, doesn't time pass quickly!
Claymore 2025 – South East Scotland Wargames Club
I hope to be present at the show again althou...
More KuK aircraft
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Back in 1917, things just keep getting better for the lucky chaps of my kuk
forces. These are diecast models with some plastic parts. I’ve tarted them
up...
Up Periscope! The Battle of Wulfswade
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After some months of real life I have returned to periscope depth! I have a
fair few things to share. One of them is the You Tube channel of James
Atherto...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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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