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Friday, 26 May 2023

The Second Portable Wargame Compendium ... is almost ready!

The final draft of the Compendium has been proofread, the text has been uploaded to KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), and the cover has been designed ...

... and now all I am waiting for is the final printed proof copy to be delivered. Once that happens, I hope to be able to publish the Compendium within a matter of days.

The contents of the Compendium include:

  • Some generic Portable Skirmish Wargame rules
  • Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable English Civil War Wargame Siege Rules
  • Fighting a campaign using simple campaign rules and Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable Napoleonic Wargame rules
  • Fast Play 3 x 3 Napoleonic Portable Wargame Rules
    • Simple campaign rules
    • Campaign map
    • The story of the campaign
  • A divisional army list generator for the Napoleonic period
  • Some Variations on the Portable Napoleonic Wargame: Brigade Rules
  • “Generals commanding armies have something else to do than to shoot at one another.”
  • An easy operational campaign game for Portable Wargames
    • An example of play
  • The Portable American Civil Wargame
    • Introduction
    • The Rules
  • The Big Push: A variant of the Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable Wargame rules for the trench battles of the Western Front
  • Rules and Army Lists for Portable Wargames in the Hyborian Age
    • Introduction
    • Specific rules
    • Army lists for the Hyborian Age
  • Turn sequence activation ideas using UNO cards
    • The army commander version
    • The unit version
    • A short note about UNO
  • 3D Printing simple Portable Wargame armies and terrain: One modeller's approach
  • 3D Printing simple Portable Wargame armies and terrain: Another modeller's approach
  • Taking a bit of a Risk: Using the figures from the boardgame Risk to create armies for the Portable Wargame
  • Making your own square terrain tiles
  • Appendix 1: General’s Daily Activity Chart
  • Appendix 2: Arthur Harman’s Generalship Game Maps
  • Other books in the Portable Wargame series

The Second Compendium has 132 pages compared to the 108 pages in the First Compendium. The softback will cost £20.00, an increase of £5.00 from the price of the First Compendium, to take into account the increased number of pages as well as the increased cost of printing.

14 comments:

  1. Great news, well done Bob and thank you for all your hard work. Regards Paul

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    1. PDL (Paul),

      Although I write a fair bit of the contents and do the layout, without the contributions of others, the Compendia would be much slimmer volumes.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  2. Looking forward to ordering the softcover book. Your book has many interesting wargaming concepts that appeal to me, Bob looking forward to read it. We wish you great success with the book. Best wishes - Quinn

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    1. Glory to Ruritania (Quinn),

      Cheers! The joy of the Compendia is that they should contain something for everyone. Even if readers don’t use all the rules etc., in the book, I hope that the contents will inspire them.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Looks fantastic! Can't wait to get my grubby little paws on it!

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    1. Mark Cordone,

      It’s thanks to contributors like you that there are PW Compendia.

      You will hopefully get your copy by the middle of next month.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    1. Anthony Morton,

      Hopefully it will be on sale very early next month.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  5. Plenty of content there, Bob. I reckon I might be forced to buy one. Do they come in hard-back?
    Cheers,
    Ion

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    1. Archduke Piccolo (Ion),

      I do hope that you do buy a copy. It will be published in hardback ... but its availability in that format will depend upon whereabouts you are in the world. For example, it should be available in hardback within the EU, but not in the UK! If I want to order a copy, I will have to do it from Germany!

      I'll leave you to work out why this is the situation ...

      All the best,

      Bob

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    1. Martin S.,

      The final printed proof copy has arrived and I have checked it. I'm now about to go through the process of publishing it in hardback, softback and KIndle editions with Amazon and PDF format with Wargames Vault. This should take up to 72 hours so the book should be available to buy on Monday ... I hope!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  7. I see it’s showing up on Wargames Vault already!

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    1. Martin S.,

      I have recently discovered this ... and it's also available to buy in printed format from Amazon as well!

      I'm now just waiting for the Kindle edition to be approved.

      All the best,

      Bob

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