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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.
Reading Update
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A quick update since my last post. I've not posted recently as Mrs T and I
were in Andalucía for 10 days immediately after I wrote it. Since I came
back ...
Falcon Miniatures Civil War Game
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I finally got a game played using my Falcon ACW units. I used Chris
Salander's Horse & Musket 2.0 for rules. The photo above shows when the
Confederates ...
Getting the Balance Right
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*Typical game French v Prussians in north Germany*
A recent comment on the blog caused me to consider getting the balance
right in wargames, and also the...
Preparing for a cheap and cheerful Naval Wargame
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While sorting through and tidying up various free rule sets I have
downloaded over the years to my computer, I came across a set of Napoleonic
naval warg...
Dark Ages DBA
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After my game of DBA the other week I got to thinking that not only had I
not played it in a while, but that it had been a long time since my various
Dar...
Copenhagen - Kastellet
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After two nights at Sonderborg the next stop was Copenhagen. After crossing
the Alssund on the motorway bridge seen in the previous post and driving
the ...
T'Other Partizan 2025
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Late to the party with my report - that's work for you! Anyway, last Sunday
saw a trip to the Other Partizan at the Newark Showground.
I wasn't certain i...
International Repair Day 2025
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Happy International Repair Day 2025. Crossposted from my Man of TIN Blog
Two post
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2025/10/18/international-repair-day...
The Other Partizan - part the second
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Welcome to the second and concluding part of my report on visiting *The
Other Partizan* show at Newark last Sunday. In the first part, I showed
picture...
Shutters...
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I haven't been playing many games or finishing anything on the workbench
for the last few weeks.
I have some French 25mm Minifigs Marlburians about 70% d...
Memoir ‘44 Refresh….Kind of….
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*A newish version of an old favourite - so what is different then? Read
on….*
I have played many enjoyable games of Memoir ‘44 over the years but for a
...
Home and not away
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We had a VBCW game adding vehicles to try out the vehicle rules-
The Village people transport- van for the Automobile Association section
and a rather sp...
Unternehmen Merkur D-Day 20 May 1941
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The run up to Sheffield on D-Day was not without incident, as the police
had closed off the A61 at Chesterfield, but by 0930h I rolled up at Patriot
Games ...
The TERROR FISH.
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Hi...I've bought a Lakeside 1966 TERROR FISH. The model toy is about 8
inches long and will be ideal to match up with my STINGRAY model which is
13 inch...
Collaborative Campaign Year 3: Part 5
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We continue today with Geoff's report of the Barbarian raid into the
territory North of the City-State of Sentis (see last blog post). Text and
pictures...
Building a Chubby Armoured Cruiser...
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*ANS Amiral Charner *- a small armoured cruiser
just off the slipway...
A question arose in my last posting: how did I create the 'tumblehome' that
featu...
Bots - Are we back to normal "hit levels" again?
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Last post was only 56 hits after the first 24 hours. Which I think are
probably real people! Compared to the thousands previous .. what has
changed? Ask ...
Playmobil with Bear
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The convoy sets out.
The Kinchlets and I were gifted a rather magnificent 18th century Playmobil
set by my friend Stefan. We've been playing games w...
A Medieval host at the Plastic Warrior Show 2025
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You never know what will turn up at the PW Show each year, it's a perfect
mélange of toy soldiers, all scales large and small, collectable rarities
rub ...
Battle of Long Ridge
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While the local levies occupied a prominent hill, hoping to stop the
enemy's forces, the Duke gathered whatever reinforcements were in reach and
forced m...
Up Periscope 2: Free games
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Even though I have continued to be busy, I have found some time to keep an
eye out for new and interesting free games. Here are some of the most
inter...
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...
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 ...
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.
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteHappy New Year to you too!
All the best,
Bob
Cheers!
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Fitz-Badger,
DeleteMany thanks for your best wishes, and may I wish you and yours a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
HAPPY NEW YEAR Bob - may 2024 be a great year for you. Cheers. KEV.
ReplyDeleteKev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteMay I wish both of you a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you and yours Bob!
ReplyDeleteSteve J.,
DeleteCheers! Thanks for your best wishes and may I wish you and yours a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteRob Young,
DeleteMay I wish you and yours a great 2024.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob. All the best.
ReplyDeleteChris
Nundanket (Chris),
DeleteMany thanks for your best wishes, and may I reciprocate and wish you and yours a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year toy you Bob!
ReplyDeleteMr. Pavone,
DeleteCheers! May I take this opportunity to wish you and yours a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
You too Bob
ReplyDeleteGeordie an Exiled FoG,
DeleteMay I wish you and yours a great 2024.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob! Wishing you good health and lots of hobby time.
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteCheers! Thanks for your best wishes! They are much appreciated.
May I wish you no yours a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob