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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.
Grom-8 the space sheep dog?
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Another rather familiar space dog character for my space reinvention of the
‘One Man and his Dog’ hex 1970s board game. ‘One Spaceman and His Space
Dog’? R...
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...
Pyramidal Redux & Coalition No.2
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After losing the Battle of the Pyramids in the last blog post, mainly on a
technicality (the author not really knowing what he was doing), Napoleon
was ...
The Warhoon Ride!
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I'd planned to go out today, but the weather has been absolute shite, so I
gave it a miss. But it's your gain, because I got out my two Green Martian
arm...
Der Tag 1916
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Jim picked up a copy of "Der Tag 1916", a solo game covering naval
operations in the North Sea in WW1. As we often end up being able to play
solo games ...
Finished
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These chaps are 99% finished-
A wee bit of gunmetal and touching up and they will be done. Added tufts to
the bases yesterday. I have enough to have an ...
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 ...
Hildesheim Campaign – Day Seven
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*25 August 1813 – Northern Germany – Day 7*
The Prussians retreat to Hildesheim-Goslar border
1st Prussian army – retreat to Seesen
2nd Prussian army – r...
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...
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.
Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteHappy New Year to you too!
All the best,
Bob
Cheers!
ReplyDeleteI hope 2024 is good for you and yours!
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