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Monday 5 August 2024

Third Portable Wargame Compendium: The final draft is currently being proofread and checked

The final draft of Third Portable Wargame Compendium is being proofread and I hope that it will be published by next weekend.

The Third Compendium will include the following articles:

  • Modifications to the Ancients rules in Developing the Portable Wargame for fighting medieval battles
  • Constantinople Beleaguered ... a PW3x3RW campaign idea
  • A simple English Civil War campaign system for Portable Pike and Shot
  • Simple English Civil War 8 x 8 Campaign Rules
  • Some suggested improvements to the Brigade-level Portable Napoleonic Wargame Rules
  • Developing the Napoleonic Brigade-level Portable Wargame
  • Ideas for developing the Portable Napoleonic Big Battle or FP3x3PW Rules
  • Wargaming the Flagstaff War – New Zealand 1845 – 1846
  • Towards a Portable Gettysburg
  • Sham-Battle and the Portable Wargame: Melding two concepts to produce a set of mini-campaign rules
  • Some well-known scenarios revisited
  • Big Battles, Small Armies
  • A simple framework for narrative campaigns
  • 6 x 6 Portable Wargames

The following images show the first pages of each of the articles;

16 comments:

  1. Nice one Bob. I shall be watching Amazon with baited breath 😉
    Cheers,
    Geoff

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    1. Elliesdad (Geoff),

      I hope that you won't have to wait too long!

      All the best,

      Bob

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    1. Anthony Morton,

      I hope to get it to the printer by Wednesday and then release it for publication soon afterwards.

      All the best,

      Bob

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  3. Looks great! Can't wait to get my hands on it!

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    1. Mark Cordone,

      I am just beginning the publishing process so I hope that you won't have to wait too long!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  4. Really looking forward to reading this Bob

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    1. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      The plans are to produce it in four formats: hardback, softback, Kindle, and PDF.

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. The 3rd Compendium is available as a pdf from Wargame Vault - just downloaded a copy for the bargain price of €9.16 !!

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    3. Maudlin Jack Tar,

      Please see today’s blog post. There appears to be a problem with the book that I urgently need to resolve.

      Bob

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  5. Looks great, Bob, I am interested in the various campaigning ideas, (especially in Arthur's ECW chapter) and Gary Sheffield's thoughts on Napoleonics. I suspect I will be putting in an order!

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    1. David in Suffolk,

      If you do buy a copy, I don't think that you will be disappointed!

      All the best,

      Bob

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  6. Bob,
    It is already up on Amazon UK and showing in stock!
    Regards
    Steve

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    1. Steve,

      Thanks for letting me know! That’s amazing! They told me that it would be at least three days before it would be on sale!

      All the best,

      Bob

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    2. Steve and Mark Cordone,

      Please see today’s blog post. There appears to be a problem with the book that I urgently need to resolve.

      Bob

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