My recent cruise gave me time to think about what I hope to do during 2026, and I will be sharing this with my regular blog readers over the coming months.
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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.
Gettysburg and Battlefield Artists in Residence
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Replicants 2005 War Correspondent figure by Peter Cole – 54mm – I finally
tracked one down! ***** 2017 post finally posted 2026! **** According to
https://...
New Additions to the Library
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*Another uniform book - I own two others from the series - and something
for the naval part of the library (which is probably the largest part!).*
Follow...
A few Transilvanian recruits
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Finished a few recruits for Transilvania -
A tankette representing the motorised elements of the cavalry regiments.
Note the Transilvanian colours to aid...
GAME #4 & #5 - The Power Armor Unit.
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I painted up six ANGLIAN Power Armor this afternoon. It must be over
fifteen years ago that I put pen to paper and drew up my designs for the
Power Armor...
Plug for another Blog
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In case any reader of this blog has yet to read the latest post from Les
Riflemen de Bourg en Bresse, I urge you do so and especially to watch the
video...
Gaslands - Capture The Flag
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We had four players for Gaslands last night. This meant that we were happy
to go with a 50 can game. And three of us brough single 50 can vehicles.
We ro...
Tuesday Night in the City
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Chris wants to revisit how NQM works for FIBUA at lower levels, what he
would call "RSO", which is his regimental level game.
Chris was using his sort o...
Roco WW2 personalities - The Great Dictators
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With apologies to Charlie Chaplin and Adenoid Heinkel, I bring you the
Great Dictators from the Roco WW2 personality set:
And what a charming bunch they...
Little Great War - Theatre Maps and other things
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A very model of a modern major-general
of the Ruberian Army
Methought to bridge the gap between postings by a kind of 'catch-up' of odd
bits and pieces th...
WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks
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I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in
a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them!
They're certainly a co...
Sunday: A Day of Mostly Rest
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So, now I have three stands of Highlanders with a fourth one 1/2 way there,
(*Apologies for the awful lighting....*)
'........then I'll need to give the ...
Hammerhead and finished Romans
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Yesterday I attended the Hammerhead show in Newark which has recently had
the organisation taken over by Dave Ryan of Caliver Books. The change in
runnin...
Cordova Campaign – Day Three
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*11 September 1813 – Southern Spain – Day 3*
French occupy Espinal
13 French Army regroup at Montoro
14 French Army attack El Carpio
15 French Army occu...
Charge of the Peter Laing Light Brigade
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We were hit by a bad Noreaster that dumped around 20 inches of snow and
had winds of 70 MPH. Needless to say, we lost power for 3 days.
It did give me ...
Reading, Painting, Sikhs, Turtles & Salute.
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One of the things that I noticed last year is that I barely read anymore.
Between work and children, I rarely get time to just sit down and
appreciat...
Starting the Siege Lines
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Created a few test siege line pieces for Dendermonde which will fit in
with the hex terrain which covers 4' x 6' of the table.
Gabions are 3d printed - ...
Been making some 28mm Kits
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For my Chain of Command 28mm British Infantry the welcome sight of a
Sherman Mk I (see below, the ubiquitous Western Front armour support):
She came up n...
Cavalier 2026 Show
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On Sunday I had the pleasure of attending 'Cavalier 2026' Wargames Show,
presented by the Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society, at the Angel Leisure
Centre, ...
Medieval figures on display.
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Slowly getting around to putting figures back on display after they had to
be packed away for work on the house a few years ago, a change is as good
as ...
Happy new.........er Blenheim!
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Well, far too late for any type of seasonal greetings but never to late for
a nice Blenheim! Zvezda 1/200 Mk IV. This has rested on my desk unpainted
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A Festive Surprise
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The Midlish plan was to surprise the Valdurians, spoil their New Year's Eve
and Day and make up for all of their defeats over the last decade......
But...
D’Erlon’s I Corps Shiny French Infantry
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Scott MacPhee (MacPhee’s Miniature Men Blog) just finished painting the
figures for the 4 Divisions of French Infantry for my shiny Napoleonic
Armies pro...
Forest Dragon 3D Sculpts
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A Christmas pressie to myself ...
... and on the inside.
Not the best presentation with their packaging.
Contents are revealed.
Can you tell what the...
Winter Break: A Beary Simple Wargame
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*A Beary Simple Wargame *made it out of the box today. My daughter set out
the terrain while I cleaned up lunch and we played while the boys took
their...
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.
A good new year to you and yours
ReplyDeleteThe Good Soldier Svjek,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you, too, Bob. 👍🏼
ReplyDeleteMartin S.,
DeleteMay reciprocate and wish you and your family a great 2026.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you BOB and Sue- may 2026 be a great year for you both.
ReplyDeleteKev Robertson (Kev),
DeleteI wish both of you a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year Bob, and best wishes for 2026
ReplyDeleteMaudlin Jack Tar,
DeleteWishing you and your family a wonderful 2026.
All the best,
Bob
And a Happy New Year to you both too :)
ReplyDeleteLee.
Lee,
DeleteMay I reciprocate, and wish you and your family a wonderful New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you and yours Bob.
ReplyDeleteJim
Jim Duncan (Jim),
DeleteI hope that you and your family have a wonderful and healthy New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a Happy New Year.
All the best,
Bob
And the very same to you Bob!
ReplyDeleteNickN,
DeleteI’d like to wish you and your family a great New Year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy New Year to you and Sue and everyone!
ReplyDeleteWe can only hope this year will be an improvement over last year in some ways!
Fitz-Badger,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a wonderful New Year, and - in the words of the song - hope that ‘things can only get better’.
All the best,
Bob
A good new year to you and yours Bob, hopefully it will be a good one for us all.
ReplyDeleteDonnie McGibbon,
DeleteI wish you an and your family a great New Year … and hope that the world will be a better and safer place for us all.
All the best,
Bob
HNY, Bob! Here's to lots of games in 2026
ReplyDeleteGary S,
DeleteMay I wish you and your family a wonderful New Year … and look forward to lots of games in the next year.
All the best,
Bob
Happy new year bob, I'm looking forward to another year of your blog
ReplyDeleteMr. Pavone,
DeleteAnd a Happy New Year to you too!
My recent cruise gave me time to think about what I hope to do during 2026, and I will be sharing this with my regular blog readers over the coming months.
All the best,
Bob