tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post1262942700042636331..comments2024-03-29T06:05:14.320+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Returning fire ...Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-79634785183389914302011-08-12T18:08:56.103+01:002011-08-12T18:08:56.103+01:00Mark,
Thanks for your kind comments.
All the bes...Mark,<br /><br />Thanks for your kind comments.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-74509426385187735862011-08-01T22:37:03.999+01:002011-08-01T22:37:03.999+01:00Great riposte Bob. Im not even going to bother rea...Great riposte Bob. Im not even going to bother reading the original thread on TMP.<br /><br />Cheers<br />MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835446049246785287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-24247143996797633022011-07-16T17:49:30.393+01:002011-07-16T17:49:30.393+01:00Tone,
That makes things a lot clearer!
I heard t...Tone,<br /><br />That makes things a lot clearer!<br /><br />I heard that several ships had become intimately acquainted with the terrain, but not whose ships.<br /><br />Sounds like you had a successful outcome to your battle. May I suggest that you 'Splice the Mainbrace'?<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-61117513329985254772011-07-16T12:07:29.261+01:002011-07-16T12:07:29.261+01:00A grounding.
Well that would be Alex and Roger. A...A grounding.<br /><br />Well that would be Alex and Roger. Alex first, and Roger stuck for the entire battle - although he did manage a stern rake on Flooper from his rocky perch! I was briefly grounded for one move later in the game after placing my company of the 69th foot on dry land prior to their famous capture of the Frog Fort,and the broadside from my vessel HMS Sirius destroying the fort's seaward side gun batteries.<br /><br />Captain Sir Samuel Pym <br />Victor of Knuston BayTonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690177103644553288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-15348572443237230722011-07-15T17:55:40.278+01:002011-07-15T17:55:40.278+01:00Gunnery Sargent Rock,
In the words of the famous ...Gunnery Sargent Rock,<br /><br />In the words of the famous song "Will ye na come back agin?"<br /><br />We would love to see you at a future COW.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-52718689510682437762011-07-15T16:21:17.213+01:002011-07-15T16:21:17.213+01:00Hi Tony
I do recall, our adventures on the high s...Hi Tony<br /><br />I do recall, our adventures on the high sea, do you remember a Zepplin raid we teamed up on, alas we didn't exacly cover ourselves in glory. Dropped the arse end in the Thames.....<br /><br />Thanks for toasting me in the bar, as for interesting photos....the interprative dance session looked like a hoot. I could have been of some assistance as one of my recent (4 years)new hobbies is swing dancing.<br /><br />Well Bob proof in the pudding, friendly and stimulating.<br /><br />Record Mission SuccessGunnery Sargent Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988816939209793664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-22796341861770346372011-07-15T16:09:54.059+01:002011-07-15T16:09:54.059+01:00Tone,
It did sound like you had a lot of fun ... ...Tone,<br /><br />It did sound like you had a lot of fun ... but just who did run aground early in the battle?<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-62669835917184175612011-07-15T14:53:16.641+01:002011-07-15T14:53:16.641+01:00Hi Bruce,
You will be pleased to know that SWAB w...Hi Bruce,<br /><br />You will be pleased to know that SWAB was staged again at COW this year. It has sailed on a bit since we first sunk the Frogs! This year I, as Captain Sir Samuel Pym, led the British flotilla against the same old enemy. Due to some innovative tactics on my part we beat them in the same old way! You will be able to read my offside report in the Nugget. I also submitted some interesting photos. Your presence as my Flag Captain was sadly missed - so we toasted you loyally and royally in the bar!<br /><br />ToneTonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690177103644553288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-12962449099535119472011-07-14T19:45:56.356+01:002011-07-14T19:45:56.356+01:00Gunnert Sargent Rock,
Thanks for the very kind co...Gunnert Sargent Rock,<br /><br />Thanks for the very kind comments about COW.<br /><br />The conferences have not really changed that much over the years, and if you were ever to have the opportunity to come to one in the future, I am sure that you will still find the '<i>members friendly and the games stimulating and fun</i>'.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-70492965324330404602011-07-14T19:43:01.442+01:002011-07-14T19:43:01.442+01:00The Old Metal Detector,
Your mother gave good adv...The Old Metal Detector,<br /><br />Your mother gave good advice.<br /><br />The question is, would I want to end up owning a pair of 'Dan of Iniquity's' shoes?<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-20740429723508851682011-07-14T12:49:04.352+01:002011-07-14T12:49:04.352+01:00Hi Bob
I had the great pleasure of attending a CO...Hi Bob<br /><br />I had the great pleasure of attending a COW in the nineties while living in the UK and found WD members friendly and the games stimulating and fun.<br />Your man "Dan of inequity" really has no idea what he is talking about, don't take such comments to heart.<br /><br />Kind Regards<br /><br />Bruce StewartGunnery Sargent Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12988816939209793664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60433361659184091122011-07-14T11:21:24.417+01:002011-07-14T11:21:24.417+01:00Let me offer you the advice of my mother.
"...Let me offer you the advice of my mother. <br /><br />"If there is someone you don't get along with, walk a mile in their shoes. Then they will be a mile away. And you will have their shoes."Vintage Wargaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251018372867101509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-4173771629423243282011-07-14T06:36:39.837+01:002011-07-14T06:36:39.837+01:00Ken H,
Welcome to Wargame Developments!
You will...Ken H,<br /><br />Welcome to Wargame Developments!<br /><br />You will find it a rather disparate (and sometimes desperate!) group whose interests, experience, and knowledge cover a wide spectrum of different game designs and historical periods. What binds them together is a desire to experiment, develop, and exchange ideas and concepts.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36384414702716253902011-07-13T14:48:13.308+01:002011-07-13T14:48:13.308+01:00well, thanks to the power of the paypal button on ...well, thanks to the power of the paypal button on your link to the WD site - WD have gained one e-member today thanks to Dan - somewhere he must be smiling about that.....!!Ken Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231379269565966932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-28392486841707954702011-07-13T14:40:48.911+01:002011-07-13T14:40:48.911+01:00Tone,
Don't tax yourself. Remember what the d...Tone,<br /><br />Don't tax yourself. Remember what the doctor told you. I would be really upset if you injured yourself:<br /><br />a. Laughing at 'Dan the Man's' comments or<br /><br />b. Hurt your hand and twisted your lip trying to give the correct grip and word whilst typing or<br /><br />c. Both of the above.<br /><br />I should really thank 'Dan of Iniquity' for all the laughs he has managed to produce today. He has really given my spirits a lift!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br />(Past Master of the 'Lodge your complaint with the Umpire' [No. Four Sixes required])Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-64945381019922385422011-07-13T14:19:08.108+01:002011-07-13T14:19:08.108+01:00Lucky for Dan that responded instead of me, as I w...Lucky for Dan that responded instead of me, as I would have far more blunt Bob1<br /><br />Retirement has enabled you to post a mild rebuke and laugh at the less-well informed.<br /><br />Whhoooaaa1<br /><br />Did you hear that?<br /><br />I believe that it was the call of the stupid coming from the pages of TMP and Dan.<br /><br />I am experiencing difficulty attempting to communicate the grip and word of a WD Founder member and type this post at the same time.<br /><br />Male anon-Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690177103644553288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-86731378501395498672011-07-13T14:10:23.263+01:002011-07-13T14:10:23.263+01:00Ken H,
I can see why you wife laughed so much; th...Ken H,<br /><br />I can see why you wife laughed so much; this was a very humorous comment that has made me laugh out loud for the second time today. My neighbours will think I have gone made ... if they did not already think I was!<br /><br />Have a great day. I am off to polish my balustrades and oil the under housemaid as she has been a bit squeaky of late.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-19410179821112452142011-07-13T13:47:50.802+01:002011-07-13T13:47:50.802+01:00'on my life Bob you have some terrific chaps a...'on my life Bob you have some terrific chaps amongst your cohort of supporters. <br />In my view laughter is a very powerful weapon - I've used it successfully with those of a female persuasion for years now - why even on our wedding night my wife was consumed by laughter - marvellous compliment I thought!<br /><br />This Dan of Inequity chap ( I think I have this right) has done the forces of light the most tremendous service. I've seen through his cunning plan - all along he intended that we would be given time to ponder the great support that WD has provided to the hobby.<br />Following in the great traditions of Young, Featherstone, Sandars,and my own personal wargame heroes Callan and Lonely - Dan has reminded us all of just what an enormous debt we owe to WD members - perhaps even on a par that would overtake the debt we are likely to end up requiring off Johnny Dublin and Phil the Greek shortly!<br />Yes indeed - I'm a convert - My sense is that you should make Dan of Inequity guest speaker at COW next time - I've even got the title for him to save him the bother - "Faux Pas through the ages" - perhaps dear old John Curry could reprint in paperback form twenty years later, when he's finished typing up Edwina's "Memoires of a Major disaster"?<br />Ah well - back to the garden. All this talk of elitism in the hobby has reminded me that the under butler still hasn't chalked up my golf bats, the carriage footmen need to be reliveried with valleho's finest daubing pots and if I'm not mistaken the old Doc is about to suggest that Her ladyship is almost beyond help - may need a couple of saving throws and pray for a six!<br />"Dan of Inexplicable assistance" I'd say!!Ken Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04231379269565966932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-46251602820787764282011-07-13T13:32:18.931+01:002011-07-13T13:32:18.931+01:00Arthur,
With regards to how 'Dan of Iniquity&...Arthur,<br /><br />With regards to how 'Dan of Iniquity' should be dealt with ... well, in the words of Francis Uquhart, "You might think that ... but could not possibly comment!" (Now where did I put that large club?)<br /><br />The response on TMP has made me laugh ... and that is something that I like to do every day if I can!<br /><br />Have a great day yourself.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. The secret handshake is in the post. Use it sparingly, as thumbing your nose at someone with your left hand, whilst extending your right hand to shake them by the hand, has been known to cause offence to people who are not members of WD.Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-53400857848522355312011-07-13T13:24:45.807+01:002011-07-13T13:24:45.807+01:00Arthur1815,
Thanks for the compliment about my re...Arthur1815,<br /><br />Thanks for the compliment about my reply. Writing it did I me a lot of good.<br /><br />Sometimes I despair when I read some TMP posts ... but at other times I have found it very useful. The art is knowing how to be selective when it comes to reading topics.<br /><br />I had forgotten that we use passwords within WD to allow members access to the latest issue of THE NUGGET online! Oops! Something else that will confirm 'Dan of Iniquity's' worst fears about WD.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-28853283057153701342011-07-13T13:19:37.582+01:002011-07-13T13:19:37.582+01:00Dr Vesuvius,
On behalf of WD, thank you very much...Dr Vesuvius,<br /><br />On behalf of WD, thank you very much for your support.<br /><br />Sure, some of the ideas that people try out at COW come to nothing ... but a lot of them do become part of the hobby's mainstream. Only last month WSS had an article about running a campaign as a Matrix Game, something that Chris Engle - the originator of the Matrix Game concept - readily acknowledges.<br /><br />If 'Dan of Iniquity' had bothered to look at the WD website before making his comments, he might have been a bit better informed but ...<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-82396983046835178032011-07-13T11:14:56.988+01:002011-07-13T11:14:56.988+01:00Bob
Dan was certainly struck by something, here i...Bob<br /><br />Dan was certainly struck by something, here in Africa we would strike him a little harder to make sure the cells lined up properly.<br /><br />But even before I got to read replies I was seriously disappointed there was no secret handshake, always wanted one of those.. damn LOL.<br /><br />Good post though, made me laugh in a day where the silver lining is just cheap plating.<br /><br />RegardsArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029799270661710049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-68698119944373759422011-07-13T10:24:19.011+01:002011-07-13T10:24:19.011+01:00Bob,
An excellent riposte to an ill-considered, u...Bob, <br />An excellent riposte to an ill-considered, uninformed comment!<br />TMP is, indeed, a strange mixture of knowledgeable, helpful people who make constructive, pertinent comments - and a few others who make one embarrassed to be a wargamer...<br /><br />But there ARE passwords - we e-members have to use them to access the current Nugget online!<br />Regards,<br />Arthurarthur1815https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333670394529977263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-516325577633551682011-07-13T10:21:29.527+01:002011-07-13T10:21:29.527+01:00Fix bayonets! Advance to the flank, giving +1 sup...Fix bayonets! Advance to the flank, giving +1 support bonus to the main counter-attack.<br /><br />That comment irritated me as well, because even though I only had WD membership for a year about 15 years ago, I've seen ideas put forward in the Nugget back then that have made their way into commercial rulesets. Who knows what you propeller-head types have come up with in the last decade and a half of fooling around with carboard boxes and marbles and whatnot.<br /><br />There's nothing gets my goat like someone being ignorant on the internet.Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-75444318822884875202011-07-13T10:21:01.340+01:002011-07-13T10:21:01.340+01:00Bluebear Jeff,
I must admit that I also looked at...Bluebear Jeff,<br /><br />I must admit that I also looked at the TMP profile of 'Dan of Iniquities' and noticed the number of stifles he had received.<br /><br />He has a right to his opinion ... I just wish that he had spent a little longer researching what WD does before he wrote what he wrote.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />PS. I has been pointed out to me in an email that WD is mentioned in both the DBA and HOTT rule books. The quote reads '<i>Wargame Developments is an association of wargames innovators that centres around an annual "try it on the dog" conference, not to be missed</i>.'<br /><br />Obviously the opinion of someone like Phil Barker (who openly admits to being a founder member of WD) counts for little in the world of 'Dan of Iniquities', and that he probably regards DBA and HOTT as not part of '<i>the main stream of the hobby</i>'.<br /><br />If I can be permitted to misquote for Macbeth regarding 'Dan of Iniquities', '<i>Dismiss him. Enough</i>.'Robert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.com