tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post1924758778348143387..comments2024-03-28T12:19:54.572+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Victorian War Game sells for £4,800!Robert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-16902405080975885252011-01-19T10:20:33.994+00:002011-01-19T10:20:33.994+00:00Dr Vesuvius,
I suppose it only goes to prove that...Dr Vesuvius,<br /><br />I suppose it only goes to prove that there is nothing new under the Sun!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-16698876292587274322011-01-19T10:10:36.458+00:002011-01-19T10:10:36.458+00:00Double sided tiles already used by Memoir '44 ...Double sided tiles already used by Memoir '44 and Battle Cry?<br /><br />And there was me thinking this was a new old idea, when it turns out to just be an old new idea instead :-)Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-36834577916838329972011-01-18T21:23:32.430+00:002011-01-18T21:23:32.430+00:00Arthur1815,
I suppose that we can hardly expect t...Arthur1815,<br /><br />I suppose that we can hardly expect the 'Metro' to treat a wargaming story seriously. After all, it is owned by the same people who produce one of the country's leading 'Red Tops'.<br /><br />I have a copy of Bill Leeson's facsimile booklet of the 1884 English rules (and it has become quite well-thumbed over the years), but I was unaware that the Two Fat Lardies had also published it.<br /><br />I had forgotten about the picture in Don Featherstone's 'Advanced War Games' that you mention in your comment ... but having looked at, it is - as you say - a very viable option for me to follow.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-47977617828040417532011-01-18T16:52:11.186+00:002011-01-18T16:52:11.186+00:00Bob,
I had already seen an article about this item...Bob,<br />I had already seen an article about this item some weeks ago in the Metro, where a 'humorous' piece suggested that this was an original example of the game played by General Melchett in Blackadder, and lamented that it was clearly a poor preparation for the trench warfare of 1914-18, lions led by donkeys &c. &c., conveniently ignoring the fact that this is an English version of the Prussian Kriegsspiel.<br />Bill Leeson published a facsimile booklet of the 1884 English rules years ago; I'm not sure if the Two Fat Lardies have republished it, as they did the original von Reisswitz 1824 rules.<br />Returning to your portable, chess grid based wargame, the illustration on page 206 of Don Featherstone's Advanced Wargames, although illustrating a device for creating maps for tabletop battles, might suggest an approach you could adopt.arthur1815https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333670394529977263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-38668266397823915292011-01-18T09:37:46.529+00:002011-01-18T09:37:46.529+00:00BigLee,
It was my pleasure.
I wonder how many wa...BigLee,<br /><br />It was my pleasure.<br /><br />I wonder how many wargamers who saw this was for sale thought - like me - '<i>If only I had won the National Lottery last week ...</i>'.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-75366308200567616862011-01-18T08:59:32.585+00:002011-01-18T08:59:32.585+00:00Great post. Thanks for the link.Great post. Thanks for the link.BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-58004518688954083202011-01-18T08:20:46.571+00:002011-01-18T08:20:46.571+00:00Dr Vesuvius,
Thank you for the link. I had seem i...Dr Vesuvius,<br /><br />Thank you for the link. I had seem it - or something very like it - before, and I don't think that it would be too difficult to make something similar.<br /><br />Your idea about using double-sided terrain tiles (as used in 'Memoir '44' and 'Battle Cry') makes a lot of sense, and I would certainly give it a try ... if only I had enough time.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-6252406474003730072011-01-18T01:18:49.338+00:002011-01-18T01:18:49.338+00:00On a similar vein, have you ever seen this?
http:...On a similar vein, have you ever seen this?<br /><br />http://www.boardgamestudies.info/pdf/issue3/BGS3Hilgers.pdf<br /><br />Sadly the PDF is in german, but if you scroll down a page or so you'll be rewarded with pictures of the most beautiful kriegspiel table, which was made for King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia in 1812.<br /><br />The hand painted square terrain tiles instantly made me think of your portable wargame project. While the king had several trays of tiles, I reckon you could get an acceptable variety of layouts by making the 64 tiles needed to fill a chessboard double-sided.Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-66842148036582319922011-01-17T22:31:31.404+00:002011-01-17T22:31:31.404+00:00Bluebear Jeff,
I am glad that you found it of int...Bluebear Jeff,<br /><br />I am glad that you found it of interest.<br /><br />Considering that the set was incomplete, and the expected price was less than £2,000, it was surprising that it sold for £4,800.<br /><br />Mind you, if I had had the money, I would have put in a bid myself for this piece of wargaming history.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-49012957125592880272011-01-17T22:29:05.468+00:002011-01-17T22:29:05.468+00:00Tim Gow,
I heard the trail for the item as I arri...Tim Gow,<br /><br />I heard the trail for the item as I arrived at work, rushed in, logged on the my computer, and listened to it online.<br /><br />The wonders of technology!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-60182332497776001382011-01-17T21:03:17.078+00:002011-01-17T21:03:17.078+00:00Thanks for reporting this. We in western Canada (...Thanks for reporting this. We in western Canada (and most of the rest of the world) would never else have heard of it.<br /><br /><br />-- JeffBluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-68229370833349037322011-01-17T21:01:04.068+00:002011-01-17T21:01:04.068+00:00I heard that item while driving to Teeside this mo...I heard that item while driving to Teeside this morning. There was a mention before 8am of 'a Victorian wargame' amoung the reports coming in the following hour. I switched off the satnav the better to listen to it. Interesting stuff.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.com