tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post3446557075398700723..comments2024-03-28T12:19:54.572+00:00Comments on Wargaming Miscellany: Developing The Portable Wargame: A progress reportRobert (Bob) Corderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-75679697267905870532017-05-10T00:08:10.695+01:002017-05-10T00:08:10.695+01:00Jon Meech,
I hope that you will buy and enjoy my ...Jon Meech,<br /><br />I hope that you will buy and enjoy my next book as much as you did the last.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-42033797804101676032017-05-09T23:42:18.503+01:002017-05-09T23:42:18.503+01:00Hi Bob. Your next portable wargame book sounds exc...Hi Bob. Your next portable wargame book sounds exciting. I enjoyed the Portable wargame, so looking forward to seeing the next one. Jon Meechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382622116023780186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-19992393619203042592017-05-09T15:52:17.470+01:002017-05-09T15:52:17.470+01:00Unknown (John),
Its great to hear that my book is...Unknown (John),<br /><br />Its great to hear that my book is selling - and being used - in so many places. Its just the sort of encouragement that I need to spur me on to complete the next book.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-82811391204983823102017-05-09T11:33:25.896+01:002017-05-09T11:33:25.896+01:00Just wanted to let you know that I purchased your ...Just wanted to let you know that I purchased your paperback, it will show that I purchased it in the United States, but that is where my mail goes through. I am actually working at the United States Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe so you have had copies go to Zambia and now Zimbabwe. Southern Africa is being represented in the purchases. I love it and will be putting in use in the next few days. Keep the books coming and more will be headed to Zimbabwe.<br /><br />JohnPanzer63https://www.blogger.com/profile/16546976982930035579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-7758844891112883712017-05-07T23:01:19.658+01:002017-05-07T23:01:19.658+01:00Stephen Briddon,
The problem with real life is th...Stephen Briddon,<br /><br />The problem with real life is that it has a habit of stopping you from doing what you want to do because it keeps presenting you with things that you have to do! I have just the same sort of problems with lack of time even though I am retired and I am supposed to have loads of free time.<br /><br />Hopefully you will be able to get your toy soldiers onto a tabletop and in action soon.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-66722551843408885802017-05-07T22:24:33.869+01:002017-05-07T22:24:33.869+01:00I'm pepped. Sadly I haven't had much time ...I'm pepped. Sadly I haven't had much time to play anything due to exams and house improvements but your outline looks very exciting. My toy soldiers keep looking at me expectantly, hopefully we'll be able to spend quality time together soon with the new book.Steve8https://www.blogger.com/profile/14084781288683778590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-2750935608846704472017-05-07T20:45:18.110+01:002017-05-07T20:45:18.110+01:00Nobby,
It was one of your previous comments that ...Nobby,<br /><br />It was one of your previous comments that sparked the idea in my head.<br /><br />The locally-made armoured cars sound interesting. Just the sort of thing that would have been used by the Indian Police or a local Indian prince.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-16068665979133909752017-05-07T19:57:28.203+01:002017-05-07T19:57:28.203+01:00I thought it was written with me in mind :0)
I hav...I thought it was written with me in mind :0)<br />I have 3 Vickers Light tanks, late marks, but equipped with mg's and 3 Carden Loyd carriers. I've also bought 3 'local made' armoured cars from a chap on eBay. They are quite interesting because you get a Lledo van and a set of white metal panels and a turret. You can buy just the panels, which I did for the last two, because I discovered 2 of the vans in the £1 bin at a local toy collectors shop.<br />All still to be built, of course, and I won't be sorry to not have to paint any horses for awhile.nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552663142940856622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-26607139577850558602017-05-07T16:02:32.498+01:002017-05-07T16:02:32.498+01:00Barry Carter,
I want to get this book published b...Barry Carter,<br /><br />I want to get this book published by the time the summer holidays start ... and then I hope to begin work on a book entitled THE PORTABLE NAPOLEONIC WARGAME. This should encourage me to finish my Napoleonic project if only so that I can use the figures in the photographs I will need!<br /><br />There are also plans afoot for an English Civil War version, which will be written by someone with more knowledge of the period than I have, but with my input.<br /><br />I find the lack of reviews in the wargames media disappointing ... but I suspect that you are right and that the use of black and white images makes it less attractive to the sort of readers the magazines tend to cater for.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-7326421806151166262017-05-07T15:56:22.498+01:002017-05-07T15:56:22.498+01:00Nobby,
Funnily enough I have actually written a p...Nobby,<br /><br />Funnily enough I have actually written a paragraph in the preamble to the 'new' rules about colonial-style actions. It states:<br /><br />'Colonial actions (e.g. in Iraq or on the North West Frontier of India) or wars (e.g. the Italian Invasion of Abyssinia) can be recreated by using a mixture of these rules (for the European and European-trained troops) and my LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY (INCLUDING COLONIAL) rules (for the Native troops). The only armoured vehicles that can be included in a European or European-trained army are Scout Car units and Light Tank units, and the latter should only be equipped with Machine Guns.'<br /><br />It could almost have been written with you in mind!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />BobRobert (Bob) Corderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13109130990434792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-40440468220017273872017-05-07T15:48:09.840+01:002017-05-07T15:48:09.840+01:00Good news on progress of new title. I am not surpr...Good news on progress of new title. I am not surprised at the lack of reviews in the wargaming press - yours is a proper wargamers book, not a piece of coffee table frippery!<br />Carry on with the good work.Barry Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958045829293998473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6933470253715910366.post-46092776526387029822017-05-07T14:55:46.993+01:002017-05-07T14:55:46.993+01:00That's looking good Bob
The Early and mid 20th...That's looking good Bob<br />The Early and mid 20thC is my period at the moment. Got my army of British NWF troops (enough for 1HW) finished and Pathans assembled to base. :0)<br />Looking forward to buying the paperback.nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02552663142940856622noreply@blogger.com