I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It lasts approximately twenty minutes.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel. It is about the Funny Little Wars lawn game that took place at COW2025.
It lasts approximately seven and a half minutes.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It lasts approximately thirteen minutes.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I’ve been creating a YouTube video about Imperial Brazil’s ironclads, and during a break I decided to ask ChatGPT to create two imaginary Brazilian ironclads.
The first is the casemate ironclad Imperatriz Maria da Glória.
The second is the single-turret monitor Cabral
The AI-created images of these two ironclads are not quite consistent ... but they certainly look feasible. I particularly like the layout of the main armament of the Imperatriz Maria da Glória - which seems to be concentrated forward so that she could fire at an enemy ship as she approaches at ramming speed - and the turtle-back hull of the Cabral.
This was an interesting exercise and produced two ship designs that would be ideal for an nineteenth century imagi-nation's navy.
During yesterday morning the surveyor from the shower installation company visited us, and spent nearly two hours measuring up the space and calculating what work need to be done to instal a new accessible shower in the shower room on our house's second floor. Now that has been done, the work can begin in about four weeks time ... and as soon as it has been completed, I'll be able to enjoy having a shower for the first time in well over a year. (I have had showers whilst on cruises, but I've been unable to safely get into and out of our current shower since I developed axonal polyneuropathy.)
I was also able to collect my car from the body shop yesterday afternoon ... and in meant that I was able to go to my local gaming club – Dice on the Hill – that evening.
Whilst waiting for the surveyor to do his work, I managed to re-fight the Battle of Tamai using the DOMINION OF THE SPEAR AND BAYONET rules, and I hope to write a blog post – and possibly create a YouTube video – about it over the coming weekend.
When I was confined to my bed for several months last year, I became an avid watcher of YouTube ... and I thought that I would share a list of some of the channels I subscribe to with my regular blog readers.
History of Wargaming Project: As a longtime supporter of John Curry's project to publish as many of the 'lost' wargame books as possible and publishing new works about Matrix Games, Cyber warfare, and professional wargaming, it would have been very remiss of me not to subscribe to this channel!
Miniature Adventure: As Big Lee's states on his channel introduction, his videos 'are designed for the busy wargamer who enjoys long-form videos but doesn't always have the time to watch them. So if you want short, interesting battle reports, hobby conversations, rules reviews and show reports, this channel is for you.' They certainly are as described, and I thoroughly recommend that all wargamers should subscribe to his channel!
Phil Sabin: Phil's occasional series of videos include battle reports and explanations of his rules.
Big Wargames: Ken Hanning's channel covers the Rapid Fire wargames he stages in his superb purpose-build wargame room in Perthshire, Scotland.
Doug C: Doug describes his channel as a 'channel for vintage, Gilderesque wargaming 'In the Grand Manner''. In particular, it is the only place on the internet where I have found videos of the episodes of BATTLEGROUND, the Tyne Tees TV series about wargaming that was hosted by Edward Woodward. These include the battles of Chalons, Edgehill, Waterloo, and Gettysburg.
Budget Model Railways: My 'go to' model railway YouTube channel! Lots of ideas and inspiration, with regular updates.
Michael Chartres: I have only recently discovered this channel, but I find listening to and watching Michael renovate his 00-gauge model railway both interesting and inspiring. Like me, he is no spring chicken, but some of the methods he has used certainly made me sit up and say to myself 'why didn't I think of that!'
Jago Hazzard: Jago specialises in railways-related topics, especially those operated by TfL (Transport for London). He also has several model railway videos on his channel ... and they are well worth watching.
Sam's Trains: Sam's regular reviews of model railway locomotives and rolling stock are a must for anyone with an interest in the hobby.
WW2 Pod: We have ways of Making You Talk: This is Al Murray and James Holland's official YouTube channel about the Second World War. The banter between these two is fun, informative, and thought-provoking. What's not to like?
Lets Tab 59: This channel's owner is an ex-British Army NCO and besides doing lots of 'tabs' (Tactical Advance into Battle ... or countryside walks, during which he talks about all sorts of military topics), he also raises money for charity.
Shrewsbury House: This is a very new channel, but I subscribe because it is our local community centre and its where I go for my weekly gaming session with Dice on the Hill.
One of the YouTube channels I follow is BUDGET MODEL RAILWAYS (who also have a website). They currently have issued a challenge … to build a small model railway layout on a 60cm x 23.5cm floating shelf.
The wording of the challenge is as follows:
To produce a layout of any scale/gauge on a 60cm x 23.5cm floating shelf.
Thickness of the shelf does not matter but must not exceed the 60cm x 23.5cm dimensions. It must have at least one point/switch and have as much operating potential as possible! i.e. not a single track diorama.
Any type of track including pre-ballasted is acceptable. Ovals are acceptable if they can be fitted in, as long as there is at least one point/switch.
It must have two buildings/structures as a minimum, but this can include sheds, signal boxes etc.
Back scene can be any height.
This is Mike Potter's N gauge freelance 60cm x 23.5cm layout. It is designed so that the Kato freelance pocket line range locomotives and rolling stock can run on it. In his description of the layout he states that he 'wanted to give a sense of open space with the railway part of the landscape and not the main feature'.
I am giving serious thought to taking part in this challenge … and if I do, I will certainly blog about it.
Please note that the photographs featured above are © Michael Potter.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It lasts just under eleven and a half minutes.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled A REVIEW AND PLAY-TEST OF THE DOMINION OF THE SPEAR AND BAYONET RULES and lasts just under twelve minutes.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled JOSE MARIA BUENO CARRERA: SPANISH MILITARY UNIFORM EXPERT AND ARTIST, lasts just under nine minutes, and includes examples of his beautiful illustrations.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled THE NAVAL MUSEUM, CARTAGENA, SPAIN, lasts just under twenty minutes, and is a brief illustrated guide to the contents of the museum.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a revised version of my YouTube video about Batterie Lothringen to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled BATTERIE LOTHRINGEN, lasts just over ten minutes, and tells the story of one of the German World War II coastal defence batteries built on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled BATTERIE LOTHRINGEN, lasts just under ten minutes, and tells the story of one of the German World War II coastal defence batteries built on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
PS. Since I uploaded this video I have noticed a couple of errors (e.g. Batterie Lotheringen being referred to as Batterie Moltke on a couple of slides, some missing background music etc.). I hope to upload a corrected video at some point.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled BATTERIE MOLTKE, lasts just over nine minutes, and tells the story of one of the German World War II coastal defence batteries built on Jersey in the Channel Islands.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
It is entitled BATTERIE VARA, lasts just under ten minutes, and tells the story of the largest German World War II coastal defence battery built in southern Norway.
The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
Yesterday, the Wargaming Miscellany channel on YouTube reached a new milestone ... the number of subscribers reached four hundred!
The Wargaming Miscellany channel was set up on 17th May (just over fifteen weeks ago), and achieved two hundred subscribers on 11th July, and to date I have created and uploaded eighteen videos. I hope to add some more in the near future, and with a bit of luck this will encourage more people to subscribe to the channel.
Thanks to all my regular blog readers who have already subscribed to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel, and I hope that those of you who haven't yet paid it a visit or have no yet considered subscribing, please do so.
This new video contains a battle report of a wargame that I fought over ten years ago.
The scenario for the wargame is based on a section of Alexander Korda and H G Wells' film THINGS TO COME and depicts the attack by the Army of Everytown on the Army of the Hill People.
An earlier background video to this scenario can be found here.
The video can be seen here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
This new video (which I uploaded yesterday) provides the background to a scenario that I fought over ten years ago.
The scenario is based on a section of Alexander Korda and H G Wells' film THINGS TO COME and depicts the attack by the Army of Everytown on the Army of the Hill People.
The video can be seen here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
When I started out making videos for my Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel, I received a comment that my videos might be improved by the addition of a musical sound track.
At the time, I was still trying to learn how to use my video editing software, but over the past few days I have been experimenting with adding a musical soundtrack to a couple of videos I have made. These give the background to a wargame that I fought over ten years ago as well as a battle report about that tabletop battle.
These two videos will be uploaded by the end of the week and I would appreciate helpful feedback.
I had hoped to use the soundtrack from THINGS TO COME on these two videos, but as I could not find a suitable electronic copy of the music, I ended up using MARS from Gustav Holst's Planet Suite instead. The details of the recording that I used are:
The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War played by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
I have created a pair of YouTube videos that tell the story of the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich.
The second deals with the history of the second location of the museum – Firepower! inside the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich – and includes coverage of some of the exhibits that used to be on display.
This video can be found here.
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