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The Strackenzian Revolution
At the end of the First World War and in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution many countries suffered Communist-led revolutions ... and the former Duchy of Strackenz was no exception to this. In...
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Nugget 263
I collected the latest edition of THE NUGGET (N263) from the printer this morning and it will be posted out to members of Wargame Developments by Saturday.I have also uploaded the PDF versions of THE...
View ArticleIncorporating tanks into Morschauser's 'Frontier' wargames rules
I have been thinking about how I could incorporate tanks into my development of Joseph Morschauser's FRONTIER wargames rules ... and have come up with the following ideas.Tanks will:Move 2 grid...
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Miniature Wargames with Battlegames Issue 363
I received my second subscription issue of the re-launched MINIATURE WARGAMES WITH BATTLEGAMES magazine today.The articles included in this issue are:Briefing (i.e. the editorial) by Henry HydeForward...
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My latest Funny Little Wars recruits
The recent spate of blog entries about the half-size Funny Little Wars battles that have been fought in Sheffield by Tim Gow and Martin Rapier has encouraged me to think about staging some similar...
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Last stand in Strackenz
It was the Spring of 1945 and the Allies are pushing across Germany from the east and west. The former Duchy of Strackenz lay in the path of the advancing American Army, and advance units had already...
View ArticleThree wargames in a week ... and with more to come!
After several months without fighting a single wargame, I have actually managed to fight three in one week!Admittedly they have all been play-tests of my various developments of Joseph Morschauser's...
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My latest Funny Little Wars recruits ... out of their boxes!
Some years ago James May bought a boxed item of Hornby model railway rolling stock at an auction as part of his TV programme about his Top Toys. (I think that it was a 'Car-a-belle' ... but I am not...
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Recreating Morschauser's original gridded wargame in 54mm-scale
Until recently I have been working to recreate Joseph Morschauser's gridded FRONTIER wargame using 15mm-scale figures ... but as I now have a growing collection 54mm-scale figures, the possibility of...
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The programme for COW2013 is almost ready
My co-organiser of COW2013– Tim Gow– sent me the programme on Saturday and I will be taking it to the printer later this morning.Besides the session timetable ...... the programme contains a list of...
View ArticleAdditions to the COW2013 programme already!
The metaphorical ink was hardly dry on my very recent blog entry about the COW2013 programme when two more sessions were added!They are:CATHOLIC SPECS (Jim Roche)I’m a Christian. I’d like to suggest...
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Send three and fourpence ...
Some further Funny Little Wars recruits arrived in this morning's post (the first of several tranches I hope to receive this week!) and they have joined the ranks of my US Marines.I now have 22 US...
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Send another three and fourpence ... better make that six and eightpence!
Not one but TWO packages arrived in the post today ... and one of them contained two boxes of Britains 54mm figures to add to my growing Funny Little Wars army.One box contained six members of the...
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Another six and eightpence!
No sooner had I written my earlier blog entry of today about my latest additions to my Funny Little Wars army when the doorbell rang ... and a courier delivered two more boxes of 54mm Britains...
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Warship 2013
The second package that was delivered this morning contained the latest copy of WARSHIP. This is Volume XXXV of this annual publication and it is edited by John Jordan and published by Conway (ISBN 978...
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Beware: It's a scam!
For a variety of reasons I was not able to check my emails, read Feedly, etc., this morning, and have only just managed to do so.I was surprised to see the following in my email inbox:The reason why I...
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COW2013 Programme and Timetable
With just over a week to go before COW2013 takes place over the weekend 5th - 7th July, it was vital that I collected and posted a copy of the COW2013 Programme to everyone who will be attending. I did...
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Even more Black Watch Highlanders!
Today's post brought some more additions to my Funny Little Wars army ... some more Black Watch Highlanders (or proper soldiers, as Tim Gow would say!).I now have 12 of them, including two officers,...
View ArticleLooking backwards to go forwards
It has been said that if you could test hindsight, it would always have 20/20 vision. We can all be wise after the event ... but how many of us nod sagely, say that we could see it coming ... and then...
View ArticleA week to go!
It is now just a week until COW2013 starts ... and I am really looking forward to it.I spoke to my co-organiser – Tim Gow– earlier today, and it seems that everything that needs to be done has been...
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