A Wargaming Odyssey

This is a long running and continuing journey around a collection of ideas, projects, games, models and a variety of wargaming related themes from my own imagination and from others. As I have been described as having the attention span of a forgetful goldfish you can rest assured the resulting subject matter will be diverse and (usually) entertaining! "He lived in a frenzy of enthusiasm — but nothing lasted for long with him".

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

The Nelson Touch

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An oldie but goodie, as some might say - at least I certainly would! Wargames set during the age of sail have given me some cracking games o...
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Monday, 7 July 2025

The Zulu War

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Been after this for a while and its arrival is doubly welcome following the recent Mike’s Models 15mm Colonial collection As is my usual mod...
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Sunday, 6 July 2025

The Lure of the Sublime Porte

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A new history covering the campaigns that shaped the Ottoman Empire up to 1600. I was never going to be able to resist getting a copy! I bla...
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Thoughts on The Portable Ironclads Wargame

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Then and now - a book of two halves. Could it have been written as one? It would have been more compact but probably less digestible! The Po...
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Monday, 30 June 2025

WW1 Aerial Card Game

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Quick and easy to play and with an alternate (and to be fair, more ‘wargamery’) set of rules available on BoardGameGeek. There are twenty ai...
Saturday, 28 June 2025

Backfilling the Portable Wargame

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At long last! Despite being an avid fan of the Portable Wargame series I am embarrassed to say that I have somewhat remiss in engaging with ...
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Friday, 27 June 2025

Armies in Africa

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I am absolutely delighted to have landed a copy of this at long last - even with a sticker mark slap bang in the centre of the cover! Just b...
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David Crook
A wargamer since the early 1970s with wide-ranging and mostly unfulfilled interests in many historical (or should that be hysterical?) periods. An eternal optimist, I am always convinced that the next project will be the one....
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