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".

Monday, 30 July 2018

Meandering in the right direction....

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  After the weekend I have had this is a most welcome restorative - and it is hugely inspirational. For a variety of reasons this...
Friday, 27 July 2018

The Look of the (ACW) Thing

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  The storming of Fort Wagner - note the monitors providing fire support  I have always enjoyed the series of chromolithographs ...
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Thursday, 26 July 2018

A Heatwave that is Too Hot to Handle....

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  Relentless and remorseless - readers of a certain vintage will recall the similar weather during 1976   This is the other H...
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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

A Facebook Diversion

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I would not describe myself as a massive social media user as such (gasps of disbelief at this point....). For sure I write this blog...
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Monday, 23 July 2018

Hammerin' Iron Revisited....Part 2

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  One to look out for methinks  It is funny how a throw away comment can spark a whole sequence of events. In this case we are not...
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Saturday, 21 July 2018

Hammerin’ Iron Revisited

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The Peter Pig Hammerin’ Iron cloth. Personally I think it is not ideal but will suffice for my immediate needs. Note the strategically place...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2018

Revisiting Risk: Europe and Hollywood Medieval Gaming

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  The box art - this is not like a 'normal' Risk game, in fact I think it is closer of Axis and Allies in many ways.   ...
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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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