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, 13 April 2020

The Battle of Chimay, June 1815....Game Number 55 Part 1

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The opening positions. The French are on the right whilst the Anglo-Dutch are on the left. The small Belgian village of Chimay is close...
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The Hills are Alive....Part 2

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The first ten hexes of my green hill selection There they are. Finished and ready to use. Below is a rather staged shot just so as ...
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Sunday, 12 April 2020

The Hills are Alive....

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Works in progress. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice the Command and Colours Napoleonic Spanish expansion as well as a rather myst...
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Friday, 10 April 2020

Planning a Napoleonic Adventure....Part 30 - THE END

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A selection of Napoleon’s Guard.  Done. Finished. Ready to - in the words of Private Hudson from the film ‘Aliens’ - “Ready to get i...
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Thursday, 9 April 2020

The Final Lap

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French light and line infantry - the 16 fellows on the bottom left will be paint converted into line Grenadiers and Voltiguers. Pictu...
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Monday, 6 April 2020

Fifty (make that two) Shades of Grey (make that green)

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The shed. Although it is the full width of the garden it is only 6ft deep and has a rather quirky internal layout. It has been ...
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Sunday, 5 April 2020

The Big Three for 1815

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Wellington, Napoleon and Blucher from the Del Prado Relive Waterloo range Whilst the Emperor is still waiting on his infantry and a...
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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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