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 November 2020

Union Monitors Along the Missenhitti River

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The four Union monitors sporting between them 7 turrets! To be honest there is not a great deal you can do with a monitor although I have se...
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Saturday, 28 November 2020

ACW Fleet Lists

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I know the Confederate Naval Ensign was different to the above but the picture is quite evocative. As the current batch of four ships are cu...
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Friday, 27 November 2020

Madasahatta: “There is nothing a German Officer cannot do”

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General Freiherr Wilhelm Von Boozy, Iron Cross (First Class) with his ADC, Trottel, seen on manoeuvres in Germany prior to their transfer to...
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Thursday, 26 November 2020

Undercoated and ready to go

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No prizes for guessing what I will be doing this weekend! The items on the green milk bottle lids will be fitted in place once painted - sam...
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Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Ship Shaping and Brigantine Fashioned

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Nearly there! The overall sailing rig I am happy with although it is a little on the ‘heavy’ side. I have also yet to decide about fitting t...
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News of the Crusades

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  Oh yes indeedy! I am really excited about this expansion so hopefully I will not have too long to wait before it is available Command and ...
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Tuesday, 24 November 2020

Madasahatta: The Naval Dimension

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A superb set of rules with a neat campaign system for refighting the naval battles on Lake Tanganyika during WW1. The first supplement exten...
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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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