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, 16 March 2021

Taking Stock of the Blocks

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One of the seven colours of block army I made showing all the current troop types available - the other colours being red, blue, green, ligh...
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Sunday, 14 March 2021

Tidying Up some Loose Ends

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The models that are going to be rejigged or retired - the two versions of the C.S.S. Georgia (top) and the two smaller ironclads The bare bo...
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Saturday, 13 March 2021

An Octagonal Dilemma

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For a variety of reasons I was very glad to see the back of building this particular model! She has scrubbed up quite well although she came...
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Friday, 12 March 2021

Naval Snakes and Ladders

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My current ‘go to’ reading for the Ironclad period and the inspiration for my own rule writing endeavours   Now that I have gone as far as I...
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Thursday, 11 March 2021

‘Big Wheels (Still) Keep on Turnin’

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‘I saw three ships come sailing in’ - Not quite Christmas and without a sail in sight these are the three latest additions to the ACW collec...
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Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Thoughts on Madasahatta - Afloat and Ashore

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Fun and games along the Danube.... ....or across the vastness of Lake Tanganyika  I have much unfinished business as far as Madasahatta is c...
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Monday, 8 March 2021

Raiders of the Lost Ark(ansas) Revisited....Game Number 64

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  The three combatants - U.S.S. Essex at the top of the picture, U.S.S. Carondelet to the right and the C.S.S. Arkansas in the foreground. A...
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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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