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, 5 April 2022

3 x 3 Ironclads - The Story So Far

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The first game was based upon the Battle of Hampton Roads featuring the U.S.S. Monitor, the grounded U.S.S. Minnesota and the C.S.S. Virgini...
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Sunday, 3 April 2022

“A Sweet Roam, Alabama”, 19th June 1864….Game Number 68

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C.S.S. Alabama engages the U.S.S. Kearsage As a quick follow up to my previous action I rather fancied something set on the high seas and so...
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Fast Play 3 x 3 Portable Naval Wargame Perceptions

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A Confederate commerce raider searching for her next prey. Now that I have cut my 3 x 3 teeth so to speak, I have taken the opportunity to r...
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Sunday, 27 March 2022

Duel of the Ironclads*, March 9th 1862….Game Number 67

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U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia exchanging point blank gunfire Although a little late in the month to celebrate the 160th anniversary...
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Friday, 25 March 2022

3 x 3 Portable Ironclad Wargame - Setting the Scene

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To the untrained eye the above is merely a piece of plywood with some lines drawn on it - members of the Portable Wargame 3 x 3 club will re...
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Thursday, 24 March 2022

Further Thoughts on the 3 x 3 Portable Ironclad Wargame

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C.S.S. Arkansas engaged by the U.S.S. Carondelet and U.S.S. Essex I was able to spend some time working on the 3 x 3 Portable Ironclad Warga...
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Monday, 21 March 2022

Thoughts on the 3 x 3 Portable Ironclad Wargame

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C.S.S. Manassas and Little Rebel (in the centre) engaging a pair of Union gunboats I must confess to being hugely inspired by the work under...
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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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