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".

Thursday, 2 June 2022

For the Honour of Turkiye.…The Sea of Marmara, March 1878….Game Number 73….Part 1

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Sultan Abdul Hamid II - a portrait from 1899 It was well known that Sultan Abdul Hamid II did not enjoy a good relationship with his naval h...
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Sunday, 29 May 2022

Ch, Ch, Ch, Ch….Changes….Turn and face the strain….

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You know that feeling you sometimes get when something is not quite right but you are unable to put your finger on exactly what? Well, this ...
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Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Hampton Caught….January 1862….Game Number 72

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This evening I fought a Zoom based play test game using my Portable Ironclad Wargame rules and based on the second day of the famous Battle ...
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Readying for Action - Return to Hampton Roads

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The three ‘not so amigos’ - from left to right the U.S.S. Monitor, U.S.S. Minnesota and the C.S.S. Virginia. This evening will see the first...
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022

Boot Sales and Bone Spurs

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I have to say that I have taken a vicarious pleasure in reading about Partizan last weekend - it is not a show I have been to but would like...
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Sunday, 22 May 2022

The Return of the Desert Loving Englishman

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A fascinating read about a sideshow of a sideshow of a sideshow…. It is funny how an idea can morph into another idea which in turn veers of...
Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Making Plans Before Plans Before Plans….

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A German Wittelsbach class pre dreadnought battleship S.M.S Kaiser Wilhelm II. Although armed with 9.4” guns compared to the 12” guns of co...
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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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