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, 7 July 2022

Home Thoughts from Madasahatta and 1891

›
Bob Cordery’s updated version of the map of Madasahatta - it looks a whole lot more legible than the original version! The original Madasaha...
6 comments:
Wednesday, 6 July 2022

More Thoughts on War in the Age of Imperialism

›
A frontal close up of the standard infantry figure…. ….and the rear. Trying out a base size - in this case 40mm by 20mm which is probably a ...
6 comments:
Sunday, 3 July 2022

Back in the ACW Groove….Almost!

›
A rather splendid model of the C.S.S. Baltic - rest assured that my version will not be quite so aesthetically pleasing! After a few weeks o...
7 comments:
Thursday, 30 June 2022

Thoughts on War in the Age of Imperialism

›
The above represent one of the forces from the game - note the 30 (5 x 6 figures) infantry and the selection of mounted types. There are hor...
2 comments:
Tuesday, 28 June 2022

Wargaming Campaigns and a Logical Extension

›
This is truly a magnificent volume and with his earlier title - The Wargaming Compendium - form a duo that will the cornerstone of many a wa...
12 comments:
Sunday, 26 June 2022

A Wargaming Smorgasbord of Sorts

›
A period of global impact - not one I am hugely familiar with but needless to say there is cunning plan of sorts…. ….and it may be something...
14 comments:
Saturday, 25 June 2022

Castles in the Air

›
Gotta love a flying battleship! As part of my Father’s Day haul I picked up a copy of the newly released rules from Osprey - Castles in the ...
8 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
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....
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.