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".

Friday, 30 December 2022

Christmas and Looking Forwards

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The two volumes of Samurai Armies of the Late Sengoku period are absolutely superb - they are rather like Ospreys on steroids - and Lion Ram...
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Tuesday, 27 December 2022

The Return of the Seven

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The Union gained an “Old Navy” frigate and a modern sloop. the collection now has two frigates, two old and two new sloops. The Confederates...
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Saturday, 24 December 2022

“I Saw Seven Ships Come Sailing By….”

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I was hoping to get them flagged and varnished before Christmas but time was against me. The two at the top are both for the Union - another...
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022

Forests of Masts and Spars

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Work in progress Progress thus far at this stage has been pleasurably easy - no rush, just dabbling as and when the domestic schedule permit...
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Sunday, 18 December 2022

Last Steps, First Steps

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Waiting on fitting out and then it will be the great mast fest to finish off. The sailing rig for all of these is assembled and so merely ne...
Thursday, 15 December 2022

It’s Here!

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The softback version - I shall be getting a hardback in due course. Really impressed how it has come out! My copy of The Portable Ironclads ...
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Tuesday, 13 December 2022

The Portable Ironclads Wargame - Published!

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  It took a while but we finally got there! At long last and after several minor speed bumps along the way I am at last delighted to say tha...
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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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