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, 30 May 2023

Beneath the Claws of the Eagle….Game Number 75, Part 3

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  Slowly H.M.S. Superb approaches the entrance to the harbour of Navarone. A picture of nautical innocence but for how long? The view from t...
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Sunday, 28 May 2023

Beneath the Claws of the Eagle….Game Number 75, Part 2

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  H.M.S. Superb, sporting the Turkish ensign (don’t look too closely - she is under the Royal Navy flag!) cautiously approaches the guarded ...
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Friday, 26 May 2023

Combat Infantry or Block Based WW2

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From Columbia Games - the first game in the series covering the Western Front 1944/45 at battalion level. There is a further volume covering...
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Tuesday, 23 May 2023

More on Patrol and Dark Attack 54mm Fantasy Figures

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Following on from my recent boot sale acquisition I thought it would be good idea to share pictures of what the actual models look like on t...
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Monday, 22 May 2023

Back in the Building Business….Part 4

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Although it has yet to see action I thought it might be a good idea to give a quick run through of how I built the model - actually I notice...
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Sunday, 21 May 2023

“Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!”

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Fantasy in 54mm (hard) plastic no less and a terrain pack that has a very gothic look (clue in the title methinks) about it The types and th...
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Beneath the Claws of the Eagle….Game Number 75, Part 1

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To my eternal shame I have not read any of the Hornblower series although I have read some of the the other titles by C.S. Forester. The fil...
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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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