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, 4 July 2023

Of Galleys and Hoplites

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A later version of the classic Warfleets of Antiquity by Richard Nelson which also includes a copy of his Fleet Action Rules 1000 BC to 500 ...
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Saturday, 1 July 2023

Never Mind the Boathooks and the Mediterranean

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Something else to inspire the imagination That well known writer of rules, Andy Callan, has written a naval version of his hugely successful...
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Wednesday, 28 June 2023

Based on Bismarck ‘62

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The 1962 edition of Bismarck published by Avalon Hill Way back in 1962, Avalon hill released the board game Bismarck, the components of whic...
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Tuesday, 27 June 2023

The Last Voyage of the Emden

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The gripping account of the last voyage of the German cruiser Emden The German cruiser S.M.S Emden, for three brief months during the first ...
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Monday, 26 June 2023

Firing Salvoes in the Great War

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Something that has been on my radar for sometime. I rather like the range band system in which ships relative positions are recorded and whe...
Thursday, 22 June 2023

Taking the Plunge

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S.M.S Scharnhorst in her colonial, pre war colour scheme. I have previously waxed lyrical about the famous Madasahatta Campaign devised by t...
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Tuesday, 20 June 2023

The Late Arrival

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Definitely an area of interest and something I have had an eye on for ages! The final part of my Father’s Day haul from my son arrived yeste...
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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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