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".

Saturday, 23 December 2023

On a Wing and a Prayer

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Naturally the Blue Max and Aces High will be required viewing for research purposes….I may even look at Dawn Patrol The back of the box Phew...
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Tuesday, 12 December 2023

One Year Ago….

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One year ago - I was (and still am) dead chuffed to have gotten this into print! The contents. The year since the Portable Ironclads Wargame...
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Sunday, 10 December 2023

A Laminated Alternative

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The first side - the mats are referred to as Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog And the reverse. These mats came originally from that all round go...
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Sunday, 3 December 2023

Midway to Scratching an Itch

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Perfect for a Sunday afternoon chasing aircraft carriers across the Pacific! I have often waxed lyrical about Flat Top - the game of carrier...
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Tuesday, 28 November 2023

The Nelson Touch

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All of these are approaching 50 years old and for sure there is probably more updated material to be found but for all that they are hugely ...
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Saturday, 25 November 2023

Triremes and Salamis

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A box of MDF goodies that will eventually become sixty triremes After what seems like an age my order for sixty triremes has arrived from Wa...
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Wednesday, 22 November 2023

The Portable Ironclads Wargame - Revised and Expanded

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 “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”. One can usually rely on W...
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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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