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, 29 March 2024

A Lissa Through the Looking Glass

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Back in the collection once again and this time for good! I am fairly confident that most, if not all, readers of this blog will know that I...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Flat Top and The Avalon Hill General

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I had forgotten how much I used to enjoy reading the Avalon Hill General ‘back in the day’. With grateful thanks to Ed who kindly pointed me...
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Monday, 25 March 2024

Flat Top vs Flat Top

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The old (bottom) and the older (top)! When Avalon Hill took over Battleline Games the first thing they looked to do was to bring the product...
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Sunday, 24 March 2024

Getting Reacquainted With an Old Friend

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The rules and newly sorted counters. It looks untidy but there is a system. Each side has an around a dozen bags of units and these are in t...
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Friday, 22 March 2024

Putting the Top in Flat Top!

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The box may be faded but the contents are complete and in great condition for a game getting on for nearly 50 years old! At long last I have...
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Tuesday, 19 March 2024

En Garda - Where the only blades are on Propellors!

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Better known as the Italian Job or “You are only supposed to blow the bloody paddle wheels off!” The indefatigable David Manley - writer of ...
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Friday, 15 March 2024

“Zulus….120 of ‘em!”

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At long last - I have only been on the lookout for these for around three years…. Back at the Cavalier show in February I got talking to Dav...
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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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