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".

Thursday, 31 July 2025

Tsushima - Japan’s Trafalgar

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The front cover - no dust jacket The rear cover outlining the scope of the book First part of the contents…. ….and the second. One of the ma...
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Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Colonial, Age of Sail and Pre Dreadnoughts

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Artillery, a limber and a priceless wagon - for which I will look to source some Oxen rather than horses. I am opting to use the 40mm by 20m...
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Sunday, 27 July 2025

The Bear and the Rising Sun

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Wednesday evening saw yours truly taking part in a Russo Japanese War naval action along with Messrs Fox and Huband. I had command of the Ru...
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Tuesday, 15 July 2025

The Nelson Touch

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An oldie but goodie, as some might say - at least I certainly would! Wargames set during the age of sail have given me some cracking games o...
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Monday, 7 July 2025

The Zulu War

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Been after this for a while and its arrival is doubly welcome following the recent Mike’s Models 15mm Colonial collection As is my usual mod...
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Sunday, 6 July 2025

The Lure of the Sublime Porte

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A new history covering the campaigns that shaped the Ottoman Empire up to 1600. I was never going to be able to resist getting a copy! I bla...
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Thoughts on The Portable Ironclads Wargame

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Then and now - a book of two halves. Could it have been written as one? It would have been more compact but probably less digestible! The Po...
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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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