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, 31 October 2025

Ship Damage Record Charts

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First draft of a ship damage record chart. I fully intend tidying this up in due course but for now it will suffice. The planned test game d...
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Monday, 27 October 2025

A Week of Varying Fortunes

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A welcome addition to the 1815 section of the man cave library - £2 compared to the published price of £45!  It has been a miserable week. O...
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Thursday, 16 October 2025

Memoir ‘44 Refresh….Kind of….

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A newish version of an old favourite - so what is different then? Read on…. I have played many enjoyable games of Memoir ‘44 over the years ...
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Sunday, 12 October 2025

WoFun Tsushima Collection

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The full Tsushima collection is now ready for action with the bases edged in black (I used a permanent  marker rather than painting them - i...
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Saturday, 11 October 2025

Avalon Hill’s Original Midway

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An oldie but a goodie. The box is relying heavily on sellotape for its structural integrity but the contents are all present and correct. I ...
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Thursday, 2 October 2025

Hoth, Lissa and Lake Ontario

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. Oh yes indeedy! This is a whole lot of thematic fun with plenty of replay value I had my first g...
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Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Turtle Ships and Samurai

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  From the pen of the indefatigable Mr Manley (the rules anyway) and the equally erudite Mr Turnbull I have not forgotten about this little ...
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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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