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".

Monday, 31 August 2026

Ship Shape and Bristol Fashion

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An invaluable resource for background etc. As the gun factors are largely based on Mr Manley’s Dahlgren and Colombiad rules expect to see th...
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Sunday, 23 August 2026

A Different Kind of Naval Gaming

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The box art…. ….and the contents on the back. I own a variety of naval boardgames, most of which of the ship to ship nature and take place o...
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Friday, 21 August 2026

A Naval Wargaming Odyssey

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From the two titles at the top of the picture to the two at the bottom - my indebtedness to both Bob Cordery and David Manley is immense! Wo...
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Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Silent Death And Voidfighter

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One side of the sprue…. ….and the other. All the models have holes to secure a flying base to although they do not come with them. I have a ...
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Tuesday, 18 August 2026

“It Never Snows in September”

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At long last! Been after this for an age and I expect it to be really handy when I revisit the campaign again - it will certainly help to co...
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Monday, 17 August 2026

New Rules and Decals

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The rulebook and play sheet The back cover. Apologies for the reflective glare but in my defence the cover is really glossy! It is always a ...
Thursday, 13 August 2026

To Infinity and Beyond….

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Starfighters R Us! Registers very highly on the fun factor and with bags of potential! Yesterday evening at the club saw your truly taking c...
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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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