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Latest 009 Model Railway Acquisitions
I was recently sent this locomotive, a bogie passenger carriage, and the guards van by one of my very regular blog readers, Kev Robertson. It can be seen here running around my Mucking Flats and Fobbing Marsh Light Railway model railway layout. (wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-mucking-flats-and-fobbing-marsh.html)
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Batterie Lothringen
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Batterie Lotheringen was built by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was located at Noirmont Point, St. Brelades, Jersey. After the war, the States of Jersey acquired the site as a memorial to all the Jersey people who died during the German occupation from 1940 to 1945. (The music was created by Scott Buckley.)
Batterie Moltke
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Batterie Moltke was built by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was located at Les Landes, St. Ouen, Jersey. After the war, the Channel Islands Occupation Society acquired the site and have now renovated parts of the battery and opened it to the public as a museum. (The music was created by Scott Buckley.) PS. Please note that I spotted a mistake after I uploaded this video. Fort Rege...
Batterie Vara
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Batterie Vara was built by the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was named after Major General Felix Vara, who was killed off Alderney in the English Channel on 3rd November 1941. After the war, the Norwegian Armed Forces took the battery over and renamed it Møvik Fort. It then formed part of the Norwegian coastal defences until 1957. The site is now open as the Kristiansand Cannon Museu...
Things To Come: Part 2: The 'Attack of the Hill People' battle report
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This video contains a battle report of a wargame that I fought over ten years ago. The scenario for the wargame is based on a section of Alexander Korda and H G Wells' film THINGS TO COME and depicts the attack by the Army of Everytown on the Army of the Hill People. An earlier background video to this scenario can be found at .th-cam.com/video/D1yW-5f-_eA/w-d-xo.html.
Things to Come: Part 1: A scenario based on Alexander Korda's film Things To Come
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This video provides the background to a scenario that I fought over ten years ago. The scenario is based on a section in Alexander Korda and H.G.Wells' film THINGS TO COME and depicts the attack by the Army of Everytown on the Army of the Hill People.
Firepower!: The Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich: Part 2 - Firepower!
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This is the second of two videos I have created to tell the story of the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich from the early 1800s until its closure in July 2016. The first video can be seen here = th-cam.com/video/1UL-q1UTWMI/w-d-xo.html.
Firepower!: The Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich: Part 1 - The Rotunda
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This is the first of two videos I have created to tell the story of the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich from the early 1800s until its closure in July 2016. The second video can be seen here = th-cam.com/video/B2WAxB0I6Ws/w-d-xo.html.
Eric Knowles: A wargaming original
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Eric Knowles was one of the small group of wargamers who were active in the later 1950s and early 1960s. He was an extensive collector and painter of figures etc., and took part in the famous 1965 refight of the Battle of Waterloo. When he took early retirement from the newspaper industry, he bought Wall Models Ltd in East Ham, London, and renamed it New Model Army. It then became the focal mee...
Unbuild Post-war Battleships
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As a follow-up to my recent TH-cam video about United States' War Plan Orange, I have created a further video about the battleships and battlecruisers that were designed during and after World War I but never built or completed as designed. The ships that I have included are the Japanese Navy's Tosa-class battleships, Amagi-class battlecruisers, and Kii-class battleships, the Royal Navy's N3-cl...
War Plan Orange
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This presentation was prepared for a session that was held at COW0224. It looks at the naval situation at the end of the First World War, the plans that the three main naval powers had for future developments, how the Washington Naval Treaty helped to stop a naval arms race, and why the Pacific was going to be the major theatre of war in any future conflicts. Both the United States and Imperial...
A Portable Wargame mini-campaign board
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One of the best wargame purchases I have ever made was to buy Hexon II hexagonal terrain boards. I bought enough to easily cover my extended wargame table. When space in my toy/wargame room became tight and it was difficult to extend my tables, I looked around for some way that I could wargame on a much smaller terrain board but still use my Hexon II terrain board. In the end, I opted to buy a ...
The essentials of the Portable Wargame
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This video outlines the design philosophy I employed when I created these rules as well as the basic game mechanisms I used. Like my previous video (THE ATTACK ON MOROBAD: A PORTABLE COLONIAL WARGAME), it is intended as an introduction to the rules.
The Attack on Morobad: A wargame fought using rules from the Portable Colonial Wargame book
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This video gives a blow-by-blow account of a wargame that was fought using the simple 'The Gatling's jammed...' rules from THE PORTABLE COLONIAL WARGAME book. If you are new to the Portable Wargame or are thinking of using the rules, this video should help you to understand how the main rule mechanisms work. There are some scenario specific rules for this wargame: 1. Units attempting to climb u...
Wargaming Imagi-nations of La Belle Époque
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Wargaming Imagi-nations of La Belle Époque
The Franco Prussian War: The pursuit of the Prussian 3rd Division
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The Franco Prussian War: The pursuit of the Prussian 3rd Division
The Franco Prussian War: The Battle of the Leipzig Gap
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The Franco Prussian War: The Battle of the Leipzig Gap
The Franco Prussian War: The Battles of the Northern Frontier
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The Franco Prussian War: The Battles of the Northern Frontier
The Franco Prussian War: The Battle of the Southern Frontier
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The Franco Prussian War: The Battle of the Southern Frontier
Welcome to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube Channel
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Welcome to the Wargaming Miscellany TH-cam Channel

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  • @petermcdonald4740
    @petermcdonald4740 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Needs to be armoured and sent to Zubia

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@petermcdonald4740 Now there’s a great idea!

  • @legrambo
    @legrambo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello Bob. This one is an excellent video both in terms of presentation and information, I really enjoyed watching it. It's clear that these rules will work very well with my own AWI armies (single base units) and as such I'm going to put together a hexed board for it. You explain the mechanics of the PW rules very well here. Your channel is quickly growing and is doing very well which is much deserved given your contribution to the hobby over the years. Funny story from yesterday, I clicked on your latest 'short' video the full face 'hairy' shot :) I was sat down watching on the large screen TV and the TH-cam application froze! I opened and closed TH-cam a couple of times but still your full screen face Bob, I even turned off the sky box and back on again but you were still there in all your glory, a funny experience. I then tried a voice command which worked and finally removed you 🤣🤣. Keep up the good work and thank you for your email describing how you make your videos, again most helpful. Subscribed .... I thought I had already! Lee.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      For some reason I missed your comment when it was made, so sorry for not replying earlier. I’m pleased that you like my rules and I hope that you get lots of enjoyment from using them with your AWI armies. I am currently working on my next video, which will be about the Naval Museum in Cartagena, Spain. It’s going to be quite long but it’s the only way I can do it justice. I’m sorry that your TV ended up with my ugly mug stuck on its screen! Mind you, it probably scared the living daylights out of any small children and family pets who saw it! All the best, Bob

  • @lightofgodindarkness
    @lightofgodindarkness หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing My friend, New friend here stay connected God bless you

  • @vincnetjones3037
    @vincnetjones3037 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I used to visit Firepower in Woolwich quite a lot and all 6 of my nieces visited there with me - all really loved the place - before it closed . There was a very good interactive section and an excellent Battle of Waterloo diorama upstairs. I occasionally managed to enter Building 41 (this wasn't part of your ticket price) and it was absolutely packed with Cold War vehicles - packed to the rafters. Also diagonally opposite the entrance next to building 41 there was rooms with loads of Samurai, Mongol and late European Armour with weapons and muskets. Only managed entry here twice in 16 years. They even had a day with WW2 enactors.... some firing a 2pdr AT gun. Crying shame it was moved..... never ever advertised on any forum, so you can see why it was never properly used.

    • @robertcordery3429
      @robertcordery3429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In some ways, they might have been better off leaving the museum in the Rotunda. The move to the Arsenal site was premature in that there was little or no infrastructure to support it and the local council seemed embarrassed by its presence. Having a war museum didn’t fit in with their ‘vision’ for the future. This is born out by the sidelining of the former Heritage Centre (which was also relocated to the same site from its former location in Blackheath). It was closed soon after Firepower and the local archives were moved into storage which you can now only access by appointment with the part-time archivist. It makes local history research very difficult.

  • @demitrisioannou7730
    @demitrisioannou7730 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was good to see Bob, I enjoyed it. I liked how you used what you had. It shows you do not need a lot of stuff to have Great game !

    • @robertcordery3429
      @robertcordery3429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This was one of the wargames that indirectly led (via my Memoir of Battle/MOBAT rules) to the writing of the Portable Wargame rules.

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was fast moving, but I thought it was just my slow brain - eye combination. Hope to see some more, perhaps some futuristic armour and air forces?

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnscarr70 Sorry that it was bit too fast moving. I tried setting the time for each slide used to give viewers enough time to read the text but getting it right is a rather hit-and-miss process. I’ll try to overcome this next time.

    • @johnscarr70
      @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany and ill wear my glasses!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnscarr70 But then you’ll see how bad it is!

    • @johnscarr70
      @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany not at all. Too much polish and the results feel unattainable, a bit of effort and enthusiasm, and that's what inspires me.

    • @robertcordery3429
      @robertcordery3429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I am planning to create more battle report videos in due course.

  • @Skylab707
    @Skylab707 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Overall I like the story that the game tells. I did find some of the sections with written commentary went by faster than I was wanting time to ingest the information.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Skylab707 Sorry for the problems you had reading some of the slides. Trying to get the timing right is something that I need to address in my future videos.

  • @Quantrilltoy
    @Quantrilltoy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am intrigued as to what figures you will use.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used 20mm figures, mostly made by Britannia Miniatures.

  • @josephcurwen7032
    @josephcurwen7032 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, Bob.

  • @jamesmaclennan4525
    @jamesmaclennan4525 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember visiting the Rotunda as a kid with my Dad in the 1960's

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesmaclennan4525 I’m pleased that my video has sparked off some memories for you.

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will have to familiarise myself with the film. The Boss put me in mind of the King of East Grinstead, if I remember correctly. Look forward to the battle.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnscarr70 Be warned … it is a bit ‘preachy’ in places. H G Wells was involved in the day-to-day production of the film and wanted to use it to proselytise on behalf of his Fabian/socialist/utopian political point of view. Poor old Raymond Massey - who plays two leading characters in the film - had to deliver several speeches that Wells insisted could not be cut or edited. Despite this, it was an amazing film for its time. At the time, it was the most expensive film made by the British film industry and used hundreds of unemployed people as extras as Wells thought that they looked more authentic when it came to portraying people living in the post-war, medieval-like Everytown.

    • @johnscarr70
      @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Wargaming_Miscellanythanks for that. I hadn't appreciated it was based on the Shape of Things to Come, it's completely passed me by. You have to appreciate the efforts of pioneering film makers of the era.

    • @robertcordery3429
      @robertcordery3429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I gather that Wells had wanted to produce a film version of his original book but was told that it was impossible to make. He therefore came up with a script that covered similar themes but which was more suited to a visual medium.

  • @Vtarngpb
    @Vtarngpb 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So I heard that Congreve rockets glow red when in flight?

    • @robertcordery3429
      @robertcordery3429 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, according to the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ they do!

  • @paulbenson9015
    @paulbenson9015 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Bob, I went to Eaglesfield Comprehensive from 73 to 79. I think the first year of conversion from Shooters Hill Grammar School.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When I joined Woolwich Poly in 1975, it had just take over the old Bloomfield School site in Sandy Hill Road. That became the Upper School and the original building in MacBean Street in Woolwich became the Lower School.

  • @paulbenson9015
    @paulbenson9015 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Bob, enjoyed watching both of your videos. I grew up near and went to school in Woolwich and visited the Rotunda on several occasions. Glad to hear it was still being used by the Kings Troop. I left the UK in 2003, so I have been out of touch. Many Thanks👍

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulbenson9015 I was pleased to read that you enjoyed these videos. I used to teach in Woolwich from 1975 to 1985.

  • @jamesmcconnell4818
    @jamesmcconnell4818 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for the framework of the PWG. And thank you for making videos to clear up any rules.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jamesmcconnell4818 I am very pleased that you found this video useful and I hope that you enjoy the others that I have created.

  • @eurovnik
    @eurovnik 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video. I occasionally looked at the rotunda through the fence when out on a run on the Common. It looks in a sorry state. Such a shame for such a historic building. Also the link to the second video doesn't work. Says it's private.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At least it is being used these days, which will mean that it gest some maintenance. The link will work once the second video is released ... which should be on Sunday.

    • @NyPer920
      @NyPer920 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, very interesting and informative. UBIQUE

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NyPer920, Thank you for your comment. I’m pleased to read that you found this video interesting … and I hope that you will also find the second in the series as informative.

  • @DBNwargaming
    @DBNwargaming 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, very interesting.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DBNwargaming I’m very pleased to read that you enjoyed this video.

  • @GrumblingGrognard
    @GrumblingGrognard 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is greatness

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eric was ... and quite a few of us owe him a tremendous debt.

  • @davidcrook1367
    @davidcrook1367 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very enjoyable Bob - Eric was an original for sure and Madasahatta was a masterpiece that many gamers can be thankful for. I know I am!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Those of us who knew Eric were blessed. He was a very special sort of person.

  • @iandury9603
    @iandury9603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bob - finally got round to watching this, another great video. You may be interested to know that I am in the progress of repainting all of that Heroscape terrain you kindly sent me to create a modular campaign board for the North-West Frontier - I will send you some pictures when it is completed

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed this tribute to Eric Knowles. I am also very pleased to see that you are going to use that Heroscape terrain so creatively and I look forward to seeing what the end result looks like.

  • @iandury9603
    @iandury9603 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Bob - it is a pity that the technology we take for granted today that lets us video games on a mobile phone wasn't available back then - it would have been wonderful to actually see the campaign in progress!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It would have been great to have had some photos of the battles we fought. Unfortunately I have had to reply on my memory and the few printed bits and pieces that I was able to obtain.

  • @martinradcliffe4798
    @martinradcliffe4798 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fascinating stuff.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed watching it.

    • @martinradcliffe4798
      @martinradcliffe4798 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany I love that whole era of wargaming, which I just missed.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@martinradcliffe4798, The big thing that really strikes me looking back is how close a community wargaming was.

  • @timgow1699
    @timgow1699 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great film Bob.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@timgow1699 it was a pleasure and an honour to make this tribute to Eric.

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I may just have to pick up a copy. I love simplicity in my rules.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can buy a PDF copy from Wargame Vault if you don’t want a printed copy. Printed copies (in hardback, softback, and ebook) can be bought from Lulu.com and Amazon.

    • @johnscarr70
      @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany that's what I love about this hobby. Authors, designers, makers are all just so accessible and helpful. I appreciate your advice. I've spent years going down the pdf route but recently I'm turning to books. Have a great weekend.

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stingy Yorkshireman tip of the day. I cannibalise unwanted flat pack furniture - wardrobes are ideal with oceans of hardbound, doors and MDF backs, tops and bases can be resized to create tables of all sizes. Terrific looking tables.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnscarr70 I subscribe to a TH-cam channel entitled ‘Budget Model Railways’. Its creator regularly uses second-hand shelves and hollow doors (and even laminated corrugated cardboard and rigid cardboard boxes) as baseboards for his layouts. He buys them very cheaply from his local rubbish tip (civic recycling centre) shop. Stingy is the new creative recycling!

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That's very informative and interesting. Particularly, moving to what I think of as the "lead belt" - Lincoln / Nottingham, where there was immense gaming creativity in the 70s and 80s. Lovely piece of work. We all aspire to own more stuff than we can realistically store. Like women and shoes.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@johnscarr70 Cheers! Over recent years I’ve passed stuff that I’m never going to use again on to other wargamers … and it’s all enjoyed a new wargaming ‘life’ as a result. By the way, with my wife it’s handbags!

  • @eugenegubbard4017
    @eugenegubbard4017 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Next stop, 100,000!!!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@eugenegubbard4017 I’d be happy to reach 500!

  • @vpraze
    @vpraze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your best video yet Bob! I would love to see more like this.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vpraze Many thanks for your kind comment. I am currently working on two videos about the history of the Royal Artillery’s museums that were located in Woolwich.

    • @vpraze
      @vpraze 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany Very much looking forward to them!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@vpraze I hope that my efforts won't disappoint you!

  • @betterthancomputers
    @betterthancomputers 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Charge & Featherstone good start for Grognard.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I only wish that some of the wargamers who were around in the 1960s and 1970s could see how the hobby has developed since then ... and just how much we owed them.

  • @Alexander334BC
    @Alexander334BC 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hands down the best wargaming rules I've ever come across. Speed, simplicity and historical accuracy across every period. I had never been able to get into wargaming due to the complexity of every rule set I had encountered until your first Portable Wargame book, so thank you so much Bob for getting me into this hobby - although my bank balence may not agree!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am very pleased that I have helped to get you into historical wargaming.

  • @The-Amazing-Anthony
    @The-Amazing-Anthony 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done Bob. 👏

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! All I've got to do now is to keep producing more videos.

  • @pigface999
    @pigface999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Congratulations mate on your 300 subs.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I hope that the number of subscribers will continue you grow. Next goal ... 500 subscribers!

  • @johnscarr70
    @johnscarr70 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You're most welcome! Have a good one.

  • @wallisthescot6544
    @wallisthescot6544 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just a wee word to tell you that although I am a very old solo Wargamer who started as a child and watched Callan and read Featherstone for information and inspiration. Your continued determination to overcome your health issues and your wonderful passion and creativity for wargaming is an inspiration for me and my wargaming world. Many thanks bro. 😊

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You and I sound as if we are both from that generation that are sometimes referred to as the post-war baby boomers. I don't know about you, but the monthly visits to the local model shop, clutching my pocket money in my hand, always led to some new addition to my wargaming armies, navies, and air forces. Airfix kits and figures were two shillings each and if I was lucky (and had been careful with my cash), I might acquire a couple when I paid my visit to the model shop. My health was good until 2020, and since then I;ve had cancer twice (colorectal and prostate) and now I have neuropathy. Wargaming has help to keep me sane, and has made me determined to get well enough to get back upstairs to my toy/wargames room again. All the best ... and enjoy your wargaming!

  • @aramisortsbottcher8201
    @aramisortsbottcher8201 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really has inspired me and brought back memory of an forgotton project I had, maybe I'll look at it again. Thanks :)

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I will be very pleased if I have encouraged you to revisit a moribund project and get some enjoyment from it.

  • @rajvadivel8967
    @rajvadivel8967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a beautiful British posh accent. I truly love it the way you speak.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! 😀 I've never been told that before!

  • @geoffbarker3644
    @geoffbarker3644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whatever happened (assuming the situation came to a head) was clearly destined to be a mammoth task requiring lots and lots of resources. And so it was.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      War Plan Orange (and its associated wargames and 'fleet problems') certainly prepared the United States Navy for the war in the Pacific.

  • @onoken4531
    @onoken4531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Quite an interesting video, considering the fact that you're using the standard mpp as your background

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I decided to use a different background to this and my other naval videos (there is at least one more to come!) so that they were different from the rest of the Wargaming Miscellany ones.

  • @nukethenatelore
    @nukethenatelore 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hell yea A keynote history vid

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It seemed to go done quite well at COW as an introduction for a wargame about War Plan Orange. I understand that there was a major fleet action as a result of the plan, and that the United States won.

  • @philRminiatures
    @philRminiatures 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A nice report and a great looking game!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I hope that you enjoy watching the other videos as well.

  • @Khornishman
    @Khornishman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bob, I have four 2'x2' plywood boards that I am going to use for my own PWG campaign games. I am looking to mount them or frame them, as they have 3" squares laser etched into each. I was considering painting them, but now I think I will stain them and apply a varnish, to protect them from water and scuffing. I just recently purchased 3" square bases from Litko, some with 60mm square cut outs and some others with a 30mmx60mm cut out. This way, I can use these for various terrain that can be removed so that a figure base may be set in it. If I can ever manage to rearrange my house, in the near future, I'll work up what I am thinking of and send you some images. There's a wide variety of options and it only takes inspiration and imagination to strick for us gamers to take our creativity to the next level.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow! That sounds like a very interesting project and I hope that you will soon be fighting battles over your new terrain boards. 3"/75mm squares are a nice size for terrain squares and are useable for most figures sizes. Staining your surfaces will allow the grain of the wood to show through and will mean that you will end up with an effect that is similar to that on Archduke Piccolo's hexed terrain board (see archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-portable-white-mountain-30yw-battle.html). I look forward to seeing how your terrain looks when it is finished.

  • @ArthurHarman-b4k
    @ArthurHarman-b4k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another very informative video, Bob. Seeing your Hexon II on the whiteboard will, I'm sure, inspire many viewers to make something similar for themselves. Arthur

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! Making this video has made me realise just how useful the mini-campaign board is ... and regretting that I put it and all my Hexon II in storage before I broke my leg! If I hadn't, I might be able to use both whilst I remain immobile.

  • @mikkoleinonen9846
    @mikkoleinonen9846 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 60cm x 90cm notice board is my go to board nowdays. I bought one with cork layer on both sides, and I also just glued green felt on other side, and plain burlap canvas on the other side for desert scenarios. I don't like having fixed grid on my boards, but now I can just use thumb tacks to mark out the grids if needed. Great video!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! I looked at buying a cork-covered board but all the ones I saw only had cardboard backing. As I wanted something more substantial, I opted for the magnetic whiteboard. Covering your board with green felt and burlap makes a lot of sense, as does using thumbtacks to show the corners of grid areas.

  • @kevinsenglishschools3405
    @kevinsenglishschools3405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's THE BOB CORDERY, looking at your book now. Thanks for all your hard work for the hobby!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! Welcome to my TH-cam channel ... and thanks for your very kind comment.

    • @kevinsenglishschools3405
      @kevinsenglishschools3405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Wargaming_Miscellany I enjoyed your book as well.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kevinsenglishschools3405 I hope that you using the PW rules in all their various versions.

  • @shawnhutson6853
    @shawnhutson6853 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent report. Ive got a number of your titles. Its great to see you play through Portable Wargames. Thanks.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope that you enjoy using the rules. I really should have made a video like this years ago but never seemed to have the time get around to it until now.

  • @stonehorsegaming
    @stonehorsegaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The 3 quites at the start should be the cornerstone for all wargames. Great video!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used to include them in all my published rules. Perhaps I ought to do that again.

    • @stonehorsegaming
      @stonehorsegaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Wargaming_Miscellany I may adopt that with the few I am currently working on. Helps to inform people of the mentally the game should be approached with.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@stonehorsegaming, please feel free to use them. I think that you are right about them helping the players to approach a game in the right frame of mind.

  • @willcorlett7630
    @willcorlett7630 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks Bob, it is "funny" to listen to you explain the portable rules, having enjoyed your books (and the games thereof) for a couple of years now. Look forward to seeing more from you

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It sounds as if you enjoyed my latest video I’ve had several comments in emails that my voice is different from how people imagined it would be.

  • @Slorm_Chaplain
    @Slorm_Chaplain 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very clear and well explained. Thanks!

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers! Thanks very much for the very positive feedback.

  • @michaelclarke5377
    @michaelclarke5377 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Masterful summary of the rules. The scope for tweaking is immense e.g. successful British cavalry might go haring off to destruction unless a control score is rolled, out of supply armies could have a lower exhaustion point, the death of an unpopular general might not be so impactful. As always, very inspiring. Thank you Bob.

    • @Wargaming_Miscellany
      @Wargaming_Miscellany 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am glad that you liked this summary of the game mechanisms used in PW. I have had battles where cavalry units have followed up Close Combats several times until they destroyed the enemy units they had been fighting ... and then found themselves well behind the enemy frontline and cut off. The death of an unpopular - or incompetent - General could be functioned in without too much difficulty and reducing an army's EP if it is out of supply makes a lot of sense. (It's certainly an idea I need to look at in greater detail.) Thanks for the every helpful feedback. All the best, Bob