Category Archives: Wargaming

Albatros DVa and Pfalz DXII Being Restored at AWM

29 February 2008 – 11:07

It seems that the Australian War Memorial, being the proud possessor of an Albatros DVa and a Pfalz DXII, has decided to restore them for display in November this year (I guess as an exhibition on the Great War and to celebrate 90 years since Armistice Day).
The ABC had a report on it - you [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, Australia, History | Comments (0)

Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships

20 February 2008 – 0:04

The following article is still copyright by Mal. Wright and is reproduced here with his permission. It provides a summary of the colour schemes applied to the warships of various nations.
Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships
By Mal.Wright. © Revised 2003.
British
At the commencement of WW1 the British were using a grey officially termed “Battleship Grey”. This was [...]

By Mal Wright | Also posted in Naval | Comments (0)

A Bizarre Sinking

8 February 2008 – 20:02

I’ve been testing Mal’s rules for playing Convoy based games from World War II that use General Quarters 3 to handle the ship on ship actions. Because of that, I was looking at various convoys historically, including the Arctic Convoys and the runs to Gibraltar. I was also looking at some of the JT convoys [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in History, Naval | Comments (0)

Battle Of Lemnos - Naval Battle 1913

5 November 2007 – 0:01

The next little task for the scenario machine is the Battle of Lemnos in early (January) 1913. I am still trying to find a reference with a definitive date (by that, I mean one I can verify as off the Greek calender or the Gregorian one). The Naval Battle of Lemnos is a little naval [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Naval | Comments (2)

Captain Jack

20 July 2007 – 0:34

Re-reading Patrick O’Brian’s series about Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin’s adventures is a great relaxer. A terrific piece of fantasy, especially for someone who loves nautical things and is a wargamer as well. So what is the next step in the wargamer’s process of relaxation? Why, to read about the historical character that Aubrey [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Naval | Comments (0)

Some DBM on YouTube

6 July 2007 – 18:18

I don’t often YouTube here in the kingdom, partly because of the bandwidth at the hotel and partly because of the Saudi censors … sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t.
However, the wargamers in Malaysia sent some links to some Madaxeman videos on YouTube about his efforts in the 2007 Swedish Wargames Championships. The videos are [...]

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Wargames Journal Goes Back Online

2 July 2007 – 7:15

Wargames Journal has returned from being a paper-based publication to publishing online again. This is, of course, not good news for those folks who like to read their wargames magazine away from the PC but great news for those like me who are generally travelling and only catch up with printed journals and magazines every [...]

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Korea DMZ

26 June 2007 – 11:18

I ran across a website called Korea DMZ which is based around the De-Militarised Zone between North and South Korea. This means that there is a lot of information on the website concerning the Korean War, with sections covering the main combatants from the UN side (I never realised the Ethiopians and Colombians served in [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, History, Korea | Comments (0)

Osprey Publishing Has A Blog

19 June 2007 – 18:33

Osprey, the publisher of the Men-At-Arms, Elite, Vanguard, Essential Histories and so on have a blog. The Osprey Publishing Blog appears to have leapt into life on 14 June 2007, judging by the first post to the blog, So why an Osprey Blog?, “Tank Girl” Simone of Osprey made the first post.
It is, at this [...]

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Royal Thai Air Force Museum

16 June 2007 – 10:07

After much mucking around over the past year or so, I finally have the Royal Thai Air Force Museum photos back on line in a gallery and accessible to those that can’t get to Thailand to have a look for themselves.
This is one of the best Aircraft Museums I have visited around the world [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Asia Pacific, History, Thailand, Travel | Comments (0)