Category Archives: Wargaming

Australian Cerberus class Monitor

19 November 2008 – 12:34

I realized that the Cerberus was parked in Port Phillip Bay in Victoria as a breakwater however I did not know that a model of her had been made. of the UK have released a model of the Cerberus (actually, they did it on 3 May 2008). The link to it is Australian Cerberus [...]

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

Victorian Science Fiction

18 November 2008 – 4:38

It started again … finally. Last weekend we went to Mum’s where I collected some of my wargaming things from under the house. Amongst the several kilograms of unpainted figures I also uncovered my Victorian Science Fiction (VSF) stuff, in particular, the Aeronefs. A took a quick look at the models to see how much [...]

By thomo the lost | Also posted in Thomo | Comments (1)

Korean Armour - Chosun, Koryo, Silla, Three Kingdoms

22 August 2008 – 12:43

Just a reminder to those of you that have been using the pictures of Korean armour and weapons, that because I still can’t get to the Gallery in here, I have them placed in a web album in Picassa. You can find them at Thomo the Lost’s Picassa Album.

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

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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