tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18556122049916258632024-02-19T04:33:15.731-08:00Adventures with Gun, Sabre & HorseA solo-wargames blog dedicated to warfare from 1800 to 1918.
"Truly it can be said of him, without count are his soldiers & beyond measure his might." - Prince Edward in reference to Lord Butler & his invasion force departing London for Mars.Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-89117036966180140532020-09-27T09:15:00.004-07:002020-09-27T09:15:29.735-07:00NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8YUBwWy6OttOyOoaa14A8lqoj7HhOlAayJFqoCnzld4Wc_gujBiTXBzpMgvg14ftT4wucFYEZ18Cip7qaLJ2JkpUu-7qxUR0Q5yfcdNaoQlOmIDt0MBJ-h1Z-_2_hdtCyyW6J-Wwhxg/s1085/soviet+borgovia.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="222" data-original-width="1085" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8YUBwWy6OttOyOoaa14A8lqoj7HhOlAayJFqoCnzld4Wc_gujBiTXBzpMgvg14ftT4wucFYEZ18Cip7qaLJ2JkpUu-7qxUR0Q5yfcdNaoQlOmIDt0MBJ-h1Z-_2_hdtCyyW6J-Wwhxg/w400-h81/soviet+borgovia.PNG" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I've created a new blog to record my miniature craftwork in my imaginary cold war gone hot campaign setting. I will remove those posts from this blog to the new one. <a href="https://east-borgovia.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Soviet Union of East Borgovia</a>.</p><p></p>Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-37316651182005335172020-09-22T20:44:00.005-07:002020-09-26T13:31:08.246-07:00NEW LOOK & FOCUS<p>It's time for a new look however it may also be time to retire this blog. I'll update this post when I decide which direction I'm going.</p><p><span style="color: #ffa400;"><b>UPDATE:</b></span> <i>I'm NOT going to retire this blog but rather shift its focus to 19th century warfare up to and including the Great War.</i></p>Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-40392607714519225302020-04-16T19:16:00.000-07:002020-04-16T19:16:21.710-07:003D Design: Civil War LandshipMy first landship design for my Clockwork Civil War project. Designed in Tinkercad. Once I have a printed and painted model I will post pics of those.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-82866847218196303542020-01-01T14:35:00.005-08:002020-09-27T18:57:59.866-07:00Focus on 2020<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>G</b></span>reetings my fellow wargame bloggers. Instead of doing the annual recap of 2019 I'm just going to skip that and focus on what I plan to achieve in this new year with the time that is given me.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Blogging</b></span>: I plan to slim this blog down even more to just simply cover horse and musket up to the Great War. I plan to move the Second World War, Vietnam and other modern warfare along with the Atomicpunk stuff to their own blogs.<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">Painting</span></b>: I am going to change how I track painted models this year. I will focus on completed forces rather than individual miniatures. With that said I hope to complete, across all genres at least 4 complete and field ready forces.<br />
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For this blog I plan to continue to chip away at the Royal Spanish and American forces for the Spanish-American War. Perhaps even get back to my 3mm ACW armies and the VSF elements for both wars.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Battles</b></span>: I fought one! I had a few solo-playtests of Warhammer Underworlds but as far as matching my force against another, only one. I don't care for that number. I want to engage in narrative solo-gameplay and perhaps get in at least 3 games at the conventions this year.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Conventions:</b></span> Recruits is on as well as the Recruits Spring Sale but ReaperCon is out this year. I would like to also make it up for Border Wars but that's during Ren Faire Cosplay season so that would be a difficult to make.<br />
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I want to wish anyone who reads this a happy and prosperous new year. -Auston<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-28222397458938337982019-06-27T14:35:00.001-07:002019-07-14T08:31:14.380-07:00GHQ Hex Storage SystemI started 3D printing a hex storage shelf. It took 10 hours. My best-friend came by and said "Let me see that." He left with it and the next day came back with this awesome storage shelves for my 100mm GHQ terrain hexes. Three fit on the wall between my storage closets and four under my new wargame table.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-72264151884164682632019-05-11T09:11:00.001-07:002019-07-14T08:31:39.554-07:00The Portable Napoleonic Wargame I picked up my first copy of one of Bob Cordery's books in paper. The first two, I bought on Kindle. I plan to add those to my collection in paperback as well.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-31409085276960723202019-05-10T16:27:00.000-07:002020-09-27T18:58:45.524-07:00Remodel of My GHQI began remodelling my warroom. I wanted to share it with my wife and her embroidery hobby. So I gave her my cabinet desk and a corner. My best friend built me a printer bench and it is amazing. So much better than sitting on top of my old desk.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-6925223755402288562019-01-28T18:53:00.000-08:002019-01-28T18:53:55.352-08:00Painting Update: 2mm Spanish-American War Forces.The current state of the American and Royal Spanish armies for an intended Span-Am War campaign. The current Spanish force consists of the three infantry and one artillery regiment. The Americans have two infantry and one artillery regiments along with two battalions of skirmishers.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-47530194255399712282019-01-03T20:26:00.001-08:002019-07-14T06:33:54.372-07:00Painting Update: VSF Aeronef and 2mm Infantry Block.Tonight's painting includes an aeronef and a 2mm infantry regiment block.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-70004281820597872772019-01-02T20:32:00.001-08:002019-07-14T06:34:46.397-07:002mm Imperial British LandshipI painted my first landship this evening. I printed the model on my Ender3. I am calling it a Gordon Class Landship. My first painted miniature of 2019. Chin Chin.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-6622137818685755462019-01-01T19:02:00.001-08:002019-07-14T06:34:57.608-07:002mm Victorian SyFy 3D Printed ForceHappy New Year. I have begun basing models in preparation for painting and battle for the start of a Victorian SyFy campaign. All in 2mm plastic. All models and the gray bases were 3D printed on my Ender3.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-1413136110677337702018-12-31T17:17:00.001-08:002020-09-27T18:58:45.523-07:00After Action Review: 2018Happy New Year to any and all. Looking back over the past year I began making custom plastic toy soldiers and action figures. I continued with toy soldier photography. Painting saw a dramatic uptick from the previous year, however battles fought saw a decline. I was able to attend ReaperCon in Denton but had to miss out on Recruits. I enjoyed my hobby in 2018 and am looking forward to what 2019 will bring to the craft.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><u><b>PAINTED</b></u></span><br style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;">2mm Foot Block: 1<br /><br />3mm Foot: 73<br />3mm Artillery: 10</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">3mm Monsters: 36</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Foot: 19</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Armor: 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Beasts: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Cavalry: 4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Aircraft: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">15mm Monsters: 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1/72 Foot: 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">25mm Foot: 12</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">25mm Monsters: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">54mm Foot: 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">60mm Foot: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hill Hexes: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Field Hexes: 4</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Game Acc: 4</span></div>
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Bust/Diorama: 1</div>
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Total Painted: <b>216</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fantasy Wars: <b>6</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Second World War: <b>4</b><br />Warmachine: <b>1</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Warhammer 40K: <b>1</b></span></div>
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Pathfinder ACG: <b>1</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Year Total: <b>13</b></span></div>
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-52089839778113348492018-12-30T09:16:00.001-08:002020-09-27T18:58:45.526-07:00Forward Observation: The Craft in 2019As the new year is less than 48 hours away I wanted to share some of my plans for the hobby in the coming year. On the horizon I foresee a reset of my miniature war-game hobby. Far too long I've had too many projects. They tend to overlap and interfere with one another and I end up overwhelmed. Like many in the hobby I spend far too much time reading other peoples posts and planning that one day I too will accomplish X or Y. I want to accomplish things. I want to do epic level hobby things, things that are good, creative and worthwhile.<br />
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So basically I'm starting over. Going to take a step back and look at all that I have and begin from there. I have more models, miniatures, books and terrain in my war-room than I have space for. So I must scale back, reduce and reuse. This week I traded my old bookshelf for two new ones that accommodate model storage too, see photograph below. I am down to just one 3D printer now, an Ender 3, bottom picture. It is a great hobby tool for both terrain and miniatures. This past Fall my home war-game rules evolved into a set that I thoroughly enjoy and give me that feel of generalship. I will continue to expound on them for other periods.<br />
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I intend to move ahead with miniature photography and hunting. I've really enjoyed finding unique places to setup action figures and models for pictures. This past years hunting trips were exciting and in the case of the first wild hog hunt very intense.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-19209553300741344322018-12-28T20:40:00.001-08:002020-09-27T18:58:45.524-07:00Model Painting Over ChristmasWe went down to the family ranch last weekend. I took along my paints and some models to paint. I was surprised at the amount I finished. I expected to do just a bit more but I am very happy with what I did paint.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-42798539910459674272018-10-18T18:51:00.002-07:002020-09-27T18:58:45.525-07:00Yours Truly....Thought I would post some pictures of my granddaughter and I at the #ozarkcornmaze this year. Some of you frequently show yourselves in pictures at the club or show and since I have no show this year nor any club at all I will post these.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-24451937708319484942018-06-14T20:22:00.001-07:002018-06-14T20:22:51.374-07:003D Printed 2mm Blackpowder Infantry BlockThis model was designed by Forward March Studios. It printed out very well. I've never even considered 2mm before as I thought 3mm was small enough but now that I can print my own miniatures, yeah, I'm in.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-79315318562893481412018-05-07T20:32:00.000-07:002020-09-27T18:58:45.528-07:0050x40mm Plastic Base with Hit Die SlotI designed and printed this base tonight. It arrived to late to help some units but will see service with others, particularly 3mm ACW and Samurai.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-44498258048256197292018-03-14T05:57:00.000-07:002019-07-14T06:35:32.463-07:001/600 Aeronef IroncladI printed this out to match my ACW 1/600 Ironclads and to fit with my 3mm VSF/Colonial foot regiments but I am unsure if I am happy with it at this scale. I am toying with the idea of reducing it down to about 1/1200.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-57858911695296529752018-03-06T18:22:00.001-08:002018-03-06T18:22:32.780-08:00New Hex Terrain BoardMy hex terrain board is now setup and ready for whatever hex battlefield I can craft. I used hotglue to fasten the hex border pieces down so they are permanent.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-76112558982066696412018-03-05T20:40:00.001-08:002018-03-05T20:40:39.229-08:00My First Hex Terrain BoardI picked up these hexes last fall from a TMP ad. My wife donated her chalkboard to me to use as the hex table. The wooden frame around the chalkboard acts as a lip to hold the hexes in place. I cut the white hexes to make stop gaps for the flocked hexes to fit onto and make the board usable.<br />
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Tonight I sat down and crafted four field hexes. I have many more planned and hopefully another TMP hex purchase coming soon.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-75496052391082569792018-01-29T08:50:00.000-08:002018-01-29T08:50:11.233-08:003mm ACW Union Infantry Regiment and Artillery BatteryIt has been over a year since I last worked on this project and it felt good to be back in it this past weekend. I painted up one regiment from the "Irish Brigade" (note the green regimental standard) and an artillery battery. These two units along with what I previously had now bring my Union Army to a Division level. So I now have two brigades, each with two infantry regiments and an artillery battery. Of course these soldiers will see service in my planned "Clockwork Civil War" steampunk inspired ACW battles.<div>
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-49816801660549741362017-12-31T20:37:00.002-08:002020-09-27T18:58:45.526-07:002017 in Review...<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Happy new year wishes for 2018 to all whom read this. I had some hobby activity each month except March. I began toy soldier still life photography this year and it's been a fun addition. My painting numbers were plain dismal. However I did find time to rebase many models for use with new home rules. Speaking of those I discovered The Portable Wargame by Bob Cordery and love it. I have meshed his rules up with my own and come up with a system that scratches my particular gaming itch for army battles. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I had a pretty good Spring and Summer in the hobby but things trailed off in the fall at the start of deer season as hunting has become a new hobby for me that I enjoy. I have given up on some parts of wargaming; for example 28mm Warhammer mass battles, but will use those models for Frostgrave-Mordheim type games. I simply don't have the time to paint 28mm models. Again, best wishes and happy new year.</span></div>
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Vehicles: <b>1</b></div>
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Ships: <b>1</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Terrain/Acc: <b>3</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Painted: <b>8</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Rebasing: </span><b>56</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Total Crafted: </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>64</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ancients: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Seven Years War: 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Second World War: 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Board Wargame: 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Year Total: <b>18</b></span></div>
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-26131483912617900782017-09-17T19:14:00.001-07:002017-09-18T05:53:18.931-07:00World War One: 15mm British ArmyI sat down tonight to take inventory of my lead pile and part way through ended up rebasing these soldiers for the Portable Wargame. The bases are all 1" square except the tank which sits on a 3"x2" base.<br />
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Note the 12th Gurkhas Rifles on either flank of the HQ element. Also the 22nd Indian Lancers next to the 8th Dragoon Guards.<br />
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Auston Jeff Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510209818428843584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855612204991625863.post-49668112501666444622017-09-17T18:47:00.001-07:002020-09-27T18:58:45.526-07:00The Portable WargameI'm hooked on the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Wargame-Bob-Cordery-ebook/dp/B01N9SFI8J/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505699108&sr=8-1&keywords=the+portable+wargame">The Portable Wargame by Bob Cordery</a>. I may adopt it to my own particular <br />
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style of adding and subtracting dice vice roll modifiers and using square bases for movement vice a squared grid and like hexes over squares. I've recently ordered some hexes from <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/hex-material.html">GHQ</a> and a fellow wargamer on <a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/">TMP</a>.<br />
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I do want to have a few more playtests of it first. As a solo-wargamer I've found small math can be tedious. However this is not a <a href="http://www.wrg.me.uk/WRG.net/index.html">DBx</a> style game. I will post my first full battle report with these rules soon. I've been doing small little "test" scenarios with dice and bases only.<br />
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I love the exhaustion point mechanism. Also these rules can easily be adjusted for any period including naval warfare. Bob has given us a toolbox with the Portable Wargame.<br />
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