tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72951636440195855392024-03-13T21:40:18.182+00:00Classic wargamingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-66361010818945981752021-11-15T11:03:00.003+00:002021-11-15T11:03:39.474+00:00The Constantinov Regiment<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Whilst I have, for the most part, 'moth-balled' my Classic Wargaming collection over the past few years, occasionally I get the urge to dip back into it. This normally happens when I catch a glimpse of "Charge!" on my bookshelf, or when I'm in email correspondence about the hobby and nostalgic thoughts of simpler times are opened up.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Recently, when this happened, I decided to finish up a regiment that has been in a 'work-in-progress' box for quite some time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I did the first company of this regiment many years ago. I always intended it to be just a 2-company regiment, so I have no idea what took me so long coming back to it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But, anyway, such is the life of the wargamer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Without further ado, I present The Constantinov Regiment, comprising two 'Charge-style' companies, a CO and standard bearer, all from the Stadden range of figures. The Colonel is the Poniatowski figure, if I remember correctly. The flag is hand painted on aluminium sheet.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">These pictures are merely quick 'snaps' on the workbench, and in due course I will take proper photos of the regiment in action on the tabletop of course.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dv1wa7HGYp8/YZI83Okpx6I/AAAAAAAAE6s/m0KfbA4B7gQDakTWEtfe6T5428jET0sawCLcBGAsYHQ/s442/Constantinov%2B001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="442" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dv1wa7HGYp8/YZI83Okpx6I/AAAAAAAAE6s/m0KfbA4B7gQDakTWEtfe6T5428jET0sawCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Constantinov%2B001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gOxOCWqS19U/YZI84g8wJNI/AAAAAAAAE6w/F_N7I26-scg8LIAn399Zhr-O9Mt1hcYegCLcBGAsYHQ/s465/Constantinov%2B002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="465" height="268" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gOxOCWqS19U/YZI84g8wJNI/AAAAAAAAE6w/F_N7I26-scg8LIAn399Zhr-O9Mt1hcYegCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Constantinov%2B002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0P4vMxwNiuc/YZI86jGstwI/AAAAAAAAE60/1LP1srV5RRgLv7M80wGsv_GlMNfGQ74pgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Constantinov%2B003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="640" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0P4vMxwNiuc/YZI86jGstwI/AAAAAAAAE60/1LP1srV5RRgLv7M80wGsv_GlMNfGQ74pgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Constantinov%2B003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uClPe2RJiXE/YZI88FfEriI/AAAAAAAAE64/ngho3KEUoJcw5Ux9UIcz548AaYXEUnFDACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Constantinov%2B004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="640" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uClPe2RJiXE/YZI88FfEriI/AAAAAAAAE64/ngho3KEUoJcw5Ux9UIcz548AaYXEUnFDACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Constantinov%2B004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>I also have a couple of cavalry regiments that are in the stockpile for the next time I want to dip back to the Classic Collection... which may be sooner than one might imagine...</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until then, all the very best</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9wXV5BE3cE/YZI9VHFUeOI/AAAAAAAAE7I/12QLaoKWkl4_RnmhUsf3-q4a_YsH9ATWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s381/Phil%2Bsignature%2Btrans.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="291" height="151" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9wXV5BE3cE/YZI9VHFUeOI/AAAAAAAAE7I/12QLaoKWkl4_RnmhUsf3-q4a_YsH9ATWgCLcBGAsYHQ/w115-h151/Phil%2Bsignature%2Btrans.png" width="115" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-11414351703310507802020-05-19T15:29:00.001+01:002020-05-19T15:29:24.256+01:00Sittangbad - the layout that launched a thousand games<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last weekend, as many of you will know, Laurence and Tricks celebrated the many Partizan wargame shows by sharing, along with others, many photos and other 'stuff' from the past. 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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Henry Hyde did a mammoth video piece on YouTube all about the Sittangbad and Mollwitz games we created and displayed in 2006 and 2007 at Partizan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It got me all misty eyed, particularly about the Sittangbad layout.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In many ways, it was the terrain design that launched a thousand games since then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remember coming up with the design, the green boards, the place on terrain, and so on, and wondering what the Wargames world would think of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Up till that point, whilst I had held this vision in my head for quite some time, there wasn't really a 'classic' / 'old school' look out there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm delighted that this particular vision has been taken on and seems to be the 'go to' look for bloggers in the old school genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The full story of the Sittangbad game was on my old Warcabinet website where I did regular updates which were the. Collated into an article for Battlegames magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Enjoy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-61148838769065903372019-11-11T18:16:00.001+00:002019-11-11T18:16:16.389+00:00Tribute to Stuart Asquith<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add my own tribute to Stuart Asquith here, following the numerous others that have appeared on the various blogs and forums that make up the online wargaming community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For many years, like so many others, I had been aware of Stuart, always admiring his writings and his 'take' on the hobby, and especially his editorship of Practical Wargaming. It wasn't until 2007 that I met him for the first time when we did the refight of The Battle of Mollwitz (see the page set aside on this blog for this event).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Following the demo game of Mollwitz, Stuart and I stayed in touch, but it wasn't until 2009 that we met again in person. This was a weekend of wargaming that is pretty well unrivalled... we began with a refight of the battle of Minden, on the 250th anniversary of the battle (1st August), hosted by Charles S Grant at his home in Perthshire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The following day saw us all attend the Claymore Wargaming show in Edinburgh. Then on the Sunday, Stuart and Charles both visited my home for dinner, with their respective wives. Between courses we sneaked off to my wargaming room to peruse the shelves and talk hobby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stuart was good enough to sign a few copies of the many books of his on my shelves, along with some issues of Practical Wargamer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the years that followed, Stuart and I maintained a steady correspondence of letters, emails and phone conversations, sometimes of quite some length. Stuart was always ready with a fresh idea, or a point of interest from his vast experience in the hobby. And it wasn't just hobby stuff we discussed. Stuart was so proud of his family and they were always foremost in his mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I began the Classic Wargamer's Journal in 2010, Stuart was in the vanguard of support, submitting articles and encouragement. <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">It was very kind of him to provide material for the fledgling CWJ venture, and it was support that I really appreciated. Notably, </span>in volume 1 issue 1, he was my castaway for the regular feature, Desert Island Wargaming. I was delighted that he agreed to do this, and the article makes very interesting, and revealing reading. I wasn't aware, until that point, of his fixation with the 1066 campaign, or Warrior Miniatures, for example. I may reproduce the article here in due course for those who haven't seen it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, we all know his primary love in his later years was for the 54mm figure, and Britains in particular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my cabinets, I have a few individual figures from wargaming luminaries, and during our years of correspondence, Stuart kindly gave me one of his own... a lovely Stadden hussar officer to add to my collection of sundry officers, ADCs, and the like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, now in particular, this is a treasured possession.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stuart often spoke of how he had created a new life for himself and Beryl in the Cotswolds, or "leafy Gloucestershire" as he called it. He was immensely proud of this life, and of the fact that he had time to contribute to the local community. He loved Northleach dearly, and we often mused when I lived in Scotland that one day I would visit and we'd enjoy a lunch at one of the tempting hostelries in the village. That never happened, sadly. However, ironically, I did get to see Stuart only a few weeks ago, in Northleach at the Cotswold Wargames Show, hosted by Keith Flint. A good day was had, and here Stuart is presenting myself and Steve Gill an award during the prize-giving. I<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">t was especially important to see Stuart and Steve's acquaintance thrive again as they had corresponded for many years and had met up a lot over that time.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hadn't really been in touch with Stuart for a couple of years at that point (in fact, we had last spoken at length on the telephone about an article he had had published on wargaming The Back of Beyond, amongst other topics), but I'm so glad we had one last chance to chat over the tabletop at Northleach. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He will be missed by many in the hobby, myself included.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My thoughts and prayers are with his family, and those who were probably closer to him than I.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No longer will "the Emperor and Elector be at odds" on Stuart's wargames table. But up there, somewhere, along with the likes of Featherstone, Grant snr, and Peter Young, there will be a terrific game taking place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RIP Stuart Asquith.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-52934022812860259322017-09-26T09:43:00.001+01:002017-09-26T09:43:09.725+01:00Blasthof 50th Anniversary<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The immortal words:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I've no idea whether the game was played on 26th September 1967, but the little I know and have gleaned of the Brigadier's nature suggests to me that it may well have been that date.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so, today is possibly/ probably/ almost certainly the 50th Anniversary of the Action at Blasthof Bridge.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-37415364070818614162013-09-05T20:34:00.001+01:002013-09-05T20:34:16.419+01:00A Treasured Letter<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I never met him.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, a couple of years ago, when I produced The Classic Wargamer's Journal, I received a personal hand-written letter from him congratulating me, and encouraging my efforts, and saying how pleased he was to receive the journal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's correspondence I will treasure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You know who I'm talking about of course.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All any of us can wish for is to live a life that is significant.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the legacy we leave is testimony enough to that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not mourn that Don Featherstone has passed away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do not mourn his death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Celebrate his life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And give thanks for his significant legacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Paint a figure. Read one of his books. Have a game. Or simply raise a glass.</span><br />
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Thank you to those who have commented on this flurry of posts and updated pages of late. Your interest and friendship is most valued.<br />
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It was one of the most enjoyable day's wargaming I've ever had - a small, simple, engaging little scenario. In fact, I would go as far as to say it is a perfect scenario to aim for if you are starting out building two balanced Classic armies of Horse, Foot and Guns.<br />
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This blog is rapidly becoming an online museum of Classic Wargaming curiosities. No bad thing perhaps...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-75828410828981177112013-07-28T15:43:00.000+01:002013-07-28T15:43:50.993+01:00Here is the news...Just because it's been quiet around here doesn't mean nothing is happening in my hobby life!<br />
I'm going to be adding lots of material to this blog over the coming days/ weeks...stuff I've got in my photo archives that will bring things up to date.<br />
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First, I've moved the Battle of Raseinia page which was previously part of this blog onto John Ray's webpage (A Military Gentleman) - see links - pop over there to have a look at what John's been up to and news about his book.<br />
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I've added a fresh page to this blog - Blasthof Bridge (see navigation bar above).<br />
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As I said, I'll be adding more classic stuff on here to fill up the blog, and then I'll be heading out with a separate and new blog for my next big project in a few weeks time.<br />
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Meanwhile, I've also been keeping an eye out for other people's efforts, and if you want to see some good action currently going on, in true classic style, head over to both Tin Soldiering On blog (see links) where there's a refight of Blasthof in full flow, and The Wars of Cheese and Wine (see links) where a great little campaign is being played out.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-18071483205629947742013-01-26T16:37:00.002+00:002013-01-26T16:37:48.667+00:00Russians Unorthodox - Charge Anachronism #137<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It has always amused me to look through pictures in Charge and wonder where the figures came from, and to identify the units. Come on, admit it - we all do it, don't we? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don't we?!! Maybe just me then!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, as we know, <em>Charge!</em> is more a generic Horse Musket tome than a strictly 18th century set of rules. In fact, it's <em>loose</em> approach to matters of historical "accuracy", it's naivety, for want of a better term, is part of the charm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What's included?</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tales from the Frontline with readers' letters, project updates, and battle reports.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bob Varga's WW2 take on the Vanguards Collide scenario from way back in the pilot issue.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Floor Wars" by Paul Cutting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Trouble in Tranjapore - the Indian Mutiny project continues... by Daryl Haselton</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Peter Verduyn continues in Search of Hyboria</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Desert Isalnd Wargaming... another well-known wargamer is marooned.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Shootists - Western Gunfighting with Phil Dutre</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Arnold Stockade - Terry Preen describes an "old school" get together and fights an 18th century action.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gary Phillips offers a WSS scenario</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and Ian Allen regales us with another of his Tales of the Golden Head</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ian also provides templates for a Flatpack Bomber to accompany the fighter versions included in the previous issue.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There's also Conrad Kinch's twisted (!) look at the hobby in Conrad's Corner.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and of course sketches by Chris Gregg</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Once again, apologies to those who have submitted articles yet to appear. There really is only so much room available!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Also, there's a small surprise in store - The Editorial explains all...</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-55163676796980135592011-07-05T18:14:00.000+01:002011-07-05T18:14:55.465+01:00Thanks and Homages<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">First a thank you to Jason Williams...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I returned from a few days away to find a parcel awaiting me. Now, I like parcels... and imagine my delight when inside was a box with a picture of a Nokkia mobile phone on the front. Nice one too. Had I ordered it? No. Was it therefore a prize in some competition or others? No. Or a scam? No.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, why am I getting sundry gadgets sent to me in the post? Oh well... not complaining - must be a gift, and a nice one too. And then imagine my surprise when on opening the box, I found inside, not a phone/ gadget/ i-wotnot/ blue-blackberry thingy. Oh no! Better than that... deep joy! A pile of figures. Lots of them. And Jason explained in his note to the effect that they were merely the visible part of a lead iceberg, the summit of a mountain of metal, and as part of his clear-out he thought they would come in handy for my home-casting project. And, yes they definitely will!!! So thank you Jason! Much appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And now to an email received a while ago following CWJ issue 3 which you will remember included the first part of Daryl Haselton's series about building his Indian Mutiny project using the Irregular Miniatures Deutsche Homage 42mm range. This article actually has had quite a lot of feedback and seems to have stirred the butterflies amongst a number of readers (the prolific Ian Allen included), and this email from Stephen Cullen was typical of the enthusiasm uncovered... as well as a couple of nice photos:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"Dear Phil,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Many thanks for the latest CWJ, which continues to delight. It is a happy counterbalance to 'normal' daily, electronic, life. And this issue has solved a small puzzle for me. Daryl Haselton's 'The Trouble in Tanjapore', his highlighting of Irregular Miniatures' Deutsche Homage range, and the photographs illustrating the article, means that I am now pretty sure of the origin of some 42mm (foot to eye) figures I received from a friend in Denmark a few years ago. The figures came from a 90 year old Danish lady, and had belonged to her late husband who had played with them as a boy in the 1920s and early 1930s. Interestingly, although the figures are almost all British (with a few Frenchies) Imperial, the late owner had gone on to be a noted figure in the Danish Communist Party, and had been involved in the Danish resistance late in the war - perhaps the Imperial troops always came off worst in his boyhood battles. I had no idea of the source of the figures, and had wondered if they were of Danish manufacture, but it does look as if they were German - the Heyde and Haffner connection that Daryl highlights. I've attached a couple of photos of some of the figures that I have restored, and I'm now enthused enough to finish restoring the rest of the little hoard. In fact, I might even visit the Irregular Miniatiatures site...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All the best,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Stephen."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thanks Stephen. And thank you for the photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All of which leads nicely into the announcement that CWJ is taking shape, and you can look forward to part 2 of Daryl's series, amongst other articles in the next couple of weeks.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-31822875175039388772011-04-18T20:14:00.000+01:002011-04-18T20:14:05.193+01:00CWJ Vol I issue 3 - It's ready!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Volume I issue 3 is now ready, and will be posted out tomorrow. So you should be receiving it before Easter (overseas subscribers may have to wait till just after Easter for it to reach you). If it doesn't arrive as you hope, let me know.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">PDF subscribers will be receiving theirs by email tomorrow.</span><br />
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<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A Napoleonic scenario by Bob Varga</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">40mm GNW by Alasdair Jamison</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Viva Catalonia - Spain in early 18th century- Part 2 by Ray Caddy</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Indian Mutiny in 42mm by Daryl Haselton</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Desert Island Wargaming with ... Aly Morrison!</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hyboria Part 3 of Peter Verduyn's Ancients campaign</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">French & Indian Wars scenario by Terry Preen</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A 19th Century imagi-nations game by Stephen Caddy</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tales of the Golden Head continue with Ian Allen</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">One from the Archives - this time it's Tony Bath's NAXOS Campaign from 1957</span></div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and rounding off, Conrad Kinch gives us his usual wry slant on the hobby.</span></div></li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Add to that, a few colour plates, and some more exquisite sketches by Chris Gregg, and a plethora of contributors' sketch maps. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>plus</strong> the special pull-out by Ian Allen - think Ikea meets Airfix, and you get the templates to produce The Flatpack Fighter:</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All in all, I hope there's enough for everyone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thanks to all the contributors as always.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All the very best</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Phil</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-24243713662368326542011-03-10T17:13:00.001+00:002011-03-10T17:18:09.089+00:00CWJ next issue<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next issue of The Classic Wargamer's Journal is due out in April, and it's all coming together nicely. Already I have loads of material. In fact, all I'm waiting for is the Desert Island Wargaming piece (you know who you are!!!!!) and I can start editing (ok, don't laugh - I know it's not proper editing... more just cutting and pasting really!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Don't let the fact that I've got lots of articles put you off writing though as I do want to keep the stockpile up, and create as much variety as possible to ensure maximum period coverage for future issues too. And who knows, for balance, anything submitted in the next few days could also find it's way into this issue... the "editor" may on a whim replace one of his own pieces with something far more valuable from a contributor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Anyway, a huge thank you to all who have once again made life so easy for me in producing such a wealth of material. Full details of all contents will be released in the next couple of weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm also delighted to report that Chris Gregg has more wonderful sketches in this issue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And, to show how grateful I am to Chris, I want to promote the work he is doing for a special exhibition in Gloucester in May. He has just completed a beautiful oil painting (22 inches x 16inches) of Gloucester during the ECW, and I simply felt I must share it here. So, with Chris's permission:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is for sale, and you can contact Chris via his website:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://cheltenham-art.com/chrisgregg.htm">http://cheltenham-art.com/chrisgregg.htm</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">By the way, I'm not involved at all, but such a fantastic work deserves as much publicity as possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All the best for now... and I promise, at some point I'll update on my own wargaming activity!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-78547225185930470852011-01-13T21:06:00.000+00:002011-01-13T21:06:37.723+00:00Latest Issue of CWJ<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Just what you need to warm the heart, and to welcome in the New Year.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Volume I issue 2 is complete, and we are posting them out over the next 2 days.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">PDF will be sent out Sunday/ Monday.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, what's in store:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well first thing to notice is the widening variety of periods covered in this latest issue, with Ancients to Modern, and all stations in between, and even some naval stuff.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There's a letter from Don Featherstone (amongst other correspondence and "Tales from the Frontline"), Greg Horne's Blasthof refight, Ray Caddy takes us to Spain 1713-14, Ian Allen is in the ACW, and the next episode unfolds in his Darkest Africa 1920s adventures. Peter Verduyn continues his Hyboria ancient campaign series, Capt Bill's Reich Duchy of Beerstein is featured, Stuart Asquith is at Hook's Farm, Allan Tidmarsh plays out a Viking Raid, and Chris Stringer is in AWI with Freeman's Farm. Stokes Schwartz provides advice on blogging and getting your armies onto the table, and we draw another action from the archives (this time it's from Sept 1957: the Battle of Lapin's Farm).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">All embellished with Chris Gregg's sketches (a new feature which really does add something to the look of the journal I have to say), plus a few colour plates, and a proliferation of maps from the authors of individual articles (the guys have really gone to town on this!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Should be plenty there to keep you going.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Thanks again to the contributors, and to you, the many subscribers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And a Happy New Year... may 2011 be prosperous, and filled with wargaming happiness.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-16127739012841693202010-12-23T10:34:00.000+00:002010-12-23T10:34:08.155+00:00Season's Greetings<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Looking back over 2010 with some satisfaction (somesay smugness, I guess). It's been a good year, with the following "Classic Wargaming" highlights:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">painting the Saxe Coburg regiment - this keeps up the pledge of doing at least one "Classic Wargaming" unit per year, amongst all the other wargames activity on other projects. John Preece once said about his own collection building, that his goal was to simply add a fresh unit each year, of whatever he fancied doing, the idea being that over time a very satisfying collection can be created without too much fuss. Very much in the spirit of things in the CW genre methinks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the Spurlash Down game at Claymore in August - a chance to play with the troops in good company (thanks Alan, Phil and Tony), and meet some fellow wargamers who have a similar approach and appreciate this style of wargame.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Publications such as Wargaming in History vol 2, and The Wargames Annual. Whilst not specifically "classic" in style, I include them here simply to bring them to your attention, and to say I am proud to have been involved.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Classic Wargamer's Journal - I never realised that dipping my toe into the water would reveal such a fantastic level of support. We have sold 273 Pilot Issues so far, and have 178 subscribers, which is way beyond what I had imagined. I'm delighted, and thanks must go to you all for supporting the venture, and not least to those who have contributed articles and have made the whole thing a joy. The many emails and letters expressing really heartfelt thanks are very much appreciated, and gave me a genuine boost to launch the project proper after the Pilot Issue. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">receiving a letter from Don Featherstone- more on this in the next issue of CWJ. </span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Talking of CWJ ... I am starting to collate the many articles received for the next issue. As you can probably imagine, I am enjoying this immensely as my "business pen" has been put down for the year and I am now able to relax in an armchair with a glass of something seasonal. I can promise an issue that is definitely something to look forward to bouncing onto your door-mat in mid-January.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, here's to you all... CWJ contributors, subscribers, and all visitors to the blog. Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas, and a prosperous 2011. I trust you will have some exciting items under the tree, and maybe a game or two over the holidays.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Best wishes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Phil</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-41267895816720268192010-12-20T14:14:00.000+00:002010-12-20T14:14:23.873+00:00Wargame Carols!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On one wargame forum, there's been a bit of mickey taking of what we might term "Old school Wargaming".</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, in the spirit of the season, here's a Carol (to the tune of Good King Wenceslas) about the old wargamer setting out his traditional boxing day game...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Old School Wargame, all set out, on the Feast of Stephen.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Contoured Hills lay all about, simply stacked and even.</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>Brightly shone his troops in gloss; others mocked him cru-el</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>This old gamer soldiered on, not trying to be kew-l</em></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ok, ok,....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">More of these on my warcabinet blog.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Pop on over and add yours to the growing list of seasonal wargames tune-smithery.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-7132742756982979622010-12-16T15:20:00.000+00:002010-12-16T15:20:22.165+00:00A Proper Artist<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I put out a plea for a proper artist to help with some sketches for The Classic Wargamer's Journal, I was contacted in a matter of hours by one subscriber, Chris Gregg of Cheltenham, UK. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, this is one talented fellow... on the wargaming front, where his well-painted armies do battle on exceptional terrain adorned with wonderful scratch-built edifices (I know this, because I've seen the pdf he produces for his club... and more of that anon); and also on the artistic front. Well, he's a proper artist you see, so as you can imagine I snapped up the chance to have Chris produce some sketches for CWJ (next issue is already looking good- but I would say that, wouldn't I?!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In addition, having perused Chris's online gallery, I also commisioned a painting for my Christmas present. Now, the picture arrived - a wonderfully composed and executed piece showing a vedette of Bercheny Hussars on patrol.I only got a sneak preview before Liz whisked it away to be framed, but Chris also sent me a black and white scan of the piece, which is reproduced here, simply to show you what Chris can do, and as an insight into some of the artistry that will enhance CWJ in future issues.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">You can view Chris' online gallery (see links). But be aware... he's a busy fellow, with a number of exhibitions coming up in 2011 for which he is producing some exquisite work. So, if you want to avail yourself of his services, you'll have to join the queue! If you are serious about getting some beautiful, original art, from someone who knows how to paint both landscapes <u>and</u> military subjects, I can certainly recommend Chris.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-10015198975875085352010-11-02T14:45:00.007+00:002010-11-02T15:07:07.327+00:00Otterlitz gameJust to show I haven't disappeared, buried under a deluge of submissions and subscriptions for CWJ (keep em coming...!), here are a few pictures taken at the home of Alasdair Jamison during a game last weekend. The game was a SYW version of the Otterlitz scenario recently featured in CWJ (and originally in War Gamer's Digest in 1957).<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAld_Pk_II/AAAAAAAAAlQ/ThaAfPS679g/s1600/DSCF3204.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534965139161545858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAld_Pk_II/AAAAAAAAAlQ/ThaAfPS679g/s320/DSCF3204.JPG" /></a></div><div>above: the town of Otterlitz, on the Rusian right flank, is about to have it's peace disturbed.</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAmU82ZJNI/AAAAAAAAAlo/Ag37qzfr9Ko/s1600/DSCF3206.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534966083411846354" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAmU82ZJNI/AAAAAAAAAlo/Ag37qzfr9Ko/s320/DSCF3206.JPG" /></a></div><div>Above: Alasdair (on the left) seems confident about the Russian dispositions.</div><div>Below: the Prussians cross the stream</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAlvJ-drRI/AAAAAAAAAlY/ckBtFYZ0XlY/s1600/DSCF3208.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534965434100329746" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAlvJ-drRI/AAAAAAAAAlY/ckBtFYZ0XlY/s320/DSCF3208.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAl90exc2I/AAAAAAAAAlg/_gUu-TEWIyI/s1600/DSCF3212.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534965686028301154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAl90exc2I/AAAAAAAAAlg/_gUu-TEWIyI/s320/DSCF3212.JPG" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Above: The Prussian cavalry second wave charges the Russian right-centre.</div><div>Below: And now the chink in the armour of the Russian defence becomes a hole and the Prussian Dragoons prepare to exploit their breakthrough.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAmhJhzTOI/AAAAAAAAAlw/DIWlQ-KvECU/s1600/DSCF3215.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534966292973571298" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uUtpcFyC8Zc/TNAmhJhzTOI/AAAAAAAAAlw/DIWlQ-KvECU/s320/DSCF3215.JPG" /></a><br /></div><div>All figures from the collection of Alasdair Jamison.<br /></div><div>I played the part of commander of the Russians (General Ivan Awfulitch), defending the ridgeline, ably asisted by Alasdair, with David Shuttleworth (see Wargames Amateur blog link) and Steve Ayers being the Prussian attackers. A full report is on David's blog... and in truth he has been kind to us Ruskis in his account. The reality is that whilst the game did hang in the balance till mid afternoon, in the end we were well beaten.</div><div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7295163644019585539.post-10969987872649020422010-10-13T20:12:00.003+01:002010-10-13T20:29:27.884+01:00It is done!Tomorrow will be posting day... with all copies having now been printed, stapled, and enveloped, CWJ volume I, Issue 1 will be posted out to subscribers.<br /><br />PDFs will also be sent out to those who have subscribed to that format.<br />If you haven't received your PDF by tomorrow evening (Thursday 14 October, say 8pm UK time), let me know (but check your spam filter/ junk email first!).<br /><br />Similarly, I can see no reason why UK hard-copy subscribers won't have theirs by this weekend. Certainly, let me know if not received by end of Monday 18th.<br /><br />And for overseas subscribers, last time it seemed to take around 5-7 days to reach the various corners of the globe. Let's say anyone who hasn't received by 28th October, let me know.<br /><br />Similarly, I'll be glad to hear from the first to receive theirs (from the overseas folk in particular) - let us know on the comments here. That way we can see if anything has gone awry. Let's see who is the first Canadian/ US/ Australian/ New Zealander, and European recipient).<br /><br />Cheers for now...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com21