The Portable Wargame

I have become slightly fascinated by grid based wargames over the last month after re-reading about Bob Cordery's The Portable Wargame and Bob's postings about the Joseph Morschauser's book on wargaming from the 1960s.

I picked up the Morschauser book and found it fascinating as a different style of wargame that didn't really seem to catch on, yet one that reflects a lot of more modern gaming.

So, I bought a gridded mat and Anthony came round this afternoon to give the Portable Wargame rules a go. We used my Little Wars Revisited figures, using 6 figures for infantry and 2 figures for cavalry units and played a simple "capture the crossroads" game.



British and German forces lined up ready to deploy.



The deployment made.



Anthony commanding the British (as always!)



The German cavalry get stuck in.

We found the rules very enjoyable and a very elegant set that worked really well with 54mm figures. Both of us liked the look of the gridded game and plan to play again soon.

Boer Long Tom

A quick picture of the first casting and test assembly of our new Boer Long Tom 155mm Creusot gun for the Imperial Miniatures 54mm range. Shown here with a British Sgt Major for scale.

This will come with crew and I am hoping to have it available in complete form at the April Toy Soldier show....

Mike