Eric was ... and quite a few of us owe him a tremendous debt.
@davidcrook136720 сағат бұрын
Very enjoyable Bob - Eric was an original for sure and Madasahatta was a masterpiece that many gamers can be thankful for. I know I am!
@Wargaming_Miscellany17 сағат бұрын
Those of us who knew Eric were blessed. He was a very special sort of person.
@iandury96033 күн бұрын
Bob - finally got round to watching this, another great video. You may be interested to know that I am in the progress of repainting all of that Heroscape terrain you kindly sent me to create a modular campaign board for the North-West Frontier - I will send you some pictures when it is completed
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 күн бұрын
I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed this tribute to Eric Knowles. I am also very pleased to see that you are going to use that Heroscape terrain so creatively and I look forward to seeing what the end result looks like.
@iandury96033 күн бұрын
Great video Bob - it is a pity that the technology we take for granted today that lets us video games on a mobile phone wasn't available back then - it would have been wonderful to actually see the campaign in progress!
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 күн бұрын
It would have been great to have had some photos of the battles we fought. Unfortunately I have had to reply on my memory and the few printed bits and pieces that I was able to obtain.
@martinradcliffe47983 күн бұрын
Fascinating stuff.
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 күн бұрын
Cheers! I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed watching it.
@martinradcliffe47982 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I love that whole era of wargaming, which I just missed.
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 күн бұрын
@@martinradcliffe4798, The big thing that really strikes me looking back is how close a community wargaming was.
@timgow16993 күн бұрын
Great film Bob.
@Wargaming_Miscellany3 күн бұрын
@@timgow1699 it was a pleasure and an honour to make this tribute to Eric.
@johnscarr705 күн бұрын
I may just have to pick up a copy. I love simplicity in my rules.
@Wargaming_Miscellany5 күн бұрын
You can buy a PDF copy from Wargame Vault if you don’t want a printed copy. Printed copies (in hardback, softback, and ebook) can be bought from Lulu.com and Amazon.
@johnscarr705 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany that's what I love about this hobby. Authors, designers, makers are all just so accessible and helpful. I appreciate your advice. I've spent years going down the pdf route but recently I'm turning to books. Have a great weekend.
@johnscarr705 күн бұрын
Stingy Yorkshireman tip of the day. I cannibalise unwanted flat pack furniture - wardrobes are ideal with oceans of hardbound, doors and MDF backs, tops and bases can be resized to create tables of all sizes. Terrific looking tables.
@Wargaming_Miscellany5 күн бұрын
@@johnscarr70 I subscribe to a KZread channel entitled ‘Budget Model Railways’. Its creator regularly uses second-hand shelves and hollow doors (and even laminated corrugated cardboard and rigid cardboard boxes) as baseboards for his layouts. He buys them very cheaply from his local rubbish tip (civic recycling centre) shop. Stingy is the new creative recycling!
@johnscarr705 күн бұрын
That's very informative and interesting. Particularly, moving to what I think of as the "lead belt" - Lincoln / Nottingham, where there was immense gaming creativity in the 70s and 80s. Lovely piece of work. We all aspire to own more stuff than we can realistically store. Like women and shoes.
@Wargaming_Miscellany5 күн бұрын
@@johnscarr70 Cheers! Over recent years I’ve passed stuff that I’m never going to use again on to other wargamers … and it’s all enjoyed a new wargaming ‘life’ as a result. By the way, with my wife it’s handbags!
@eugenegubbard40176 күн бұрын
Next stop, 100,000!!!
@Wargaming_Miscellany6 күн бұрын
@@eugenegubbard4017 I’d be happy to reach 500!
@vpraze7 күн бұрын
Your best video yet Bob! I would love to see more like this.
@Wargaming_Miscellany6 күн бұрын
@@vpraze Many thanks for your kind comment. I am currently working on two videos about the history of the Royal Artillery’s museums that were located in Woolwich.
@vpraze6 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany Very much looking forward to them!
@Wargaming_Miscellany6 күн бұрын
@@vpraze I hope that my efforts won't disappoint you!
@betterthancomputers8 күн бұрын
Charge & Featherstone good start for Grognard.
@Wargaming_Miscellany17 сағат бұрын
I only wish that some of the wargamers who were around in the 1960s and 1970s could see how the hobby has developed since then ... and just how much we owed them.
@Alexander334BC8 күн бұрын
Hands down the best wargaming rules I've ever come across. Speed, simplicity and historical accuracy across every period. I had never been able to get into wargaming due to the complexity of every rule set I had encountered until your first Portable Wargame book, so thank you so much Bob for getting me into this hobby - although my bank balence may not agree!
@Wargaming_Miscellany8 күн бұрын
I am very pleased that I have helped to get you into historical wargaming.
@The-Amazing-Anthony10 күн бұрын
Well done Bob. 👏
@Wargaming_Miscellany10 күн бұрын
Cheers! All I've got to do now is to keep producing more videos.
@pigface99911 күн бұрын
Congratulations mate on your 300 subs.
@Wargaming_Miscellany10 күн бұрын
Cheers! I hope that the number of subscribers will continue you grow. Next goal ... 500 subscribers!
@johnscarr7011 күн бұрын
You're most welcome! Have a good one.
@Wargaming_Miscellany10 күн бұрын
Cheers! Thanks for your best wishes.
@wallisthescot654411 күн бұрын
Just a wee word to tell you that although I am a very old solo Wargamer who started as a child and watched Callan and read Featherstone for information and inspiration. Your continued determination to overcome your health issues and your wonderful passion and creativity for wargaming is an inspiration for me and my wargaming world. Many thanks bro. 😊
@Wargaming_Miscellany11 күн бұрын
You and I sound as if we are both from that generation that are sometimes referred to as the post-war baby boomers. I don't know about you, but the monthly visits to the local model shop, clutching my pocket money in my hand, always led to some new addition to my wargaming armies, navies, and air forces. Airfix kits and figures were two shillings each and if I was lucky (and had been careful with my cash), I might acquire a couple when I paid my visit to the model shop. My health was good until 2020, and since then I;ve had cancer twice (colorectal and prostate) and now I have neuropathy. Wargaming has help to keep me sane, and has made me determined to get well enough to get back upstairs to my toy/wargames room again. All the best ... and enjoy your wargaming!
@aramisortsbottcher820120 күн бұрын
Really has inspired me and brought back memory of an forgotton project I had, maybe I'll look at it again. Thanks :)
@Wargaming_Miscellany20 күн бұрын
I will be very pleased if I have encouraged you to revisit a moribund project and get some enjoyment from it.
@rajvadivel896721 күн бұрын
What a beautiful British posh accent. I truly love it the way you speak.
@Wargaming_Miscellany20 күн бұрын
Cheers! 😀 I've never been told that before!
@geoffbarker364421 күн бұрын
Whatever happened (assuming the situation came to a head) was clearly destined to be a mammoth task requiring lots and lots of resources. And so it was.
@Wargaming_Miscellany21 күн бұрын
War Plan Orange (and its associated wargames and 'fleet problems') certainly prepared the United States Navy for the war in the Pacific.
@onoken453121 күн бұрын
Quite an interesting video, considering the fact that you're using the standard mpp as your background
@Wargaming_Miscellany21 күн бұрын
Cheers! I decided to use a different background to this and my other naval videos (there is at least one more to come!) so that they were different from the rest of the Wargaming Miscellany ones.
@nukethenatelore22 күн бұрын
Hell yea A keynote history vid
@Wargaming_Miscellany21 күн бұрын
It seemed to go done quite well at COW as an introduction for a wargame about War Plan Orange. I understand that there was a major fleet action as a result of the plan, and that the United States won.
@philRminiatures23 күн бұрын
A nice report and a great looking game!
@Wargaming_Miscellany22 күн бұрын
Cheers! I hope that you enjoy watching the other videos as well.
@Khornishman23 күн бұрын
Bob, I have four 2'x2' plywood boards that I am going to use for my own PWG campaign games. I am looking to mount them or frame them, as they have 3" squares laser etched into each. I was considering painting them, but now I think I will stain them and apply a varnish, to protect them from water and scuffing. I just recently purchased 3" square bases from Litko, some with 60mm square cut outs and some others with a 30mmx60mm cut out. This way, I can use these for various terrain that can be removed so that a figure base may be set in it. If I can ever manage to rearrange my house, in the near future, I'll work up what I am thinking of and send you some images. There's a wide variety of options and it only takes inspiration and imagination to strick for us gamers to take our creativity to the next level.
@Wargaming_Miscellany23 күн бұрын
Wow! That sounds like a very interesting project and I hope that you will soon be fighting battles over your new terrain boards. 3"/75mm squares are a nice size for terrain squares and are useable for most figures sizes. Staining your surfaces will allow the grain of the wood to show through and will mean that you will end up with an effect that is similar to that on Archduke Piccolo's hexed terrain board (see archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-portable-white-mountain-30yw-battle.html). I look forward to seeing how your terrain looks when it is finished.
@user-ot6vv5fz4d23 күн бұрын
Another very informative video, Bob. Seeing your Hexon II on the whiteboard will, I'm sure, inspire many viewers to make something similar for themselves. Arthur
@Wargaming_Miscellany23 күн бұрын
Cheers! Making this video has made me realise just how useful the mini-campaign board is ... and regretting that I put it and all my Hexon II in storage before I broke my leg! If I hadn't, I might be able to use both whilst I remain immobile.
@mikkoleinonen984624 күн бұрын
The 60cm x 90cm notice board is my go to board nowdays. I bought one with cork layer on both sides, and I also just glued green felt on other side, and plain burlap canvas on the other side for desert scenarios. I don't like having fixed grid on my boards, but now I can just use thumb tacks to mark out the grids if needed. Great video!
@Wargaming_Miscellany23 күн бұрын
Cheers! I looked at buying a cork-covered board but all the ones I saw only had cardboard backing. As I wanted something more substantial, I opted for the magnetic whiteboard. Covering your board with green felt and burlap makes a lot of sense, as does using thumbtacks to show the corners of grid areas.
@kevinsenglishschools340526 күн бұрын
It's THE BOB CORDERY, looking at your book now. Thanks for all your hard work for the hobby!
@Wargaming_Miscellany26 күн бұрын
Cheers! Welcome to my KZread channel ... and thanks for your very kind comment.
@kevinsenglishschools340526 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I enjoyed your book as well.
@Wargaming_Miscellany25 күн бұрын
@@kevinsenglishschools3405 I hope that you using the PW rules in all their various versions.
@shawnhutson685328 күн бұрын
Excellent report. Ive got a number of your titles. Its great to see you play through Portable Wargames. Thanks.
@Wargaming_Miscellany28 күн бұрын
I hope that you enjoy using the rules. I really should have made a video like this years ago but never seemed to have the time get around to it until now.
@stonehorsegaming28 күн бұрын
The 3 quites at the start should be the cornerstone for all wargames. Great video!
@Wargaming_Miscellany28 күн бұрын
I used to include them in all my published rules. Perhaps I ought to do that again.
@stonehorsegaming28 күн бұрын
@Wargaming_Miscellany I may adopt that with the few I am currently working on. Helps to inform people of the mentally the game should be approached with.
@Wargaming_Miscellany28 күн бұрын
@@stonehorsegaming, please feel free to use them. I think that you are right about them helping the players to approach a game in the right frame of mind.
@willcorlett763029 күн бұрын
Thanks Bob, it is "funny" to listen to you explain the portable rules, having enjoyed your books (and the games thereof) for a couple of years now. Look forward to seeing more from you
@Wargaming_Miscellany29 күн бұрын
It sounds as if you enjoyed my latest video I’ve had several comments in emails that my voice is different from how people imagined it would be.
@Slorm_ChaplainАй бұрын
Very clear and well explained. Thanks!
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Cheers! Thanks very much for the very positive feedback.
@michaelclarke5377Ай бұрын
Masterful summary of the rules. The scope for tweaking is immense e.g. successful British cavalry might go haring off to destruction unless a control score is rolled, out of supply armies could have a lower exhaustion point, the death of an unpopular general might not be so impactful. As always, very inspiring. Thank you Bob.
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
I am glad that you liked this summary of the game mechanisms used in PW. I have had battles where cavalry units have followed up Close Combats several times until they destroyed the enemy units they had been fighting ... and then found themselves well behind the enemy frontline and cut off. The death of an unpopular - or incompetent - General could be functioned in without too much difficulty and reducing an army's EP if it is out of supply makes a lot of sense. (It's certainly an idea I need to look at in greater detail.) Thanks for the every helpful feedback. All the best, Bob
@philRminiaturesАй бұрын
Nice looking system...and hansome units!
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
@@philRminiatures Cheers! The figures are either early (1970s vintage) Minifigs or pre-painted Del Prado figures that were distributed with their WATERLOO LIVE! part-work magazine.
@geoffbarker3644Ай бұрын
Interesting and, as you say Bob, it shows how easy the Portable Wargames rules are to play. Jolly enjoyable really 👏👏
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
I am in the process of creating a video that goes through the basic rules explaining how they work and my thinking behind the mechanisms that I used.
@geoffbarker3644Ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany That’ll be useful. And, as I’m now an OAP, it’ll help fill the hours in my day when I’m not doing whatever domestic chores my wife tells me to do. I’m hoping “wargaming” might eventually feature on the schedule. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼😉
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
@@geoffbarker3644 My wife was pleased that I had a hobby like wargaming as it mean that I would disappear for several hours on end and keep out of her way so that she could get on with hobbies of genealogy and dressmaking.
@geoffbarker3644Ай бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany my wife is still working (3 days a week as from 1 July - so she’s happier now) but she likes to remind me of the chores as she steps out of the door on the way to work… ☹
@user-ot6vv5fz4dАй бұрын
Bob, the 'smoke' effect to show musketry and artillery fire works very well. I'm not so sure about the icon to indicate loss of SP, as it looks as if the target has suffered an explosion. But the overall effect and clear explanation is good and will be very helpful to anyone wanting to discover how PW plays in practice.😀
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. I was very happy with the way the smoke and fire arrows worked but had my reservations about the Close Combat 'explosion'. I did try to find a crossed swords icon to use for Close Combat, but ended up using the explosion one as it was the best I could find at the time.
@johnscarr704 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellanyif its good enough for Batman...
@Wargaming_Miscellany3 күн бұрын
@@johnscarr70, At least I didn’t add things like ‘Zap’, ‘Bang’, and ‘Kapow’!
@johnscarr703 күн бұрын
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I'd have loved that, but it wouldn't work for everyone!
@iandury9603Ай бұрын
Personally, I can't wait to see more of your Imani-nations
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Hopefully you won't have to wait too long.
@michaelclarke5377Ай бұрын
Hi Bob, in the near future I hope to have time to indulge wargaming and the other craft more fully. Best wishes. Mike
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
I wish that I was able to get about so that I could emulate your plans for more involvement in the craft. I was active for seven years but would have given up this September if I hadn't been forced to by my current medical problems
@michaelclarke5377Ай бұрын
Very inspiring. I can't comment on your blogs directly (technical issues!) But I visit most days and follow your current "adventures" . The whole PW concept is one I find extensively serviceable and an ornament to the craft.....of wargaming! S&F Mike
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Mike, Sorry that you cannot comment on my blog, but thanks for commenting on this video. I am preparing a new video that will go through a PW game giving a blow-by-blow account that includes how each dice throw affects what is happening. As to being an ornament to the craft of wargaming ... well, thanks on both counts for the compliment! S&F Bob
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Justin, Thanks for the suggestions. I’m rather constrained at the moment and will be until I can walk again … or at least get around our house.
@KhornishmanАй бұрын
Good work, Bob! I'd like to see a video (or more than one) on your various terrain/play area constructions and also your stylized ships as viewed from your blog several years ago.
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
My next video should be one that explains how the Portable Wargame rules work.
@KhornishmanАй бұрын
Nice! I do like the strategic map, as it puts the tactical battle into a context that we can envision, if not relate to.
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
I am going to try to use similar strategic maps in future campaigns. They were simple to draw and to use.
@KhornishmanАй бұрын
Bob, best wishes for a quick recovery.
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Cheers! i'm getting there ... slowly!
@manelmendez5231Ай бұрын
Un vídeo excelente Bob. Muy bien narrado y se me hizo muy ameno. ¡Me hubiera gustado una victoria por parte de los Prusianos! Aunque viendo el despliegue, se veía venir la victoria francesa. Un abrazo. MM
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
Muchas gracias!
@paulleeson96852 ай бұрын
Excellent work Bib, well done.
@paulleeson96852 ай бұрын
Sorry should be Bob !!!
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@demitrisioannou77302 ай бұрын
Ouch an entire division!
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
Well, they are losses that the Prussians can ill afford ... and it may well influence the result of the campaign.
@Slorm_Chaplain2 ай бұрын
That is what we need, more AAR explaining how the rules work. Very clear and interesting.. Thanks!🤩
@Wargaming_MiscellanyАй бұрын
My next video should be one that explains how the Portable Wargame rules work.
@Skylab7072 ай бұрын
A dark day indeed for the Prussian army. No doubt the French will make the most of their temporary advantage.
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
You can rest assured that the French will not allow the Prussians to recover from this series of defeats!
@user-ot6vv5fz4d2 ай бұрын
Another enjoyable video, Bob. Keep 'em coming! Best wishes, Arthur
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
I'm already working on the next installment, and I hope to upload it at some time over the weekend.
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the positive comments. More videos will follow in due course.
@Wargaming_Miscellany2 ай бұрын
Thanks for all the comments! The next battle report will be uploaded soon.
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This is greatness
Eric was ... and quite a few of us owe him a tremendous debt.
Very enjoyable Bob - Eric was an original for sure and Madasahatta was a masterpiece that many gamers can be thankful for. I know I am!
Those of us who knew Eric were blessed. He was a very special sort of person.
Bob - finally got round to watching this, another great video. You may be interested to know that I am in the progress of repainting all of that Heroscape terrain you kindly sent me to create a modular campaign board for the North-West Frontier - I will send you some pictures when it is completed
I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed this tribute to Eric Knowles. I am also very pleased to see that you are going to use that Heroscape terrain so creatively and I look forward to seeing what the end result looks like.
Great video Bob - it is a pity that the technology we take for granted today that lets us video games on a mobile phone wasn't available back then - it would have been wonderful to actually see the campaign in progress!
It would have been great to have had some photos of the battles we fought. Unfortunately I have had to reply on my memory and the few printed bits and pieces that I was able to obtain.
Fascinating stuff.
Cheers! I am very pleased to read that you enjoyed watching it.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I love that whole era of wargaming, which I just missed.
@@martinradcliffe4798, The big thing that really strikes me looking back is how close a community wargaming was.
Great film Bob.
@@timgow1699 it was a pleasure and an honour to make this tribute to Eric.
I may just have to pick up a copy. I love simplicity in my rules.
You can buy a PDF copy from Wargame Vault if you don’t want a printed copy. Printed copies (in hardback, softback, and ebook) can be bought from Lulu.com and Amazon.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany that's what I love about this hobby. Authors, designers, makers are all just so accessible and helpful. I appreciate your advice. I've spent years going down the pdf route but recently I'm turning to books. Have a great weekend.
Stingy Yorkshireman tip of the day. I cannibalise unwanted flat pack furniture - wardrobes are ideal with oceans of hardbound, doors and MDF backs, tops and bases can be resized to create tables of all sizes. Terrific looking tables.
@@johnscarr70 I subscribe to a KZread channel entitled ‘Budget Model Railways’. Its creator regularly uses second-hand shelves and hollow doors (and even laminated corrugated cardboard and rigid cardboard boxes) as baseboards for his layouts. He buys them very cheaply from his local rubbish tip (civic recycling centre) shop. Stingy is the new creative recycling!
That's very informative and interesting. Particularly, moving to what I think of as the "lead belt" - Lincoln / Nottingham, where there was immense gaming creativity in the 70s and 80s. Lovely piece of work. We all aspire to own more stuff than we can realistically store. Like women and shoes.
@@johnscarr70 Cheers! Over recent years I’ve passed stuff that I’m never going to use again on to other wargamers … and it’s all enjoyed a new wargaming ‘life’ as a result. By the way, with my wife it’s handbags!
Next stop, 100,000!!!
@@eugenegubbard4017 I’d be happy to reach 500!
Your best video yet Bob! I would love to see more like this.
@@vpraze Many thanks for your kind comment. I am currently working on two videos about the history of the Royal Artillery’s museums that were located in Woolwich.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany Very much looking forward to them!
@@vpraze I hope that my efforts won't disappoint you!
Charge & Featherstone good start for Grognard.
I only wish that some of the wargamers who were around in the 1960s and 1970s could see how the hobby has developed since then ... and just how much we owed them.
Hands down the best wargaming rules I've ever come across. Speed, simplicity and historical accuracy across every period. I had never been able to get into wargaming due to the complexity of every rule set I had encountered until your first Portable Wargame book, so thank you so much Bob for getting me into this hobby - although my bank balence may not agree!
I am very pleased that I have helped to get you into historical wargaming.
Well done Bob. 👏
Cheers! All I've got to do now is to keep producing more videos.
Congratulations mate on your 300 subs.
Cheers! I hope that the number of subscribers will continue you grow. Next goal ... 500 subscribers!
You're most welcome! Have a good one.
Cheers! Thanks for your best wishes.
Just a wee word to tell you that although I am a very old solo Wargamer who started as a child and watched Callan and read Featherstone for information and inspiration. Your continued determination to overcome your health issues and your wonderful passion and creativity for wargaming is an inspiration for me and my wargaming world. Many thanks bro. 😊
You and I sound as if we are both from that generation that are sometimes referred to as the post-war baby boomers. I don't know about you, but the monthly visits to the local model shop, clutching my pocket money in my hand, always led to some new addition to my wargaming armies, navies, and air forces. Airfix kits and figures were two shillings each and if I was lucky (and had been careful with my cash), I might acquire a couple when I paid my visit to the model shop. My health was good until 2020, and since then I;ve had cancer twice (colorectal and prostate) and now I have neuropathy. Wargaming has help to keep me sane, and has made me determined to get well enough to get back upstairs to my toy/wargames room again. All the best ... and enjoy your wargaming!
Really has inspired me and brought back memory of an forgotton project I had, maybe I'll look at it again. Thanks :)
I will be very pleased if I have encouraged you to revisit a moribund project and get some enjoyment from it.
What a beautiful British posh accent. I truly love it the way you speak.
Cheers! 😀 I've never been told that before!
Whatever happened (assuming the situation came to a head) was clearly destined to be a mammoth task requiring lots and lots of resources. And so it was.
War Plan Orange (and its associated wargames and 'fleet problems') certainly prepared the United States Navy for the war in the Pacific.
Quite an interesting video, considering the fact that you're using the standard mpp as your background
Cheers! I decided to use a different background to this and my other naval videos (there is at least one more to come!) so that they were different from the rest of the Wargaming Miscellany ones.
Hell yea A keynote history vid
It seemed to go done quite well at COW as an introduction for a wargame about War Plan Orange. I understand that there was a major fleet action as a result of the plan, and that the United States won.
A nice report and a great looking game!
Cheers! I hope that you enjoy watching the other videos as well.
Bob, I have four 2'x2' plywood boards that I am going to use for my own PWG campaign games. I am looking to mount them or frame them, as they have 3" squares laser etched into each. I was considering painting them, but now I think I will stain them and apply a varnish, to protect them from water and scuffing. I just recently purchased 3" square bases from Litko, some with 60mm square cut outs and some others with a 30mmx60mm cut out. This way, I can use these for various terrain that can be removed so that a figure base may be set in it. If I can ever manage to rearrange my house, in the near future, I'll work up what I am thinking of and send you some images. There's a wide variety of options and it only takes inspiration and imagination to strick for us gamers to take our creativity to the next level.
Wow! That sounds like a very interesting project and I hope that you will soon be fighting battles over your new terrain boards. 3"/75mm squares are a nice size for terrain squares and are useable for most figures sizes. Staining your surfaces will allow the grain of the wood to show through and will mean that you will end up with an effect that is similar to that on Archduke Piccolo's hexed terrain board (see archdukepiccolo.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-portable-white-mountain-30yw-battle.html). I look forward to seeing how your terrain looks when it is finished.
Another very informative video, Bob. Seeing your Hexon II on the whiteboard will, I'm sure, inspire many viewers to make something similar for themselves. Arthur
Cheers! Making this video has made me realise just how useful the mini-campaign board is ... and regretting that I put it and all my Hexon II in storage before I broke my leg! If I hadn't, I might be able to use both whilst I remain immobile.
The 60cm x 90cm notice board is my go to board nowdays. I bought one with cork layer on both sides, and I also just glued green felt on other side, and plain burlap canvas on the other side for desert scenarios. I don't like having fixed grid on my boards, but now I can just use thumb tacks to mark out the grids if needed. Great video!
Cheers! I looked at buying a cork-covered board but all the ones I saw only had cardboard backing. As I wanted something more substantial, I opted for the magnetic whiteboard. Covering your board with green felt and burlap makes a lot of sense, as does using thumbtacks to show the corners of grid areas.
It's THE BOB CORDERY, looking at your book now. Thanks for all your hard work for the hobby!
Cheers! Welcome to my KZread channel ... and thanks for your very kind comment.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I enjoyed your book as well.
@@kevinsenglishschools3405 I hope that you using the PW rules in all their various versions.
Excellent report. Ive got a number of your titles. Its great to see you play through Portable Wargames. Thanks.
I hope that you enjoy using the rules. I really should have made a video like this years ago but never seemed to have the time get around to it until now.
The 3 quites at the start should be the cornerstone for all wargames. Great video!
I used to include them in all my published rules. Perhaps I ought to do that again.
@Wargaming_Miscellany I may adopt that with the few I am currently working on. Helps to inform people of the mentally the game should be approached with.
@@stonehorsegaming, please feel free to use them. I think that you are right about them helping the players to approach a game in the right frame of mind.
Thanks Bob, it is "funny" to listen to you explain the portable rules, having enjoyed your books (and the games thereof) for a couple of years now. Look forward to seeing more from you
It sounds as if you enjoyed my latest video I’ve had several comments in emails that my voice is different from how people imagined it would be.
Very clear and well explained. Thanks!
Cheers! Thanks very much for the very positive feedback.
Masterful summary of the rules. The scope for tweaking is immense e.g. successful British cavalry might go haring off to destruction unless a control score is rolled, out of supply armies could have a lower exhaustion point, the death of an unpopular general might not be so impactful. As always, very inspiring. Thank you Bob.
I am glad that you liked this summary of the game mechanisms used in PW. I have had battles where cavalry units have followed up Close Combats several times until they destroyed the enemy units they had been fighting ... and then found themselves well behind the enemy frontline and cut off. The death of an unpopular - or incompetent - General could be functioned in without too much difficulty and reducing an army's EP if it is out of supply makes a lot of sense. (It's certainly an idea I need to look at in greater detail.) Thanks for the every helpful feedback. All the best, Bob
Nice looking system...and hansome units!
@@philRminiatures Cheers! The figures are either early (1970s vintage) Minifigs or pre-painted Del Prado figures that were distributed with their WATERLOO LIVE! part-work magazine.
Interesting and, as you say Bob, it shows how easy the Portable Wargames rules are to play. Jolly enjoyable really 👏👏
I am in the process of creating a video that goes through the basic rules explaining how they work and my thinking behind the mechanisms that I used.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany That’ll be useful. And, as I’m now an OAP, it’ll help fill the hours in my day when I’m not doing whatever domestic chores my wife tells me to do. I’m hoping “wargaming” might eventually feature on the schedule. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼😉
@@geoffbarker3644 My wife was pleased that I had a hobby like wargaming as it mean that I would disappear for several hours on end and keep out of her way so that she could get on with hobbies of genealogy and dressmaking.
@@Wargaming_Miscellany my wife is still working (3 days a week as from 1 July - so she’s happier now) but she likes to remind me of the chores as she steps out of the door on the way to work… ☹
Bob, the 'smoke' effect to show musketry and artillery fire works very well. I'm not so sure about the icon to indicate loss of SP, as it looks as if the target has suffered an explosion. But the overall effect and clear explanation is good and will be very helpful to anyone wanting to discover how PW plays in practice.😀
Thanks for the feedback. I was very happy with the way the smoke and fire arrows worked but had my reservations about the Close Combat 'explosion'. I did try to find a crossed swords icon to use for Close Combat, but ended up using the explosion one as it was the best I could find at the time.
@@Wargaming_Miscellanyif its good enough for Batman...
@@johnscarr70, At least I didn’t add things like ‘Zap’, ‘Bang’, and ‘Kapow’!
@@Wargaming_Miscellany I'd have loved that, but it wouldn't work for everyone!
Personally, I can't wait to see more of your Imani-nations
Hopefully you won't have to wait too long.
Hi Bob, in the near future I hope to have time to indulge wargaming and the other craft more fully. Best wishes. Mike
I wish that I was able to get about so that I could emulate your plans for more involvement in the craft. I was active for seven years but would have given up this September if I hadn't been forced to by my current medical problems
Very inspiring. I can't comment on your blogs directly (technical issues!) But I visit most days and follow your current "adventures" . The whole PW concept is one I find extensively serviceable and an ornament to the craft.....of wargaming! S&F Mike
Mike, Sorry that you cannot comment on my blog, but thanks for commenting on this video. I am preparing a new video that will go through a PW game giving a blow-by-blow account that includes how each dice throw affects what is happening. As to being an ornament to the craft of wargaming ... well, thanks on both counts for the compliment! S&F Bob
Justin, Thanks for the suggestions. I’m rather constrained at the moment and will be until I can walk again … or at least get around our house.
Good work, Bob! I'd like to see a video (or more than one) on your various terrain/play area constructions and also your stylized ships as viewed from your blog several years ago.
My next video should be one that explains how the Portable Wargame rules work.
Nice! I do like the strategic map, as it puts the tactical battle into a context that we can envision, if not relate to.
I am going to try to use similar strategic maps in future campaigns. They were simple to draw and to use.
Bob, best wishes for a quick recovery.
Cheers! i'm getting there ... slowly!
Un vídeo excelente Bob. Muy bien narrado y se me hizo muy ameno. ¡Me hubiera gustado una victoria por parte de los Prusianos! Aunque viendo el despliegue, se veía venir la victoria francesa. Un abrazo. MM
Muchas gracias!
Excellent work Bib, well done.
Sorry should be Bob !!!
Cheers!
Ouch an entire division!
Well, they are losses that the Prussians can ill afford ... and it may well influence the result of the campaign.
That is what we need, more AAR explaining how the rules work. Very clear and interesting.. Thanks!🤩
My next video should be one that explains how the Portable Wargame rules work.
A dark day indeed for the Prussian army. No doubt the French will make the most of their temporary advantage.
You can rest assured that the French will not allow the Prussians to recover from this series of defeats!
Another enjoyable video, Bob. Keep 'em coming! Best wishes, Arthur
I'm already working on the next installment, and I hope to upload it at some time over the weekend.
Thanks for all the positive comments. More videos will follow in due course.
Thanks for all the comments! The next battle report will be uploaded soon.