Saturday 16 March 2019

Wargaming When The World Was In Black And White .(now with some mysteries solved)


These three photos were found on Facebook , I don't remember seeing them before . Is this a Morschauser game in progress using squares ? 
Thanks to Neil Patterson who pointed out that this is Gerard de Gre and its from a Wargaming Newsletter




Can't make out which figures or period here (Horse and Musket)


Napoleonic 20 mm ? , that church was a cardboard model railway building . I once built one and used  it many years ago .


Thanks to Steve-the- Wargamer I have tracked the gentleman in the above photo down , he is to be found at 
http://napoleonicwargaming.blogspot.com/
and apart from a little greying of the hair (haven't we all) remains almost unchanged in appearance and enthusiasm .



12 comments:

  1. The first photo is Gerard de Gre. It was in Wargamers Newsletter. His rules have been rediscovered.

    https://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/2009/04/gerard-de-gre.html

    https://wargamingmiscellanybackup.wordpress.com/category/gerard-de-gre/

    Neil

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  2. The last picture includes Hinton Hunt figures - so yes 20mm Napoleonic.

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    1. Isn't that an early picture of => https://www.blogger.com/profile/00077298970769942656 ..from his pre Spain retirement days??

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  3. Those Home County parish churches get everywhere .

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  4. The figures in the last photo are Hinton Hunt and Airfix. It was taken at the wargames club in Herford, West Germany in (about) 1972. I ran the military war games club there for a couple of years. This photo was taken by the garrison photography group to be used for publicity in the military newspaper.

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  5. The 2nd picture is from Bob Bard's book "Making and Collecting Military Miniatures" published in 1957. It is an American Revolution Wargame using Charlie Sweet's figures and gridded table.

    I could guess at the size and make of miniatures based on the year and style but they would be just guesses. "Gonsalvo" from http://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/ might know from 1st hand experience.

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  6. I also had one of those churches. I can remember interminable arguments about what one might or might not have been able to see from the spire.

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    1. Sadly mine ended up crushed in a box , however the stain glass windows were recycled onto a plastic card church I later built .

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