Horse and Musket Gaming

Ruminations on wargaming, especially the Seven Years War, the English Civil War and other 'black powder' periods. Occasional forays into obscure Nordic music and opinionated 'dribble' [sic] on Grimsby Town Football Club.

Monday, 30 October 2023

Inspiration and Inflation

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Had a shortish walk with the Margravina on Sunday morning, during rain-showers. We parked up near Ham House by the Thames and walked round ...

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Wednesday, 18 October 2023

One door closes……

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….another opens. A suitable subtitle for this post might be “the importance of checking the calendar”. Another would be “Serendipity”. A cor...

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Monday, 9 October 2023

Marischal Lore II Bridges

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I finished the book on James Keith (Nothing But My Sword by Sam Coull) and a very good read it was too, if a little slow at first. There is ...

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Tuesday, 3 October 2023

Frederician wargames

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Reading Sam Coull’s biography of James Keith this evening, I came across what to me was a startling revelation. During the peace between the...

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Sunday, 1 October 2023

Rationalising

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''Rationalising" is one of those euphemisms that emerged in the 80s for 'cuts' and it is in that sense that I am thinki...

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Sunday, 24 September 2023

Marishal Lore

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How often does this happen amongst wargamers? I went shopping for a particular book, didn’t find it but ended up making a couple of impulse ...

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nundanket: Wargamer since early 70s. Did the usual Airfix stuff as a kid. First love was Napoleonics but developed a fascination with the Seven Years War, initially in 25mm then 6mm. Got back into Naps in 6mm and latterly ECW 10mm.

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