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Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Books bought in London (and Leiden)

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For those of you who wondered whether I'd bought any books this weekend, the answer is yes. Of course. Friday's reluctant ...
Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Catlin's paintings of North American Indians

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Yesterday Nick and I went to the National Portrait Gallery and among other stuff, we saw George Catlin's portraits of North American In...
Sunday, 2 June 2013

How I love going to Chestnut Lodge

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Sunday I joined a meeting of Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group, a rare pleasure because megagames and CLWG don't often coincide. We had 3 g...

Judd books

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One of my favourite bookshops. Always something special to pick up.
Saturday, 1 June 2013

Edith Cavell, a 1915 PR disaster

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Ok, ok. So she was guilty of helping allied soldiers getting back to their own lines. But just because she is a spy doesn't mean you sho...
Friday, 31 May 2013

Late Arrival: Signum Mortis

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Finally received the missing parts of Signum Mortis: Gangs of Rome , designed by Hajo Peters (who also did the Saladin monster game). The ga...
Thursday, 30 May 2013

Just received: Crisis in Binni game materials

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The Crisis in Binni game materials. Found them yesterday evening returning home after a few days. Will provide for some interesting reading...
Wednesday, 29 May 2013

The Day of the Rangers - Black Hawk Down 20 years on

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In my continuing quest to prepare for my role as commander of the U.S. contingent in a humanitarian operation , I have read Black Hawk Down...
Monday, 27 May 2013

More Preparation For Humanitarian Intervention - The Depressing Bit

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In my preparation for megagame Crisis in Binni , I have read a few books and watched the inevitable Black Hawk Down . There's some inter...
Sunday, 26 May 2013

Wow!

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It seems I've come under the radar of Dr. Raùl Alberto de la Cruz, aka Tango01 at The Miniatures Page. He has linked through to my posts...