Chestnut Lodge Wargames Group

The Battle of San Pietro – Onside report by Trevor Duguid Farrant

Previously I had done a session Operation Rupert and other hidden scenarios.  This session I had deliberately kept under wraps beforehand.  Our pool of players is too smart and if they had read up on the true battle beforehand there would not have been much of a game to play. This battle took place in […]

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Deeply Unhistorical – but maybe in a good way

A Very Personal View of Bernie Ganley’s The World Will Hold its Breath, Barbarossa Megagame on 3rd August 2024 by Andy Grainger Back in February Bernie Ganley asked me if I might help out as a Control Umpire at his The World Will Hold its Breath (WWHIB) Megagame slated for 3rd August at Anerley. Although […]

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Bombing of Darwin Day (19 February)

Today (19 February) officially commemorates a significant event in Australia’s history – the first time since European settlement that Australia came under attack – the largest ever mounted by a foreign power against Australia. Many will know of the 7 December 1941 attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor during World War II. I suspect […]

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