The adventures of an 18th century imagination, located in Northern Europe formerly ruled over by joint rulers Duke Karl Frederick and Duchess Liv.Not to mention the American colony of Ny Tradgardland the 17th century Colony of New Tradgardstadt and the newly restored territory of the Shetland Isles.
Featuring a supporting bill of gaming in a diversity of times,places and scales.Hopefully something to interest all who pop by...
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
John Ruddle
Wonderful link to John Ruddle’s garden gaming BBC footage-
Fascinating. Bob Cordery has more on John Ruddle http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-ruddle-and-garden-wargame.html http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-about-john-ruddle-and-garden.html And Vintage Wargaming https://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/2011/01/unidentified-john-ruddle-article.html
I was fascinated by the articles about these games. Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteI was too . I really enjoyed seeing the scale of things in the video and hearing the conversation.
DeleteFascinating. Bob Cordery has more on John Ruddle
ReplyDeletehttp://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/john-ruddle-and-garden-wargame.html
http://wargamingmiscellany.blogspot.com/2010/11/more-about-john-ruddle-and-garden.html
And Vintage Wargaming
https://vintagewargaming.blogspot.com/2011/01/unidentified-john-ruddle-article.html
Excellent reminder of these articles. Fascinating is the word indeed.
DeleteI saw the articles in a couple of magazines and just stared at the illustrations for hours absorbing EVERY detail that I could.
ReplyDeleteSuch detail and charm indeed.
DeleteBrilliant !
ReplyDeleteNo other word!
ReplyDeleteLoved the articles long ago - and always thought that Mrs Ruddle must have been a paragon of patience and virtue....
ReplyDeleteI have thought that too over the years…
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