The Duchy of Tradgardland

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...

Saturday, 12 December 2020

Albion Pathe News presents Manoeuvres 1933

“ With visitors from far and wide coming to observe our Albion boys on manoeuvres this week, it would take more than torrential rain to sto...

Friday, 11 December 2020

Hard times of olde Albion..

It can difficult to be on guard duty in Lundenburh, Albion this time of year...

Thursday, 10 December 2020

Inside my black box

As one of my daughters is engaging currently in teacher training I was reminded of this text , so popular for a time in my own career- I wa...

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Screenshots from yesterday’s Zoom game.

Yesterday afternoon I played an excellent skirmish game via Zoom. I was the Norman commander who was charged with taking control of a Saxon...

Small steps.

Things are busy here in the Duchy of Tradgardland as I am sure they are where you are. It is not the time for long drawn out battles agains...

Monday, 7 December 2020

Norwegian Wood 2: Visual inspiration

I thought you might enjoy these evocative illustrations from a book first published in 1914 and republished as a facsimile in 1995. For me ...

Sunday, 6 December 2020

The Battle of Norwegian Wood ( and village) 1808

I set up a small game this afternoon to be played over the coming days. The Norwegians are attempting to hold the strategic hamlet of Norwe...

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tradgardmastare: I am a 48 year old in the Education Sector who has been wargaming for around 40 years.....

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