tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post2014245805691433981..comments2024-03-01T02:57:28.885-08:00Comments on Glorious Little Soldiers: Retro Rules- Rule -well sometimes. Big Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-35313525648238815622018-05-02T15:52:31.714-07:002018-05-02T15:52:31.714-07:00I haven't received my issue yet, but I have ce...I haven't received my issue yet, but I have certainly seen that attitude crop up from time to time.Scott MacPheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239377268695489971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-29095878989765696592018-05-01T00:46:22.934-07:002018-05-01T00:46:22.934-07:00All true Ion but it was the attitude of the piece ...All true Ion but it was the attitude of the piece and its writer that excited my ire. I have about 100 Ospreys- perhaps a few less and they are always my starting point for a projectas well as a reference source. BUT for what might be termed major projects I like to go a bit deeper so the ECW library alone is around 100 books including repros of original sources. Nevertheless I LIKE Ospreys but this due was not having a bash at them per se but the blokes that read them - or indeed anything- that disagrees with HIMBig Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-88053992302550294712018-04-30T01:00:35.271-07:002018-04-30T01:00:35.271-07:00I find Osprey's very useful resources. They h...I find Osprey's very useful resources. They have to be to satisfy their readership. As something of a history buff myself, I tend towards a rather casual attitude to the appearance of armies, which is why my library of military uniforms and such is pretty limited. If it looks like what it purports to be, that's good enough for me.<br /><br />The lesson was brought home to me by a comment by one Confederate field officer (possibly Brig-Genl John D. Imboden), who reckoned he saw precisely once any individual in proper regulation CSA artillery uniform. The dude wearing it was an infantryman.<br /><br />Colours fade, dye batches vary (try getting house paints to match if you buy them at different times!), uniform deficiencies get supplied by whatever comes to hand.<br /><br />I tend to be much more interested in battles and campaigns, especially the strategy and tactics thereof. Much more interesting, and the sort of thing I like to relive in my own games. Yes: I write my own rule sets. Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-26618600309884134502018-04-30T00:19:29.451-07:002018-04-30T00:19:29.451-07:00But then I also know 2 or 3 writers of them - one ...But then I also know 2 or 3 writers of them - one of whom I sometime proofread and "contribute" so I can also attest that they also do their research and also- speaking for myself- that the most useful part of an Osprey can be the bibliography. Big Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17235478427317774609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-31465490638213027532018-04-29T16:26:34.219-07:002018-04-29T16:26:34.219-07:00Just to clarify, I am a reader of Ospreys, not a w...Just to clarify, I am a reader of Ospreys, not a writer of them. In case that sounded like I claimed to be both. Andrew the Tekkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757282676248834026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780195401099519720.post-33866183039160744572018-04-29T16:16:32.682-07:002018-04-29T16:16:32.682-07:00I must admit, having read the same article, that I...I must admit, having read the same article, that I find the author’s idea of a wargame bore as someone who has read an Osprey quite insulting. Not to denigrate Osprey authors or readers (of which I am one), but an Osprey is at best an introduction. If you truly have an interest, your reading material can and will go much deeper than that. The fact that he uses the example of a person who has read an Osprey as all knowledgeable speaks volumes. And yes, I would class myself as a history bore for one very good reason: I read, digest and consider. Andrew the Tekkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01757282676248834026noreply@blogger.com