tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post2725305294031676754..comments2024-03-20T06:13:43.116+00:00Comments on Joy and Forgetfulness: Portrait of the author as a young WargamerConrad Kinchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-54426346646160365282015-03-15T11:23:34.826+00:002015-03-15T11:23:34.826+00:00Lovely photo, you look very happy :-)Lovely photo, you look very happy :-)'Lee.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02728400013024811279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-22586566319756097782015-03-09T14:28:18.448+00:002015-03-09T14:28:18.448+00:00What a wonderful picture and memory for you! Than...What a wonderful picture and memory for you! Thanks for posting!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580996687227953658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-25354799504913710642015-03-08T14:18:36.859+00:002015-03-08T14:18:36.859+00:00Now there is an idea...Now there is an idea...Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-54656073568198621162015-03-08T14:18:15.801+00:002015-03-08T14:18:15.801+00:00A plan so cunning you put a tail on it and call it...A plan so cunning you put a tail on it and call it a fox. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-90740080852293661322015-03-08T14:16:05.290+00:002015-03-08T14:16:05.290+00:00I had it all figured out!I had it all figured out!Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-50089096830178651412015-03-08T14:15:53.551+00:002015-03-08T14:15:53.551+00:00I hope to do a little more of it come summer. I hope to do a little more of it come summer. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-40241552163026069902015-03-08T14:14:26.900+00:002015-03-08T14:14:26.900+00:00Well said. Well said. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-52122404393418010102015-03-08T14:14:14.175+00:002015-03-08T14:14:14.175+00:00Good man - I knew you were the right sort. Good man - I knew you were the right sort. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-58195778621093753472015-03-08T14:13:31.444+00:002015-03-08T14:13:31.444+00:00Me too. There is a huge swathe of my gaming career...Me too. There is a huge swathe of my gaming career that is basically unrecorded. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-38052768052329815842015-03-08T14:06:21.380+00:002015-03-08T14:06:21.380+00:00You're very welcome Stokes.You're very welcome Stokes. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-24706911647608846532015-03-08T14:04:54.153+00:002015-03-08T14:04:54.153+00:00INTO my heart an air that kills
From yon far count...INTO my heart an air that kills<br />From yon far country blows:<br />What are those blue remembered hills,<br />What spires, what farms are those?<br /><br />That is the land of lost content,<br />I see it shining plain,<br />The happy highways where I went<br />And cannot come again.<br /><br />Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-47554670826447283022015-03-07T23:59:07.546+00:002015-03-07T23:59:07.546+00:00Perhaps if you broke out the original fort and fig...Perhaps if you broke out the original fort and figures? Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-13556186768128140502015-03-07T20:24:29.960+00:002015-03-07T20:24:29.960+00:00Ah Lego men, if only we'd had those when I was...Ah Lego men, if only we'd had those when I was a child I'd have cracked sieges too! I have to say that you do look like you have a cunning plan in that photo...Strykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-5529965618573654912015-03-07T19:32:14.323+00:002015-03-07T19:32:14.323+00:00Oh, such a cute pic! Looks like you managed the si...Oh, such a cute pic! Looks like you managed the siege art quite well at the age :)Suberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02005091019027411799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-5690986127042051022015-03-07T18:43:31.901+00:002015-03-07T18:43:31.901+00:00Never happier than when we were like that. As an e...Never happier than when we were like that. As an ex-child m'self, a father, and a grandfather, I attest to the fact that only then do we lose ourselves in our little toy-soldier filled Edens.AlFronthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309612957773750838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-34907230296018057952015-03-07T17:34:00.701+00:002015-03-07T17:34:00.701+00:00You're absolutely right, siege games were brea...You're absolutely right, siege games were bread-and-butter everyday affairs in those days, no bother at all.<br /><br />I think the hybrid medieval/wild west fortification design helped, along with a pragmatic disregard for anachronism in historical costume.Steve Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00784652695519954845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-81408547553878189192015-03-07T17:22:50.055+00:002015-03-07T17:22:50.055+00:00Great picture, reminds me of my Airfix Waterloo ba...Great picture, reminds me of my Airfix Waterloo battle set :-)<br /><br />IanIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113835961977211021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-65193401535417638392015-03-07T15:49:58.983+00:002015-03-07T15:49:58.983+00:00Two blogs in a short time that leads me to nostagi...Two blogs in a short time that leads me to nostagia for the past - as I've just said on Uwe's blog 'One of my regrets is that I was never a camera person so I have literally no photos of my 'active' wargaming days in the 70's. Some photos of early Northern Militaires, for example, would be really great to have...'Rob Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-32591095997955869102015-03-07T15:16:09.325+00:002015-03-07T15:16:09.325+00:00A most excellent photograph of the Young Kinch! T...A most excellent photograph of the Young Kinch! Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />StokesWSTKS-FM Worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173042438761572040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-991803860372006625.post-42026520855553949892015-03-07T14:13:22.141+00:002015-03-07T14:13:22.141+00:00It may be 'rose tinted spectacles' but som...It may be 'rose tinted spectacles' but some of my earliest wargaming experiences seemed the best , TonyThe Good Soldier Svjekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08749564052124659180noreply@blogger.com