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@guyhgamer.bsky.social
Retired (actual) professor of history. History purist/puritan. Page for my wargaming interests. I try not to do politics or academia/academic history here (for which see realhistoryguy.bsky.social). #actuallyAutistic
40 minutes on the train from us!
November 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
40 minutes on the train from us!
Mine was Bruce Quarrie's Airfix Napoleonic Wargaming book/rules.
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Mine was Bruce Quarrie's Airfix Napoleonic Wargaming book/rules.
Thought I recognised it. I read all of the Howard Conan stories when I was in my early teens.
October 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Thought I recognised it. I read all of the Howard Conan stories when I was in my early teens.
Blimey. I might still have my copy of that, bought in the early ’80s
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Blimey. I might still have my copy of that, bought in the early ’80s
Is this from a Pyrenean/Alpine fortress?
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Is this from a Pyrenean/Alpine fortress?
I loved it. Did you ever look at their Framley Museum page and, later, book?
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I loved it. Did you ever look at their Framley Museum page and, later, book?
Framley Examiner?
July 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Framley Examiner?
This is the way with TMWWBK
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is the way with TMWWBK
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…and it was joined by @realhistoryguy.bsky.social’s ‘Worlds of Arthur’ which, among a few choice works, represents the pinnacle of sensible exploration when it comes to much-discussed ‘Dark Ages’
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
May 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
…and it was joined by @realhistoryguy.bsky.social’s ‘Worlds of Arthur’ which, among a few choice works, represents the pinnacle of sensible exploration when it comes to much-discussed ‘Dark Ages’
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
I remember Terry Wise’s Airfix Guide to ACW wargaming was accompanied by several pics of a refight of Murfreesboro
April 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I remember Terry Wise’s Airfix Guide to ACW wargaming was accompanied by several pics of a refight of Murfreesboro
Italian keyboard knows both are (sadly) accepted.🙁
April 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Italian keyboard knows both are (sadly) accepted.🙁
iPhone spellchecker agrees.
April 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
iPhone spellchecker agrees.
Do any Americans at all understand the meaning of the word ‘Marxist’?
March 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Do any Americans at all understand the meaning of the word ‘Marxist’?
You should revisit it?
March 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
You should revisit it?
Yes. I am obviously very well aware of that.
March 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Yes. I am obviously very well aware of that.
I wasn’t criticising its use on the cover: I was saying it is an interesting painting, historiographically, given what I was talking about in the thread.
Also - I have had complete control over most of my book covers.
Also - I have had complete control over most of my book covers.
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I wasn’t criticising its use on the cover: I was saying it is an interesting painting, historiographically, given what I was talking about in the thread.
Also - I have had complete control over most of my book covers.
Also - I have had complete control over most of my book covers.
He doesn’t actually tell us very much about what Huns looked like.
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
He doesn’t actually tell us very much about what Huns looked like.
Do we know what they looked like, and if so on what basis?
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Do we know what they looked like, and if so on what basis?
looked like nonetheless. (If you see the distinction I am making.)
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
looked like nonetheless. (If you see the distinction I am making.)
Yes I know. What I meant there was the usual reconstruction of C5th ‘Goths’ on the basis of the material from the Balkans/Danubian areas. You and I both know that that stuff is unlikely to be diagnostically Gothic but it’s a reasonable stab at what Goths (and others from the region) might have…
March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Yes I know. What I meant there was the usual reconstruction of C5th ‘Goths’ on the basis of the material from the Balkans/Danubian areas. You and I both know that that stuff is unlikely to be diagnostically Gothic but it’s a reasonable stab at what Goths (and others from the region) might have…
I don’t know. Beck is ok about getting translations.
March 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don’t know. Beck is ok about getting translations.