tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post409437333803662900..comments2024-03-19T12:33:07.568-07:00Comments on History of Wargaming Project: New book Paddy Griffith’s Counter Insurgency Wargames (1980) John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-72498687555259279292016-11-02T13:01:55.658-07:002016-11-02T13:01:55.658-07:00very interesting. I have found some stuff in digit...very interesting. I have found some stuff in digital form, but most is in hard copy in a large box file. John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-79564970457117571422016-11-02T06:44:44.542-07:002016-11-02T06:44:44.542-07:00I was invited to play as I was part of a Wargames ...I was invited to play as I was part of a Wargames Design adult education class that Paddy ran in 80/81 in Woking (Arthur Harman also attended, and took part in Memphis Mangler). An older chap was running the NVA and I assisted him as the intel officer with a walky-talky and a pair of binoculars, so I was able to listen in to the US radio comms and peer out from black curtains on the stage at one end of the hall. The bulk of the hall was taken up with chalked out paths, streams and jungle, with miniatures used for all the US forces. Paper village buildings and a pagoda made up the main village. At the end we were happy that the US helicopter assault on the village had turned into a fiasco, and in celebration we played taped VC music over the airwaves - until an umpire ruled we'd been DF'd and shot up by a Cobra! There were many side-stories going on and I think a dodgy deal between a PX officer and a village leader was caught on camera, although due to our somewhat secluded location we missed a lot of this. Nick Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949727669816521786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-22911205068196412122016-11-02T04:13:41.171-07:002016-11-02T04:13:41.171-07:00I have a file with that title, but have not yet de...I have a file with that title, but have not yet delved. Paddy kept everything. If you are inspired, I would be interested in any memories you have of that game. Memphis Mangler was inspired by Paddy's efforts to improve on the early mega games of Donald Featherstone (see Featherstone's Wargaming commando operations, lost tales vol 2 for the story of that first mega game).<br />John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-14895338715103489532016-11-02T04:10:02.353-07:002016-11-02T04:10:02.353-07:00John, is his Memphis Mangler game written up anywh...John, is his Memphis Mangler game written up anywhere? I played one of the NVA intelligence officers. Nick Riggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949727669816521786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-13763274712704295472016-09-18T12:05:15.216-07:002016-09-18T12:05:15.216-07:00I am sure it was a most interesting experience!I am sure it was a most interesting experience!John Curry Editor History of Wargaming Projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03350363410688664287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5380479836119202378.post-53787077549852315842016-09-18T11:50:10.097-07:002016-09-18T11:50:10.097-07:00I participated in the third of these exercises as ...I participated in the third of these exercises as a TA Int Corps NCO.Benjamin of Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638987247523360801noreply@blogger.com