T his weekend, the question of what, precisely, constitutes an "imagination" came up in an online forum of which I am a part. To be fair, the issue originates from further afield in a Facebook group that I am not a member of, but I weighed in with my own view. The following was in response to the question posed yesterday (Sunday) morning by an exasperated member of my own rather more gentlemanly town square, who had been met with a strident response to information he shared about his (admirable) hobby activities on said FB group. Here is, more or less, what I wrote: To my mind, the concept of imagi-nation(s) is a broad one. It can range from historical refights or what-if scenarios/battles/campaigns between armies of a particular era, to completely made up combatants operating in a quasi-historical setting, to the rather generic red and blue forces of the Prussian Kriegspiel that examine a particular tactical problem, task, or exercise. ...
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Congratulations on the milestone . . . and I'm not at all surprised by the number of your visitors . . . after all, you have a very interesting and entertaining blog.
Keep it up.
-- Jeff
I always enjoy reading your posts and seeing your pictures. This blog is one of the ones that got me started on my exploration of some ImagiNations of my own.
Thank you! :-)
I like your gunners, but I bet the washer-women don't!
Regards,
Greg
I think I must have visited your site nearly every day in that time because it's that good.
I like the artillery; the Minifig guns go very well with the Revell crew.
I too was started off by the Duchy of Alzheim.
-- Allan