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One of Those Wargaming Dreams Again. . .


 

But not of the toy soldiers arrayed across a Gilderesque table variety.  No.  Instead, I was in a hobby shop somewhere rooting through stacks of old, hobby-related magazines  -- for just 10 cents US each -- and managed to find copies of Wargamer's Newsletter and Battle along with early issues of Miniature Wargames, Practical Wargamer, and Military Modelling in reasonable condition.  Dog-earred and faded, sure, but still good enough to read and enjoy.

I managed to gather a selection of about 24 or 30 before others in the throng had picked through everything.  Then, I had a quick conversation with the guy at the cash register about having lived in Madison and Minneapolis before leaving with my new stash.  The dream was so real that it woke me.  At 5am on a Saturday.

The subconscious is cruel sometimes.


-- Stokes

Comments

pancerni said…
Definitely colorful, but cruel, yes very.
6:36 AM
Steve-the-Wargamer said…
Fair few of the WN's are online here if you are in need.. :o)

https://www.fourcats.co.uk/mags/
9:48 AM
Independentwargamesgroup said…
Sadly Ive had similar dreams Stokes. Mine concern finding some of Peter Gilder's painted figures in a charity shop and buying them for just a few pence. Life can be cruel.
7:02 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Indeed, gentlemen! Indeed. Life -- and dreams -- can be cruel. Thank you for your comments. Steve, if you could, please direct me to where I might find links to the old newsletters. I'd love to read through them.

Kind Regards,

Stokes
7:22 AM
Steve-the-Wargamer said…
Hi Stokes - the link in my comment will take you to the repository of all things glorious.. well Wargamers Newsletters by the armful, anyway - all collected together and hosted by the excellent Jon Haines.. I scanned a number of them myself from my own collection, but I know Jon is missing a few so if anyone has copies of the missing ones I know he'd like to hear from them.. regards, Steve.. PS. https://www.fourcats.co.uk/mags/
11:33 AM
WSTKS-FM Worldwide said…
Thank you Steve! Greatly appreciated. Can't wait "to get stuck in" as you say on the other side of the pond.

Kind Regards,

Stokes
5:05 PM
Mike said…
I often have a dream where I find an old fashioned games shop. Can just browse the ranges and select what I fancy.
5:29 AM
Conrad Kinch said…
Harsh! I had a dream about wargaming recently. I was umpiring a large Indian Mutiny game and it was going really well. There was drama, there was chaos, gates were being blown up, Mutineers were rampaging through the streets and had seized an elephant artillery battery.

And then I realised that one of the fellas I was playing with was a friend of mine who had died last year. And then I woke up. It was a strange feeling. But good to see him again.
5:29 AM
David Morfitt said…
A good dream while it lasted, though, Stokes. But the waking from these dreams is certainly very frustrating. Oddly, I don't think I've ever had a wargaming dream. I certainly van't remember any. Most of the dreams I have I really enjoy waking from! Even Real Life actually seems better... I must have been very wicked in a former life. ;-)
1:34 PM
Anonymous said…
great dream....I still dream of finishing my small SYW project with SSM WAS metals...I had to take several months off battling mental crap with PTSD....would you happen to have or know any who could sell a few figures for inspiration? I do imagination armies, so no set army is needed.,,,thanks and always love your blog.. Pat Longton
1:51 AM
meadows boy said…
Got eight copies of 44 year old Military Modelling magazines at BritCon at the weekend fo £4.00. Good Day!
4:55 AM
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