Wednesday, April 13, 2011
My actual introduction to wargaming
I just stumbled across these scans of a Canadian Boy Scout Magazine from the late 60's or very early 70's. There is a paragraph or 2 missing and unfortunately, the original is also missing, but this was my first real glimpse beyond playing with toy soldiers and collecting model soldiers into wargaming (not to mention home casting.)
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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Heart warming stuff - I find the reflexive "They're not toys" amusing. They are toys of course and bedamned to anyone who naysays playing with them.
ReplyDeleteWargaming is a "serious business"? Now you tell me.
ReplyDeleteGentlemen, if you have ever seen those charging Britain's highlanders in person, you KNOW they mean Business!
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