tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185876513552272723.post4787311719480655985..comments2024-03-28T03:10:23.679-07:00Comments on Polemarch: Historical AccuracyThe Polemarchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958736917525649927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185876513552272723.post-27364568556727179502013-10-24T05:08:20.563-07:002013-10-24T05:08:20.563-07:00Welcome aboard.
I can only say in about comments...Welcome aboard. <br /><br />I can only say in about comments that some posts seem to fall on stony ground, and some unexpectedly flourish. I can't tell the difference in advance. the other possibility is that I simply hit the universal prejudice of the audience on the head, so no-one feels the need to say any more. But given the nature of wargamers, that seems a little unlikely.<br /><br />Historical accuracy is, I fear, one of those terms that does not stand up to scrutiny, but dissolves the closer you look at it. Something like 1940 depends, very much, on where you are looking from: BEF, French army, German army, Paris, London and Berlin, not to mention, say, Amsterdam, would all have different perspectives, different understandings of reality. and our understanding of reality is our reality, at least until we start bumping into bits we didn't think were there.<br /><br />And at least, as solo gamers, we can agree on what reality was (much of the time, anyway; I'm not a sufficiently split personality to argue with myself).The Polemarchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958736917525649927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5185876513552272723.post-41662800514647650992013-10-24T03:51:11.856-07:002013-10-24T03:51:11.856-07:00"Wot, no comment?"
I have just discovere..."Wot, no comment?"<br />I have just discovered your most excellent ruminations on wargaming and history and am currently working my way through your blog from start to finish. I suspect I may have to bookmark some of the more esoteric topics for greater examination over a nice glass of red!<br />For me, historical accuracy is definitely in the eye of the beholder, for although I am a voracious collector (and reader, I might add) of books on the subject (mostly out-of-print), I freely admit that I am no 'expert' in my preferred period (invasion of France, 1940), owing to a curious inability to absorb information, it seems. An element of "knowledge one-upmanship" is often encountered at clubs and for this reason I generally content myself with merely a knowing smile and a draw on an imaginary pipe but then I am a solo gamer anyway!Les Hammondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12024891433789158423noreply@blogger.com