tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post6922396076622440076..comments2023-09-07T08:55:48.015+01:00Comments on Vintage Wargaming: Bob O' BrienUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-11614327190606624632016-12-28T10:22:45.108+00:002016-12-28T10:22:45.108+00:00@Darklinger. That was Minifig-Skytrex in Gillingha...@Darklinger. That was Minifig-Skytrex in Gillingham road. Run by Dave Rotor and assisted by Ian Leek.Narratiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379917698523794042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-89082357263260626152016-11-12T14:54:54.658+00:002016-11-12T14:54:54.658+00:00A legend.
But tell me: 'The war games shop a...A legend. <br /><br />But tell me: 'The war games shop at the back of Victoria station'. - I used to pilgrimmage to that shop,secretly spending hoarded paper-round money,I think in the late seventies, to buy Hinchliffe figures - and this seemed to be the only alternative to the shiny polythene of Airfix at the time (although I am sure that as an adolescent wargamer of the era, I was ill informed). Was that shop Bob o'Brien's? Am now wondering if I ever met him. Sometimes I have wondered if I dreamt that shop, and my excitement at getting there.<br />Oh, the era of hot pins and seeking Banana oil!<br /><br />DarklingerDarklingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691633020468107805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-74033417494602237272011-09-08T17:35:37.173+01:002011-09-08T17:35:37.173+01:00Back when I gamed with Hugh Walters and Paragon, I...Back when I gamed with Hugh Walters and Paragon, I had the... honor? Something similar, to be soundly thrashed on 3 separate occasions. Once at Aldershot and twice at Mil Mod. The last one being where I ran a city state Greek army straight into his Sassanid meat grinder. And Bob just smiled and smoked another cigarette. A mellow man with some amazing stories. I've been away from wargaming for 15 years of more, just found out about this as I sit on the banks of the Caspian Sea. And another piece of my youth disappears.<br /><br />Dave 'Egg' ChurchDave Churchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-79538852791344188192010-05-05T15:51:55.566+01:002010-05-05T15:51:55.566+01:00I had the pleasure of demonstrating the new and ex...I had the pleasure of demonstrating the new and exciting 'Kingmaker' at the Model Engineer Exhibition at the Seymore Hall with both Bob and his great friend - the late Hugh Walters. I also remember him at the Society if Ancients with Huns, and the wargames shop at the back of Victoria Station in the early 80's. How very avant garde it all was then. He always had a merry quip - and now Hugh will have a friend and wargame opponent again.<br />I still have my copy of Kingmaker from all those years ago, and still enjoy it, and always fondly recall those days.Tonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690177103644553288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-30971331771215958462010-05-05T09:55:25.364+01:002010-05-05T09:55:25.364+01:00I never met Bob but like many a wargamer was influ...I never met Bob but like many a wargamer was influenced by his modeling and wargames articles. A sad loss to our hobby and I am sure to his family. Rest in peace!Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-91470082314211075612010-05-04T13:02:44.730+01:002010-05-04T13:02:44.730+01:00Sad news indeed, one of the best.Sad news indeed, one of the best.Benjamin of Wighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03638987247523360801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-15944881741977831532010-05-04T11:47:59.921+01:002010-05-04T11:47:59.921+01:00He was a proper gentlemanHe was a proper gentlemanMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127858561899566178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-20697299043463981652010-05-03T15:30:15.409+01:002010-05-03T15:30:15.409+01:00I thought this was nice - a clear indication of th...I thought this was nice - a clear indication of the calibre of the man...<br /><br />http://www.johncurryevents.co.uk/books/featherstonelost/articles/wrg.htmSteve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-36266234949414977562010-05-03T12:40:58.960+01:002010-05-03T12:40:58.960+01:00Sad news. I had the pleasure of meeting him once v...Sad news. I had the pleasure of meeting him once very briefly at a wargaming tent at Aldershot in the 70's. <br /><br />A nearly unsung hero of the hobby's early days. Thank your for remembering him to us.<br /><br />-RossRoss Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-76238694783294653422010-05-03T10:14:22.908+01:002010-05-03T10:14:22.908+01:00He will be sadly missed. Most of my early armies w...He will be sadly missed. Most of my early armies were Airfix conversions based on his Airfix magazine articles.Rob Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533996736711014752noreply@blogger.com