tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post7529075194911589732..comments2023-09-07T08:55:48.015+01:00Comments on Vintage Wargaming: Bish IwaszkoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-53498109918246473582009-11-15T08:08:54.309+00:002009-11-15T08:08:54.309+00:00I played with Bish Iwaszko in Richmond in 1969/70....I played with Bish Iwaszko in Richmond in 1969/70. Yes there were huge blocks of foam, great models and conversions - we cast our soldiers sometimes, a logarithmic scale, and twenty sided dice - we had to make those by hand.<br /><br />The PS game Sudden Strike was the one which looked most like those old Richmond battles.<br /><br />David TallboysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-75736758535977272442009-05-16T22:13:00.000+01:002009-05-16T22:13:00.000+01:00A log scale is simple, 10yds = 10"; 100yds = 20"; ...A log scale is simple, 10yds = 10"; 100yds = 20"; 1000yds = 30", etc. just think of a slide rule. It enabled mixing of weapons with a wide variation of ranges/speeds to be used on the same table What got confusing was a the distance with which a vehicle/man could advance over several moves e.g. in three separate 10yd moves it would effectively move 1000yds away from it's starting position.<br /><br />WillFire at Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816572506887450180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-46618198651442523792009-05-01T13:27:00.000+01:002009-05-01T13:27:00.000+01:00I must have read the same piece as Ian - i think t...I must have read the same piece as Ian - i think that green foam stuff was called oasis(?). At the time my (non) budget couldn't stretch to big blocks of the stuff so i never got any further than 'borrowing' small pieces from my mother. Handy stuff - though expanded polystyrene insulation sheets remain a more practical and much cheaper option.DChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09872820354048836577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3399255049115922694.post-8723822124840609402009-04-30T19:43:00.000+01:002009-04-30T19:43:00.000+01:00As a teenager I was fascinated by the articles by ...As a teenager I was fascinated by the articles by Bish Iwaszco in MW but mainly I was facinated with his name. I remember that somewhere my brother and I read that he made his great looking terrain using sheets of the sort of foam blocks they used in florist shops. We tried the local interflora but were met with blank stares...<br /><br />IanStrykerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14258922461691204362noreply@blogger.com