tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post8780987508213355526..comments2024-03-28T09:55:48.460+00:00Comments on <p align="right">Steve's Random <br>Musings on Wargaming <br>and other stuff...</p>: Lionheart - a review..Steve-the-Wargamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-52478600371689779142013-03-05T22:35:45.294+00:002013-03-05T22:35:45.294+00:00It is now safely installed on my Kindle!It is now safely installed on my Kindle!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-42608936746089541322013-03-05T12:18:12.154+00:002013-03-05T12:18:12.154+00:00Paul - hope it's a long (safe) deployment..! ...Paul - hope it's a long (safe) deployment..! :o)Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-45085634900989533582013-03-05T12:02:45.715+00:002013-03-05T12:02:45.715+00:00Thanks for that - just ordered it to read on deplo...Thanks for that - just ordered it to read on deployment!Paul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-31146628279350864632013-03-05T07:38:44.527+00:002013-03-05T07:38:44.527+00:00CK - I have a suspicion that this is a period wher...CK - I have a suspicion that this is a period where the interest is more in the mind than in the wargame depiction.... as a callow youth I loved (still do) The White Company/Sir Nigel, The Black Arrow, Ivanhoe, Robin Hood etc. but I somehow thought that gaming it might fall short... when push comes to shove, errrr... it is just two lines of blokes pushing and shoving, or one line of blokes with bows decimating another line of blokes on horses...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-59260759360481521262013-03-05T07:34:36.496+00:002013-03-05T07:34:36.496+00:00Hi Jeff.... well done, you're correct (it was ...Hi Jeff.... well done, you're correct (it was either one Lion as per his father Henry or two lions upright and facing each other and Ms Penman mentions that in the novel)... he also never used a two handed sword (while still having a long sword strapped to his hip!).... the armour as depicted is a bit modern for the period (?? not sure about those plates on the shoulder).. and I suspect the model is a bit of a weed in comparison... Still... good picture though!Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-9095153513375928022013-03-05T07:24:35.531+00:002013-03-05T07:24:35.531+00:00Matt - one of the joys of decent historical novels...Matt - one of the joys of decent historical novels is the way that they manage to convey facts, like time lines, in an enjoyable way.. this is one of them... very immersive experience...Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-67692798703477019192013-03-05T07:22:53.350+00:002013-03-05T07:22:53.350+00:00You may have gathered from my posts on the subject...You may have gathered from my posts on the subject that I wasn't one hundred percent convinced, but then I brought one for the current Mrs Steve the Wargamer and had a road to Damascus type experience.. I wouldn't be without it now....Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-39251080686198076172013-03-05T01:36:32.973+00:002013-03-05T01:36:32.973+00:00Sounds interesting - I'm with you on the medie...Sounds interesting - I'm with you on the medieval wargaming thing though. There doesn't seem to be much to it. Conrad Kinchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683395740934527502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-6688679910926325312013-03-04T23:01:43.928+00:002013-03-04T23:01:43.928+00:00Steve . . . about that cover art. It is my unders...Steve . . . about that cover art. It is my understanding that Richard did not use the three lions of England while on crusade, but rather two lions rampant combatant (upright facing each other -- gold on red).<br /><br /><br />-- Jeff<br />Bluebear Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171345165563779232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-28092641403204878432013-03-04T21:38:49.480+00:002013-03-04T21:38:49.480+00:00Sounds a good book, one more for the Kindle-I do l...Sounds a good book, one more for the Kindle-I do like the medieval period but feel I have only a basic grasp of the chronology. I do have some knights undercoated on the lead pile however....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33041938.post-71084430990210687752013-03-04T21:29:39.845+00:002013-03-04T21:29:39.845+00:00Sounds good. I really am going to have to get one...Sounds good. I really am going to have to get one of these Kindle thingies. Don't relish dragging that off on a plane!legatus hedliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17078980742683576345noreply@blogger.com