Canadian Wargamer Podcast Episode 24: Talking Kriegspiels With Our Guest Wendy de Wolfe

Wendy de Wolfe is a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, fine artist and freelance graphic designer, and wargamer with a particular interest in kriegspiels.   For the past year, she's ben running a large Napoleonic kriegspiel set in 1806 in which James and I were among the players, only to recently discover that James was the Prussian CinC.  It was terrific fun.     In this Now It Can Be Told episode, James and I had a terrific time chatting with Wendy about this particular game, what we didn't know at the time, and how the game went.  Wendy talks about managing a game of this scale as the referee, and offers some thoughts on what how to run a KS for those interested in such a venture.   She also discusses her experience as a combat veteran and how her military service has influenced her gaming and game design. Notes About Our Guest: https://wendydewolfe.com http://wendydewolfe.blogspot.com/ Wendy's report on her KS game: https://youtu.be/jN388s17nD0 https://youtu.be/g23MaOtqMHg James' report on Wendy's KS game: http://rabbitsinmybasement.blogspot.com/2023/06/rabbitman-lost-in-fog-of-war.html Wendy's Contributions to the CWP Virtual Library: Donald E Graves, Redcoats and Grey Jackets, The Battle of Chippawa (Dundurn Press, 1966) Marc Milner, Stopping the Panzers (University Press of Kansas, 2017) Other Things What We Mentioned: Andrew Field, Grouchy's Waterloo: The Battles of Ligny and Wavre (Pen and Sword 2017) Zombiesmith and Quar: https://zombiesmith.com/ All Things Quar: https://rhyfler.com/ Ottomans by The Assailt Group: https://theassaultgroup.co.uk/product-category/renaissance/ottoman/ Event Horizons hobby store, Midland, ON: https://www.eventhorizonhobbies.com/ Warlord Games, Black Powder: https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/rules-books/black-powder Warlord Games, Hail Caesar: https://us.warlordgames.com/collections/rules-books/hail-caesar Upcoming Gaming Events in Ontario:  https://mustcontainminis.com/ontario-miniature-gaming-conventions Our Guest Wendy's Choice for PlayOut Music:   Light of Foot, Dismounted March of the Royal Canadian Dragoons: https://youtu.be/9f_HaWp_llk