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