I have a large number - but by no means exhaustive - of blogs that I follow on Feedly. I look at all of the posts, but I seldom linger for long, and it is a rare event that I leave a comment. But, today, I saw a blog entry that deserved more notice.
Over at Tin Soldiering On, there is a post about the blog's author winning a mug in another blog's give-away. Now, while it is a very nice mug, there is something that I found much more interesting in the foreground. This object is a ruler, from the old wargaming magazine Savage & Soldier, edited and published by Lynn Bodin.
Mr. Bodin was a fixture in the Seattle-area historical miniatures gaming scene in the earlier days. My association with him was limited, as at that time I started miniatures gaming (1980's) I was in Spokane, at the other side of Washington state. I would occasionally make the trip to the wet side for gaming conventions, and that I where I met Mr. Bodin. I remember chatting with him about miniatures while he was setting up his game - Colonials of course! - and I was setting up one of my own using the Seekrieg naval rules. He left on me an impression of amicability and knowledge, and patience with a teen-aged gamer.
Not long after this, Mr. Bodin passed away, in 1989 if I remember correctly, far too early for such a gentleman. He is not forgotten.
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When you lived in Spokane, did you game with Terry Griner? I believe he and Lynn were gaming compadres when Terry lived on the West Side.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Terry is still in Spokane and I game with him regularly. Are you still on the Wet, West side?
Jon
I am still in the Seattle area, for two decades or more now. Does not seem to be that long though...
ReplyDeleteI met and gamed with Terry years ago; oddly enough I had already moved over here and met him at Game Faire where we played Armati all day on a Saturday.