In this Edition of CWP, James and I catch up after a month off the air by recounting our adventure at Lard, Eh?, the first Canadian wargaming event (to our knowledge) dedicated exclusively to Too Fat Lardies miniatures games. We're joined by our friend and one of Lard, Eh?'s organizers, Chris Robinson. Our conversation covers the planning of this event in the time of plague and whether it bodes well for the reopening of the live wargaming convention scene in the Great White North. James and I also talk about our reactions to O Group; BLUF, it's fun, it makes your noggin a bit sore trying to figure it out, but it's an exciting game and very good at putting the player in the role of a battalion commander without worrying about which section has so many 2" smoke rounds left.
In the Canadian Content Corner, we're joined by our friend Dr. Brad St. Croix, making his second appearance on CWP. We recorded this conversation on Dec 9 (the Defence and Fall of Hong Kong began on Dec 8, 1941), so it's a fitting date to speak to Brad about his speciality, the Canadian role in Hong Kong and the way it's been obscured over the years by some unfortunate historiography. Though Brad isn't himself a wargamer, he was a good sport and helped us work through the battle and how it might be modelled on the table top. Rumour has it that Mike ran straight from the interview to the Peter Pig website to grab some 15mm Japanese infantry!
Continuing the CWP tradition of finishing with some relevant Canadian military music, we end the episode with the march of the Royal Rifles of Canada, one of the two gallant Canadian battalions that were destroyed in the battle.
Brad's contributions to the CWP Virtual Library:
Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941. UBC Press, 2003.
Marc Milner, Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day. U of Kansas Press, 2014.
Review on Stopping the Panzers: https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1908&context=cmh
Info on Our Guests:
Chis' Blog: http://twothreesixmm.blogspot.com
Chis on Twitter: @LegendaryNoize
Dr. Brad St. Croix on Twitter: @OTDCanMilHis
Brian Hall: @Brian34586884
Brad's You Tube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZZQKAo8CqUzsUoOhuQdYw
Brad's Patreon Page:
https://www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHistory/posts
Brad talks with the Juno Beach Centre about Hong Kong:
https://www.junobeach.org/podcast/c-force-to-hong-kong-with-brad-st-croix/
Closing Music:
"I'm Ninety Five": Quick March of the Royal Rifles of Canada: https://youtu.be/9DGOCtbJg48
Royal Rifles of Canada:
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/services/military-history/history-heritage/official-military-history-lineages/lineages/infantry-regiments/royal-rifles.html
Merry Christmas Padre.
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