| HistoryWargaming | 24 Jun 2022 1:43 a.m. PST |
sadly Rudi Geudens passed away last year. I know he had some of Tony Bath's documentation for Hyboria (the campaign diaries, gazettes, guides, etc.) which he did, at one point, have on display per an agreement with Tony Bath and had started to transcribe them onto his site but never got passed a few pages. Does anyone know where his archive went? |
 20thmaine  | 24 Jun 2022 1:54 a.m. PST |
That would be something to read through. The SoA booklet on the campaign is an interesting read, and it would be great to have all the columns from Battle/Mil Mod all gathered together in one place. But the complete campaign diaries….I hope they made it into somewhere other than the bin. It's the kind of thing that a performance artist would have been paid to produce…and that archives would clamour for! |
| Bob the Temple Builder | 24 Jun 2022 1:57 a.m. PST |
Is this what you are looking for! link |
| 20thmaine | 24 Jun 2022 4:47 a.m. PST |
If we could open the books shown here link then that'd be really something  |
| Darrell B D Day | 24 Jun 2022 5:00 a.m. PST |
When wargamers wear a suit and tie…… DBDD |
| Big Red | 24 Jun 2022 5:38 a.m. PST |
Mr. Bath wrote a multipart series for Battle/Military Modeling covering the entire Hyborian Campaign. Unfortunately there were only hints about the Gazette, diaries, notes, etc. I once asked Mr. Geudens if, as an experiment, he would send a photo copy of an issue of the Gazette so I could try to type/transcribe it for him. He said that the originals were printed with a ditto machine, were barely readable and would not be readable at all if duplicated. |
| HistoryWargaming | 24 Jun 2022 5:52 a.m. PST |
I have Tony Bath's Guide to Hyboria, and will publish this in due course. I was just looking to see if I could find any more to include in the book |
| robert piepenbrink | 24 Jun 2022 8:23 a.m. PST |
Big Red, if you ever get the opportunity, try colored transparency sheets over such paper. Usually yellow will make the pale blue lettering more visible and possible to copy or scan. (I spent a lot of time in pre-computer offices. There were tricks only a few of us new remember.) |
| Big Red | 24 Jun 2022 8:40 a.m. PST |
Robert, thanks for the tip. |
 chicklewis | 24 Jun 2022 8:49 a.m. PST |
Really sorry to hear about Rudi. |
| Wackmole9 | 24 Jun 2022 10:22 a.m. PST |
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| Little Red | 24 Jun 2022 3:29 p.m. PST |
Wackmole9, That's the one from Battle/Military Modeling. Loved the series and it left me wanting to know more. |
| 20thmaine | 24 Jun 2022 5:44 p.m. PST |
I'd forgotten that Tony Bath did an article for White Dwarf! |
| mghFond | 27 Jun 2022 3:40 p.m. PST |
Do you mean this one? Its a great PDF of all the years of Hyborian campaigns. link |
| williamb | 06 Jul 2022 8:15 a.m. PST |
mghPond thanks for posting that link. I hope someone is able to locate and copy the issues of the Shadizar Herald. Phil Barker participated in Tony's campaign and he or his wife may have the issues. From what was published in his setting up a campaign book there was mention of articles posted by participants and other items that did not make it into the magazine articles or the book on Tony's campaign that was published several years ago. |
| HistoryWargaming | 24 Jul 2022 5:16 a.m. PST |
I now have copies of the Shadizar and will publish something in due course. Currently working on another posthumous book by Paddy Griffith |
| williamb | 24 Jul 2022 7:23 a.m. PST |
Thank you for this and all the others that you have done over the years. |
| Handsome Jack | 10 Dec 2022 1:57 p.m. PST |
Hi! I'm Rudi Geudens' son. My dad promised you all on this forum that he would publish Tony Bath's original Hyborian documents on his website. Unfortunately he never came round to it.
I came across the original manuscripts earlier this week when cleaning up and I thought it fit to keep my dad's promise for him.
The link below takes you to the first part: "A History of Hyboria – Vol.1" by Tony Bath. Enjoy! link More to follow. |
| Normal Guy | 10 Dec 2022 8:59 p.m. PST |
So cool that this history of our hobby has been re-discovered . Thanks to all for their parts. |
| Marc33594 | 11 Dec 2022 8:17 a.m. PST |
What a wonderful way to honor your dad and his wishes. Thank you. |
| Handsome Jack | 27 Dec 2022 1:47 p.m. PST |
The link below takes you to the second part: "A History of Hyboria – Vol.2" by Tony Bath. Enjoy! link |
| Handsome Jack | 27 Dec 2022 1:54 p.m. PST |
Stay tuned because there's more to come. |
gets his DNA results, and starts thinking about wargaming.