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Another bit of a book and rule clearance.
I aim to put a bit of a Christmas post up next week. But in the meantime in preparation for my 2023 projects and much overdue tidy up in the hobby loft I have done another sort out of books and rules....
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A Christmas post.
First and foremost can I wish all of you a Merry Christmas and peaceful New Year in these troubled times.Usually at this time of Year I give thoughts and an outline to what I plan for the coming year,...
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Happy New Year and a few more books to go ……..
First can I wish everyone a Happy New Year and May it bring you all what you hope for.After last years health scare my outlook has changed somewhat and this year I just intend to game when I can,...
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Loft Sorted, bits off the bench and triremes anyone?
So the New Year has seen me rejig my loft into a far more gamer friendly area, having seen JBM on his blog use some IKEA units for the base of his gaming table a quick trip to my loft with tape...
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Battle of Magnesia and bench update
I’ve really enjoyed returning to playing board games over the last year or so, it gives me the ability to play battles or campaigns that it’s unlikely I could ever do with figures. One such battle is...
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Vapnartak - my thoughts!
In December Robbie Roddis on his The Indepenent Wargames Group blog gave his thoughts and views on the future of Wargames Shows and what makes a good one. So whilst driving back from Vapnartak at York...
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Quick Bench update, a faux pax and Hereclea
Thought I’d throw out a quick update on progress on various projects, I’ve never been one to sit and paint on just one project unless I’m really up against it for a show etc. So I usually have three...
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Battle of Edgehill praparation
I like the ECW as a gaming period, relatively small armies, lots of small actions and whilst I did a demo game of Marston Moor in the early 80’s using early Mini Fig 15mm ( the ones on strips) and...
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Battle of Edgehill part 1
So today we managed to get 8 bounds played which effectively takes us to around 3.30 game time.Before I give a summary of the events so far I just thought I’d summarise some of the tweaks I’ve made...
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Edgehill part 2.
The King is impatient and wants to keep momentum however his command roll is poor and with only 4 activation chits it will need carefully thought.On the Royalist left flank Wilmott retires his...
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‘Herding Butterflies’
For those that know me or have followed my blog for some time they will know that my paint desk usually has 3 or 4 painting projects on the go at once! It’s just how my mind works, I need different...
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The French for Quatre Bras assemble
When Warlord released their epic Napoleonic range I decided that at last I had a reasonable opportunity to achieve one of my bucket list dreams of doing the 1815 campaign in a way that would still...
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Starting on the Allies
Just a short update before the month ends, I have been quite busy hobby wise but haven’t got round too taking photos mainly a mind set thing as I now have a blood clot in my left leg, don’t know where...
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Off the bench and Battle of Wavre
Whilst still attacking my epic Napoleonic figures I thought I’d intersperse the painting schedule with some 28’s for my 1790’s Italian campaign. To add a little variety I wanted a couple of regiments...
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Blocher’s Knoll
It’s been quite awhile since my last ACW game but I’ve been slowly working through the scenarios in the excellent publication Summer Storm by Brad Butkovich.Blocher’s Knoll is the third scenario in...
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Quatre Bras project - some progress.
Some of you may recall that when Warlord released their Epic Napoleonic I thought it would look good to use them for DBN and the Waterloo campaign - starting with Quatre Bras and using 1 base to a...
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Wild Geese Weekend
I’ve lost track which year this event started 2016? But it has continued to take place in Kennilworth where 20-25 like minded gamers who all have an interest in 18th century Warfare come together for...
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