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Happy Monday, dear reader! After last week's depth, I thought it might be worthwhile getting back to basics, so this time, we'l look at supporting elements. These are a good way to beef up your force for not much extra in terms of money. From a game play perspective,...
Once upon a time, I met the father of a friend, who made very detailed models of tanks for use in wargames. He was a Major in the Australian Army, and the wargames he was playing were at work. If one of the tanks got ‘killed’ he would take a large hammer out from under the table and smash it to pieces. This was his way of linking consequences to an adverse outcome.
Hello loyal reader! I just wanted to drop a quick line to say Happy New Year and talk about progress on a couple of projects. New Vehicles In my last post, I included a picture of a Homeguard Truck, and made some not very subtle hints about getting one into plastic....
In this article, I’ve looked at the origins of the EDF and how to build basic squads, using the miniatures availabe from Sally 4th.
Iain Lovecraft and myself have been working on a very special project for the last year or so. We are both huge fan’s of C.S.Foster’s works and can see no end of tabletop gaming potential. Our initial release covers Napoleonic Royal Navy, French Navy and Barbary...
Today I received a very exciting parcel from the postie. Warlord Games have very kindly sent me a preview set of there new epic punic wars set to paint, demo and blog about. Anybody who knows, me will know that I am very excited about Roman history in general and...
WaterSpire 2 is a Kickstarter project for 3D printable terrain and miniatures designed by Iain Lovecraft. WaterSpire is great for games set in a city filled with waterways, such as Venice, or any number of imaginary cities in fantasy worlds. The campaign includes...
This is a Kallax unit from IKEA. It’s a great product, It’s good value, light and strong and comes in lots of different sizes. Lots of gamers have them already for storing hobby stuff. They are great for books, board games and terrain. At Sally 4th, we’ve been making...
Last weekend Lewis and I went for a weekend away at Centre Parcs. This is an annual family get together, with 30+ of us meeting up. It is always a lot of fun, and I normally take a couple of board games to play some time over the weekend. I have over the last few...
John shuffles his action deck and surveys the developing situation. Born in 1965, I have been a life long fan of Star Trek. Other Sci-Fi has come along over the last 55 years, and much of that has been great too, but Star Trek has always had a special place in my...
Last Wednesday Mike and I got together to play War of Orcs and Dwarves. Wars of Orcs and Dwarves is a mass Fantasy Battle Game. What we mean by this is that it is a game where unit represent several hundred troops and are represented by multiple bases (normally 4-6)...
Mike deploys the Forces of the Ice Queen Yesterday, Mike and I got together to play Wars of Ozz. Wars of Ozz is a Blackpowder Mass Fantasy Battle game inspired by L. Frank Baum's world of Oz. Units are represented by five bases of figures, Brigades typically comprise...
This weekend I painted some 28mm Robin Hood miniatures from the Legends of Sherwood range.