I would like to wish all my friends, readers and any one who stumbles on this a Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the holiday and count you blessing large and small.
Adam Carriere
(aka the Fencing Frog)
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How I created distressed old sci-fi novel covers for my DEEP SPACE TTRPG - *I was asked how I create distressed old sci-fi novel covers for my DEEP SPACE TTRPG so here's a guide for my fellow indie creators!* After deciding on the ...1 hour ago
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Ieyasu's Great Ride! - ...or Mikata Ga Hara Game #4. Back to the 1572 Battle of Mikata Ga Hara once again! In today's installment, we see elements of Postie's Rejects take to ...1 hour ago
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Battleground 2024 - Yesterday we braved the elements to attend the Battleground show which is even closer to home in its new venue than in previous years. Heavy snow elsewhe...3 hours ago
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France 1940 - The Bridges - A good while ago I managed to pick up a Cigar Box Battle river mat on eBay. I had long been thinking about the interesting challenges of a game with one s...9 hours ago
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Gaming - 7DTTRR , airfield assault - at Battleground 2024! - Today saw a run out to our local show. As we have played at lot of 7 Days this year it seemed appropriate to do something with it and get some of everyo...21 hours ago
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Ghosts! - Or maybe some water elements? Hard to say. Chen very kindly swapped me some 28mm minis and the first ones I painted up were these folks. These were cast...1 day ago
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Military Revolution! - It has been quite some time since this publication last reported on the exploits of Landgrave Choldwig. The reasons for this relate partly to the low tol...1 day ago
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Orc/Goblin Huts - As is usual with most of my projects, I’ve been posting WIP pictures of these on the various social media sites… and I even ‘streamed’ on discord for a c...1 day ago
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SAGA Night-Seljuks vs Normans - Sponsored by SAGA Montreal We had our monthly SAGA meet-up last night at the Abyss, I believe there were 3 games with 6 players. I played against Mich...1 day ago
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The Dark Angels - My second ever army for 40k was a fallen Dark Angel army using Chaos Space Marines (they were also all dedicated to Slaanesh but that's a different stor...1 day ago
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Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XV - Do you wanna join in? - Its Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge time once again If you fancy joining in the fun, get on over to Curt's blog here and sign yourself up. The Bas...2 days ago
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TaktiCon - Kansas City has a very large wargaming community spread out across the metro area, and since the demise of RECRUITs it's been tough to get the band back...2 days ago
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Roman Quincunx - Roman 54mm Project Update *Three 54mm Roman legions formed up in the Quincunx formation* I have been busy basing a lot of the 54mm Punic Wars figures tha...2 days ago
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The 15th Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge - The leaves are off the trees, there's a cold bite in the air and I'm ready to pick up a brush and settle at the hobby desk. As a reflection to my outlo...3 days ago
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The 15th Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge - It's time! Head over to the Challenge blog to see the full announcement for Challenge XV. It's going to be hellishly good fun! :) Curt3 days ago
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Timpo Confederate Infantry Part 2 - Actually I've painted some Timpo Union figures as Confederates Infantry. And just like the figures in Part 1 I only used some grey and lightblue colors. ...3 days ago
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Tracking Things In Atteint! - Sometimes I have shower-thoughts on things that weren't even on my radar when I got into the shower. Probably too much information, but this post is the ...4 days ago
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One Page Rules: Orc Raiders vs Human Defense Force - Its been a funny old year 2024. I've been focussed on non-photogenic gaming for the most part, roleplaying and boardgames, so my wargames have been bu...4 days ago
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Knock Knock - Knock knock Who's there? Moo. Moo Who? I hate it when cows cry... *The walk to school with my daughter produces another classic!*6 days ago
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Warhammer: The Old World - Finally happening for me?!? - So as readers of the blog will know, I've been slowly building an all metal Orc & Goblin army that I could use in any edition of Warhammer Fantasy Battl...1 week ago
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Game Design #109: Cinematic Moments - I bought the *Titanicus *rules out of interest (though I'll never afford the minis!) and when experimenting with them I found myself thinking "this is re...2 weeks ago
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Yarkshire Gamer Podcast - Episode 62 - Trevor Dixon - Dixon Miniatures - Welcome back everyone to Episode 63 of the Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames Podcast and today I've got off my backside and driven down t'road to Hon...2 weeks ago
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Prussian reinforcements (1) - Fresh from the inspiration of last weeks game I've been working on some more Prussians for the 6mm Napoleonic collection. All the miniatures are from ...3 weeks ago
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Still alive! - Hey folks, I'm not sure I've ever left it so long between updates, but I looked today and realised it's been four months since my last post. Which is pre...4 weeks ago
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Beer and Pretzels - It's been 18 months since I last posted, this is not a proper return to the bloggersphere, yet. Lots has happened in that time, mainly I have taken ear...1 month ago
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Carisbrooke Castle - One of the best sites we went to in the UK was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, a place known to anyone who has ever played Kingmaker. The full ...2 months ago
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Again with the delays... - Welp, still here although hard to tell that recently!Seems to be one problem after another and sometimes compounded - work getting worse with personnel sh...3 months ago
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Battle of Chaeronea (338BC) - A 28mm Wargame - Afternoon All Following my last post which focussed on my completed Macedonian/Successor army (HERE) , it was about time that this force saw some action...3 months ago
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28mm Swiss Line Infantry for the Neapolitian Army 1848 - This is the second unit that I've painted for my Neapolitan (Kingdom of the two Sicilies) army for my Risorgimento project. The Swiss line infantry was ...3 months ago
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Napoleonic Naval - 1st June 1794 - Wtih models and rules provided by local naval enthusiast Andrew Taylor, a group of us got together on the 230th anniversary of The Glorious First of June 1...5 months ago
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Salute 2024 - The Games (Lots..and lots...and lots of pics) - As promised yesterday, here are the photos I took of all* the games. * I may have missed some I will apologise in advance for the quality of some of the ...7 months ago
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Battle for Blackside - Mordheim Season 4 Turf War Round 3 - Had the third round PvP game of our fourth Mordheim Campaign back in the end of January and had the full complement of players attending, Ian with his Ca...7 months ago
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THE SCANIAN WAR 1675-79 NEW BOOK - My latest purchase from Helion - CHARLES XI's WAR The Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark 1675-1679. I first read about the Scanian War 55 years ago...10 months ago
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Charles Stevens, 21st Regiment of Foot, Goes to the Dogs - Charles Stevens was a cordwainer from the town of Airth in County Stirling, Scotland, a few miles up the River Forth from Edinburgh. He joined the army ...11 months ago
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WSS in Spain forces completed - It isn't Napoleonics, but at least it is horse and musket! A couple of months ago I repossessed my old Spanish Succession armies and decided to finish t...1 year ago
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Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...1 year ago
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Flames of War Projects for August - August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames of War...1 year ago
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March Madness - To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble getting ...1 year ago
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28mm PBR for Vietnam War - HI all, Long time no blog. Sorry about that but I have been posting "mini blogs" over on Twitter. So what has been going on? Well quiet a bit actual...2 years ago
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3d Print Project Middle Earth Cities - I started a new project in January. It was just going to be at first two pieces of terrain. It quickly turned into something crazy and overwhelming b...2 years ago
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Victrix Gauls - Saga Age of Hannibal gave me a reason to finally paint naked Gauls in 28mm...bucket list item checked! Seriously, these Victrix plastics are quite lovely...2 years ago
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Ancient / Medieval village church - The finished small village church/chapel, made from poly board with the outer covering of card mostly removed and the exposed foam scribed with lines to ...3 years ago
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Vallejo Guides Broken - It has recently come to my attention that the LINKS on my vallejo paint guide pages are not currently working as expected and readers are not able to vie...3 years ago
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The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang - *"The liquor's all gone boys..."* Finished up my Desperados gang for Dead Man's Hand. Just a few pics to share as I didn't get too many to turn out that ...3 years ago
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“My Daughter, which she really is, tho’ but an adopted one” - This story came up (in my head at least) during yesterday’s online presentation from King’s Chapel about how the Revolution affected members of that Angli...3 years ago
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Banda Enana 2 / Dwarf Band 2 - Más cosas para el nuevo proyecto. More stuff for the new project.3 years ago
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A few more Prussians to be going on with. - Well, as anyone reading this will have probably noticed, I'm behind schedule again. Lots of real world things going on to cause distractions like hav...3 years ago
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Beginnings of Necromunda Gang - Nancy was furious, the muscles before brains were stalking her sisters and had harassed Becky last week. This was something that had happened too many ti...3 years ago
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Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario - Battle of the Falklands A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders *Authors notes* This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...3 years ago
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New site with much improved blog - please have a look - Friends, after several days of hard work I'm happy to present to you my new site. After 10 years with blogspot I have moved my online hobby operation to a ...4 years ago
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Battle of Hastings - Caldbec Hill 1066 - This is my 3rd refight on Caldbec hill, rather than Senlac hill. The terrain in my opinion fits the descriptions of the battle better from the books I've r...4 years ago
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Oosterbeek 1944 - The other day the lads got together for a small Chain of Command game. We took the scenario from Wargames Soldiers and Strategy 107. An SS German force was...4 years ago
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Aerosan OSGA 6 - More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company. In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as terrain-encounters. My ta...4 years ago
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GENERAL D'ARMEE on CYL TV - Hi Team Here are the videos I've created thus for covering some General D'Armee games: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VX1GJ37NUyDgdO1lmE6rAzo87zT...4 years ago
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Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA - Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory terbuat hanya...4 years ago
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Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Designing Games - Ok, ok, ok... I know Kurt Vonnegut never designed games (to the best of my knowledge, anyway). But he was an exceptional author who knew how to craft an en...4 years ago
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The Horus Heresy, or Rogal Dorn - His part in my Downfall - Well, I thought the 40K itch had been scratched years ago, especially given that they now have 'Primaris' Marines, which appears to be an anagram of 'Marke...4 years ago
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Nostalgia Thursday - Chaos Wars (1987) - Thirty-two years ago, the super-simple four-page Rules According to Ral which were designed for Medieval combat were expanded into the thirty-page (approx)...5 years ago
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Preparing for Battle of the Plattsburgh what if battle - I will be running a Battle of Plattsburgh 1814 what if scenario at Fall-In using Carnage and Glory 2 rules. The scenario is based on MG Robinson's flankin...5 years ago
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A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second - After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the followin...5 years ago
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Another big (well small)gun - I continue with my alien 15mm army of Snakemen (Astragar). Just a few figures painted. The are of course 15mm CRITICAL MASS Games. Yes I do have some more...5 years ago
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Trenches (part three) - Adding bunkers and other improved fighting positions to your trenches can greatly improve the look of them! A plain trench is great for infantry, but you c...5 years ago
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A Good Ruler Has to Learn his World's Language...... - We have been very busy putting all the final finishing touches on our initial offering for Trilaterum set to debut this weekend at Havoc in Shrewsbury, MA ...5 years ago
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Game Testing a Simple 40k Ruleset for Epic - I've got a nice little set of Epic sized space marines. They're basically painted up as Space Wolves and Emperor's Children. Since my last post on the to...5 years ago
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On the Road to Rimini - The road to Rimini is dotted with small hilltop towns bristling with German machine gun nests. Elements from the American 5th Army need to secure the ...5 years ago
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Wholesale Gamer Gifts – With Free Domestic Shipping - tet The post Wholesale Gamer Gifts – With Free Domestic Shipping appeared first on Fun Elements.6 years ago
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(New) Col. Bills Blog Just Launched! - There is now a new blog for Colonel Bills Wargames Depot, which you can find here:- https://colonelbills.blogspot.com/ ""Tales From The Depot; The goings ...6 years ago
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Please Update Your Link! - If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is out of date. Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is h...6 years ago
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Over 170 Games and geeky gifts for (mostly) under $20! - Every year for the past six years or so I’ve put together a list of 40, then 60, then 80 and then 90+ games and things for the geek in your life that cost ...6 years ago
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Quatre Bras in the West Country: a concerto in two parts - Two and a half years in the planning, terrain-making and painting. Played over four days using 3 700 figures with six players plus and umpire, this version...6 years ago
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Death In The Dark - Hello patient friends and people who have stumbled onto my page for the first time by accident or from some link I posted somewhere! It has been a long tim...6 years ago
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Watch the Mac Fam stream D&D Live on Twitch Tuesdays and Sundays! - If you want to hear the Steve and Sean O get real nerdy with Dungeons and Dragons, the team is now streaming games live! Check us out on our Twitch page at...6 years ago
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Working on my Photography set up - Been taking a few test shots, need to up the light a bit but as a first try on my new set up I am happy. My targets today were some Modern 28mm Figures an...6 years ago
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Back At It - After a year or so hiatus, I’m back to writing. I had a baby, and well, to use a worn out phrase, the struggle is real. She’s great, but I’m having a hard ...6 years ago
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Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs - I have a bit of a thing about dice. I've got quite a few. Few hundred...that is. Maybe even several hundred. I know...I need help. But with so many dice ...7 years ago
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The Marches and I - The Wrekin (left distance) and its hinterland at Dawn. Even some miles away, you can just about make out the rise of the ramparts of the hill fort on the ...7 years ago
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All Quiet on the Hobby Front - Another big gap between posts but I do have somethings in the works moving forward. First up my shipment of Chieftan MBTs came in and this week I've been...7 years ago
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Multi-Flag Tank Matches at Anime Boston & Huzzah, with Recovery Vehicles - Between events at Anime Boston at the start of April, and Huzzah (great miniatures convention up in Portland, Maine) in ... Continue reading7 years ago
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Growing Up - *"You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing". — George Bernard Shaw* I feel like the issue of acting "like a grownup" ...7 years ago
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Thank you for a Decade and a list of our links now at Alternative Armies - The merger of 15mmcouk back into its originator parent Alternative Armies is complete meaning that our cart is closed and all of our products are now on t...7 years ago
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Congo: Sultanate of Zanzibar Expedition - This is the finished 'Sultanate of Zanzibar' expedition box set from Foundry for Congo. They have a very Arabian feel to them, and the figures would not ...8 years ago
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Farewell, strike the tent - A final entry here for Saxe-Bearstein. On October 2, 2016 the originator of this blog, Bluebear Jeff Hudelson, started on his journey to the Summerlands....8 years ago
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Zvezda SU100 - SU100 The Zvezda SU100 is one of two new Soviet assault gun kits to be released recently, the other being the SU152 The SU100 was based on the T34 chass...8 years ago
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Year Five: A Reading Renaissance - I've heard it said that birthdays become less important when you get older and it looks like it was true of my blog's birthday this year - I totally forgot...8 years ago
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Interview: Ash Baker of Guerrilla Wargaming - Here’s another in the Interview series. I talked with one of, IMHO, the best wargaming Youtuber out there. Ash has a great Youtube channel which present ho...8 years ago
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Battle of Mt. St-Jean 1794 - I thought I would start of 2016 with a bang and run the Battle of Mt St-Jean 1794 using Carnage and Glory II computer aided rules. The battle was fought o...8 years ago
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Gone Painting - Once again I have decided to join in the madness that is The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, which has become the biggest online painting event of the...8 years ago
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Outbreak in Gotham - Image from Warner Bros. Dark Knight So what will I do with all these Batman figures? Play the Batman miniatures game? Maybe. What I will do with all thes...8 years ago
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Is it that time of year already? - I have been thinking of a wish list for what I would like Saint Nicholas to bring me.... since I am a scratch builder I am liking things like wooden crafti...8 years ago
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A quick guide to easily making hedges - Having recently decided to give my terrain collection a bit of an overhaul and splashing out on some new buildings, I've found myself in "need" of a few o...9 years ago
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Why moving to Georgia when I was 22 was the best possible thing I could have done with my life - I’ve been working on this post off and on for a long time. It’s been a hard one to write. I’ll probably come back to this blog and tell some more anecdotes...9 years ago
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Pendraken Miniatures Zombies for Crooked Dice 7ombieTV - After a couple of acquisitions yesterday, at the Durham Wargames Group open day, I've been sorting out what I've got for this little project. Embarrassingl...9 years ago
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Getting Women Behind the Wheel at 2015 Heels and Wheels - 2015 Jaguar F-Type Convertible, #HeelsAndWheels2015There are dozens of automotive events held throughout the year, with journalists and bloggers invited t...9 years ago
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Challenger and IT Terrain. - Odd how things coalesced, and one day can define years to come... Occasionally in this Life in Miniature, I 'be been around successful protects, at GW lat...9 years ago
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New Location In Manchester NH - Look for us at 260 Mammoth road Manchester Behind Aarons next door to Rite aid,this will be our new home starting June 30th 2015 more info on facebook and...9 years ago
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SBG Variant? - One of the things I've never liked about SBG was the way they handled wizards like Gandalf they were reduced to a couple of special rules. I hated that....9 years ago
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West German AFV's from the Mid 80's - Spahpanzer Luchs Marder IFV Jagdpanzer Jaguar M113 Command APC ASSEMBLE! Coming soon: Leopard I's and II's and Flakpanzer Gepards.10 years ago
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Final Tally - All the monies from the auction have now been collected, and arrangements made for the safe transfer of lots. And so, this is the end. I'm not going to na...10 years ago
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Easy Hills - Hey everyone, I haven't had much time for lengthy blog articles, so I have a feeling that most of my posts will now be made through the iPhone blogger app....10 years ago
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Arrrgggghhhh! - Everyone has a favourite gaming area.... I like pirates, aarrrggghh! Buccaneer was the first pirate board game I played, at the tender age of around 10 or...10 years ago
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Panzer IV F1 - I am still around and I am still painting. I may have to 'reboot' this blog as I know bunch of pictures arent showing up. Any way here is what I was wo...10 years ago
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I am moving to a new blog - Hi guys. I have to announce you that I will not post anymore in this blog. I am moving to a new one. I have been having some problems with it and it has ga...10 years ago
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Wargames Paper craft Part III - In the third and forth part of my series on Papercraft for RPG & Waregames I'm going to look at Miniatures figures for you. Id like to start by tha...10 years ago
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Flames of War skirmish report - After both sides occupying high ground over a ruined town, German reinforcements engaged American Paratroopers in fields. The Germans inflicted light c...11 years ago
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Huzzah 2013 Day 1 - Yes, it’s that time of year again, Huzzah is upon us, starting today. I haven’t been blogging much and so didn’t have any lead up posts, but will try to at...11 years ago
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The Helpers - Social media, television channels, radio broadcasts & cell phone conversations... everyone is buzzing in hushed, shocked tones about what happened yeste...11 years ago
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Too Busy Writing To Write? - Greetings Dear and Faithful Reader, Well, it's been a while. Months have come and gone since my last post. I'm sure many of you even noticed. I have bee...11 years ago
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Moving Locations - Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please vis...12 years ago
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Magic: The Gathering futures - The *Return to Ravnica* set has brought many casual (and not so casual) players back to Magic: The Gathering. Many of you have been questioning me on the a...12 years ago
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Outlaws...I mean Inlaws - August brought both sets of parents across the pond for a visit as well as Lico and Stephanie. First Meek's parents came for just shy of week. It was a c...12 years ago
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Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Karpackich - Objectives - Every army in Flames of War should have two objectives to fight over. Typically I've seen supply dumps, bunkers, and burnt out tanks, but I figured ther...12 years ago
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Lamb Two Ways - Lamb’s one of my favorite meats, and (life often being unfair), it’s also one of the most expensive. I managed to get a good deal on a 3 lb leg of lamb, an...16 years ago
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