Not a lot of gaming of late with life in general just getting in the way but John (who's had his own blocks to gaming) available for a game we opted to General de Armee.
John took the British and I the French lining up to take Vimeiro hill. My intention was have my elite troops on the left demonstrate against the hill while my Veteran grenadiers (right) and line troops (center) attacked the British Brigade to the right.
John and I both had one hesitating brigade. Mine was in the center
John advanced on my right so with my support in the center hesitating I opted to receive the attack. rifle and artillery fire did minor damage
My 8 pounders exacted some damage of their own.
The Next turn with John advancing I opted to use the Artillery Assault special order ..
Punishing the Scots and 95th as they approach
I advanced my right most unit of Veteran grenadiers and the Scots attempted to charge home. We got a close range fire fight that hurt both units.
I attempted a combined attack on the Scots who punished us with a text book blast of fire and my left.
My efforts to concentrate and crush John's left are not looking good as my center hesitates again.
John's reinforcements arrive and John prepares his crushing blow.
This was the only real question/issue that came up my artillery is ready to blast the 95th but as bets we could tell they can charge the grenadiers to my right without taking any fire. This seems odd. I understand the desire to to have every one take shots at the approaching attacker as if calling in time on target but the ability to ignore the guns entirely seem equally suspect
Johns attack rolls up my right and I decide its time to start the withdrawal the English hold the hill. I liked the set of rules a lot and John was nice enough to get me a copy of these rules and their ACW equivalent as a "baby shower" gift. I'm very grateful to have the chance to read them in full. This was not one of my better games, I was a the low side of the bell curve most of the game while John was dwelling at the high end. The result was a crushing English victory but still a fun night of gaming.
I've been quiet lately between baby preparations, house hunting a friend's wedding, work and life in general I haven't had much time to paint. Ariana's pregnancy is going well but my poor wife is exhausted and I have been handling some of the tasks she normally takes care of so she can focus on growing our daughter (its tough being a dad but tougher being a mom)
Well about one week ago a big package was dropped off at my office (I have all large packages delivered there as a precaution). This package was a long time coming Bones III launched in the spring of 2015. Reaper promised (or projected) delivery last August and for a while it looked like every thing was running smoothly until they discovered that items they thought were listed as complete by the manufacture in China were actually just "scheduled" or something like that. From that point on Reaper (or its partner in China) got increasingly vague about how much was done etc. Reaper did a good job communicating and took the blame but honestly much of my enthusiasm for this set of miniatures and goodies as sort of dissipated. Any way lets take a look.
Lets comment on the excellent packing job here (thanks Mac!) lots of padding and two separate boxes. Yes several pieces were a little bent form being stuck in the box but they straightened out nicely after a dunk in boiling water followed by a plunge in cold water.
Granted not every one needs this but they included a nice little booklet regarding how to paint your Bones.
The core set, man they packed a lot of miniatures in here. I'm sure I'll use a good number of them for Frostgrave and Dragon rampant.
Man they crammed a lot of miniatures into that box! Lots of them will see use I am sure. The Yetis will probably be on my first to paint list. The Lizard men will make a fine Dragon Rampant unit as will the Ogres.
I also got the Graveyard expansion for the excellent terrain and constructs (for Frostgrave) the undead will come in handy too.
you can check out a video of the set Reaper made. One cool change the crypt/temple and walls are actually made form a new gray harder version of bones its very nice. Only complaint I have is its hard to remove the roof quickly for easy game play.
Th stone circle was a must have for me as soon as I saw it. Great terrain piece for so many games. It breaks down into 4 pieces so you can pack it away easily and/or scatter the pieces around the table if you want.
Another must have add on for me was the dragon Mathrangul he came in pieces and I was impressed that none had deformed in the slightest.
You can see him put together here with the grave golem form the grave yard set. you can see some more pictures here
Another nice item from the set is the 5 "invisible" figures they are table ready and will probably see some use in Frostgrave before to long. Buying figures and getting them almost two years latter was a frustrating experience. One factor for me was it kept me from picking up other smaller purchase because I knew someday I would get a big box of miniatures and that one of them would probably be just as good. I did Bones II in a small way and went big with Bones III I probably won't do Bones IV. Bone II had its problems and similar (not identical but similar) problems surfaced in Bones III. They came down to the supplier in China not being reliable when it came to communication and fulfillment on the planed time line. I fully expect every kick starter to be late, when they said August I figures I would get them in time for Christmas. I have a high opinion of Reaper as a company and I will continue to patronize them but they don't seem to have a handle on their Kick starters. I might change my mind if I get WOWED by the stuff in Bones IV but for now I have plenty of stuff.
Paint stripping
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I've acquired a few pots of eBay figures sitting in their paint stripping
Dettol. Over the years these pots have been opened and added to many
times...bu...
Almansa 1707 - 2mm Spanish Chuch
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My painting has slowed down recently, but I did manage to get this
wonderful Brigade Models Mediterranean Church finished.
Its quite big as you can se...
Chariot Wars, Rematch
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After last Monday's contest with The Rejects (see *Chariot Wars!*), they
all agreed that a replay on the following Monday would be fun. Having only
been...
Gladiators At MOAB
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I made a couple of trips to MOAB this year. On the Sunday I popped in for
the afternoon to look around the stalls and games. Picked up a few figures,
som...
What I’m Reading Today. Civil War
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*American Battlefield Trust has a remarkable set of maps for the Eastern
and Westerntheaters of the American Civil War*
I’m going to be on a Civil W...
USS Olympia, A Spanish American War Veteran
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Last month I visited Philadelphia for a meeting about professional
Actuarial exams. Unlike W C Fields, I quite like Philly which has a lot of
history in...
Caesar's Camp: The Seaforth at Trois Foetus
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Myself and Graham got together at the Abyss yesterday for our second turn
in our Caesar's Camp campaign, we both had fresh platoons and Graham had a
fre...
More Print & Paste Terrain
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Last month I forgot to post about some ‘print & paste’ tents that I made…
...i.e. the kind of thing that could be used to put together a little
campsite ...
Groeninghumpe, the Fourth!
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The Zentan irregulars continue to inch forwards. The Wurstburp artillery
fire but, who would have guessed?, they fail to inflict any telling damage
upon ...
Bigger Bugs Pt 10
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Carnifex number 3, which is going to be François' brood mate. François
has been struggling to kill tanks in the last few games despite being my
anti-t...
Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes
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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...
Druids and rats and bears, oh my!
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Continuing this little 28mm fantasy kick that I'm on, today I have a druid,
some doors, some rats, and a bear!
The giant rats are from a set I got off o...
The State of my Hobby, part 3
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So, where does all of this text leave me with regards to my toys? How
about a chart!Hopefully that pic is readable.I am going to start the
periodic (and ...
Geek Dreams are Real Dreams
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In 2019, I bought tickets to see *The Fellowship of the Rings* at the Royal
Albert Hall with live musical accompaniment by the London Philharmonic
Orches...
Fistful of Lead Fantasy: Battle for the Goddess
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I've had cavemen on my mind lately; between seeing people painting Lucid
Eye figures on Facebook, and David Sullivan's posts on his blog about the
game ...
Flames of War Projects for August
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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...
Ogres Galore!
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For over a year now I’ve been playing the excellent One Page Rules Grimdark
Future rules and continue to do so, especially now that the 3rd edition of
th...
New Project time - Ardennes 44 .
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Having scratched the big Nam itch it’s time for a new project . It’s time
to leave the steamy jungles of SE Asia and I have been thinking about a
winter...
Finished: 15mm Dutch M113 C&V Recon Platoon II
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Hi folks,
Another little unit, painted alongside the three Leopards again.
Two resin and metal Battlefront recce vehicles, nothing much to add from my
pr...
Two 15mm Sherman Calliope T34 Tanks
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These are two 3D-printed 15mm Sherman Calliope tanks. I needed something to
track available artillery missions for my O-Group Americans and these
seemed ...
Battlereport: Jakubowo 1812 Refight
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Another refight today at the local club, Jakubowo/Klyastitsy, from the
northern front in 1812 campaign. Paul and I took the defending French,
while Ion a...
All about the Base - Remix
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Following on from my recent experiments with modelling and casting resin
bases, I had decided I wanted to try an alternative casting material and
awar...
Ninja's!
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For those who are wondering if I still paint figures, the answer is yes.
It's just that I'm not really active on blogger but more on other places
(forum ...
Battles and Brews 2023
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Great weekend of fun at Battles and Brews. What's Battles and Brews you
say?
Well,it's a fundraiser for our local convention March to Victory. We have a...
CLAYMORE 2023 AUGUST 5TH EDINBURGH
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*Coming soon - The Gothenburg Gamers (Lothian branch not Swedish) will be
presenting our game 'The True Account of the Spanish Descent upon Dunbar
15...
From BartekR: Challenge XIII in the can
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A much belated wrap up - I’ve been travelling for work but to put a full
stop on my AHPC XIII
Adding my voice to the thanks and appreciations: to Curt an...
Starting over
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It is hard to believe that it was 6 months ago that I began my return to
blogging and Napoleonics. In that time, I have made exactly three posts -
all in...
New Games Room and a Christening Battle
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Saturday I went over to Matt's for another Blood in the Sand Battle. It
was a great battle and I took rubbish photos but Matt's report can be found
here...
March Madness
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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 ...
Halloween Candle Jacks
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It's been over two and a half month since I last posted anything and what
with the house move and everything the painting mojo has been low and the
ti...
28mm PBR for Vietnam War
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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...
3d Print Project Middle Earth Cities
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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...
Victrix Gauls
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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...
Ancient / Medieval village church
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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 ...
Vallejo Guides Broken
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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...
The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang
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*"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 ...
A few more Prussians to be going on with.
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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...
Beginnings of Necromunda Gang
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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...
Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario
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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, ...
Battle of Hastings - Caldbec Hill 1066
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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...
Oosterbeek 1944
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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...
Aerosan OSGA 6
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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...
GENERAL D'ARMEE on CYL TV
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Hi Team
Here are the videos I've created thus for covering some General D'Armee
games:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VX1GJ37NUyDgdO1lmE6rAzo87zT...
Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA
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Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek
samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory
terbuat hanya...
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Designing Games
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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...
Nostalgia Thursday - Chaos Wars (1987)
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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)...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second
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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...
Another big (well small)gun
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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...
Trenches (part three)
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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...
Game Testing a Simple 40k Ruleset for Epic
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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...
On the Road to Rimini
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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
...
(New) Col. Bills Blog Just Launched!
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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 ...
Please Update Your Link!
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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...
Death In The Dark
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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...
Working on my Photography set up
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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...
Back At It
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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 ...
Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs
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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 ...
The Marches and I
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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 ...
All Quiet on the Hobby Front
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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...
Growing Up
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*"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" ...
Congo: Sultanate of Zanzibar Expedition
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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 ...
Farewell, strike the tent
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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....
Zvezda SU100
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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...
Year Five: A Reading Renaissance
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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...
Interview: Ash Baker of Guerrilla Wargaming
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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...
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A 1/700 Flyhawk Derfflinger i had to finish up.The nets were a nightmare to
align and glue without making a mesh of everything.I am surprised they ca...
Battle of Mt. St-Jean 1794
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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...
Gone Painting
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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...
Outbreak in Gotham
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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...
Is it that time of year already?
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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...
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I know you've been waiting for them! This little lot are finally available
on the website :)
All painted by the very talented Charles Baynon.
http://footso...
A quick guide to easily making hedges
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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...
Challenger and IT Terrain.
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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...
New Location In Manchester NH
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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...
SBG Variant?
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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. ...
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Gormenghast and Vulgaria faced off in a forest with Vulgaria outscouting
Gormenghast. Vulgaria having opted to defend, deployed in several lines
with a gra...
West German AFV's from the Mid 80's
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Spahpanzer Luchs Marder IFV Jagdpanzer Jaguar M113 Command APC ASSEMBLE!
Coming soon: Leopard I's and II's and Flakpanzer Gepards.
Final Tally
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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...
Easy Hills
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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....
Arrrgggghhhh!
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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...
Panzer IV F1
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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...
I am moving to a new blog
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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...
Wargames Paper craft Part III
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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...
Flames of War skirmish report
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After both sides occupying high ground over a ruined town,
German reinforcements engaged American Paratroopers in fields.
The Germans inflicted light c...
Huzzah 2013 Day 1
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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...
The Helpers
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Social media, television channels, radio broadcasts & cell phone
conversations... everyone is buzzing in hushed, shocked tones about what
happened yeste...
Too Busy Writing To Write?
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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...
Moving Locations
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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...
Magic: The Gathering futures
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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...
Outlaws...I mean Inlaws
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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...
Lamb Two Ways
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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...