Alastair Jack
@red3584
It's a bit 2010's, but I have a blog...
Painted up my 1st box of the reissued Airfix Ancient Britons.. some lessons learned but they've come out ok
On a trip to the New Forest ans stumbled across an archaeological dig at Bucklers Hard, exploring the 18thC slipway. bucklershard.co.uk/event/the-di...
Exciting nostalgia fix with the reissued Airfix Romans and Ancient Britons wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2026/07/shee...
A bit of culture at the Proms at the weekend... or at least the Prog Rock evening! Featuring Guy Garvey. Carl Palmer and the incredible Peter Hammill.
The Lucid Eye Red Book of the Elf King miniatures are lovely things which my painting doesnt do justice to !
Damn this heatwave... if being hot and sweaty, and trying to keep 2 stubborn dogs cool, wasnt enough... now it's ruined my base coating!! Thank goodness for Dettol wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2026/07/prim...
It's always exciting when a new toy arrives. And especially when it's a Kickstarter that delivers exactly when it said it would!!
Playing Commands and Colours with some lovely 54mm figures when an ally arrives to help the German tribes... Leonard of the Catii tribe. Yep... billions of pounds spent on AI research and I'm using it to enhance cat pictures!
Commands and Colours has become a bit of a 'go to' game and looks especially good in 54mm
A couple of sessions of vintage microgaming this week with GEV and Starfire... wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2025/11/micr...
And here's a snippet of Public Service Broadcasting in action last night
And the final concert in the last 3 days. This time it was the brilliant Public Service Broadcasting backed by the London Contemporary Orchestra and with support from the excellent @hamishhawk.bsky.social
3 concerts in 3 nights. Concert #2.. Iain Matthews and Andy Roberts at @soundloungecio.bsky.social
3 concerts in 3 nights... I'm getting too old for this stuff!!! #1... the brilliant @juliefowlis.bsky.social at Cadogan Halls
An hour or so of therapeutic stickering cubes for Commands & Colours: Medieval, with moral support from Cisco
Castles and ancient monuments, and the ghost of Oliver Cromwell judging my breakfast choices... wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2025/06/donn...
Dug out an oldie for this week's game... wargaminggallimaufry.blogspot.com/2025/05/ogre...
#salute52 All done for another year... money all spent (very modestly). Lots of small-ish games and fewer of the big companies. Great to see a really diverse audience... very different to my 1st Salute back in the 80s!
On this day in 1919 the Battle of George Square began in Glasgow with tanks and infantry deployed in the city. There's my grampa... he's the one in the bunnet!
Finally acquired a copy of Ice War, the old Metagaming Micro Game. Been after a copy for years. Bit far fetched... I mean, the USA and Europe fighting over territory in the Arctic? That would never happen...
Digging out a long-neglected set of rules for this week's game... Congo: Adventures in the Heart of Africa. Lots of pulpy Darkest Africa fun
A bargain at Waterstones. I explained the box was damaged & the member of staff said they could maybe do a 10% discount. When he actually he saw it he obviously thought no one in their right mind is going to buy this (except the idiot standing in front of him!) and knocked 50% off! Great game.
Incentivised Kingmaker... have a Celebration every time Plague strikes!!