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Ex-Civil Circus. Gamer. Historical stuff. Cat wrangler. Freelancer, Advisor, Consultant, Watcher of domestic & foreign issues, & international trade. NB: No longer explaining the Obvious to the Oblivious.
Latest arrival from @gmtgames.bsky.social via the excellent #SecondChanceGames Thirty Years War two-player Non-CDG campaign game. #Wargaming #TYW
I can recommend @battlegames.bsky.social Henry's big blue book too, if you haven't already got it 👍😎
Welcome break from rebasing stuff. Should have posted it up yesterday for #WiPWednesday 28mm Gothic horror: wolves, bugs, mummies, tomb robbers & werewolves. Wolves & werewolves in shades of brown not grey for more central Asian theme for a Chaos-in-Kashmir campaign idea. #Wargaming #28mmNewStuff
More of the 15mm rebasing project completed. Entire drawer of Horse & Dragoons (+ some Cossacks & Tartars) all glued, fixed, flocked & finished. Even dabbed on some red to brighten up English cavalry. Not much left to do now, & then I start painting new units!! 🙄 #Wargaming #15mm #WSS #GNW
Project Rebase 15mmWSS/GNW continues - just found half-tray of Horse & Dragons that need 'The Treatment'. So something to do tomorrow then as I await update on consultancy work. Also found several strips of Imperial grenadiers that need finishing, just in case I needed distracting! #Wargaming #15mm
And more rebasing finished on my 15mm WSS/GNW completed. Flock & sharp sand mix glued on with PVA. Think this is the last batch but will check the rest over the weekend. Got some 15mm livestock to finish off next. Then I can plan some tabletop sessions with various rules. #Wargaming
Additional to yesterday's post, here's the second tray that needs the flock treatment to finish off their rebasing. And there's more after this too. Getting it done slowly and steadily. #Wargaming #WSS #GNW #15mmWarGameFigures
15mm WSS/GNW Rebase project continues. More still to get the flocking treatment. Other units already flocked to get magnabase treatment too. Getting close to completion. Triple ambition: use Valour & Fortitude V.4, or Rank & File 2nd Ed., or Lust for Glory from @bigredbat.bsky.social #Wargaming
Earlier this year got Chaos in Carpathia. Really enjoying gaming it, clever simple system, lots of fun. Reminder of restored enthusiasm I had from Dragon Rampant. Small footprint Gothic Horror with rarely used amazing figures & terrain. Admit it I'm a dozen years late, but so be it. #Wargaming #D6s
Our wannabe panther Jack did the same about 5.45am. Apparently it's "one of his skills". That & sunbathing.
More purging of the sci-fi stuff. #Stargrave - main hardback rulebook & Quarantine 37 supplement: £30 for them together plus P&P from UK. #Wargaming #scifi #Stargrave
Follow up to earlier post about #UselessCowards rules. Some more pix to show what you get. Like what I've read so far. Highlights distinct 'eras' of condottieri warfare not just treating is as 'Italian-Wars-lite'. Production quality good, all in handy slipcase box, great artwork too. #Wargaming
Delivery of a new set of rules #UselessCowards has prompted a read-up of Caferro's excellent work on Sienna & it's fall. As for the rules, a great job of production by U&P Games of Finland. Well worth looking up. #Condottieri #Wargaming #medievalWarfare
Battle Commander Vol.1 has arrived. Very impressive production, but not yet sure how it plays just yet. Its also a new exploration for the early Napoleonics for me too. #Wargaming #BattleCommander #Napoleonic #boardgaming
Trudging around Isle of Bute today & took some pix of some very determined gangly trees growing out of a veritable bog between some ancient stones. Sort of inspiration for fantasy/gothic terrain at some point. #Terrain #Wargaming
More Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm Security/Police vehicles x 6. Mostly GZG models, resin vehicles, never properly finished but useful for some non-military & security scenarios. UK-based, so offering them up for £25 total which includes P&P/courier to someone also in UK. #wargaming #scifi
Some Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm heavy armour - IFV-types x 2. Old Crow models, chunky resin vehicles, bit hard to get them now. These are hefty large-size lumps. UK-based, so offering them up for £20 total which includes P&P/courier to someone also in UK. #wargaming #scifi
Some Sci-Fi stuff to clear away: 28mm grav-bikes & riders x 4. Cant remember the make/range, listed them last year on FB but sadly no takers. UK-based & will post free to UK for £15 total. #wargaming #scifi
Now tend to mix the flock with sharp sand/fine grit, and also add clump, lichen, small pumice scatter, tufts, etc., to get the less formal 'golf-green' finish. Even do the same for my casualty dials now. #terrain #wargaming #basingdetails
An old throwback recently found & scanned to then share. Original version, from 1958, of Diplomacy. #Diplomacy #FreebieFriday
And not forgetting the foot troops, a few pix of those as they get organised too. Quite a range of pike, spears, men-at-arms, crossbows, handgunners, archers, and others. Rules-wrangling to share further with the gaming crew, including a few newbs to miniature wargaming. #Wargaming #imaginations
Some prep for twixmas gaming: 28mm mounted troops. Spreading collection on tabletop to sort units into armies. Aim is to set-up a fictional basic game then trial various rules: Lion Rampant 2, Impetus, TtS, ToR, & possible variations of them. Plus my own scribbles & ideas. #Wargaming #imaginations
Had fun last weekend with #RankAndFile rules for Battle of Minden game. Didn't go to plan other than hold, hold, hold & even that went up in smoke at the end. But it was enjoyable. Consequently it's inspired me to get on with rebasing 15mm WSS/GNW stuff. So that's the weekend sorted. #Wargaming
2nd day of boardgaming: luckily getting a hands-on tutorial of Napoleon's Triumph. Such a stylish elegant game. It's definitely different from usual hex-&-counter format. Enjoyably lost & making observation notes on how to delve further into this & learn more soon with my own copy. #NapoleonsTriumph
Weekend boardgaming at twice-per-year local gaming guild event. Today: 'Churchill' - interesting game of 'cooperative competition' between USA, GB & USSR in WW2. Defeat Axis powers, but always keep an eye on post-war supremacy. Fair to say it's a challenge to learn. Enjoyed it & will play again.
DR 2nd: it has arrived. Wonderful stuff. That's the weekend gone then! #Wargaming #DragonRampant #Osprey