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Jim's Wargames Workbench

Bag the Hun Finnish Blenheims - This weekend I was away from home, so nothing was shifted on the workbench for the Bag the Hun Continuation War project. This week, I'm going to write u...
1 hour ago
A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth

This Quar's War play through AAR - I've been taking part in a lot of rules discussions over on the Quar Facebook group. Which is strange because a few months ago I never even looked at FB...
13 hours ago
Will's Wargames Blog

Dodge WC-63s - I had already tried out a WC-63 that I had found on Thingiverse (link), but I wasn't happy with the way it turned out as it was quite low on it's wheels. T...
1 day ago
JOHN BOND's WARGAMING STUFF

BRITISH PILLBOX, UNIVERSAL CARRIER WITH MMG, FLARE GUN AND JAPANESE ZERO - More items for the Far East, scratch built a British Pillbox found in Malaya, Aussie Universal carrier with a Vickers, Figure firing a flare and a Japan...
1 day ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Going to Guadalajara for my birthday - It's my Beatles Birthday next week. To mark that notable milestone I was going to put on a Spanish Civil War NQM game on next weekend. I'd promised Chris...
1 day ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Major Friedrich von Dechow - Major Friedrich von Dechow was the commander of the von Knyphausen Regiment at the battle of Trenton. He had been wounded, twice, at the battle of Fort...
2 days ago
Dalauppror

37 years of waiting... - *1987* - 37 years ago, i was 15 years old and read Sinkadus the only Swedish RPG magazine . The no.1 swedish RPG writer Anders Blixt anounced that "Parti...
2 days ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Book Find - I am currently having a book cull and came across this little gem. A first (and only Edition) reasonable offers only😂 Until next time.............. *Toodle...
2 days ago
Steven's Balagan

Why I think hills are horrible in wargames rules - Sometimes I get obsessed by tiny little aspects of the hobby and just have to write about it. In detail. A lot of detail, after endless hours of research...
2 days ago
A Lead Odyssey

Napoleonics in 40mm for Sharp Practice - Having decided to build up some 40mm forces for Sharp Practice after being tempted by an experiment, (see my last post) - it's now a month in since the f...
1 week ago
Major Thomas Foolery's War Room

Into the Wasteland: Super Mutants, Behemoth and Billboards - I've added some more dangers for my survivors to encounter as they wander the wasteland. These Fallout-style super mutants are designed by Vermillion Min...
3 weeks ago
Just Add Water

Claymore Wargames Show 2024 - I received some very bad news shortly after getting to Claymore. The news thankfully came from Jack and not someone more "random" where I learned that my...
3 weeks ago
Roundwood's World

"When the Last Sword is Drawn": Bringing a game idea to life - ******** "*Something terrible has happened at the small mountain monastery of Ikoto. The monastery is under the protection of the House of Akiyama, and i...
4 weeks ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Some Napoleonic Terrain - Our next planned GdA battle will be Quatre Bras. I am taking the scenario from the GdA Hundred Days sourcebook, with some amendments to make it work wit...
4 weeks ago
Scrivsland

Gunfighters and the start of an Old West town. - A much overdue update. I've been meaning to get back into western gunfights for quite a while and have been eying up some games of What a Cowboy. Wh...
1 month ago
Shed Wars

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...
1 month ago
Over Open Sights

Daimler Marienfelde Truck. - A Daimler Marienfelde truck in 1/56 scale from the desktop and 3D printer of John Hart. Painted up here to join my 1920s Freikorps force. This is a test...
2 months ago
Jacksarge Brushes & Battles

Old Guard & a Note of Caution - Hi Everyone! Here are some pictures of recently completed French Old Guard from North Star Military Figures Retreat From Moscow range. Plus, just a hea...
3 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

28mm WWII British Late War Force - 28mm Late War British. Warlord figures, guns and vehicles. Infantry & Support Weapons Guns Armour CdlT
4 months ago
Wargaming Girl

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 ...
5 months ago
Doctor Phalanx

Cavalier 2024 - Chris of Tonbridge Wargames Club (my local club) put on a participation game of *DAK Attack* at the Cavalier show with support from other members. The ni...
6 months ago
Trouble At T'Mill

The Miller's Tale - Episode 9 - Episode 9: in which Mike once again attempts to remember how the heck the Heath Robinson-esque collection of RSS feed generator, local webspace and heave...
6 months ago
News of the Lard

Lard Magazines' Index Updated for 2023 - *Download *an Excel spreadsheet (xslx) file with an index of all the Lard Magazines and Specials published since they started in 2004. The index was ...
8 months ago
The Wargames Table

Logs - Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me (thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to paint us...
1 year ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

[20mm] Panzergrenadier/ Infantry Squad Nr. 4 - Just realised I had these pictures sitting in a draft post since February 2022. While I‘m not intending to restart the blog I thought I might just as well ...
1 year ago
much ado about nothing

AWI: current state of affairs - As I've just recently stepped over the 50% mark on my AWI project for Sharp Practice, a couple of roll-call pics are appropriate.
1 year ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

QUATRE BRAS in 28mm - Well, you may think I have been quiet on the hobby front with no posts on this blog for over 9 months but you would be wrong. I have been busy working ...
1 year ago
Tiny Hordes

Blood Bowl Sideline Lizards - Hot off the printer, it’s a few entirely unnecessary but fun extra miniatures for my Blood Bowl team! My team of dodgy lizard guys has just completed their...
2 years ago
A Grab Bag of Games

Goodbye WordPress – hello (again) Blogger - Folks After wrestling with the god-awful WordPress interface called Gutenburg for months, I am abandoning the WordPress platform. They had an excellent Cla...
2 years ago
Storm of Steel

Little Wars TV Caesar Awards Nomination! - Vote here: https://www.caesarawards.com/
2 years ago
Too Fat Lardies Blog

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
3 years ago