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    1 day ago
  • Jim's Wargames Workbench
    HMNZS Royalist - I found a surplus Davco model of a Dido class light cruiser in my WW2 stash while searching for something else, so had a go at a very basic conversion ...
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  • Will's Wargames Blog
    WW2 German Hummel self propelled guns - Although I have a Milicast WW2 German Hummel I felt it was time to upgrade with a pair of 3D printed versions. Nice models ideal for wargaming use. The cam...
    1 day ago
  • wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller
    Saga Night-War of the Roses - This past Thursday, we had our monthly Saga Night at the Abyss. It was another good turn out with 12 players. Several new warbands appeared on the table...
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  • NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    Valour and Fortitude I - When I first read through Valour and Fortitude rules my immediate reaction was that they didn’t appear to have much that Black Powder didn’t deliver in ...
    3 days ago
  • Wargaming for Grown-ups
    [Placeholder] AK47 Republic Classic edition - This week we were at Phil's for a game of "AK47 Republic", using the classic rules. Phil said he'd supply the armies. Chris K and I took our own anyway,...
    3 days ago
  • A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth
    Halfway there; - Whooooaaa It's halfway there whoooaaa-ooh, terrain on a prayer! Glue gun in hand, it'll stick I swear, whooaa-oh! terrain on a prayer! *Quar House P...
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  • Steven's Balagan
    From Doctrine to Dice: The “Two Levels Down” Principle - My mate Roland and I often talk about a specific principle of military command, where a commander focuses on units one or two levels down the hierarchy —...
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  • Over Open Sights
    A Big Sudan Project. Part 1. - So.... last week, our Glorious Leader outlined his plans for a new Sudan campaign to take place in a year. The scenario would involve the French in the ...
    1 week ago
  • JOHN BOND's WARGAMING STUFF
    STUG III G - With the introduction of Chain of Command 2 rules, a great little gem has been included into the Germans National characteriscs called 'Pakfront' this ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Zinnkameraden
    15mm Terrain: More houses for project "Gela 1943" - WiP stage - After my Oasis for our 28mm games is done it´s time to go back to my main terrain project "Gela 1943" in 15mm, adding some more houses. Hoses are 3D prints...
    4 weeks ago
  • Major Thomas Foolery's War Room
    Italian Wars: Spanish Units - So almost a year ago I thought I had wrapped up my Holy Roman Empire army for the late medieval/early renaissance era. But as with a lot of gamers, new ...
    5 weeks ago
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    My WoFun plans - *WoFun Bavarian Foot*It will take time to sell off the armies I've decided to let go, and completing what remains of the lead mountain is even more uncert...
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    The Miller's Tale - Episode 13 - Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion covering ...
    1 month ago
  • Tarleton's Quarter
    Nizam-i-Cedid (1) - This is the first unit of Ottoman infantry I painted - a unit of "boustangee" musketeers from the Nizam-i-Cedid army. This was a corps of infantry tra...
    1 month ago
  • Just Add Water
    North West Frontier, Brits with Grit! - These images, originally from my Shooting Leave Blog, but too evocative not to publish here again. So, a few snaps of the Renadra Mud Hut and my Artizan ...
    2 months ago
  • Shed Wars
    Large Napoleonic Cavalry Battle - 28mm - Afternoon Folks Last Monday the shed hosted a Black Powder Napoleonic Game with a slight twist. The game featured more Cavalry units than Infantry. To b...
    3 months ago
  • Wargaming Girl
    Salute 2025 - OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since last ...
    4 months ago
  • Dalauppror
    Midgard - Heroic Battles - Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard - Heroic Battles by James Morris. I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
    5 months ago
  • Moiterei's bunte Welt
    AHPC#5: Lanciarii - Winter is finally drawing to a close and neither have I been as productive as I had planned -not that I was expecting much, mind- nor have I been as active...
    5 months ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    US Marines - 28mm US Marines and an M3 Stuart: Warlord figures (Marine Raiders box) and vehicle. CdlT
    5 months ago
  • Scrivsland
    Colonel Claude Runciman and Josefina Lacosta - I was suffering with "the Lurgy" this week but had a quick change from 6mm to 28mm. So I pulled out a couple of figures in the 28mm Napoleonic backlog t...
    6 months ago
  • Roundwood's World
    The Potentially Simmering Rivalry of Ping-Xi and Pong-Li - ******** "They're *just* the latest fashion. Everyone, and I mean *everyone* at the Imperial Court has taken a pair of Chinese bodyguards into their reti...
    7 months ago
  • A Lead Odyssey
    I hate basing... - Ok. It kind of makes sense to do all the basing at the same time... but this is just intimidating. It took 4 hours to do these with a mix of paint, gro...
    10 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
  • 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.
    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...
    3 years ago
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