Isn’t it amazing how when you are trying to avoid something, everything else grows in importance. Virtus is a week away and I should be painting camels, Early Arab camels. I should be painting camels but a parcel arrived. Wargamers will know that the arrival… Read More
As one holiday period draws to a close, my memories of a trip to Texas are still strong. Having spent many years watching re-runs of The Alamo as a boy, suddenly I was there. Quite by chance I realised that the low walls on the… Read More
Why do grown men enjoy painting and gaming with toy soldiers? Surely one of the great attractions is to recreate, in an admittedly modest way, the great moments of history. How many non-gamers have actually heard of Bonaparte’s crossing of the Alps before sweeping away… Read More
As I approach my fiftieth year, I must try to be more accepting. One game of Sam Mustafa’s Longstreet and I was crest fallen. It was the third time I had seen a swamp appear in the card driven mechanism in successive games I had… Read More
You’ll have to indulge me on this one, a chance encounter got me all nostalgic. Dangerous when you are nearly fifty….. The phone rang, my wife rolled her eyes, and I was off for another game. I hadn’t been to Nick’s house before, so I… Read More
What goes around comes around. Many, many years ago, Fireball Gallacher and I would watch Fire and Fury games at competitions in Reading’s Warfare show. The games were fast flowing and exciting, we decided to “invest”. Thirty years later and John is still deciding on… Read More
