We all know at least one; a gamer who pushes that little too far. The rules are one thing but are you playing to the spirit of the rules? Do you want to play against someone who measures that little too far or is prepared… Read More
To begin at the beginning: It is Winter, scarlet morn in the small town, the tarmac streets silent and the hunched, doggers ‘-and- rabbits’ parkland limping invisible down to the sloeblack, slow, black, crowblack, carrier bag -bobbing sea. The houses are blind as moles (though… Read More
Many years a go in a galaxy far away……No, it was Reading actually on a rainy day outside the venue for a Wargames show in the 1980s……Two dishevelled “activists”ask myself and my father not to glorify war but rather join them in dismantling our nuclear… Read More
Despite being in my fifth decade I still love my toy soldiers. Any casual reader may have guessed that from this blog but what exactly is there to “love” about miniatures? As a boy you had the colour and noise of imaginary battles. As an… Read More
They do say that it’s better not to compare yourself with others. Rather, compare yourself to how you were last week, last month or last year even. I’ve been painting figures for best part of forty years and I had fallen in love with Aventine… Read More
It was my great grandmother who always used to say, “better to have a seven hundred dollar assault rifle with two thousand three hundred dollars of ammunition than a three thousand dollar assault rifle.” Well grandma has gone to that big militia camp in the… Read More
The omens didn’t look good for Rome. Massed spear regiments formed the centre of the Greek line but it would be a more mundane troop type that would be my undoing. Read on as Patrician Rome bites off more than it can chew! We are… Read More
I love being off work! Am I ready to retire ? Yes. Are my finances ready for me to retire? God, no! There’s a lot to be said though for doing what you like doing! Don’t worry this is not one of those blogs that… Read More
Our Christmas Day message was the three hundredth post on this much maligned blog. The Christmas haul fitted neatly on the arm of my chair, thank the good Lord that I had prepared for such an eventuality by gathering “gifts” that people “would have wanted… Read More
“Please don’t try to run, we’re tired and we’d prefer to kill you quickly!” Vardan, Jadis’ secret police, Narnia Raised for the purpose of intimidation, reconnaissance and spying, these are the first miniatures for my second son’s Narnia collection. Most infamous for chasing that arch-… Read More
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