My old grandfather used to call television, “the idiot’s lamp”. That was why perhaps he lost his job as Director of Programming at Welsh Television. When my youngest son sent to Hong Kong for #StikBot Zanimation studio, all I was worried about was the eight… Read More
Part Two of the Battle of Camden The remorseless Brish pincer movement didn’t dent the Americans’ confidence. Volley after volley tore through the redcoats. The Maryland continentals were prooving more than a match for their loyalist adversaries. Horatio Gates even had the audacity to order… Read More
Sometimes, just sometimes, everything is right with the world. I’d gotten up early and painted the garden gate so die Fuhrer was momentarily amenable and I was off work so could wargame all afternoon at Cardiff’s Firestorm Carpet Warehouse. Paul was coming down from Cheltenham… Read More
I So I had my new toys. No messing around with layer shading and washes. A limited number of matching colours and any complicated detail gets left off. I was ready………..Like all those used to setting ambushes, the forest was to be my friend. My… Read More
Day two dawned and then it hit me! After many exhausting hours of “research” on the iPad, I found inspiration…….. Why do we wargamers always strive for the unobtainable? In my opinion, far too many hours are spent on slaving over perfection when I think… Read More
All fired up by yet another new period! I managed to grab a few moments to order the figures needed for a two hundred point Indian force for Muskets and Tomahawks. Die Fuhrer was out of the house attending her panel beating course so time… Read More
They do say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. This Thursday’s scenario appeared very ‘modern’. The British colonial forces are sent to investigate a local centre of rebellion. The rebels are also looking for ‘tongues’ in the village. Ken had written… Read More
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