What a weekend! We had threats of lockdown, border embargoes, limits on attendees and strictures on eating food! On the day we even had to track down a sixty year old who vaulted a covid safety rail! Such were and are the issues of gaming… Read More
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Wargaming the Madness!
How difficult can organising a wargames competition be? Well, the answer would be,” not too difficult”, were we not in the last week of Covid panic. But we have three tournaments running, the prizes are bought and we are full steam ahead to next Saturday!… Read More
SAGA: Tall tales for the telling!
John G is a crafty soul! He just implants an idea and then like an unwanted weed it just germinates and springs out upon the unwary! I had promised an army a month and that was what I delivered; Scottish, Norman, Hun and most recently… Read More
Can wargaming ever be justified?
Please read below our club response to the decision of the so called “right-reverend”Hugh Dispenser , Vicar and custodian of Morgansdown Church Hall, to decline our application for club residency on “pacifist” grounds…. Dear “Vicar”, The fundamental principle underlying all justifications of wargaming, from the… Read More
Test shots- welcome to the Tercio
Firestorm Games Historical Tendency- Friday nights will never be the same again ( hopefully)
It was Mr. Gallacher I think who came back from a local show and described how Cardiff now had its own very own Gamestore. Sure enough Firestorm Games had set up in Trade Street Cardiff and the rest is history. Very quickly a number of… Read More
Alton 1643- Pike and Shotte Last Stand
To begin at the beginning, as a wargamer I much prefer fighting ‘historical’ opponents. But, what if instead of the usual last stand/untenable situation that James C gives me, what if I’m dealt the winning hand? I was commanding Waller’s historically victorious Parliamentarians. I had… Read More
Cardiff Wargames
I wish I was the sort of person who was described by others as “organised”. You can spot these people. They invariably beam with delight as you can’t remember the time or even the day. The “organised” person has charts and sends reminders. Well to… Read More
The Battle of Beacon Hill 1643
What better way to spend an Easter holiday than pushing toy soldiers around the table? The Cardiff Care in the Community programme provided the antagonists and Mr. James Churchill emptied out his toy cupboard for the amazing miniatures. The rules used were Warlord’s “Pike and… Read More
Fire and Flurry at Firestorm!
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