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
It’s been a very long time since some of these veteran gamers had convened at Cardiff’s Firestorm Games but it was the first Friday on the month and that means Kali Yuga night! Named after the fourth and worst period of the Hindu Yugas, the… Read More
“Never in the field of miniature combat, has so little been owed to so few,” thus spoke Colin Cavanagh on leaving Firestorm Games wargames Emporium this Sunday. We all left tired and emotional after what Andy Unwin described as perhaps the most exciting thing that… Read More
How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold The proud Republic of Genoa had grown rich on trade all across the Mediterranean world. Slaves had made the city rich and now luxuries from the Far East were adding to the citizen’s wealth. The trade… 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
In this week’s exciting episode, those cunning Normans are at it again. Duke Roger’s minions are escorting Saracen hostage takers to Nottingham Castle but first they have to negotiate Sherwood Forest. Chris and I were more than ready to give a Roger a taste of… Read More
Which wargamer could resist the allure of the Tales of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men? Swash-buckling adventure in a time when it wasn’t frowned upon for men to wear tights. What started out as a run of the mill introduction to another set of rules got me… Read More
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