Be Pink and Proud!
First of all, apologies to all those who have been waiting for part three of The Assault on La Belle Josephine. The reason for the delay is simple; while I have been able to devote time to my hobby,...
View ArticleThe Assault on La Belle Josephine: Conclusion!
Long overdue, but here it is. Given the time that has passed since the game was played, some of the details of the game I may have either forgotten, or else memory has played false- but nothing my...
View ArticleLa Victoire est a Nous!
Given my track record when commanding the French in our games, one learns to celebrate French victories of the Hundred Days wherever one can find them.Link
View ArticleJapanese Jumbo
Something new for my growing Bolt Action IJA force, a pack elephant! I've been finishing up a whole pile of miniatures this past few weeks, both Napoleonics and WW2. This one was done as part of a...
View ArticleTables of Organization, and New Equipment
Time to catch up. Its been way too long since I've posted but here's a quick update. A new gaming table, some painted miniatures and some work in progress.Time, like this Japonese LMG team, can...
View ArticleMore Japanese...
Making up for lost blogging time. This afternoon I finished and based up some more Japanese. These are support teams- a Nambu MG "woodpecker" on the move (TAG miniatures and a Brigade Games NCO-...
View ArticleThey Don't Like it Up 'Em!
In with the bayonet!The last Saturday of August, Matt and I had another Bolt Action game after a very long break from having played anything at all. It was good to be "back in the saddle" again, and...
View ArticleResurfacing; Burma, Brandywine, and Battleships
Fresh meat. The latest Japanese to join the Aoba Detachment.And my painted Japanese army so far...Can't believe I haven't posted in over a year. It's certainly not because I haven't been gaming....
View ArticleFiddly Effin' Firepower
Another rare update, and finally some guns for the Japanese. A 105mm Howitzer, 45mm A/T gun, and a 70mm light battalion gun (more like a wheeled mortar). All in various stages of completion, but all...
View ArticlePutting Down Mutiny, 1813
Happy well-belated New Year! First post of 2017.Today was a long awaited return to gaming, and indeed to Napoleonics, using Black Powder rules and scenarios from Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames. It was...
View ArticleIJA Reinforcements
Recent swag. Here are the latest additions to my ever-growing collection of Imperial Japanese for Bolt Action: A squad of starving and desperate spear fighters is a pretty dark subject for gaming it...
View ArticleGood Beans, Wellington! or: The Assault on "les Haricots", 1815
'It was the General himself who broke the tense silence."The attack will proceed." Addressing the assembled officers of his staff, he had looked wearily up from a rain-sodden sheet of paper, the...
View ArticleOn Forums, Meltdowns, and Myopia
Change, as we all know, is a constant. Things come and go in wargaming and on the Internet as in all other areas of life.In general, it seems commonly acknowledged that the virtual hobby community has...
View ArticleConstant Vigilance & Eternal Suspicion
No, the title has nothing to do with Bill at TMP obsessing over Frothers again. Nor does it refer to my wife's attitude towards unexpected parcels delivered to our door with Nottingham postmarks. Not...
View ArticleBlack Powder meets OHWG's (again!)
Some serious catching up to do. Too many fingers in too many pies recently, not to mention way too much time spent at a keyboard than was good for my eyes. Not helped by the fact that Blogger has been...
View ArticlePiccies and Purchases
"Come and get some, Rosbif!!!"Following up on my last post, as promised, pictures from the second game we played on the day using Black Powder and the OHWG scenarios. First though, some retail therapy....
View ArticleA Decade of Drivel!
I've just realized that this blog is now just over 10 years old; my first post was dated August 4, 2007. Delusions of grandeur are not limited to vertically challenged control freaks with nasty...
View ArticleFirst FUBAR competition come and gone!
Time for an update. There has been a lot of gaming, purchasing, painting, and just idle daydreaming on all things hobby related since my last post.Everything except blogging, which is simply because I...
View ArticleNew Toys for the Sandbox
Happy New Year, everyone. In a Qattara Depression; where has that painting mojo gotten to? Nothing like a new project to pump up the enthusiasm.This year's obligatory set of resolutions on the...
View ArticleBattles for Bridgeheads
Finally found the energy for a new post, this time getting around to putting up pictures of some of our previous games. My veteran 7e Chasseurs à cheval were not needed on the day- let those haughty...
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