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The News Stand: 12/06/2026

The week has ticked over, so it’s time to cover all the latest in the world of Ultramodern Wargaming. New releases from Spectre, previews from Combat Octopus and many others, and even a sign of life from Haywire. Read on for more!

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AAR: Sergi and Ivan in Trouble (What An Operator)

20/03/2024

In the last AAR I wrote, I was introducing the Corporate and Dastardly Regular Opponents to What an Operator, a variant of What A Cowboy. Well, there is another regular opponent who needed his introduction to the current game as the Former Housemate is someone who usually lightly suffers through my Ultramodern games while dreaming of his true love Necromunda (although actually, I assume he spends most of his time dreaming of Necromunda). However, he always enjoys a chance to roll some dice, play some games and usually get away with some madness. So, after a Thai Green Curry and…
The News Stand: 18/03/2024

18/03/2024

Back to being on time and we have a new edition. As well as updates from Spectre, Combat Octopus and Flytrap, it’s also Adepticon week meaning that we have events for both BPRE and InCountry. Read on for more details! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and find them useful, why not chip in on the Patreon? Spectre Miniatures Shows Off More Previews And Releases More STLs After last week’s bumper edition, it seems like Spectre…
SITREP: Little Izba In The Mountains (Patrick Miniatures Soviet Village Pack)

17/03/2024

As I mentioned in a previous post, I may have printed a load of FDM buildings out but I am yet to actually start painting them. In part, this comes down to the unfamiliarity with a new material (how well will it take spray paint etc) but the other side is just needing to get in the experience. However, something else I’ve been considering is why my terrain collection is made out of. Currently all of my structures are MDF, ranging from Sarissa Precision (a lot of Sarissa Precision) to Knights of Dice to random eBay purchases. It is, with…
SITREP: City Planning

17/03/2024

In the last catchup on the FDM printing, I mentioned things were running pretty solidly for the FDM printer but expressed some concerns about how easy it would be to go printing madly away. The Tired World Studios Hexengarde range is packed full of things I’d love to print, and it would be very easy to spend all my print time filling my garage with filament. Well in news that is good for my hearing and sleeping abilities, the FDM printer has fallen slient, at least for a little while. Except that’s mostly because I’ve printed out a literal pile…
The News Stand: 12/03/2024

12/03/2024

Apologies for the timing of the last few weeks of The News Stand – my work has decided that I’m no longer going to be working hybrid and so I’ve lost the Monday lunchtime I would usually use to prepare the weekly post. Plus Helldivers 2 has been taking up my weekend times so I’ve been rushing through them. I’m working on fixing this behind the scenes to keep the weekly news flowing. For now though, let’s take a look at all the latest updates! As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon…
The News Stand: 04/03/2024

04/03/2024

Well after the disruption of last week, this week’s New Stand is maybe a touch on the light side (probably because there was three fewer days to generate news from). It’s light enough that I’ve left it until late in the day to try and get a few more articles squeezed in! The good news though is that we have updates from Spectre, Black Hill Games and Combat Octopus. As always, thanks to the News Fans and other patrons over on the ChargeBlog patreon for buying my time to make this wrap-up each week. If you like these roundups and…
The News Stand: 28/02/2024

28/02/2024

Two days later than usual, it’s time for a stuffed edition of The News Stand. Some big news this week – the end of the Spectre Patreon, pre-orders for BPRE: Spearhead open up and more! The reason this week’s edition was delayed was that yesterday was my Grandad’s memorial service, having passed away at the start of February after a long illness in his early 90s. If you’ll forgive me, I’m just going to take a little moment to write about him, so if you’re only here for the news, you can skip forward. However, my Grandad played a pretty…
ChargeReal Project 1 – “Fortress In The Sky”

20/02/2024

In 2021, I started developing a fictional world to set my wargames in. After writing up a starter post, detailing some of the Bazi nations and then actually getting a few games in, I took a little break to work on Gunslinger and its real-world but future setting. Well, now I’m back, planning to develop my setting further and (more importantly for you, the reader) actually get the information out there. I’ve always been a keen reader of Osprey’s series of books, with copies filling my shelf and PDFs my Google Drive – what could be a better goal for…