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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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I’m Back! And now in Technicolour!

10/03/2023

Surprise. I’m back! And I’m not going to talk about buying a house this time! House renovation, no promises. So good news, I survived the process of buying and decorating a house. It’s not entirely done, still got a few rooms to finish off, but now I get to focus on having my own space to do what I want to do, rather than having at least 25% of my brain power devoted to other things like “dealing with the landlord” when something breaks. Or waiting for my mortgage to be approved. Or having to pack up literally everything I…
The Long War: Part 0 – Remembering How The Game Works

06/03/2023

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Too Fat Lardies Chain of Command. You’ll also know that my Dastardly Regular Opponent is also keen on the game. Before the Great Move, we had roughly scheduled gaming into our calendars once a month (the most frequent we could arrange due to the regular opponent being busy with other commitments). The problem with this arrangement was although we managed to hit pretty reliably, we ended up trying to play lots of different things. And as anyone bouncing around playing different rulesets can tell…
SITREP – Mail Call

23/01/2023

Yeah yeah, I’m on hiatus (currently mostly stripping wallpaper and stressing) but that doesn’t stop the parcels from turning up and my hobby life from continuing. First of all, good news on the BPRE front – after the issues with my first box of figures, Echelon then sent over some replacements. After a little panic when it turned out Hermes was delivering them, I successfully managed to get it diverted to my neighbour while I was away. After recovering it, I cracked it open and was very happy to see a set of figures without any of the major defects…
Looking Back, Looking Forward – 2023

15/01/2023

2022 is over and a new one has begun! Traditionally, at this point, I’d break out the stats and graphs, show you the diagrams, and then talk about the plans I have for the year. Then we’d laugh at all the stuff I promised I’d do last year and then didn’t get around to, slap me on the back, and look forward to doing it all again next year. Well, this year is a touch different. You may have noticed that I’m in the process of moving (Yep, even I’m getting bored of talking about it) so pretty much all…
(Digital)Home Moved

08/01/2023

It took a little longer than planned but my blogs are now all moved over to my new host (IONOS for anyone interested). Hopefully, you don’t actually see any significant changes, aside from maybe some speed improvement. The only downside is my figure tracking database has been moved to my own house server due to some access controls on the new host. Then again, my plan to have it on full display isn’t quite there yet so no great loss. Also, you don’t get to see my pile of shame! Now to make the physical house move. After I work…
Heads Up – Moving (Web)Home

06/01/2023

So, at the same time as choosing to change where I live physically, I’m also changing where I live digitally! Basically, I’ve been massively overpaying for my current server host for what is a website that needs little processing power and a load of storage for photos of almost 10 years of hobby stuff. Well, the current host doesn’t let you get storage without a power increase and so I’ve been paying for lots of stuff I don’t use. I’m currently in the process of swapping over to a new host, so things will probably break soon. But on the…
A Smorgasbord of Gaming

05/01/2023

It is slowly becoming a habit that, at the start of the new year, the Regular Opponents and I gather in the Frozen North (Darlington) to bring in the day after New Year’s with a celebration of Wargaming. In the past, the Creative Regular Opponent has usually run a single massive game of Chain of Command and we’ve played from lunch to dinner, only stopping once our hunger has overwhelmed our love of dice rolling. This year, however, we decided to try something a little different – a taster session, where each of us brought or chose a game to…
SITREP: A Sequel Sitrep

04/01/2023

After Sunday’s post, I managed to talk to the team at Echelon and reported my findings, including firing over some photos. After that evening, I posted my Sitrep, went to bed and then went up north for a day of wargaming (post on that fun coming soon). When I got back, I had some news from Echelon – after checking with other people who have received their Phaseline boxes, it seems I had received a bad batch. To fix it, they are sending out replacement models for the set – the Aayari side will be back in spun resin, while…