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Adventures in Wargaming

Year: 2023

  • Operation Drop Bear – Building The Platoon

    I’ve previously mentioned that, as part of my Long War series against the tactics of the Dastardly Regular Opponent, we would shortly begin a Pint Size Campaign-inspired set of missions pitting our tactical minds against each other in the deserts of North Africa. After some research, and agreeing to play some games with the Germans…

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  • SITREP: Back To Arnhem Boys!

    Listen, you may not know this, but I have a thing about Operation Market Garden in WW2. Probably because the first game I actually tried to sit down and learn to play (rather than simply slapping the buttons to see if it worked) was Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far. Not the best choice for…

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  • SITREP: A Weekend of Wargames

    Well, this has been a busy weekend. You readers will only be interested in the first half (unless for some reason you want to know about Mother’s Day celebrations which is, bad news, not the topic of this blog). Instead, lets talk about some wargaming things! On Friday, I finished work early and drove over…

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  • SITREP: That Spectre Post

    So, how is everyone doing? Having a good week? Enjoyed last week’s return to blogging/wargaming talk? I finished off last week with some comments that I am in the process of writing up a blog post about our industry favourite Spectre and their current fortunes. This apparently warranted an email and later that evening I…

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  • I’m Back! And now in Technicolour!

    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…

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  • The Long War: Part 0 – Remembering How The Game Works

    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…

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  • SITREP – Mail Call

    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…

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  • Looking Back, Looking Forward – 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…

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  • (Digital)Home Moved

    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…

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  • Heads Up – Moving (Web)Home

    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,…

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  • A Smorgasbord of Gaming

    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…

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  • SITREP: A Sequel Sitrep

    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…

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  • SITREP: (Not Much) Fun with SiOCAST

    It’s the new year and I trust Twitter to work correctly as much as I trust myself in a Greggs not to buy a steak bake so I’m going back to using my blog for all the little posts and updates. Enjoy! After my New Year’s celebration in Middlesbrough, the traditional New Year Shawarma and…

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