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  • The Last News Stand: 08/11/2026

    The Last News Stand: 08/11/2026

    Yep, you’re reading the title right. After 150 editions and as the 900th post on my blog, I think it’s time to hang up the news hat and bring The News Stand to an end. But, we do still have one more run at the news, so read on for more!

  • Wargaming Week 24/04/2017

    Letโ€™s start,ย covering the 17thย of April through to the 23rdย of April. BLOG POSTS Two posts this week: The first was a battle report of Thursday’s game at the club. Spectre ops, tanks and technicals. A few more thoughts below. The second was my recap of the Salute weekend. It’s tired me out like you wouldn’t believe but I had an excellent time. GAMING Using Spectre on Thursday, there was some fast paced action from the tanks, smashing its way through the rebels. I feel we were pushing the spectre rules to their limits but after talking to the guys on Friday,…

  • Salute 2017 (and other things in London)

    In case you missed the barrage of references to it on this blog, Facebook, Twitter etc, I spent this weekend down in old London Town to attend Salute, the UK’s biggest wargames show. I first attended when I was still in Brighton (back in 2015) and so it was a day trip (assuming the trains were working). However, I was prevented from going in 2016 as the show was on the same weekend I moved into my flat in Edinburgh. On the plus side this did massively reduce my purchases but Iย missedย out on all the fun times meeting other wargamers.…

  • Battle Report: Spectre Operations 20/04/2017

    Thursday’s battle at the club took us back to Spectre Operations and once more deployed to Bazistan. Wanting to get more horde of technicals on the table, what better opponent than heavy metal itself, the Challenger 2. 2 days after NATO intervention in Bazistan. US and British forces are currently pushing towards Bazi city, engaging both the rebel militias and elements of the Bazistan army and police who have changed allegiances. As part of this advance, a British Challenger 2 named โ€œBoar Fighterโ€ has encountered mechanical issues and was separated from the main advance. A group of engineers (escorted by…

  • Wargaming Week 17/04/2017

    Letโ€™s start,ย covering the 10thย of April through to the 16th of April. BLOG POSTS No blog posts this week – writing more rules and been busy looking at my collection and working stuff out (more details on that later) GAMING Also no gaming – starting planning for CGS S01E03 and getting the figures in place for it. Also doing more planning on the demo board and it’s setup. I’m also planning some gaming for Thursday – thinking some Spectre with a load of figures and vehicles on the table. COLLECTION So this week I decided to sit down and do an…

  • Wargaming Week 10/04/2017

    Letโ€™s start,ย covering theย 3rd of April through to the 9th of April. BLOG POSTS After a short delay due to wrestling shenanigans, the battle report on my last solo game is now up.ย As I say in the report it was a fun time and I’m looking forward to polishing up the rules I was testing. I’m also starting to plan the next game – working out the best way to get both teams in the same game while also trying out some new rules along the way. After all, the whole neighbourhood is after them. GAMING No gaming, just planning and…

  • Weekend Warfare 2 – CGS S01E02

    Part two of my attempt to play more wargames returns us to Skirmish Sangin, with a few new house rules this time. While the last mission was all out action against an inferior foe, this one sees a small team attempting to recon a warehouse currently being used as a base for a shifty corporation and their mercenaries. What could they be up to? It’s time for CGS’s Team 2 to deploy.   CGS S01E02 โ€“ 1ย Hour Earlier 1ย hour before CGS Team 1 go into action in Bazi City, the camera zooms in to a warehouse complex on the outskirts…

  • Wargaming Week 03/04/2017

    Letโ€™s start, covering the 27th of March through to theย 2nd of April. BLOG POSTS No posts ATM. There are two posts inbound ย – a battle report from this weekend’s solo game and something looking at the pile of MDF I’ve reccieved. GAMING Two games this week. The club stuck it’s flying goggles and played some Wings of Glory. I took control of the Sopwith Camel and then proceeded to fly round and round in circles trying frantically to not crash into anyone. There is a much longer article about it over at SESWC. The other bit of gaming was part…

  • Wargaming Week 27/03/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 20th of March through to the 26th of March Blog Posts Nothing much – this week has been busy (going to visit family among other things) so most of my writing time has been concentrated on my wargames rules writing. Still cranking through some more rules to be used in this week’s solo game. However, next week will see an update to my MDF reviews and on the weekend a battle report. Gaming I managed to get down to club on the Thursday and get some dice rolling in. Well in this case, it was more…

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