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The News Stand: 24/07/2026

Summer is here, and so the cup doesn’t quite floweth over as everyone takes time out. However, there are still some great previews for all things Ultramodern this week, so read on for more!

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Battle Report: The Trading Floor – Spectre Operations

24/05/2019

I’m back from the States – I didn’t have any time to get this stuff written until I got back so after much delay, here it is! The last few games of Spectre have been focused on the all-out battles, vehicles and gun battles from the very first moment. However, modern war isn’t all the overt stuff and Spectre’s rules include a rather good section covering stealth. In addition, I had been watching a lot of Strike Back and I really wanted to do some tense encounters. So this week, we fly back to Bazistan, coming upon a prisoner exchange…
Wargaming Week 06/05/2019

06/05/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 29th of April through to the 5th of May. BLOG STUFF First up big news – I’m going quiet on the blog for the next three weeks. In fact, by the time you read this, I’m probably just taking off from Edinburgh Airport and heading out to the west coast of the USA for meetings. Sadly, I’m not planning on doing any hobby stuff while I’m there so this site would be pretty silent. I will be keeping an eye on the news coming out and putting it up on my Facebook page but…
Wargaming Week 29/04/2019

29/04/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 22nd through to the 28th of April. NEWS View this post on Instagram Some work in progress shots of a new team on it’s way soon! #spectreminiatures #spectreoperations #modernminiatures #modernwargaming #tabletopgames #miniaturesculpture A post shared by Spectre (@spectreminiatures) on Apr 26, 2019 at 3:07am PDT First up, we have some new greens from Spectre. These guys look like some high tech operators, armed with a mix of modern weapons like the X95 Tavor, CZ Scorpion Evo and the Vector, all equipped with a mixture of attachments. Their kit also looks very modern. I…
Wargaming Week 22/04/2019

22/04/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 15th through to the 22nd of April. NEWS It’s the post Salute lull so news is basically nothing as everyone rebuilds stock and recovers from standing in the Excel centre. The only exception is Empress who keep drip feeding previews for their ongoing Vietnam range. As always, it’s some fantastic work from Paul Hicks. PURCHASES Nothing! I’m working through the pile I have while getting ready for some time away. That said, having somehow lost some of my scatter, I might be rebuying the rubbish bags from Spectre. HOBBY First up, I finally…
Wargaming Week 15/04/2019

15/04/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 8th through to the 14th of April. BLOG STUFF My Salute report went up! People always seem to like them (maybe because it means they get to see Salute without risking their wallet) and honestly, showing stuff off is one of the bits I find fun going to A few people said they were quite impressed with the photos which I’m shocked at seeing as I was (in many cases) running and gunning with the Pixel 2XL. It does an incredible job no matter what you throw at it and I’m really hoping the…
Salute 2019

10/04/2019

Last weekend was Salute 2019, the biggest wargames show of the UK calendar. And as is tradition, I got myself down to London for a weekend of tourism and looking at the usual impressive selection of wargames goods that appear at the show. And, as you can see in the last Wargaming Week, I bought a few things from the usual suspects. After having pre-ordered the important stuff that I knew would probably run out, I decided to take a more leisurely start to the day at Salute. As someone who isn’t a huge fan of playing demo games at…
Wargaming Week 08/04/2019

08/04/2019

Let’s start this Wargaming Week, covering the 1st through to the 7th of April. Ladies and gents, this is going to be a short one. And mostly about Salute. BLOG STUFF My Impressions of Spectre Operations Version 2 are up! As I say in it, this new book is a real evolution of the game, rebuilding what was needed to make the game even better while still maintaining the core that made version 1 such an interesting game. You’ll be seeing me playing this a fair amount – as much as I love Skirmish Sangin, writing scenarios and handouts for it…
Impressions: Spectre Operations Version 2

02/04/2019

Disclaimer: I have been involved in the development of Spectre Operations Version 2 along with a group of other playtesters. It’s finally here. Spectre Operations was released in 2016, the first rulebook the company had released. Now, after hundreds of games (at least) and all the experience that comes from that, Spectre have released a second edition. The plan was improve several areas that have been needing enhancement while still keeping the core mechanics everyone knows and loves in place. And by god, I think they did it. Wasting no more time, lets dig in. The Book Before we go…