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  • AAR: CGS: Recce In Northern Shyluz

    The Dastardly Regular Opponent and I live roughly 45 minutes away from each other – a little too far for a school night game but perfect for me to nip over on a Saturday evening. We’re aiming for at least one game day a month which so far we’ve managed to hit. When I gave…

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

    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…

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  • SITREP: Little Izba In The Mountains (Patrick Miniatures Soviet Village Pack)

    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…

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  • SITREP: City Planning

    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…

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  • ChargeReal Project 1 – “Fortress In The Sky”

    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…

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  • AAR: The Shyluz Incident – Trying Out “What An Operator”

    As I mentioned in my last post about Warcry, many of my regular opponents (specifically the Dastardly and the Corporate) play games with me in situations where something easy to setup and hit the table is handy. Starting late at night or trying to get into a lunch break game during a work day requires…

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  • AAR: The Great Swan! A What A Tanker Game

    Last weekend was Vapnartak in York and, as much as I enjoy the show, I mainly use it as an excuse to gather my Regular Opponents together so we can disappear off to the nearby scout hut and take part in one of our game days. In the past we’ve used this place to play…

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  • Gunslinger Release: January 2024 – Raptor Diagnostics Field Operations Team

    Smoke from the crash site could be seen from a mile away as the two SUVs swerved through Damascus’s early afternoon traffic. While the drivers concentrate on the road, the team’s technician begins downloading briefing packets to the team, sending directly to their heads-up displays in their glasses and handheld tactical units to store them.…

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  • SITREP: How To FDM A City

    I bought a replacement FDM printer back in September last year after seeing the Neptune 4 on a good deal. The previous printer (an Ender 5 Pro) worked but time has moved on and the Neptune on paper was such a huge step up, that it just made sense. So it’s strangely odd that this…

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  • SITREP: Warcry and Other Fantastical Things

    I think most wargamers, even historical ones who claim they want nothing to do with things outside of history books, find themselves having to decide if they prefer fantasy or sci-fi. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, it’s easy enough to enjoy the two side by side, but deep down, everyone has a preference for the…

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  • SITREP: New Year, New Club

    I’ve been in Leeds since February 2020 and despite this city having multiple wargames clubs, I’ve only just managed to get my ass to one. The Leeds Wargames Club (those guys who run Fiasco every year including when I demo’d Dragon’s Hoard back in the day) are based out of Hicks Hall in the Burley…

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  • SITREP: Behind the Scenes Updates

    Not every improvement I’m making this year is just about the figures I’m painting or the games I’m playing. I had planned to do some tweaks about how I present the figures I have and how I store them but through the process, I have actually managed to go a step beyond and open up…

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  • SITREP: Elf Fighter – Vae Victis

    Start as you mean to go on, or so they say. Feeling the general burnout of the Christmas season, I decided to take advantage of being an adult and instead (after apologising to my former housemate up in Middlesbrough and forgoing New Year shawarma) celebrate New Year’s Eve quietly, watching good films and sitting down…

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  • 2023 In Review

    I travel back in time every year thanks to my Google Photos account. It’s a strangely nice way of doing it – every snap, everything that I felt needed to be photographed is there. Every strange sign, weird snaps taken in the midst of DIY, reference material, random receipts – it’s all stored there. And,…

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  • Gunslinger Release: Kojoti Part 3 – Security Team and High Risk Contractors

    I am pleased to announce the sixth release of the new Gunslinger range from Flytrap Digital is available now, for those backing the Patron at the appropriate levels. This release concludes Phase 2, finishing off the Kojoti range with a Secruity team designed for sentry duty or expanding your rifle teams. It also includes our…

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