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After moving in, I haven’t yet had a chance to hit the gaming table in my own house, instead going off to the Dastardly Regular Opponent’s house for Chain of Command or BattleTech. However, having finished decorating my dining room I am now ready to begin hosting games for my roster of opponents. But where to begin? Well, with my former housemate coming over for one of our food/gaming/chat sessions and with the allure of the new units for Echelon and Hongbin alike, we had to get BPRE 28mm back on the table. It had been a while since the…

Last year, the game that made me sort out a load of 6mm terrain was Adeptus Titanticus. This year? Well, it’s the classic game, the one that’s been going for over 40 years in various forms: BattleTech. After our first game back in January, the Regular Opponents have decided to go all in on it. I received a box of them for my birthday and, after getting them painted earlier last week, we were all definitely feeling a touch excited about getting some mechs clashing on the board. With Friday being a Bank Holiday in the UK, we decided it…

Last Year, I printed out some tiny 6mm buildings from Lazy Forger in preparation for a game featuring tiny mechs. A year later, the Regular Opponents and I planned out a game featuring tiny mechs. So of course, I had to print more buildings. And not just because Lazy Forger has been tempting me with more and more items from his incredible range as he’s been releasing them. Disclosure time! – I’m on Lazy Forger’s test list meaning I receive models for free to help with development as well as providing feedback to him. He also is using this to…

So mere moments after writing my Letter from the Hobby Desk, I looked down and realised that I had another project sitting literally by my feet in a box. Back in January, the Dastardly Regular Opponent decided that I didn’t have enough tiny robots in my life and got me this set for my Birthday. I was a little distracted for a month or so, meaning this box had to go in my stockpile of unopened boxes. But, I am a slightly practical man. And I know that I could easily hammer out a lance of Mechs in one evening…

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 a 5 or 6 year old but technically it counts as history and honestly my Dad was better equipped to actually win missions. Even to this day, specific voice lines from that game echoes in both my head and his. This, of course, means that…