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Tag: Modern Wargaming

  • Wargaming Week 03/04/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 27th of March through to the 2nd of April. BLOG POSTS No posts ATM. There are two posts inbound  – 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Wargaming Week 20/03/2017

    Lets start, covering the 13th of March through to the 19th of March Blog Posts Two posts this week! The first was a report on my first solo game of Skirmish Sangin. It was a pretty good game and lead to some action packed situations – the rebel rolling a frag grenade under the escape vehicle was…

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  • Comparing MDF Adobe Buildings

    It’s not long after most people start wargaming that they start looking at the surface they are fighting over and think bigger. For those of us not wanting to scratch build, the rise of laser cutters and cheap MDF has lead to an explosion of manufacturers making some high quality buildings. This makes it very…

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  • Weekend Warfare 1 – CGS S01E01

    As a way of playing more wargames and testing out out a few rules I’ve been writing, I’m instituting a weekend wargaming session. Ideally it won’t always be solo but that’s how the first one ended up occurring. Expect to see some weird and wonderful rules, as well as the vast expanses of unpainted MDF as…

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  • Wargaming Week 13/03/17

    Lets start, covering the 6th of March through to the 12th of March Blog Posts No posts this week. As an aside, the wargames comparison article is still doing really well. This week a Czech site linked to it. Always interesting to see where in the world it gets picked up. Gaming I really want to play…

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  • Wargaming Week 06/03/17

    New idea I want to try –  a weekly update covering what I’ve been up to for the previous 7 days. It will ever contain short summaries o So lets start, covering the 27th of Feb through to the 5th of March Blog Posts The only other posts this week was an update to my Technical…

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  • Technicals – Heavy Ammunition

    As mentioned in my previous post on the Spectre technicals, I hadn’t picked up all the weapons. As part of my cartel order, I put on two more weapons ready to give the bad guys something else to handle my Challenger 2 or other armoured vehicles. The common thing between these two is the base.…

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  • Operation Dragon’s Hoard: Part 2 – Further Planning and Physical Things

    So since last time, I’ve done a few things to get ready for building the demo board I have planned out. Emails have been sent out to get the ball rolling on actually booking space to run the game at two shows. It might be a little early for some but better early than late. Continued…

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  • Lead Mountain II – The Garage Is Open!

      Well this week has been productive. Mostly this is down to finishing stuff that has been sat half painted for the a while. On the vehicle side, the Brits have gained the Challenger 2 and the Warrior. Three technicals (including two .50cals) and a single SUV are now ready to go. I also managed…

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  • Battle Report: Skirmish Sangin 09/02/2017

    Scenario 12 of the Bazistan Crisis – An RAF F35 Lightning II enforcing the no-fly zone has suffered an engine failure and has crashed somewhere in the rebel held zone. Unable to deploy conventional CSAR assets, British command has ordered an SAS team already in country to find and extract the downed pilot. Upon arriving in…

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  • Wargames Show: Vapnartak

    I haven’t been going to wargames show very long but Vapnartak will always the start of it. Normally this is due to going to see my wargaming buddies in York but this year my buddies were busy. Vapa is huge, taking place in the stands at York Racecourse. Spread over three floors, it features a…

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  • Spectre Technical Review

    As if summoned by my last post about them , my Spectre technical order turned up.  I know some people in the Kickstarter have been waiting a long time for these but don’t worry, I think they were worth the wait. I’m going to do a quick overview of them and the weapon systems I’ve picked…

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  • Technical Notes: A Primer

    Intro With the recent release of Spectre’s comprehensive range of Technicals and weapon systems, it’s never been a better time to be a militia warlord on the tabletop. This primer is designed to fill you in on these increasingly common vehicles and their role on the tabletop. I’ll cover some tactics for using them, some…

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  • Lead Mountain II – A Tiny Update

    Less productive week this time but still more soldiers for the Crimson Militia. Three more Spectre MENA miltia ready for the board. Tomorrow will be more productive – probably to counter-act all the purchasing that will be done once the Spectre technicals and Russians arrive

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