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Tag: Spectre Miniatures

  • Impressions: Sarissa Precision Industrial

    Sarissa Precision are pretty high on my list of favourite terrain companies thanks to their wonderfully detailed buildings. Among my favourites in the range are two buildings from their Industrial range, the factory and the office. I first saw these thanks to Spectre’s playtest report and was immediately interested in them. Like all Sarissa buildings,…

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  • Wargaming Week 15/05/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 8th of May through to the 13th of May. BLOG STUFF Whole host of things! In terms of actual posts, I put up an impressions of the Foxhound. Its a lovely little kit and I’m really looking forward to getting it painted up. In other news, you may have noticed I’ve setup a Facebook page where…

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  • Impressions: Evil Bear Wargames Foxhound

    The War on Terror has seen a massive rise in the use of IEDs against conventional forces and as such, there was a much greater interest in the development and purchasing of mine resistant vehicles. The British Army purchased a whole fleet of vehicles designed for different roles, including a replacement for the Snatch Land Rover.…

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  • Impressions: Spectre’s Razor

    Salute saw me picking up a few things, one of which was a very exciting upcoming release from Spectre Miniatures. For months we have been teased with render and prototype images of perhaps the most complex kit they have produced. Perfect for Spectre games of special operations, this new vehicle will be perfect to transport…

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  • Wargaming Week 08/05/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 2nd of May through to the 7th of May. BLOG STUFF One post, covering some generic scenarios I’ve had sat in my drafts box for a while. A little thing relating to the blog I thought I should mention – I’ve added some adsense units to the sidebar and footer as well as a…

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  • Modern Scenario Starting Points

    A downloadable version of this article is available here With most of the modern games I play (such as Skirmish Sangin or Spectre), a good scenario is key to your enjoyment. It can paper over any cracks with the dreaded points system and make for something that feels less like a game and more like a…

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  • Wargaming Week 02/05/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 24th of April through to the 1st of May. BLOG POSTS One big post this week – part 3 of my demo game being assembled. Its the longest post so far and lots of pictures. GAMING No gaming – lots of writing instead. PURCHASES For the big thing, go see my…

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  • Operation Dragon’s Hoard: Part 3 – Building Boards and Buying Planes

    If you are wanting to stay informed about this build, the best way is to follow my blog using it’s RSS feed or sign up to email updates using the box at the top of the sidebar.   Since the last time I wrote about my demo game plans a fair amount has happened. I’m going to…

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  • Wargaming Week 24/04/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 17th of April through to the 23rd 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Wargaming Week 17/04/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 10th 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…

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  • Wargaming Week 10/04/2017

    Let’s start, covering the 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. 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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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