{"id":32894,"date":"2025-12-31T02:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?p=32894"},"modified":"2025-12-31T02:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T02:29:35","slug":"spotrep-winter-2025-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/12\/31\/spotrep-winter-2025-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"SPOTREP &#8211; Winter 2025 Is Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-chargeblog wp-block-embed-chargeblog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4WwHuh1EG3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/spotreps\/spotrep-winter-2025\/\">SPOTREP &#8211; Winter 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;SPOTREP &#8211; Winter 2025&#8221; &#8212; ChargeBlog\" src=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/spotreps\/spotrep-winter-2025\/embed\/#?secret=ttW66k7Sln#?secret=4WwHuh1EG3\" data-secret=\"4WwHuh1EG3\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a little update note &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/spotreps\/spotrep-winter-2025\/\">the first edition of SPOTREP<\/a> (my series of articles looking at the current state of the Ultramodern wargaming space) is now out. It&#8217;s taken me way too long to get my ideas together and written down (the original post was planned to be released in October) but I&#8217;ve finally managed to make a good follow up to the original post back in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the amount of work needed and the time taken, SPOTREP posts (both the Quarterly Update and the Company Profiles that will be coming soon) will be available for the members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/ChargeBlog\">the ChargeBlog Patreon<\/a> at the Special Projects and Logistics Group tier. However, as a taster, this first post is available to everyone at the News Fan tier. Hopefully you&#8217;ll enjoy it, and I&#8217;ll see you in 2026 for more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a little update note &#8211; the first edition of SPOTREP (my series of articles looking at the current state of the Ultramodern wargaming space) is now out. It&#8217;s taken me way too long to get my ideas together and written down (the original post was planned to be released in October) but I&#8217;ve finally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1094,1115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patreon-updates","category-the-news-stand"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Michael Charge","author_link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/author\/chargedog\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPOTREP-2.jpg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SPOTREP-2.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/patreon-updates\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patreon Updates<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/category\/the-news-stand\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The News Stand<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Patreon Updates<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">The News Stand<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 months ago","modified":"Updated 4 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 31\/12\/2025","modified":"Updated on 31\/12\/2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 31\/12\/2025 2:23 am","modified":"Updated on 31\/12\/2025 2:29 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pvEn5-8yy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32961,"url":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/01\/09\/the-news-stand-09-01-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":32894,"position":0},"title":"The News Stand: 09\/01\/2026","author":"Michael Charge","date":"09\/01\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"New Year, New Time slot and plenty of things to cover! 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