Friday, 24 February 2023

Darkest Day: one year on

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  Maidan demonstration, Kyiv 2014   Exactly one year ago today Russian forces invaded Ukraine. Of course I sprang into 'action', and...
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Thursday, 16 February 2023

Portable Pike & Shot: Controlling the River

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 Last time, I set up the forces and table for a trial game of The Portable Pike and Shot Wargame rules variant by Alan Saunders. I have now...
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Saturday, 28 January 2023

Trying out the Portable Pike and Shot

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Having given my Pike and Shot armies a couple of goes recently with different rule sets and enjoyed those games, I thought I'd like to h...
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Saturday, 14 January 2023

Fnurban #23 Rainy Day Miscellany

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The other day I had the good fortune to be in London for the afternoon, before an evening of boardgaming with friends: the only drawback bei...
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Friday, 6 January 2023

Fnurban #22 : Does Anyone Want These ?

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Hello all, I've been having a bit of a new year tidy-up and came across the following - sprues of hard plastic 28mm WW2 figures.  Freebi...
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Tuesday, 3 January 2023

D-Day Dodgers : Operation Ponte Natale

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Happy New Year to one and all.  Now let's go back to just before Xmas - 1943, that is, 'somewhere in Italy'.  British forces lau...
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Friday, 30 December 2022

Fnurban #21: a little quiz

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 I hope everyone had a pleasant Xmas, if you celebrate it.  Now, one evening over the holiday period we watched a DVD ( yes I know, a bit ol...
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